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Song, By Toad: SXSW Video Diary Part 2
Matthew’s video diary from SXSW continues as he ventures into the East Side of Austin, recruits more unwilling participants to ‘Hipster Cam’ and catches a late night performance from Orkney’s Erland and the Carnival.
Matthew Young
March 26, 2011
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Song, By Toad: SXSW Video Diary Part 1
This pretty much speaks for itself, I think. The hundredth best venue in Austin would probably be by far the best venue in Edinburgh, so it is partly awesome fun and partly making me green with envy!
Matthew Young
March 19, 2011
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Toad Session: Rob St. John
We actually recorded this Toad Session in the Queen Charlotte Rooms in Leith before the Song, by Toad Christmas Party back in December. Partly this was because it seemed like a fun thing to do, and partly because swapping our traditional and rather overpowering turquoise backdrop for their Christmas lights and tinsel. Also, we had […]
Matthew Young
February 26, 2011
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Kid Canaveral – ‘You Only Went Out to Get Drunk Last Night’ video
I have an unusually healthy supply of good videos at the moment, so I thought I might pass on three of my favourites, none of which bear much relation to one another, but all of which are cool in different ways. First up is Kid Canaveral’s brilliant new animated video for You Only Went Out […]
Matthew Young
February 19, 2011
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Sparrow & the Workshop – ‘Black to Red’ video
“Joanna Newsom backed by Black Sabbath.” Apparently Sparrow & the Workshop have some rather smart-arsed friends, because that’s how one of them described some of their recent material, according to the press release I received.
Matthew Young
February 12, 2011
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North American War – ‘Me & My G.I. Joes’ EP Reviewed
This is something I think has real promise, without necessarily saying that I personally think it is quite there yet. North American War are working with Glasgow’s excellent Winning Sperm Party, and have released this EP as a free download, as WSP release all their things.
Matthew Young
February 5, 2011
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Edinburgh School for the Deaf – ’11 Kinds’ EP Reviewed
I never really knew much about Edinburgh band Deserters Deserve Death, never mind seriously getting into their music. They appear to have vanished now, and in their place appear Edinburgh School for the Deaf. Going to their MySpace or Facebook fan pages there seems to be little reason given for the change of name, whether […]
Matthew Young
January 29, 2011
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Zed Penguin – ‘Four Track Mind’ EP Reviewed
There’s a lot of talk in the media at the moment about the death of rock ‘n’ roll and whether or not this year will see some sort of rebirth of guitar music and so on and so forth. The whole debate seems to centre on the wrong subjects, for the most part, not least […]
Matthew Young
January 22, 2011
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Interview with Findo Gask
About this time last year Findo Gask were, in my opinion, just about the most promising band in Scotland. Their unusual take on electro disco pop seemed to appeal to the indie kids as much as to the dancefloor, and with Vic Galloway and Muslim Alim putting them forward as one of two recommended Scottish […]
Matthew Young
January 15, 2011
