I heard this song in its infancy; I then was lucky enough to hear it after the superb production efforts of Bruce Rintoul of 45 A Side Recordings. It is without any shadow of doubt one of the best songs on our radar this year.
Song of the Day: Bastard Mountain – Swam Like Sharks
“Bastard Mountain are: Pete Harvey & Neil Pennycook from Meursault, Jill O’Sullivan from Sparrow & the Workshop, Rob St. John from eagleowl & Meursault, Rory Sutherland from Broken Records & Reuben Taylor from James Yorkston & the Athletes.” After reading this I felt immediately inferior, it is like a force field of ungodly talent. I…
Song of the Day: Prehistoric Friends – Bermuda Triangle
Say hello to the summer boys and girls.
Song of the Day: The WIld Curve – Diamonds
Song of the Day comes from The Wild Curve. The email landed in the inbox yesterday and it has all the elements of euphoric electro-pop that the nation is currently lapping up. The Glasgow-based collective have advised this is the first offering of their material and if this is anything to go by then they…
Song of the Day: Lists – Veil
Lists is back with another track and within the first few minutes of listening realised that as with the last ‘Veil’ my Song of the Day.
Life Is Like A Box Of Records: David John Weaver
Life Is Like A Box Of Records today spends time with Detour co-founder and Creative Scotland Music Development Office – David Weaver. Please also note the important fact that on April 26th Detour will be putting on one of their infamous Wee Jaunts in Edinburgh! Tickets are for sale at http://bbweejaunt.eventbrite.co.uk “It’s taken me a…
The Solus Tent Revealed – Wickerman Festival
It is that time of year again and Solus Tent have announced their line-up for this year’s Wickerman Festival. The festival will hit Dumfries 25th & 26th July and we shall be in attendance. The main attraction for us yearly are the line-up’s of the Solus Tent and goNorth Stages. Both select some of the…
Song of the Day: Made Mountain – Deadlight Nights
Song of the Day comes from Made Mountain. ‘Deadlight Nights’ popped up on our SoundCloud stream and is going to be playing continuously today at the Podcart hub. A small band from central Scotland with a gentleman called Robbie Manson becoming an almost one man band. Additional contributions from Grant Miller (production, piano) and a…
Life Is Like A Box Of Records – Jan Burnett (The Grand Gestures)
Some time ago I was sitting on a bus with a token playlist of songs that had influenced my life in some way or another.
Song of the Day: Eliza Shaddad – You For Me
Eliza Shaddad comes from the same record label/management group as Turtle so before I even hit play I knew it was going to be special.
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