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• EP Review - Frightened Rabbit - The Woodpile EP

  

  This year's epic Pedestrian Verse put Frightened Rabbit back on track to the highs of their seminal The Midnight Organ Fight album and saw the band release an... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Single/EP Review - Franz Ferdinand - Evil Eye

  

  Franz Ferdinand are back and this latest offering proves they’re still ‘making music for girls to dance to’. Latest single Evil Eye is nice jaunty track with a... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Album Review - RM Hubbert - Breaks & Bone

  

  RM Hubbert, or ‘Hubby’, hasn’t wasted any time since his previous LP Thirteen Lost Found landed him with 2012’s Scottish Album of the Year Award. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Scottish Fiction Podcast - 4th September 2013

  

  I'm baaaaaaack! Did you miss me? Didn't think so. A HUGE thanks to Chris Murray for covering things whilst I was away. There was really only one way to get... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Album Review - Travis - Where You Stand

  

  It's been a long time coming but finally Travis are back with new album Where We Stand, rightfully reclaiming their status as one of Scotland's proudest... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Single Review - Be Like Pablo - Without The Pain (Feat. Kuda)

  

  Supporting the recent release of their debut album The New Adventures, Forres geek-pop band Be Like Pablo deliver a single which is a little different but... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Doune The Rabbit Hole - Review

  

  Review by Bobby Motherwell FridayWhen asked if we would like to attend the annual Doune The Rabbit Hole festival for Scottish Fiction, both myself and Peter... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• That's My Jam #24 - Blood Relatives - Deerheart

  

  Title tracks always interest me. My thinking goes that for the band to name their album after the track, then it's got to be a strong representation of what... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Single Review - CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share

  

  CHVRCHES debut album The Bones Of What You Believe is one of this year's most anticipated releases. To precede the album the band are re-releasing their debut... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• That's My Jam #23

  

  On Tuesday The Spook School announced details of their debut album. It made me so happy I temporarily fell into a joy induced coma, meaning it's only now that... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo - On The Desolate Hillside: Track by Track Review

  

  Over the past two and a half years of this blog, I've never had a track by track review. Instead you've had to listen to my ramblings on certain albums that I'v... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• That's My Jam #22 - Mast - Romance

  

  Scenes and musical movements come and go. Beneath the popular media coverage, which can come and go, it's the musicians on the ground level who really show you... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Doune The Rabbit Hole 2013 - Preview

  

  This time next week Doune The Rabbit Hole will be well under way, catering to the boutique festival market with it's own brand of DIY, carefree, and creative... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• That's My Jam #21 - Prides Feat. Louie (Hector Bizerk) - Run & Jump

  

  Two of the highlights of the summer festival season for me have been Prides and Hector Bizerk. Both bands played outstanding sets at T in the Park and Wickerman... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Scottish Fiction Podcast - 31st July 2013

  

  Over the course of 2013 so far we've had some fantastically talented guests on the Scottish Fiction show. To celebrate that before I swan off for a months... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Wickerman Review - Saturday

  

  Day two of Scotland 'alternative festival', and the Scottish Fiction team are awake, if not fully compos mentis, fed and water, and ready for a full on day of... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Scottish Fiction Podcast - 24th July 2013

  

  Behold! It's Behold The Old Bear live in session for Scottish Fiction. Or at least one third of the band. Raindeer MacFarlane, lead man of BTOB and all-round... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• We're Only Here For The Banter - The Cherry Wave

  

  The Cherry Wave are a four piece shoegaze bunch from Glasgow, who recently played one of our Scottish Fiction Presents: Aye Tunes vs, Peenko gigs. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Algernon Doll - Scottish Fiction Session - Videos

  

  Responsible for one of 2013's best album's so far, I was delighted to be joined for a Scottish Fiction Session by Ewan Grant, a.k.a. Algernon Doll. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Scottish Fiction Football League Sweepstake - Pulse Community Radio Fundraiser

  

  Everyone knows that music and football go together like John Barnes and New Order. And this being a Scottish music blog, it's a well known fact that football... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC