Dear Scotland

Discopolis are arguably the hottest band in Scotland right now. Up until a few months ago I had never even heard of them, in fact I doubt very many people had. This years T Break panel changed all of that, as their submission became one of the most talked about entries by this years panellists.

Song of Return feature former members of now defunct Glasgow electro outfit Union of Knives. Having been unceremoniously dropped by Relentless Records, Craig Grant and Chris Gordon regrouped and have crafted an album that more than equals anything that Union of Knives ever recorded. Having been freed from the shackles of their label, they have [...]

For those of you who visit this site on a regular basis, you might already be aware just how much I like Glasgow three piece, Sparrow and the Workshop. I would probably have asked them to do an interview for me a long long time ago, however, I built them up so much to myself [...]

When I first started the Peenko blog, I never set out to predominantly focus on Scottish music, it was just something that I found myself getting drawn more and more into as I kept finding a wealth of great music in my own backyard. Butcher Boy were a prime example of a band that made [...]

I am such a fickle chap sometimes. For ages I turned my nose up at Aerials Up for no reason other than they seemed to get a lot of gigs supporting Snow Patrol. What makes me even more stupid is that I actually really like the ‘Patrol, which I guess loses me several indie street [...]

Have I mentioned that the label I co-run have a new album coming out this week? If not, then we have a new album coming out this week from Dundee’s finest, Pensioner. I think they’re going to take quite a few of you by surprise as they’re not exactly folk. I have to give credit [...]

I always find that the best way to find about new music is to listen to you peers and in the past couple of months two of my fellow bloggers, Manic Pop Thrills and Song By Toad, have both been raving about this week’s newest addition to the Scots Way-Hay club. My attention pricked, their [...]

Once upon a time a wee baldy ginger man from Scotland heralded St Deluxe as being “a Scottish Nirvana for the 21st Century…”. No this wasn’t my fellow blogger Jim ‘Ayetunes’, instead it was the notorious Alan McGee, aye him what discovered Oasis. At the time I am pretty sure that the band would have [...]

It’s a pretty bold step for a front man to decide to go solo, so after the demise of Falkirk stalwarts, Y’all Is Fantasy Island, it felt like a natural step for Adam Stafford to step out into the limelight. He already recorded a fantastic covers album, “Music in the Mirabel”, plus two prior albums [...]