United Fruit

United Fruit are the next on our hit list of bands to keep a very close eye on in 2011 and beyond. Having provided one of best live experiences of 2010 at Wickerman Festival’s Solus Tent they would probably have to be named a summer highlight.

Inspector Tapehead – Duress Code

To say I have been excited about the prospect of the new Inspector Tapehead album would be a MASSIVE understatement, like saying the Great Wall Of China was a ‘a decent size’ or Katie Price ‘likes to have the odd picture taken’. After hearing the unbelievably good ‘Pherenzik Tear’ last year, a moment which will…

Podcart Tips: 2011

So I thought I would highlight a few artists that Glasgow Podcart believes you should keep an eye on for 2011 and going forward. I suppose I should put some kind of disclaimer about it being the opinion of myself and so on, but hey they are great musicians and deserve to be checked out.…

Eclectic Peel

Back in August my right hand art woman Sophie Stubbs and I decided that it was about time to put on another exhibition. This time though it was going to be a whole lot bigger. After the success of Sketchbook that Sophie and Iona Bruce produced we wanted to keep our ties with the music…

Ex Libras – Cut(s)

Cut(s) is, on the face of it, just an acoustic version of half of Ex Libra’s debut full-length Suite(s), released late last year. But this is no simple acoustic rehash. This is no man-with-guitar attempt to reduce songs to their atomic level. Ex Libras have pared these tracks down to the barest of bones and…