January 27, 2012: Admiral Fallow are playing Glasgow’s Barrowland on December 8. Their forthcoming second album is titled Tree Bursts In Snow and comes out on May 21.
goNORTH are accepting submissions from acts who want to be considered for the very worthwhile annual music showcase event in Inverness on June 6-7. The deadline to apply is March 30. Last year, The Pop Cop, Peenko and Song, by Toad curated a free gig featuring Kid Canaveral, PAWS, LightGuides and Indian Red Lopez.
January 26, 2012: You can help yourself to a free download of Beetle In The Box, the first fruits from Admiral Fallow’s second album, due out in May.
The line-up for RockNess on June 8-10 includes Biffy Clyro, Mumford & Sons, Deadmau5, Ed Sheeran, Justice, Metronomy, Noah And The Whale and Wretch 32 – tickets are on sale today, or try here for cheaper student tickets.
January 25, 2012: Bands In Transit have made a Glasgow special documentary video featuring live performances from French Wives, Errors, RM Hubbert and Emma Pollock in a warehouse.
Brew At The Bog, which will take place at Inverness’ Bogbain Farm on May 5, have added several new acts to its line-up: Open Swimmer, Fatherson, Mike Nisbet, The Little Kicks, Lost City Soul, Megan Blyth, Siôn Russell Jones, Jonathan Powell and Bensh.
Hotly-tipped Craig_FS will make his live debut with a free show at Glasgow’s Black Sparrow on March 22.
January 24, 2012: The MOBO Tour 2012 stops in Glasgow on February 25 with a day of workshops, seminars, an open mic/MC battle and a concert featuring local artists and MOBO Tour artists. All events are free.
Discopolis, Bwani Junction, So Many Animal Calls and Scarlet Shift are playing UWS Union in Paisley on February 9 for their annual Refreshers Gig. The event is open to non-students as long as they are 18+.
Glasvegas are playing Glasgow’s Classic Grand on April 5. Pre-sale tickets on sale here from 9am tomorrow.
January 23, 2012: French Wives are holding an album preview party/acoustic gig at Glasgow’s Duke’s Bar on Thursday to help raise funds for their SXSW trip. It’ll be the first chance to hear their debut record Dream Of The Inbetween before it is released in May.
January 20, 2012: Here’s a video of the Save BBC Introducing in Scotland campaign being debated in the Scottish Parliament yesterday, thanks to a motion tabled by Joan McAlpine MSP. Probably the first and last time you’ll ever hear politicians discussing Frightened Rabbit, The Xcerts, Biffy Clyro, Franz Ferdinand and Calvin Harris.
Speaking of Frightened Rabbit, they went public with their anger at Cabaret Voltaire last night after hundreds of fans got locked out their gig at the Edinburgh venue over ticketing issues. The band had told fans that tickets would be available on the door only, not knowing that Cabaret Voltaire had already sold 400 in advance online. “Cabaret Voltaire fucked us over”, “Basically, Cab Vol told us a bunch of lies“, “Cab Vol are a shower of shits” are a few of Frightened Rabbit’s tweets. There’s a review of the gig here.
January 19, 2012: Eight Scottish bands have so far been invited to play at SXSW in Texas in March – French Wives, Laki Mera, The Stagger Rats, Tango In The Attic, Three Blind Wolves, The Twilight Sad, Twin Atlantic and Woodenbox With A Fistful Of Fivers. Kudos to Dear Scotland for trawling through the schedule on the SXSW website to compile the list.
January 18, 2012: Teenage Fanclub’s Gerard Love is going under the name of Lightships to release his debut solo album, Electric Cables, on April 2 through Domino imprint Geographic. You can watch the video for opening track Two Lines on YouTube.
The Save BBC Introducing in Scotland campaign will be discussed in Holyrood during a Members’ Business Debate tomorrow from 5pm. You can apply for tickets to watch the debate from the Scottish Parliament gallery by clicking here and selecting the 4pm-6pm slot. The BBC Trust are still deliberating their decision over whether to keep the Nations shows or scrap them.
If you’ve got a minute, please fill in this very brief survey for Scottish student Heather Fraser, whose fourth-year dissertation at UWS centres on music journalism in the form of blogs.
January 17, 2012: Fence Records are putting on a new two-day event called Eye O’ the Dug at various venues in St Andrews on April 14-15. The line-up has still to be announced. Tickets go on sale from January 30.
