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• EP Review - Poor Frisco - Ghosts

  

  Ghosts is the new five track EP from the spontaneous band Poor Frisco. It is a lively acoustic mix of alternative-rock indie songs which feature heavily in thei... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Album Review - Suspire - Suspire

  

  Originally from Glasgow, Suspire are a half-pop, half-rock synth band producing incredible vibes to portray both an enchanted and disillusioned world. Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Single Review - Vukovi - So Long Gone

  

  Ayrshire four piece Vukovi return with another slice of rock-pop with their new single So Long Gone and it's not for the faint hearted. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Single Review - Beard Of Truth - Bad Kids

  

  Beard of Truth is an offshoot of Edinburgh band The Last Battle, allowing lead singer Scott Longmuir to air his solo stuff, and the debut single Bad Kids is... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Prehistoric Friends - Scottish Fiction Sessions Videos

  

  Prehistoric Friends is the project of multi instrumentalist Liam Chapman, which draws influence from the likes of Beach House and Death Cab For Cutie, to... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Scottish Fiction Podcast - 17th November 2014

  

  Joining me on the show this week were Liam Chapman and Nichola Kerr from Prehistoric Friends. Ahead of their second single Wisdom Tooth being released on Tuesda... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• EXCLUSIVE - Prehistoric Friends - I Can't See A Thing - Scottish Fiction...

  

  Prehistoric Friends is the project of multi instrumentalist Liam Chapman, which draws influence from the likes of Beach House and Death Cab For Cutie, to... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Gig Review - CHVRCHES - Barrowlands, 4th November 2014

  

  Since the release of The Bones Of What You Believe, in September 2013, CHRVCHES have been on a whirlwind and non-stop journey, touring across the world,... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Now Wakes The Sea - Scottish Fiction Session Videos

  

  Alan McCormack is better known; or at least he should be better known; as the man behind lo-fi, experimental pop band Now Wakes The Sea. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Album Review - The Twilight Sad - Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To...

  

  Unsure and quite frankly unnerved by other reviews and discussion, I teetered on the edge until I was securely past the initial twenty seconds of the opening... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Single Review - Brownbear - Dead Or Alive

  

  Dead or Alive is the storming single from Brownbear. Formerly Brownbear and the Bandits, the Ayrshrie foursome have knocked up an acoustic driven groove wagon o... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• We're Only Here For The Banter - Sharptooth

  

  Sharptooth are one of those bands that creep up on you fully formed and ready for you to gush about. Comprising of sisters Nico and Kate Miller, along with... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Album Review - The Last September - Volcano

  

  The third album by The Last September is remarkably smooth, not only in its instrumentation and production, but the way it delivers to the listener; you feel... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• EP Review - Chrissy Barnacle - To Speak

  

  Glasgow gal Chrissy Barnacle’s new EP is a sweet amalgamation of tenderly plucked guitar with bold, open vocals and lyrics loaded with sassy truth. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Album Review - Jonnie Common - Trapped In Amber

  

  Jonnie Common’s latest offering Trapped in Amber on Song, by Toad Records is an electronic Liquorice Allsorts of an album. I have in the past lain in bed at... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Gig Review - The LaFontaines - O2 ABC, 31st October 2014

  

  It’s Halloween, and Glasgow's 02 ABC is about to hold host to the biggest party in the City – the 'Big Font Night Out' where Motherwell's finest The... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Single Review - Nieves - Straight Line

  

  Straight Line is the first track available to download from Glasgow newcomers Nieves. A beautiful song which draws heavily upon the Scottish indie/folk traditio... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• We're Only Here For The Banter - Poor Frisco

  

  Whether it's dressing up or stuffing your face with sweets, Halloween is a fun time of year. Today's 'We're Only Here For The Banter' guests certainly agree,... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Album Review - Blood Blood - Sunday/worship

  

  Layers amongst layers; sunday/worship by blood blood, the solo effort by Davey Gwynne (who is one thirds of the collective Machines in Heaven) can be listened t... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Chrissy Barnacle - Scottish Fiction Session Videos

  

  Folk punk songstress Chrissy Barnacle has a unique way with lyrics, weaving what can appear on the surface whimsical stores, but which when scratched beneath... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC