Withered Hand: ‘spill favourites usually pedalling atheist hymns hit the button marked Ramones with help from Rozi Plain and the Hefner chap , hardcore hardcore listen to the crowd roar – this ain’t no mindless mediocrity Mr Wilson. -insert smiley happy face icon here to denote maximum enjoyment-.
Archive for the ‘Scots’ Category
Hardcore, hardcore, listen to the crowd roar
Posted in 2010s, Scots, tagged Is Amazing, Withered Hand on January 27, 2012 | 14 Comments »
12 for 2012 No. 6: Smackvan
Posted in 2010s, Scots, Soul on January 17, 2012 | 3 Comments »
I know absolutely nothing about Smackvan, but I’m sure as anything I’m going to try and find out more about their late-night, miserablist, slowcore, Becktonian, Scots amblings in 2012. It doesn’t help either that their record label has called it a day and deleted their website with it. However I do know that this song [...]
Happy Birthday DarceysDad !
Posted in Jazz, Scots, Tributes, tagged DarceysDad, Jazz on November 30, 2011 | 66 Comments »
This is to celebrate the birthday of a most sociable recommender. It marks DsD’s broad-minded but sometimes baffled engagement with the music known as Jazz, and the Scottish connection with St Andrew’s Day. So, here’s the astonishing Rufus Harley, playing John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, on the bagpipes. I hope others will join in the [...]
The Oates Field – Wild Oates
Posted in 2010s, Folk, Indie, Rock, Scots, Uncategorized on September 3, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I hadn’t heard of The Oates Field and still wouldn’t know of them were it not for a lil’ serendipity. I was due to review another act playing at the Edinburgh Fringe, which unfortunately had to cancel due to illness. The other musicians booked to perform included Alan Oates, and this is his newly released [...]
Photosynthesise this!
Posted in 2010s, Scots on September 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Jonnie Common could probably make the sun come out at night.
A Fright At The Museum
Posted in 2010s, Architecture, Design, Scots, Technology, Uncategorized on August 3, 2011 | 16 Comments »
A visitor returning to the newly refurbished National Museum of Scotland would certainly be taken aback: how the hell do I get in and why are there so many people in here on such a beautiful day? I used to walk past it on my way home from work. They had late opening on a [...]
Tin Croc
Posted in 2010s, Indie, Scots on August 2, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Aiden & Malcolm make new music, but don’t call it Arab Strap – it’s just a Slow Club cover. Meanwhile Scott & Tracyanne have a shot at making Frightened Camera, or Obscurabbits, if you please. I realise that this doesn’t make much sense to most ‘Spillers, but I have about a billion new ‘Spill posts [...]
Well done Kenny!
Posted in 2010s, Experimental, Folk, Scots on July 19, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I’m sure that all of ‘Spilldom knows that King Creosote is one of my utter favourite singers, so I’m exceedingly pleased he’s been nominated for this year’s Mercury Music prize for his “Diamond Mine” album, a collaboration with Jon Hopkins. The last time I saw Kenny he was singing by the creels at Crail harbour, [...]
2010 ‘Spill album of the year – Dub version!
Posted in 2010s, Dub, Scots on May 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Steve Mason, who won the coveted ‘Spill album of the year 2010 for “Boys Outside” has gone and made a dub version, of the whole album. In cahoots with legendary producer Dennis Bovell (Linton Kwesi Johnson, I-Roy Janet Kay, The Pop Group, Orange Juice, The Slits) to boot. Here’s a preview from “Ghosts Outside” I [...]
A Wee Chat With: Reverieme
Posted in 2010s, Pop, Scots, tagged Reverieme on May 2, 2011 | 29 Comments »
Reverieme plays amazing pop music, which hasn’t been off my stereo over the last few months. I was blown away after hearing one particular song (“Get To Know Me” – a well-recieved former Earworm on The ‘Spill) and charmed by the handwritten note that came with the CD once I’d ordered it from her bandcamp [...]
Top Ten Albums Of 2010 – Part Four
Posted in 2010s, Folk, Indie, Scots on December 17, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Here we are then, the best two records of the last twelve months, it’s been stupidly hard to choose placings between these two records but it had to be done, so…. 2. “I Speak Because I Can” – Laura Marling The ‘Spill were one of the first music sites to write about Laura Marling, nearly [...]