Bwani Junction were featured for about five minutes on yesterday morning’s Chris Moyles show on BBC Radio 1. Fast-forward to 1:49:00 to hear them being interviewed and mocked about their African influences.
January 16, 2012: The line-ups for the two Chemikal Underground nights at Glasgow’s Brel for Celtic Connections have been announced – Malcolm Middleton, Rick Redbeard (The Phantom Band) and FOUND are on the bill on January 24, while Emma Pollock, Zoey Van Goey and Wounded Knee play on January 31. The festival starts on Thursday, check out The Pop Cop’s alternative guide here.
January 14, 2012: Frightened Rabbit are playing a late-night show at Edinburgh’s Cabaret Voltaire on January 19, Aberdeen’s Tunnels on January 20 and Glasgow’s Stereo on January 21. Tickets are being sold on the door only for the first two gigs, while tickets for the Glasgow show (with support from Olympic Swimmers) go on sale on Monday from here.
The Margins Book & Music Festival, which runs at The Arches in Glasgow from February 23-26, features Roddy Woomble + Withered Hand + Alasdair Roberts on February 24 as well as Malcolm Middleton’s Human Don’t Be Angry + Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells (don’t rule out another Arab Strap collaboration) on February 25.
January 13, 2012: New gigs on sale include Field Music + The Dykeenies + Laki Mera + Bwani Junction at Edinburgh’s Picture House on February 6; Midnight Lion at Glasgow’s Arches on February 15 (check out the video for their new song Sleeping In The Woods); and Twin Atlantic at Inverness’ Ironworks on April 14 and Dunfermline’s Alahambra on April 15 (listen back to the Radio 1 Live Lounge session they did on Wednesday).
January 12, 2012: Admiral Fallow have signed to Vancouver-based Nettwork Records, who will this year release the band’s second album, which they finished recording last month.
Vic Galloway has posted his 35 Scottish artists to watch in 2012 on his own website.
The Glasgow Music & Film Festival, which runs at venues across the city from February 16-26, has announced its line-up. The STV website has an informative preview of the events.
January 11, 2012: PAWS made their session debut on Vic Galloway’s BBC Radio Scotland show on Monday, playing two news songs and a Big Deal cover – listen back here.
Glasgow rapper Loki was a guest on STV’s Scotland Tonight programme last night for a discussing about child poverty – watch it here (fast-forward to 17mins).
January 10, 2012: Take A Worm For A Walk Week are to split up. Their last ever gig will be at Glasgow’s Stereo on April 5.
January 9, 2012: Pin Up Nights is ending on March 30 after more than three years at The Flying Duck club in Glasgow. They’ve only got three more monthly nights left, the next one being a space/sci-fi-themed event called Intergalactic on January 27 featuring live music from Den Haan, Nevada Base and Fiction Faction.
Glasgow-based rock label Struggletown Records are selling a 22-track download compilation called Everyday Struggle for just £3. There are some cracking tunes on there from the likes of The Barents Sea and Wolves At Heart.
Pelmet Nites have released the final part of their video session with Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison – check out acoustic versions of Old Old Fashioned, Good Arms vs Bad Arms and Scottish Winds.
January 6, 2012: Miaoux Miaoux has announced that he is signing to Chemikal Underground.
Rachel Sermanni has made a promo video for The Fog, taken from her Black Currents EP which is released on February 6.
Today is the deadline for The Pop Cop’s Best Scottish Music Photo of 2011 competition.
January 5, 2012: Musicians have until Monday to apply for a spot on the Danny Kyle Open Stage, which runs every day of Celtic Connections at Glasgow’s Concert Hall.
The results of Aye Tunes’ readers’ poll have been revealed – the winners were King Creosote & Jon Hopkins’ Diamond Mine (Best Album), Rob St John & Ian Humberstone’s Split 7″ (Best Single), Kid Canaveral (Best Band), Adam Stafford (Best Solo Artist), The Spook School (Best New Band), PAWS (Best Live Band), Song, by Toad (Best Blog/Podcast) and Barrowlands (Best Venue).
January 4, 2012: Born To Be Wide are hosting a festival seminar at Edinburgh’s Electric Circus on February 2. Panel guests include Dave Corbet (T in the Park/The Edge), Katch Holmes (Knockengorroch), Gordon Reilly (Insider) and Shaun Arnold (GoNorth).
The Pop Cop’s top tip for 2012, Friends In America, are playing Glasgow’s Captain’s Rest on February 9 (NOTE: Now cancelled).
