Silver Columns

Lau release Silver Columns remix of Adem collaboration

Second EP further showcases Edinburgh trio's diversity

11 May 2011

Edinburgh-based folk trio Lau are set to release part two in a series of three EPs that showcase the different influences upon their sound. ‘Ghosts’ draws attention to their more electronic and experimental leanings, and was the result of a…

The Pictish Trail - In Rooms

15 Nov 2010

(Fence Records) The second long-player from local alt.pop prodigy The Pictish Trail boasts more songs than some artists chalk up over an entire career. Inspired by indie comedian Josie Long’s ‘100 Days To Make Me A Better Person’ endeavour…

The best Hallowe'en music and club events in Edinburgh and Glasgow

29 Oct 2010

HALLOWEEN CLUBS There’s blood on the dancefloor as Hallowe’en takes over clubland. First up, Hung Up! host the annual Optimo (Espookio) as Glasgow’s weirdest Hallowe’en party rises from the grave (The Sub Club, Sun 31 Oct). And if there’s dressing up…

Fence Collective's Away Game takes the party to island of Eigg

Human Don’t Be Angry, Silver Columns and Withered Hand among highlights

6 Oct 2010

Miami sunsets, macaroni pies, tractors-as-transport. Live death metal at 6am, beach campfire concerts, and a bottomless hipflask of whisky doing the rounds long after the bar had been drunk dry. Away Game – the first Fence Records festival on the…

Autumn highlights: The best albums and gigs from Scottish bands

The Phantom Band, The Twilight Sad and Errors set for action

16 Sep 2010

The Phantom Band Chemikal Underground’s finest, most eclectic and most likely signings of recent years return with the follow-up to last year’s debut Checkmate Savage. The Wants is released on Chemikal Underground, Mon 18 Oct. The Scottish…

T in the Park 2010: Silver Columns, Yeasayer and Empire of the Sun

T in the Park blog

12 Jul 2010

Why the long face, T in the Park goer? Trench foot and tent sores getting you down? That growing campsite/cat litter smell of ammonia making your eyes water? Still not quite recovered from the concussion of that flying bottle? (One of Team List got…

T in the Park 2010: Running order

7 Jul 2010

If you're heading to Balado this weekend you'll want to see this - the full running order for Scotland's mightiest music festival. Please note that the running order is subject to change, so we'll try to keep it as up to date as possible.

Silver Columns and Casiokids in Madonna tribute - JD set 2010

24 Jun 2010

What happens when you put a bunch of labelmates together in one room and throw in some whisky for good measure? Madonna covers, apparently. The JD Set 2010 comes to Glasgow this year with a smorgasbord of artistry from the Moshi Moshi label, including…

The JD Set with Malcolm Middleton, Casiokids, James Yuill, Silver Columns and Cocknbullkid

3 Jun 2010

‘Take an album like Madonna’s Immaculate Collection,’ says Johnny Lynch. ‘That’s basically exactly what it is; immaculate. It’s a perfect pop record in the same way as Erasure’s Pop, or Pet Shop Boys’ Discography are.’ Lynch, who you may also know as…

Silver Columns - Yes and Dance

19 May 2010

(Moshi Moshi) Electro champions Silver Columns fair know how to pull a punch. Their debut long-player is loaded with bold, wholehearted dance-floor pop that embraces Kraftwerk, Hot Chip, Underworld, Bronski Beat, Erasure and Homework-era Daft…

Stag & Dagger 2010: The highlights

14 May 2010

No city is complete without a city festival or two – or even three, this summer. Returning for a second annual appearance in Glasgow this fortnight is Stag & Dagger, a two-legged affair starting in London. They don’t have a monopoly on the very finest…

Homegame

29 Mar 2010

After the tragic own-goal of that ‘We’re For Fife’ tourist video, Homegame – micro-label Fence’s annual takeover of fishing town, Anstruther – was a triumph for the Kingdom. The skies were blue, the fish & chips, outstanding, and the music, well, with…

Fence Homegame 2010 line-up

20 Jan 2010

‘We’ve got the incredible Four Tet headlining on the Sunday night. His live sets are always spectacularly electric – so we’re really excited. Kieran has been to Homegame before, playing guitar as part of One Little Plane – so we’re delighted to have him…

10 for 2010: Silver Columns

7 Jan 2010

Silver Columns – a top secret duo poised to reveal their true identities any day now – captured our imaginations with 2009’s brilliant disco gem, ‘Brow Beaten’. Still largely mysterious (did someone say Fence?) a debut LP this spring will be hard to…