Top Ten Albums of 2010 – Part Three
Posted in 2010s, Folk, Indie, Rock, Scots, Shoegaze on December 16, 2010 | 17 Comments »
We’re getting closer, here’s four and three. 4. “Nothing Hurts” – Male Bonding Male Bonding’s LP is the musical equivalent of comfort food for me. In the early 90s they would’ve been called “noiseniks” and I probably would’ve crowd surfed as they supported the Senseless Things at the New Cross Chimney & Bracket. It’s 29 [...]
Top Ten Albums Of 2010 – Part One
Posted in 2010s, Folk, Indie, Pop, Prog, Psychedelia, Rock, Scots on December 14, 2010 | 14 Comments »
2010 hasn’t been my biggest year for listening to music or for seeking out new bands (pesky wee baby wrote off a good few months) but there has been some damn fine music released, so let’s kick off with my 10-8! 10. “Side Show” – The Burns Unit 2010 lacked a proper King Creosote release, [...]
Scottish BAMS Poll Result
Posted in 2010s, Scots, tagged BAMS on December 13, 2010 | 9 Comments »
The ‘Spill is a member of the Scottish Bloggers and Music Sites network, and like last year, were invited to vote in this years best record poll, run by the always excellent Peenko blog. Here’s the results, with eight of the top ten records being of Scots origin! 1. The National – High Violet 2. [...]
The Scottish Enlightenment
Posted in 2010s, Indie, Scots, Shoegaze, tagged album review, DarceysDad, Scotland on November 21, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Well I suppose it serves me right for volunteering my services to Blimpy … I was not alone in being surprised and delighted to learn that The ‘Spill is now offered music to review, but being asked (for once) to put my money mouth where my mouth is gave me a bit of a moment, [...]
Album of the Year: “Method” – 30 Pounds Of Bone
Posted in 2010s, Folk, Profound, Psychedelia, Scots, tagged 30 Pounds Of Bone on November 16, 2010 | 23 Comments »
The pull of a good story or a tale of the tortured genius, or the insane recluse has always been seductive to music fans. Bon Iver gets dumped by his bird, goes off to a cabin in the woods up a mountain somewhere in the middle of nowhere and writes an album about it – [...]
‘All Creatures Will Make Merry’ – Meursault
Posted in 2010s, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Scots, tagged meursault on November 1, 2010 | 16 Comments »
More eagle eyed ‘Spillers will be familiar with Meursault (pron. Murr-So) what with their first LP being an album of the month on the ‘Spill, and that they occupy the M slot on the Scots A-Z ‘Spill series. However, only a wee bit has been said about their second record, which came out five months [...]
i Build Collapsible Mountains
Posted in 2010s, Folk, Scots, tagged blimpy, DarceysDad, ibcm, minumental on October 25, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Forgive me, Blimpy, but as not too many of us commented on your last post about this lot, I figure I’d do this rather than just add a comment there. But to remind everyone, here’s (hopefully) a quick link back down the page to the Thistle Do Nicely thread. I liked the song Blimpy put [...]
Thistle Do Nicely – Autumn 2010
Posted in 2010s, Folk, Indie, Scots, tagged Thistle Do Nicely on October 20, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Here at one of the Scottish branches of the ‘Spill, a fair bit of action from local heroes is sent my way, so I thought it only fair to review and share the latest in new round-up type feature that’s unfortunately called Thistle Do Nicely. I should also say now that music does get sent [...]
New Broken Records
Posted in 2010s, Folk, Indie, Rock, Scots, tagged Broken Records on October 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This is the lead off track for Broken Record’s second album, out on 4AD on Monday. I’ve been following the Edinburgh band since their first 7″s, even did camera on their first video (hidden after the jump) and was slightly let down by their first album (too high expectations) and judging by this track they’re [...]
Cover yourself – in glory?
Posted in Indie, Scots, tagged Covers on August 28, 2010 | 28 Comments »
One of my favourite albums of the last few years is God Help The Girl – the album (and much more) from Stuart Murdoch’s side project of the same name. God Help The Girl I particularly like the re-working of the track Funny Little Frog which originally appeared on Belle & Sebastian‘s The Life Pursuit [...]
AOTW: Roddy Woomble – My Secret Is My Silence
Posted in Folk, Indie, Scots, tagged AOTW on August 16, 2010 | 17 Comments »
For those who don’t know, Roddy “Improbable Surname” Woomble is the lead singer of Scottish rock band, Idlewild. Bar the odd single (most notably “American English”), their stuff has never really grabbed me, but I think this album is an absolute gem. It’s not clever or flashy – in fact, it’s the complete opposite of [...]
