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Scottish music calendar 2013
The best albums of 2007
The best albums of 2008
The best albums of 2009
The best albums of 2010
The best albums of 2011
The best albums of 2012
The best albums of the decade (2000-09)
2013
June
Live review: RockNess 2013 and The Stones Roses @ Glasgow Green
Music Alliance Pact - June 2013
goNORTH 2013 review
The 2013 SAY Award shortlist and the rage against the machine
May
Music highlights of West End Festival 2013
I know what you'll do this summer: a guide to festival season in Scotland
The Pop Cop’s Subcity Radio live sessions 2012/13
Music Alliance Pact - May 2013
All At Sea: delving into the mind of the maker
40 musicians answer the Scottish independence question
Constructing the perfect pop song: Prides - Out Of The Blue
April
Should a rock concert have a code of conduct?
"If this award didn't recognise these enormously popular albums we'd have failed abysmally" - why Emeli Sandé and Calvin Harris belong on the SAY Award 2013 longlist
Scottish guide to Record Store Day 2013
Linn's studio-quality downloads - meet the company plotting the death of mp3s
Music Alliance Pact - April 2013
The 6 Most Random Uses For A Scottish Musician
Let's help drummer Robbie Cooper beat cancer
State-sponsored sex saunas are OK but no house concerts, please
March
Scotland's rap battle revolution
Cairn in the community - how Scotland's hottest orchestra infiltrated the underground
How to educate yourself in the business of music
Music Alliance Pact - March 2013
Brew at the Bog 2013: a festival for the frugal
Get rich or try lying
Live review: Frightened Rabbit @ Barrowland, Glasgow
February
The SAMAs 2013: our version of events
T in the Park 2013 - something for everyone?
Music Alliance Pact - February 2013
Alright, love
Sync or swim
The end of Endor, the start of Fake Major
January
The best Scottish music photo of 2012
Frightened Rabbit: Doomed relationships, Big Brother and the missing $28,000
Celtic Connections 2013 - the highlights
Music Alliance Pact - January 2013
A letter from America
10 acts to discover in 2013
Scottish music calendar 2013
2012
December
The Pop Cop blog 2012: A year in pictures
20 songs to discover in 2012
The best albums of 2012
Music Alliance Pact - December 2012
Hopelessly devoted: Meet the superfans
November
Father Sculptor: Kick those heavy boots off, lie down & press play
A guide to good gig photography
Shut up shop
Music Alliance Pact - November 2012
Best Scottish Music Photo of 2012 competition
Will cinema save or sink live music?
Sons & Daughters, love and laughter, tears of sadness and happiness
October
A first look at Celtic Connections 2013
The worlds collide but all that I want is a shady lane
Meet the parents
Music Alliance Pact - October 2012
Tha mi toilichte ur coinneachadh
The ex files: how much does it hurt to see your old band get famous?
How do you persuade people to buy records? Answers on a postcard
September
Let's hear it for the girls
Blochestra: the orchestra for all
Stream if you want to go faster – why all music will eventually become 'try before you buy'
"Our left arm didn't know what our little toes were doing" - Hamish Jolly vows to right the wrongs of Haddow Fest
Music Alliance Pact - September 2012
Hip-hop is our folk music
Crap Tat Guess Who?
The second (and hopefully neverending) Scottish New Music Awards - by The Positive Troll
August
The September Issue
Thank fuck you're not dead: The post-27 Club
Competition: Get your song on the Music Alliance Pact's 50th edition
Getting high with Bradley from S Club 7: A guide to Freshers' Week 2012
Live Review: #UNRAVEL @ The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Music Alliance Pact - August 2012
The five best albums you've never heard
Set-nav: why more musicians should get off the beaten track
I’ve some pretty big boots to fill so I'll make a start with a dose of rabies and some hangover cures
Friends In America: the Tesco interview
July
Live review: Wickerman Festival 2012
Scottish Music Crossword
Songs of praise: an introduction to CHURCHES, pop messiahs
Music Alliance Pact - July 2012
King Tut's Summer Nights 2012, here we come!
T in the Park 2012: Stage times, playlist, TV schedule
Shambles Miller goes speed dating
Scotland's shame: Tucker
June
Live review: West End Festival Closing Party @ Oran Mor, Glasgow
"I'm not trying to be some sort of activist" - Louis Abbott on Admiral Fallow's rule-bending pop album
Live blog: Scottish Album of the Year Award 2012
Music Alliance Pact - June 2012
Five years ago today, The Pop Cop blog was born...
