Midgie Bites, Anna Docherty

Sound Advice - Our New Favourite (Scottish) Band

Withered Hand

The name sounds like it could be the title of a twisted fairytale about a reclusive boy with a deformed limb (or maybe that’s just me?). But upon listening to Withered Hand this sinister moniker becomes all the more fitting, as embedded within the music…

Your New Favourite Scottish Band: Zoey Van Goey

We live in a world that likes labels. As a result, Zoey Van Goey have often found their sound folded up and slotted into tiny boxes. ‘Sometimes people say they pick up a Canadian indie influence and some have mentioned a Celtic or traditional Irish…

Lykke Li - Youth Novels

There is a sea-softened purity to Swedish singer/songwriter Lykke Li’s voice, and this – her first longplayer – is awash with 80s beats, sparse keyboards and airy, monotone vocals. New single ‘Breaking It Up’ is a playful schoolyard chant sung over a…

Glasvegas - Glasvegas

Glasvegas like to tell stories. Their self-titled debut CD is a little circular storybook, filled with distinctly Scottish tales of city living and working class heroes. Album opener ‘Flowers and Football Tops’ is a tender tribute to the murder of a…