January 3, 2012: Fence Records are holding a ticket lottery until 10pm tonight for those hoping to attend the Away Game festival in Eigg on July 20-22.
January 2, 2012: Gig promoters Cry Parrot are putting on a three-day mini-festival of new Scottish talent called New Year Fest 2012 at Glasgow’s Nice N Sleazy from January 12-14.
Glasgow venue Stairway is also hosting a showcase of up-and-coming local bands with the Ones To Watch Festival on February 11-12 which features the likes of Bwani Junction, Strawberry Ocean Sea, Jack Townes and Miniature Dinosaurs.
You can watch back footage of Admiral Fallow performing Squealing Pigs and covering The Proclaimers’ Sunshine On Leith during the BBC’s Hogmanay Live programme on iPlayer.
Robin Hodge, founder and publisher of The List has been awarded an OBE for services to arts and culture.
December 30, 2011: If you decide to stay at home tomorrow night, BBC1 Scotland’s Hogmanay Live programme (11:45pm-12:45am) hosts live music from Admiral Fallow, Breabach, Heidi Talbot and a tribute to Gerry Rafferty by Rab Noakes and Emma Pollock.
Tickets for tomorrow’s Granite Rocks event at Aberdeen’s AECC featuring the likes of White Lies, The View and Twin Atlantic have been slashed to £10 each on a 2 for 1 deal, having initially gone on sale at £40 before being reduced to £20.
December 29, 2011: FOUND, winners of the first annual List Award, are one of four artists participating in a free event called The New Year Games at Edinburgh’s Grassmarket on Sunday from 2pm. Described by the organisers as an “amazing afternoon of play”, members of the public will be encouraged to throw paper planes at the band in The Hub.
December 28, 2011: Galleries song Wounds is being played on daytime Radio 1 all this week (listen back to it on Huw Stephens’ show yesterday by skipping to 2:22:00). Twin Atlantic single Free has also been on the station’s A List this month.
December 27, 2011: The Detour website now has videos of all 10 performances from June’s Wee Jaunt featuring Madhat McGore, Shields Up, Stanley Odd, I Build Collapsable Mountains, Teklo, Over The Wall, Conquering Animal Sound, Vic Galloway, Withered Hand and Lady North.
December 23, 2011: Scottish bands are getting into the Christmas spirit with a sackful of free downloads. Take your pick from Frightened Rabbit’s Cheap Gold, The Twilight Sad’s Never Tear Us Apart (INXS cover), Washington Irving’s drunken Christmas covers, Woodenbox’s The Christmas Song, Pensioners’ debut album Yearlings, Coat Hooks’ Popcorn Blues and Cancel The Astronaut’s I Am The President Of Your Fanclub (And Last Night I Followed You Home). Tickets are also on sale for Frightened Rabbit’s gig at Edinburgh’s Picture House (with support from We Are Augustines) on February 10.
December 22, 2011: Charity music festival The Big Stooshie will take place at the indoor Howe Country Centre in Giffordtown, Fife, on May 4-6. The bill includes James, The Hoosiers, The Damned, The Dykeenies, Tommy Reilly and Katie Sutherland.
The line-up for the Kilmarnock Edition Festival at the town’s Grand Hall on February 10-11 is as follows - Friday: Kassidy, El Dog, Suspire, Mechanical Smile; Saturday: The View, Woodenbox With A Fistful Of Fivers, What The Heroes Say, Sonic Templars.
December 21, 2011: Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat’s album Everything’s Getting Older has won the third annual Scottish Bloggers and Music Sites Award (BAMS). Check out the top 10 on Peenko, who conducted and compiled the survey. The Pop Cop was one of 47 voters.
Early-bird tickets costing £13.44 each are on sale for next year’s Stag & Dagger multi-venue festival in Glasgow on May 19. Early-bird tickets are also available for the Doune The Rabbit Hole festival in Stirlingshire on August 24-26.
December 20, 2011: The Save BBC Introducing campaign petition has been handed in to the BBC Trust in London, with a total of 13,500 signatures from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. This came after productive meetings with Culture Minister Ed Vaizey in Westminster, Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper and  BBC Trust senior adviser Stephen Callow. A decision over the fate of the ‘Nations’ shows is expected to be made in the next couple of months. Watch this space! Frightened Rabbit have contributed a song (Soon Go) to a 21-track ABAGA Records compilation to raise awareness of the Scottish campaign, with all proceeds going to the Drake Music Scotland charity.
December 19, 2011: A rock photography exhibition called What Presence! which features the work of Glaswegian Harry Papadopoulos is on display at Glasgow’s Tramway until February 25.
Solas Festival is recruiting for a part-time temporary Deputy Festival Coordinator for next June’s event in Biggar – application details are on Facebook.
December 18, 2011: New gigs on sale include Carly Connor at Dundee’s Doghouse on February 9, Glasgow’s Brel on February 14 & 15, Aberdeen’s Cafe Drummond on February 18; The Jezabels at Glasgow’s Oran Mor on February 26 and Edinburgh’s Electric Circus on February 27; The Maccabees at Edinburgh’s Picture House on March 5; Angels & Airwaves at Glasgow’s ABC on April 10; The Vaccines at Dundee’s Caird Hall on May 2; The Subways at Edinburgh’s Liquid Room on May 6.
December 16, 2011: You’ve only got until this Saturday to sign the Save BBC Introducing in Scotland petition before it is printed out and handed in to the BBC Trust office in London on Monday. Keep up to date with campaign developments on Facebook.
December 15, 2011: A campaign has been launched to help fund God Help The Girl, the film project of Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch. You can make pledges via Kickstarter in exchange for exclusive rewards and goodies, such as Stuart’s gold disc for Tigermilk ($1,500).
Glasgow rock trio Holy Mountain have signed to Chemikal Underground – expect a mini-album and a full-length debut album next year.
December 14, 2011: We’re deep into ‘best albums of the year’ territory – take a look at the selections of Peenko and Glasgow Podcart, and look out for The Pop Cop’s hallowed top 10 next week.
Craig McGee, the Scottish scout for Warner Chappell Publishing, has posted SoundCloud links to all the songs he picked for airplay on BBC Introducing in Scotland’s A&R Zone segment over the past 12 months on his Glasgowmusic.co.uk site.
December 13, 2011: The List has launched two cultural awards to complement its annual creative talent list, The Hot 100. Among the eight-strong shortlist for The List Award 2011 are King Creosote, FOUND, Aidan Moffat and gig promoters Tracer Trails, while Best Newcomer Award 2011 nominees includes guerilla gig specialists Detour and Conquering Animal Sound. The winners will be announced on Thursday.
December 12, 2011: The first new There Will Be Fireworks material in two years will be on sale at their gig at Glasgow’s Stereo on Sunday. It’s an EP called Because, Because and features four tracks (Harmonium Song, This Feels Like, From ’84 and a remixed/remastered version of In Excelsis Deo) that won’t be on their their much-anticipated second album. Online magazine Danger Is Everywhere have also filmed the band playing an exclusive session – check out stripped-back versions of South Street and Midfield Maestro plus an interview.
Detour will premiere video highlights of June’s Wee Jaunt (reviewed by this blog here) at a free screening at Edinburgh’s Electric Circus on Thursday (6pm). The Detour website will post individual videos from each performance every day from December 15-25.
Make Sparks are giving away their new song Floored (the making of the video promo was featured on The Pop Cop) through Project Rodney in exchange for a Facebook post or tweet.
December 9, 2011: A new all-day music festival, Brew At The Bog, is to take place at Bogbain Farm, Inverness on May 5 and will showcase this country’s best up-and-coming talent. The bill features Three Blind Wolves, Endor, Washington Irving, Kitty The Lion, Findlay Napier And The Bar Room Mountaineers, The Seventeenth Century, Over The Wall, Beerjacket, Matt Norris & The Moon, Café Disco, KOBI, Open Day Rotation, Woody Pines, HelloVideo, He Slept on 57, Little Fire and Midnight Glory. Radio 1′s Ally McCrae will be hosting the festival and DJing. Tickets are on sale via TicketSoup – however, readers of this blog can get tickets for a discounted rate of £40 for a limited time by emailing yvonne@bogbainfarm.com and mentioning “The Pop Cop ticket offer”.
Other tickets on sale today include Laura Marling at Glasgow’s Academy on March 10, and Green Day’s American Idiot musical at Edinburgh’s Playhouse from October 22-27 and Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium from October 29-November 3.
December 8, 2011: Congratulations to Glasgow Podcart for reaching the landmark of their 100th podcast, which sees Halina Rifai (who was profiled on The Pop Cop last month) joined in the studio by special guest Vic Galloway.
Withered Hand’s first new material in two years, Real Snow, is being released on Fence Records as an exclusive to subscribers of their new Chart Ruse EP series. You can see the video for the song here.
December 7, 2011: James Yorkston, Neil Pennycook (Meursault), Jenny Reeve (Strike The Colours), Jill O’Sullivan (Sparrow And The Workshop) and ‘Owl John’ (a known pseudonym for Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison) are playing at Edinburgh’s Electric Circus on December 15 as part of the Vic Galloway Presents night.
December 6, 2011: Katie Sutherland has teamed up with PledgeMusic to allow fans to invest in her forthcoming debut album by purchasing various ‘pledges’, e.g. reserving an advance copy of the record (£10), doing a filmed duet with Katie (£75), or having her come to your house to play a gig (£500). Pledgers will also be able to access exclusive content related to the album’s progress such as videos and musical previews.
Aidan Moffat has released a download-only festive EP called Oh! What A Not So Silent Night Before Christmas, which contains a cover of Last Christmas by Wham!.
December 5, 2011: Matt Norris & The Moon will be on Edinburgh’s Hogmanay bill after winning the Hog The Street contest.
JP Reid of Sucioperro and Marmaduke Duke fame has a new side-project called Invisibles. Debut album Victory Hymns will be released on Friday but you can hear one of its track, The Bones, on SoundCloud now.
The Seventeenth Century are giving away two songs they wrote while on tour in the Netherlands, which they have collectively titled Two Dutch Masters.
Gargleblast Records are promoting their new Xmas EP – featuring six unreleased recordings by De Rosa, Desert Hearts, Martin John Henry (and friends) and Pan – with a gig at their studio in Hamilton on Saturday. Tickets, which include a CD of the compilation, are on sale here.
The 2012 Scottish Alternative Music Awards will be held at The Garage in Glasgow on March 1.
December 2, 2011: The first batch of T in the Park 2012 tickets are on sale from 9am this morning.
Katie Sutherland has ditched the moniker Pearl And The Puppets and is now going by her real name. She has also signed up to PledgeMusic to encourage fans to help fund the release of her debut album by reserving their copy in advance and purchasing exclusive goodies.
December 1, 2011: Hog The Street have chosen a shortlist of 10 acts who will take part in a “busk-off” on Edinburgh’s Princes Street this Saturday and Sunday from 1pm-5pm. They are: Emelle, The OK Social Club, The Soul Foundation, Matt Norris & The Moon, The Marvels, Finding Albert, Das Contras, Clog And The Quirks, Davey Horne and Madhat McGore. Whoever pulls in the most cash in their guitar case will open the Concert in the Gardens stage of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay bill.
November 30, 2011: Next year’s Away Game festival, organised by Fence Records, will take place in Eigg on July 20-22. Tickets cost £140, which includes camping and a return ferry trip to the Inner Hebridean island. Those attending Fence Records’ Secret Xmas Party at Glasgow’s CCA on December 15 will get first refusal on tickets, with the remainder going on sale in the new year.
November 29, 2011: Admiral Fallow frontman Louis Abbott and Rachel Sermanni are playing free solo sets at Glasgow’s Brel on Sunday afternoon (2pm).
Check out the video for Bwani Junction’s Two Bridges, taken from their new album Fully Cocked.
November 28, 2011: The Twilight Sad are playing Glasgow’s Grand Ole Opry on February 9 in support of their forthcoming album No One Can Ever Know, which will be released three days earlier. You can hear next single Another Bed here.
Malcom Middleton will release A Quarter Past Shite – a new album of rare and unreleased songs that were deemed too “negative and depressing” to appear on his debut album – on December 15.
November 26, 2011: Beerjacket played Cave live on The Review Show on BBC2 last night – watch it back on the iPlayer (he’s on just after 41 minutes).
Glasgow venue Soundhaus is shutting in February, with the building being demolished.
November 25, 2011: You can download a free 10-track compilation called Hear Glasgow Loves Christmas which is made up of acts playing George Square in December (see November 22 for details). Katie Sutherland & Ed Drewett’s cover of Cold Outside is a cracker.
Tickets on sale today include The Sounds at Glasgow’s Classic Grand on February 5; Noel Gallagher at Aberdeen’s AECC on February 14 and Edinburgh Castle on July 17; Florence & The Machine + The Horrors at Glasgow’s SECC on March 12.
