Tag: Scottish Music
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TRACK REVIEW: FAREWELL by THE MAWB
The Mawb deliver a sound capable of getting everyone, young, old and in-between, tapping their foot along to.
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Looking Back At…BLACKENED SKY by BIFFY CLYRO
How Biffy’s debut record paved the way for a new generation of Scottish rock.
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TRACK REVIEW: SHAKE IT BY THE VEGAN LEATHER
Intense, personal lyrics along with disco goodness drives The Vegan Leather’s new track.
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EP REVIEW: Last Train by Luna The Professor
By Gregor Farquharson (@gregoratlantic) The Scottish rock music scene is thriving just now, and new band Luna The Professor (formerly The Vistas) from Wishaw, Scotland just show us this. The band, consisting of Johnny Irwin, Eamonn Kelly, Dave McNally and Ross Caldwell, recently released their first EP, “Last Train” which has received nothing but love…
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TRNSMT Just Announced Their Lineup And The Internet Is Happy
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) In stark contrast to the sub-par reception to the Reading and Leeds announcement, the reveal of the very first TRNSMT festival line-up has been received with sheer positivity. With the festival being hyped up as a replacement to T In The Park, more on that later, TRNSMT have one-upped the long…
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TRACK REVIEW: Vistas – Feel Alive
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) It seems like one of Scotland’s hottest up and coming acts has taken on the mantra of “new year, new me” with their latest single. Yes, Vistas, who just a few months ago delivered their first EP Medicine that I said cements their bright future, have come out with Feel Alive which,…
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Vistas – Medicine EP REVIEW
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) This year sure has flown by, hasn’t it? It seems like only yesterday I was heaping praise on Edinburgh indie rock/pop outfit Vistas for their single Sign Language, a track that wasn’t afraid to embrace some poppier elements to result in a captivating hook that’s resulted in the chorus being permanently embedded…
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BLOODY DEATH – End Call ALBUM REVIEW
Acting as a compilation of some of the band’s previously released EP’s, End Call is a sweet and delightful helping of dirty, grimey indie goodness from the minds of Bloody Death, the second act to release music under the independent DIY label Sorbie rd. First glancing at the collective run-time of this release, it’s clear that…
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TRACK REVIEW: Electric Tiffany – Follow
Trying to blend electronic music with folk sounds like it would be a disaster. Already you’ve probably got an image in your subconscious of Calvin Harris wearing tweed and meddling with a banjo but thankfully Ayrshire newcomers Electric Tiffany have managed to avert this danger. Fronted by Finnish singer Liina Turtoten, it’s no surprise that…
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TRACK REVIEW: SWAY – Blossom
Hailing from Glasgow, self professed shoegazers SWAY are emerging at a time where the Scottish music scene seems to be becoming even more diverse with various acts taking a page out of the reverb heavy books of DIIV and co. While this may be worrying at first, there are only so many all caps titled…
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