this week

where it's at from October 6th 2008

Radio:

Vic Galloway's Monday Radio Scotland show (20.05 - 22.00) has  The Aliens in session.

And Vic Galloway's Radio 1 Wednesday/Thursday (i.e. midnight)   has Deportivo Street Team are live in session, Album of the Month from Mungo's Hi-Fi

Jim Gellatly's first new music podcast, is now online at www.radiomagnetic.com. Still.

TV - Rapal TV - on BBC ALBA, Wednesday at 10.30pm - Manor Park Elite, the Lewis band now based in Glasgow, plus Yvonne Lyon - an acoustic/ folk singer from Glasgow. Available to anyone apart from those of us with Virgin telly.

Records:

Misty's Big Adventure's new album Television's People is out now, on Edinburgh label SL, on CD and LP.

Attic Lights release a single, 'Wendy', taken from their forthcoming album which is out next week. Rozi Plain’s debut album 'Inside Over Here is out now, on Fence Records.

Errors release a single, ‘Pump’, on October 6th - taken from their 'It's Not Something But It Is Like Whatever' album the 7" version of features a Dolby Anol remix of 'Toes'.

Also new on the Rock Action label, Envy's 'Transofvista' DVD.

Commander Keen release a remixes album ebtitled ‘Remixes Volume One’ - more at www.onlypretend.co.uk. There are only 30 physical copies, anything beyond that and you'll have to rely on iTunes.

Rieser release a single, 'Confusion Parade’, which is the closing track from the album The Well Dressed Thief. The 3-track single will be available from all good download sites from 6 October and features two brand new tracks. - live favourite ‘The Ringmaster’, recorded at Fife College and an acoustic version of ‘Call Me Round’. See the video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0yM1cRmiGs - if you’ve not already seen it on Rapal. The film was originally recorded for The Leith Film Festival in 2007.

Bricolage release their fourth single on 6th Oct on Lanarkshire's Creeping Bent label. ‘Turn U Over’ is produced by former Altered Images mainstay Stephen Lironi, and is taken from the eponymously titled debut album by Bricolage, which is also released in October on Creeping Bent. It’s available as on 7" vinyl and download.

A new project from the Radar Bros' mainman Jim Putnam, Mount Wilson Repeater, gets a debut album release on Chemikal Underground.

previously...

Glasgow four piece Twin Atlantics debut single ‘What is Light? Where is Laughter?’ will be released on CD and download on Monday 29th September on King Tuts Recordings.

The second single from Punch & the Apostles, 'I'm A Hobo / Can Of Beans', is now out on Lucky Number Nine

Glasgow noise merchants Weenliz have just released their debut e.p., which can be downloaded for free via www.winningspermparty.com

Alex Cornish releases a download-ony single 'Until the Traffic Stops' available from the usual online shops..

The French Quarter self-release debut E.P 'We're Not French'- www.myspace.com/thefrenchquarter

Foxes is the second self-released EP from the Scotland-born, Australia-bred musician K Anderson. More at www.kandersonmusic.com

Rags & Feathers' album ‘The Other Side Of Morning’ is released on CD, vinyl and digital download formats on the 22nd of September, by www.luckynumbernine.co.uk

Travis release their new, more 'rock' oriented album Ode To J Smith, appropriately on their own indie label, the Red Teephone Box label

talkingmakesnosense release a 6 Track Download EP entitled 'Cloudcroft Mirror', on Benbecula

Travis release a single, Somethng Anything, on their own eEd Telephone Box label

Mogwai's album The Hawk Is Howling, is nout now, on Rick Action

Isa & the Filthy Tongues are continue their 'track a month' series by giving away their version of Kraftwerk's 'The Model' as this month's free download

Drever McCusker Woomble's album Before The Ruin is released today on Navigator Records. (see is this music? review). However, owing to what's described as a "private health matter", several shows in England plus the Ironworks Inverness gig have been postponed, rescheduled for 2009.

Whisky Galore's debut album 'Cobbled Together & Homage Bound' is available now in Elvis Shakespeare, Leith Walk and Avalanche, Cockburn St for the sum of three pounds (an itm? review of what seems to be an entirely different release, here).

Pictish Trail releases his album, Secret Soundz Vol.1, on Fence

Mogwai release the Batcat EP which includes two tracks not on their forthcoming album The Hawk is Howling - 'Stupid Prick Gets Chased By The Police And Loses His Slut Girlfrined' and 'Devil Rides' which features vocals from the 13th Floor Elevators mainman Roky Erickson.

Cruiser follow up debut Northern Electric with their second album in seven years. Happy Robots: Smiling People is released on KFM.