The Pop Cop's Subcity Radio live sessions 2011/12
The making of Detour TV
"Sometimes I think I won't be able to write another song ever again" - Rachel Sermanni's voyage of discovery
May
How surround sound is revolutionising live music
Piss artists: Toilet graffiti in Glasgow gig venues
Save BBC Introducing in Scotland campaign: The end
Music Alliance Pact - May 2012
T Break 2012: The chosen ones
Live review: Brew at the Bog 2012
Snap happy: the SoundExposed exhibition of Scottish music photography
April
London calling
Music highlights of West End Festival 2012
A guide to free live music on Record Store Day 2012 (but please don't ask me to buy any records)
Music Alliance Pact - April 2012
Scottish Album of the Year Award - Longlist analysed (by Amazon customers)
Scottish Album of the Year Award - "It's not a competition: it's a celebration, an opportunity, a platform"
Admiral Fallow's new album leaks, band furious
March
Charlotte Church, cheap trains and amazing Scottish talent - a guide to Brew at the Bog 2012
Why it's alright to let a DIY label do the dirty work for your band
The life-changing potential of Wide Days and goNORTH
Play as you earn
Music Alliance Pact - March 2012
The real independence question: Will Scotland get its own Eurovision entry?
Pay to play - three little words, one big problem
February
If I'd been able to come up with a title that conveys just how much I love The Jezabels it would've been here
T in the Park 2012 line-up
You gotta fight for your right to party
Music Alliance Pact - February 2012
The Pop Cop guide to making a Valentine's Day card
It's the taking apart that counts
Save BBC Introducing in Scotland campaign: where we’re at (part 3)
Live review: Celtic Connections 2012
January
Happy feats: Music innovations that will make your life better
The best Scottish music photo of 2011
Why SOPA + PIPA spell trouble
140-character assassinations: Aidan Moffat's greatest hits on Twitter
Music Alliance Pact - January 2012
Scottish Musicians' Cookbook
Generation next: King Tut's New Year's Revolution 2012
Scottish music calendar 2012
Top 10 tips of 2012
2011
December
Hogmanay happy returns
The best songs of 2011
The best albums of 2011
Music Alliance Pact - December 2011
The dos and don'ts of band T-shirts
Poll taxing
Save BBC Introducing in Scotland campaign: where we’re at (part 2)
Well, I can’t wait for Christmas...
November
Coming in from the cold with Glasgow Popfest 2011
Best Scottish Music Photo of 2011 competition
Live review: Arches @ Stereo, Glasgow
Music Alliance Pact - November 2011
"Quite rude, a bit funny and honest" - meet Glasgow PodcART's architect
Make Sparks: the promo video kings
We want your band T-shirts
Sleazy does it!
October
An open letter to songwriters: explaining your lyrics makes your music more likeable
An alternative look at Celtic Connections 2012
Save BBC Introducing in Scotland campaign: where we're at
Live review: Kyla La Grange @ The Captain's Rest, Glasgow
Music Alliance Pact - October 2011
Opportunity Ox
Definitely MOBO
Clear me a space to gaze at the stars
The evolution of Beerjacket
September
"I did not contemplate death. Not even for half a second" - We Were Promised Jetpacks' guitarist on conquering cancer
"You automatically want to guard what you have when you feel it's in danger" - why Siobhan Wilson swapped her friends in France for Friends In America
Rocktoberfest 2011
A dose of Jose Vanders
Music Alliance Pact - September 2011
Twitter wars: Avalanche Records vs Los Campesinos!
The first (and hopefully last) Scottish New Music Awards
The day we listened to every song from all 12 shortlisted Mercury Prize albums in one go
August
Freshers' Week 2011: A beginner's guide to Scotland
Live review: The National, Wye Oak @ Academy, Glasgow
There Will Be Fireworks album #2: The making of their masterpiece
The major label massacre
Music Alliance Pact - August 2011
The Goss: a catch-up
What's your favourite song of all time?
Reviews: reviewed
August 1st and everything after
July
Stars in the making: Café Disco
The Cinematics (2003-2011) - "Basically everything we did had to be acceptable to American girls”
Fest of times, worst of times
The Wickerman Festival: hoachin' with talent
Music Alliance Pact - July 2011
Live review: T in the Park 2011
T in the Park 2011 stage times
Is 2011 shaping up to be the weakest year for albums in recent memory?
Ten reasons why the Northern Lights festival failed
June
Dear T in the Park, MAKE IT STOP
Live review: Insider 2011 (written by three insiders)
Live review: Frightened Rabbit @ Burgh Hall, Peebles
GoNorth 2011 review
Music Alliance Pact - June 2011
RockNess vs Doune The Rabbit Hole
Live review: Detour's Wee Jaunt #3
Shut the folk up!
Top 10 music highlights of Glasgow's West End Festival 2011
May