The duo in the band Midnight Ambulance

Alternative duo Midnight Ambulance, nominated for BBC Introducing Scottish Act of the Year 2022, have collaborated with Edinburgh College of Art student, Em New, to create an animated music video for their new single ‘Smoke and Sweets’. The innovative video is a mixture of stop motion and animation. It follows a 3D model of Fraser …

The band Eades onstage at Sneaky Petes in Edinburgh

Independent Grassroots Music Venues, you have to love them especially when the bands they host provide such great nights. Sneaky Petes in Edinburgh presented a night of pure fun away from the mayhem of the August Festivals. Eades headlined to create the mayhem inside instead…..and all on a Monday night! An almost sell-out venue saw …

The duo Sacred Paws

Sacred Paws brought smiles, sunshine, dancing and pure joy to Edinburgh’s Summerhall. The duo, comprising Rachel Aggs and Eilidh Rodgers, won the 2017 Scottish Album of the Year Award with their debut Strike A Match and their second album Run Around the Sun was long-listed in 2020. Both released on Rock Action Records. With their …

Artwork for the band Midnight Ambulance

Scottish alternative rock band Midnight Ambulance have released their new single ‘Smoke and Sweets’. The duo of lead vocalist and drummer Amelia and guitarist Fraser produce the most glorious music, with a soundscape that simply envelopes. Amelia’s vocals are “stop you in your tracks” breath-taking and this song is no exception. What starts quietly and …

The singer Bessie Turner

Suffolk songwriter Bessie Turner shares her new mixtape Arrabbiatta via her own Good Shout Records. This follows her EP Themed Nights which was self-released in December 2021. Lead single ‘It Was Nothing’ was playlisted by BBC Radio6 Music. It’s followed on the mixtape by ‘JUJU’. It’s a brooding track, ruminating on the non-linear emotional journey …

The band Peeping Drexels

London based Peeping Drexels have announced their new EP Days Of Heaven as well as sharing new single ‘Sneak Motel‘. The EP will be released 2 September on Brace Yourself Records. Peeping Drexels have shared stages with the likes of Shame, Goat Girl, Public Practice, Viagra Boys and Fat White Family. The band will headline London’s Lexington on 7 October to celebrate the release.  …

The members of the band KEG

Brighton based Keg have released new single ‘NPC’ taken from the band’s upcoming EP Girders set for release 2 September via Alcopop! Records/BMG.  It’s the third single lifted from the EP and follows ‘Kids‘ and ‘Elephant‘. However ‘NPC‘ is a departure from Keg’s previous material. With thought-provoking lyrics reflecting serious subject matter and an opening synth line which demands your attention, it is both …

The four members of the band LIFE standing on a beach

Ahead of the imminent release of their third album North East Coastal Town on 19 August, LIFE return with ‘Duck Egg Blue‘, the fourth track to be taken from the album. ‘Duck Egg Blue‘ shows a calmer quieter side to the band as vocalist Mez Green’s boisterous and sardonic vocal style is swapped for tender, …

The band Yard Act onstage at The Caves, Edinburgh

You just knew Yard Act would do the right thing. This gig was originally booked for 2 March but had to be rearranged due to illness. In the intervening months Yard Act have played SXSW, too many other festivals to list, become best mates with Elton John and just this week been Mercury Music Prize …

Leftfield This Is What We Do album cover

Electronic mavericks Leftfield have announced their first album in seven years, This Is What We Do. It’s their first album of new music since 2015’s acclaimed Alternative Light Source, and is set to be released via Virgin Records on 2 December 2022. And as a taster of what’s to come they have released new track …