November 24, 2011: There’s a night of free live music in Edinburgh’s The Village on December 4 in support of the 16 Days campaign, which runs from November 25 to December 10 to raise awareness of and help eradicate violence against women and children. You can check out the various events in Glasgow here.
The Scottish Music Industry Association have unveiled a five-year plan to develop a stronger music industry in Scotland. Its three key strategies are: to celebrate and promote all musical endeavour in Scotland; stimulate growth and job-creation at local, regional, national and international levels; communicate more effectively, engaging with (and uniting) a diffuse industry populated with a myriad of small and medium enterprises across a spectrum of genres and sectors.
November 23, 2011: Born To Be Wide are hosting a seminar about the studio process on December 1 at Edinburgh’s Electric Circus. A panel of experts will cover topics such as selecting the right studio, getting the best value on a budget, mastering, finding the right producer and engineer, and recording from home.
November 22, 2011: There will be free live music in Glasgow’s George Square every Thursday from 6pm-9pm next month, with the line-ups as follows - December 1: Kate & The Redundants + Jethro + Charlie Houston + Lloyd Glen + The Imagineers; December 8: Suspire + Connor Graham/Ashkhan + Cherry Grove + Miaoux Miaoux + Open Swimmer; December 15: Selective Service + Shambles Miller + Tragic O’Hara + Sonny Marvello + A Band Called Quinn; December 22: Dave Jolly + Bigg Taj + Herculean + Black Bros + Bear Bones. December 29: Katie (Pearl & The Puppets) + Kith & Kin + The Frets + The Seventeenth Century + GoGoBot.
November 21, 2011: The Strategic Music Partnership is hosting a music industry day in Aberdeen on Saturday to help promote opportunities for young people in music. From 12pm-4pm there are workshops and presentations at Aberdeen College music department, before the action moves on to the Lemon Tree from 4.30pm-11pm with an industry panel Q&A and showcase gig featuring The Xcerts and others.
November 19, 2011: As part of the Save BBC Introducing in Scotland campaign, bands will be busking (in aid of Children In Need) outside the BBC studios in Glasgow this Sunday at 1pm.
November 18, 2011: Gigs on sale today include Rachel Sermanni at Edinburgh’s Pleasance Theatre on February 2, Aberdeen’s Lemon Tree on February 3, Inverness’ Ironworks on February 4 and Glasgow’s St Andrews in the Square on February 5; Justice at Glasgow’s Academy on February 12; Friendly Fires have rescheduled tonight’s show at Glasgow’s Barrowland to December 20 due to illness.
November 17, 2011: James Watt College in Greenock is starting an evening class in NPA Music Business from November 29, aimed at people who are involved in the industry and would like to learn more about it but haven’t had any formal qualifications, such as musicians and band managers. The course runs for 24 weeks.
November 16, 2011: King Tut’s New Year Revolution will see 75 Scottish acts play over 15 consecutive nights at the Glasgow venue from January 5-19. The headliners are The LaFontaines, The River 68′s, Raymond Meade, The King Hats, Vukovi, Discopolis, Lynnie Carson, Tango In The Attic, Kobi Onyame, Vigo Thieves, Esperi, United Fruit, Open Swimmer, Beerjacket and Pareto. A free album featuring the headliners is available to download from the official website. Other notable performers in the four-band bills include The Fleet, Letters, Café Disco, Lady North, Reverieme, Randolph’s Leap, I Build Collapsible Mountains, Michael Cassidy and Julie And The Doogans. All tickets go on sale tomorrow.
November 15, 2011: Next year’s goNORTH, the free new music and filmmaking showcase, will take place in Inverness on June 6-7. You can read my review of this year’s event here.
November 14, 2011: Frightened Rabbit are playing a last-minute gig at Glasgow’s Nice ‘n’ Sleazy tomorrow night in aid of Cystinosis Foundation. Tickets were snapped up almost instantly by followers of the band on Twitter and Facebook, where they made the announcement.
November 11, 2011: Hog The Street is offering bands the chance to get on Edinburgh’s Hogmanay bill (which includes Primal Scream, Mark Ronson, Friendly Fires, The Vaccines, Bombay Bicycle Club, Wild Beasts, Kassidy and Sons & Daughters) by taking part in a “busk-off” on Princes Street on December 3/4 – whoever pulls in the most cash in their guitar case will be deemed the winner.
Tickets on sale today include Feist at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall on March 27; Snow Patrol at Glasgow’s SECC on January 27 & January 28 and Aberdeen’s AECC on January 30; The Maccabees at Aberdeen’s Lemon Tree on January 22 and Glasgow’s QMU on January 23.
November 10, 2011: Well done to the excellent Sebastian Dangerfield for winning the second annual Scotsman Radar Prize, which sees the Edinburgh band bag a recording session at Chem 19, a video shoot and various other digital subscriptions and distribution deals.
November 9, 2011: The Cinematics have made the previously unreleased Nausea, the last song they recorded before splitting up, available as a free download. Guitarist Larry Reid explained the reasons behind the band’s break-up in an interview published by The Pop Cop in July.
Pre-sale tickets are available today for the NME Awards Tour featuring Two Door Cinema Club, Metronomy, Tribes and Azealia Banks, which starts at Glasgow’s Academy on February 8.
The Lotus Project (2pm) and Bear Bones (2.30pm) will play at The Shop Of Interest in Glasgow on Sunday to mark the Argyle Street boutique’s first birthday. There will also be complimentary wine and 20% off everything in store.
November 8, 2011: The Stones Roses will headline next year’s T in the Park festival. Tickets go on sale on December 2.
Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton yesterday gave away tickets for a one-off Arab Strap reunion – their first gig in five years – at Glasgow’s Nice ‘n’ Sleazy on November 17 (did you decipher the “William Harness” pseudonym?). They were all snapped up by 9.30am so if you weren’t super-quick you probably missed out.
The Little Kicks are promoting the release of their second album, called The Little Kicks, with gigs at Edinburgh’s Sneaky Pete’s on November 15, Glasgow’s Flat 0/1 on November 16, Gourock’s Cafe Continental on November 17, Stirling’s Cape on November 18 and Aberdeen’s Tunnels on November 19.
November 7, 2011: Alexi Murdoch (featured on this blog here) will play a second date at Glasgow’s Captain’s Rest on November 27 after the first one on November 26 sold out.
Scottish blogger The Vinyl Villain is putting on his first gig, which features Butcher Boy + Adam Stafford at Glasgow’s Langside Hall on November 19.
James Morrison’s sold-out gig at Edinburgh’s Picture House last Friday, which was cancelled due to ill health, has been rescheduled to December 6 with all original tickets valid for the new date.
November 4, 2011: Broken Records are playing Edinburgh’s Cabaret Voltaire on December 6, Glasgow’s Captain’s Rest on December 7, Dundee’s Beat Generator Live on December 8, Dunfermline’s PJ Molloys on December 9 and Aberdeen’s Tunnels on December 11.
November 3, 2011: Gig promoters Pelmet Nites are celebrating their 5th birthday with two shows: Midnight Lion + Aerials Up + Washington Irving + Matt Norris & The Moon + Endor (acoustic) at Edinburgh’s Electric Circus on November 10 (tickets); Discopolis + Midnight Lion + Niteworks at Dundee’s Duke’s Corner on November 11 (free).
RockNess are looking for student ambassadors to raising awareness and encourage ticket sales for next year’s festival in return for payment and free entry into concerts including RockNess. Details here.
November 2, 2011: Fruit Tree Foundation’s New Branch EP, which features six songs from three musicians being mentored by Withered Hand, James Yorkston and Rod Jones, is available for free download via The Skinny.
November 1, 2011: Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch will host a Q&A with Felt’s Lawrence Hayward and director Paul Kelly after the screening of his documentary, Lawrence of Belgravia, at Glasgow’s GFT on December 4.
The line-ups for Celtic Connections’ Sunday afternoon Hazy Recollections shows at Glasgow’s ABC2 are: Washington Irving, Jonnie Common, The Dirty Beggars, Siobhan Wilson (featured on The Pop Cop here), Adam Holmes & The Embers on January 22; Foy Vance, Dean Owens, Findlay Napier & The Bar Room Mountaineers, Doghouse Roses, Kim Edgar on January 29; The Dead Man’s Waltz, The Hidden Lane Choir, Gabby Young, Captain And The Kings, The Seventeenth Century on February 5.
A music event called Jimstock will be held at Aberdeen’s Beach Ballroom on Saturday to raise funds for the Royal Infirmary’s coronary care unit. The bill features Fridge Magnets, Shy James, Stanley, Amy Sawers, The Lorelei and The Tijuana Sun, Dave O’Grady, Brothers Reid, Myke Black, Marionettes.