goNORTH Showcase Line-Up Revealed
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Each year goNORTH showcase an eclectic mix of artists to play in venues across Inverness City. This year’s event takes place on June 6th and 7th and the list is huge!
goNORTH 2012 Showcase List
Anderson, McGinty, Webster, Ward and Fisher
Aaron Wright
Blindfolds
Blue Sky Archives
Brown Bear and the Bandits
Cafe Disco
Campfires in Winter
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The Leg: An Eagle To Saturn
Monday, April 16th, 2012
Myself and the Song, by Toad Records roster seem to get on very well. With each release I’m amazed that I appear to be precisely the type of listener that the label is aimed at. I judge this based on the fact that with each new release, I find little to fault, and much to [...]
LP Review: Aloha Tigers
Monday, April 16th, 2012
Listening to Aloha Tigers might raise a little smile: if so it’s the tell tale sign of a good discovery.
The Illinois duo consist of singer and instrumentalist Nick Aister and producer Michael Wharfield, their self-titled debut album out under newly established Scottish micro label Kirkcudbright Tape Club. It’s a fitting home for a dreamy-pop record [...]
Podcast: Introducing A Badge Of Friendship
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
This has been a long time in the planning, but finally we launch a new series of podcasts in association with A Badge of Friendship.
Claire Lim and Paul McCallum, formerly from Glasgow started PR company A Badge of Friendship in the grand old city from London. Having steadily built an honest reputation and worked [...]
Song of the Day: North Atlantic Oscillation
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Welcome back North Atlantic Oscillation. It has been too long! The band have completed their next album and it will be released April 30th.
In the meantime listen to our Song of the Day, ‘Soft Coda’ is taken from the album and has been produced by the infamous Tony Doogan.
‘Soft Coda’ is a winning blend of [...]
Song of the Day: Luke Sital-Singh – ‘Dark’
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
Luke Sital-Singh may be a familiar name to some of you. He is an artist that we have already featured as Song of the Day.
Today we pay tribute to his heart tugging track ‘Dark’. Luke has taken the simplest notion, inserted a gorgeous piano passage and hits a falsetto every so often that gives you [...]
Song of the Day: Casual Sex
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
The Tuesday after the Bank Holiday weekend is always a pain in the arse and ideally we all need something to wake us up.
I bring you Casual Sex. I could fill this piece with a barrage of innuendoes, but I will stick to the music.
Our Song of the Day is ‘The Sound of Casual Sex’ [...]
Song of the Day: Ambulances
Monday, April 9th, 2012
Ambulances are one of those Scottish bands that have the ability to translate outside of the country. They are intelligent, focused and extremely inventive.
Our Song of the Day is ‘Feeling Sick’ which is part of their newest release following a lengthy and well deserved sabbatical.
The track itself is stunning, to put simply. Previous releases have [...]
