Butcher Boy
Glaswegian melodic popsters Butcher Boy are getting some good press on Stereogum today - they’re featuring a track from the new album (Carve a Pattern). It’s well worth checking out, lovely in a Belle & Sebastian kind of way. Alternatively, head to their myspace page and listen to 5 other tracks or simply [...]
Frightened Rabbit in the Boston Globe
After a pretty spectacular 2008, Frightened Rabbit have taken time out from being one my favourite Glasgow bands to talk to a journo from the Boston Globe. You can read the (pretty short) interview here. Check out their myspace page, too. They’re in the middle of a US tour, but they’ve lined up a [...]
What Gigmonkey is (and what it isn’t)
Gigmonkey.co.uk is a site that hopefully will be launched by the end of January 2009 (there’s nothing there at the moment, sorry). On the surface it’ll appear to be a (very well designed and coded) listings site for the city of Glasgow. It’ll feature every venue that features live music (open mic nights not included) [...]