Orkney based songwriter and sometime Morcheeba vocalist Amber Wilson releases her debut EP on the Jagged Roots label. 'This is my EP' is being promoted via a tour alongside Gavin McGinty which takes in 9 Scottish venues in the next fortnight. More atwww.myspace.com/jaggedroots

Satellite Dub release their debut for AntiMatter - the Magnolia Lane EP features the title track a long-time favourite from self-released CDs, plus 'Trying To Stop A Tank With Your Hands', 'Hardware Software Nowhere', and 'Power Off Einstein'. More at www.antimattermusic.co.uk

ballboy release a new album, entitled I Worked On The Ships.

The Primary 5 - which features former Teenage Fanclub man Paul Quinn - release their new album High Five.

Araya's debut album is out now on Benbecula.There's also a download-only EP featuring tracks from the album.

James Yorkston releases his fourth album When the Haar Rolls In on Domino. On this occasion his album features English folk royalty in the shape of Norma and Mike Waterson,

Biffy Clyro release another single from 4th album Puzzle - 'Mountains'. They also play a few instores to support this including Monday 25th Aug - HMV, Edinburgh (signing only) at 12:30pm, and later that day (6pm) at Zavvi, Glasgow at6pm

Calamateur release an album, in stages, for free download. Jesus is For Losers is a collection of new material, reworked oldies, and covers and comes with a (digital) booklet. There's also a blog on the making of the album. www.jesusisforlosers.co.uk

Juno!'s new single, 'Jet Set Juno' is now available - it's a split 7" with Kobai, and can be found at all good record shops, or heard and downloaded via On The Jukebox

Y'all is Fantasy Island release a 4-track download EP 'With Handclaps' on Winning Sperm Party - the tunes preview their forthcoming third album No Ceremony as well as including one new song (link)

Engine7's recently released album Me, But Perfect album is now available on Herb Recordings.

Sacre Noir are making available - for one week only - an EP descriptively entitled Demo Recordings III.. Download it from http://www.savagerecordings.com/sacrenoir

Attic Lights release the already much-played single Bring You Down, accompanied by the much-discussed video featuring David Gest - see that here

How To Swim release a new single - a double-A side, : Genesis P And Me / From Here to Dundee Slash Eternity - in shops or from www.howtoswim.net

Kazoo Funk Orchestra - who headline the SOlus Tent at this weekend's Wickerman festival - relase their second album - This Album is Self-Titled - on Planet Groucho records.

Ives self-release a 6-track EP, Tunnels. www.ives.tk

The Vivians release a single, A Hundred Angles, on Electric Toaster. myspace.com/theviviansdivided

self-confessed crunk-rockers Black Sun unleash new album Paralyser. Be very afraid. www.ripyourselfopen.com

Orzelda - whose dayjob is on bass with The Twilight Sad - releases an album entitled The Wee Shop Is Filled With Delights. It's £4 CD, or, as a free download from www.winningspermparty.com

Binary Zero team up with electro label Alex Tronic Records to release an album, From Here You Can See Everything - www.binaryzero.co.uk / www.alextronicrecods.co.uk.

And Dumb Hero Records release the second album from Lanarkshire act Kobra Audio Labs - Tones, Drones and Broken Bones is out now (www.dumb-hero.co.uk)

We could spend quite some time plugging the various podcasts that are available over the web, but this one might be of interest - Rob da Bank's label Sunday Best has a regular 'cast, to be found at www.sundaybest.net or itunes - the current one includes a Cruiser remix of Kid Carpet's 'Hitting The Wall', which is why we mention it now!

Isa & the Filthy Tongues' July free download (that's right, there's been one a month, keep up) is an electro remix of 'Nae Tounges' by Joe Hay. Get it at WWW.FILTHYTONGUES.COM

Attica Rage release 'Dark City' as the lead single from their forthcoming album 'RUIN NATION' , now available to download from www.myspace.com/atticarage - either for free or to buy for £1- you choose! (er...)

Ten Storeys High release their debut album The Thrill of the Fall

Zoey Van Goey launch their new single 'Sweethearts In Disguise' at Stereo, Glasgow, on Saturday 5 July . Special guests include REmma Pollock and Jo Mango, so get there early (8pm). The single can currently be heard at http://profile.myspace.com/zoeyvangoey

Night Noise Team's first album 'Ronde de Nuit' is out on PermWhale Recordings via www.myspace.com/nightnoiseteam

The Amphetameanies are releasing their new EP, 'Goodbye Boyfriend', on 7’ vinyl and i-Tunes download "at the end of this month" - not too sure what date that is, but looks like their gig at Glasgow’s King Tuts on Saturday 28th June will be the launch show.

Fence Records release a Fence Secret 7 title (previously only available at Fence Club #5), featuring new signings Player Piano and Come In Tokyo.

Also new from Fence, an EP from Art Pedro. www.fencerecords.com

This week, a compilation from Surface Pressure and Stow College : 'Surface Textures' Volume One features tracks from FOUND, S-Type and Vin Landers, plus exclusive remixes by Sonar Kollektiv's Dimlite, German electronic producer Granufunk and the Fence Collective's the Deaf Mutes.

The Plimptons release their first single for Topplers Records - 'Lonely Old Ma'n isproduced by former Mogwai/Teenage Fanclub man Brendan O'Hare and is free to download along with 3 other tracks at www.theplimptons.co.uk. There's also a video, produced by River City man Fergus Mitchell.

The Skuzzies relaese the Dissatisfied EP, on Framingo Records.

Solipsism release 2 EPs on Herb Recordings - The Organicism Special Edition EP is a re-release while the Solarism EP contains new material.

Ochre will be releasing a download only EP in the first week of June on Benbecula Records. his is available only to subscribers to the label's Minerals series with not even press copies available (are there ever?).

Errors release their debut alum for Rock Action - It's Not Something But It Is Like Whatever is out now.

Isa & the Filthy Tongues' June download (i.e. the 6th installment in their free singles series) is a cover of Bikini Kill's ' 'Rebel Girl'. The band also headline the Leith Festival, with a show at the Granary on June 7th.

Mogwai's seminal debut album Young Team is re-released by chemikal Underground - as a 2CD and 4xLP Deluxe Edition. The bonus disc features nine bonus tracks of unreleased material, BBC Session tracks and live recordings of 'Like Herod' and 'Mogwai Fear Satan' at T In The Park and CU's 5th Anniversary Party which was hosted by John Peel at Glasgow's Garage in 2000. It's also available in mp3 format, a and as lossless MPEG4 form (which you get for free if you buy tre vinyl from the Chemikal shop.

Chart stars Urbnri release their second single - ‘Back Me Up’ is out on Fortress Records

Frightened Rabbit take a single from the acclaimed 'Midnight Organ Fight album - ‘Fast Blood’ is released on May 26th on Fat Cat

Sons And Daughters have a single, 'This Gift' released on 7" vinyl and digital download, featuring brand-new b-side 'The Party'. Here's the video...

Swimmer One release The Balance Company taken from album 'The Regional Variations. The single is lanched at the Neue Liebe cabaret night at Edinburgh's in the Voodoo Rooms on Sunday 25th May. www.swimmerone.co.uk/shop

The State Broadcasters launch their debut 7" single on Electric Honey, 'Let's Make T - Shirts', at Glasgow's Maggie Mays on May 22nd,with guests The Fortunate Sons, Salon Society & Scott McWatt

Scots-born but Aussie domiciled singer-songwriter K Anderson relaeses 'Same Kind of Grim', the ead song from 'The Foxes EP - www.myspace.com/kandersonmusic

Esther O’Connor releases album Right Here on May 19th

On the same date, The Hazey Janes release single 'New York'.
Vacuum Spasm Babies release their EP 'The Thin Man' on Shark Batter

Nanobots launch their debut single on Friday 16th May, at Glasgow 's Stereo with guests Odeon Beat Club and Miss The Occupier. The show will be recorded for release on Threads of Sound, who have a free ticket offer at www.simbioticrecordings.com

Errors release a 7" single, 'Toes' / 'Period Drama', on Rock Action.

Rhubarb release a 20-track compilation of live tracks, cover versions, b-sides and other rarities recorded over the last 10 years. Entitled Patchwork, it’s available now, from the website for £4.99 inc. p+p - www.worldofrhubarb.co.uk/patchwork.html or as a download package for £3.00

Edinburgh’s SL Records release Thomas Truax’s eulogy to the British rail system - ‘Stranger on a Train’ is a newly remixed version of the track from the 'Why Dogs Howl At The Moon' album. The b-side is cover of Wayne Kemp's ‘One Piece At A Time’, a song made famous by Johnny Cash.

Also on SL, Paul Vickers and The Leg's single is ‘The Ballad of Bess Houdini’ backed by mixes of ‘Spike’ and ‘Body Cog’.

Rieser release a single, ‘Rockstar’ - self-released as a download-only track, get it via www.rieser.co.uk

The Poems release their debut album ‘Young America’on CD, on the X-Phonics label

Finally, We Are The Physics also release their debut album, on May 5th

Overcry release their debut EP'We Sit In Silence' on Cumbernauld label Newtown Independent (http://www.myspace.com/overcry)

Isoceles release their second single on Art Goes Pop - a double A-side, 'Kitch Bitch' / 'Watertight'

The debut single from Glasgow band The State Broadcasters is released - 'Let's Make T-Shirts' backed with an acoustic version of 'Silver Sons'. It's on 7" vinyl only via Stow College label Electric Honey label (http://www.thestatebroadcasters.com)

Edinburgh act Kings Die Kings release their debut EP 'The Onus' - more at www.kingsdiekings.com

Whisky Galore release an EP, 'A Night On The Piss, A Year On The Dole ' - see www.myspace.com/whiskygalore

The Kingfishers and Wake The President release a split 7" single on German label Aufgeladen und Beriet. The Kingfishers track is their take on Vic Godard's 'Make Me Sad.'

Mary Ann Kennedy (Radio Scotland's Global Gathering presenter) & Na Seoid release an album which sees them rework eleven traditional Gaelic songs, plus a Gaelic rendering of the 'O Brother Where Art Thou'/Alison Krauss track 'Down In The River To Pray' . www.watercolourmusic.co.uk

Ally Kerr's Big in Japan album gets a UK release - Off The Radar is available now, more details at www.allykerr.com

Glasgow's Hyena follow up 'Crow or Video' CDR release with a 'proper' EP, 'Itchy Legacy', on their own She Said label.

Broken Records release their debut single, 'If The News Makes You Sad Don't Watch It' on Young Turks.

Ayrshire label Topplers release an album from Mr Luggs - the solo project from the Nyah Fearties former member - it's a best of plus half-a-dozen brand new recordings.
Plus, the CD comes in a special sandpaper sleeve... www.topplers.net

The label also releases a CD by Luton's The Knockouts - 'The Very Special World of...'

'Nothing Comes Free' (Ramshackle) is the debut release from Casey & The Sinners - a solo recording by Craig Casey, formerly of Kilo

Sambassadeur release a single previewing their June debut album Migration on Glasgow's Creeping Bent. The single 'Subtle Changes ' is out now.

Outbox release their second single 'The Science in Me' (FLP)

Kenny Haining's album Faster Than The Rapids is a self-released solo CD from the former singer/songwriter of Edinburgh act The Truth Rockets

Fivefifteen release a single, S.O.S on Aberdeen label Fat Hippy

Finally - well, sort of - Slam release(d) a single, Staccato Rave', on Soma Records of course. Seems to have been buried under a pile of other CDs since early March

The Ossians release 'debut' album The Macpherson Tapes - the band, which exist merely in the head of Northern Alliance singer Doug Johnstone and in the pages of the book of the same name (The Ossians, that is) will not be touring to support the release, though Johnstone can occasionally be heard doing a few 'covers'. The album should be available at the Fence Records shop, but full details are at www.lowfidelity.com

English label Moshi Moshi singles club releases a compilation of all their Singles Club tunes - which includes the long-since-deleted (probably) single "Totally Boine' from Danananananaykroyd. Buy here

Following assorted singles, compilation appearances, and film score appearances, Glasgow band Transaudio are finally releasing their new album, aptly entitled Ten Years.

A 65-track triple CD charity album Doing it for the Kids is launched this week which includes Ed Harcourt, ballboy, Ally Kerr, Popup, Ed Ball and De Rosa - more in the news section, or at www.myspace.com/yorkhillproject

Isa & the Filthy Tongues release the third of their monthly free download series - 'Finders Freakers', which will be available from 29th March to April 21st, from www.filthytongues.com

A 4-track FREE download EP from Dirty Summer is now available to download as a zip file (including high-quality MP3s and artwork) from the Winning Sperm Party label (www.winningspermparty.com/dirtysummer). Recorded by Playdooh's Chris White, it contains 3 DS originals plus their cover of 1963 Phil Spector/Crystals song "And Then He Kissed Me". The band play various Scottish shows including a Tigerfest hometown show at Dunfermline's carnegie Hall with The Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit, on 15th May. More at www.myspace.com/dirtysummer

Glasgow's Airspiel self-release a single, 'Seventh Heaven' - www.airspiel.com

Fort William / Glasgow quartet The Paradox release an EP 'The Poet Versus The Town Crier', on their own Silk label. www.myspace.com/theparadoxofficial

Paul Haig releases 'Hippy Dippy Pharmaceutically Trippy' as a single, taken from the forthcoming album Go Out Tonight - available to download from iTunes

Also on Haig's RoLinc label the debut album from Laki Mera - Clutter - previously available as a download (from the Herald) it is now available on CD. www.lakimera.com

Breakout Scotland release a 16-track compilation album featuring Anna Meldrum, Dirty Hearts, Cancel the Astronauts and Conor Mason who will appear at Glasgow's Stereo on April 2nd to launch the album. (sixpeopleaway and Page 6 are among the other acts featured on the CD).
www.breakoutscotland.co.uk

Dave Hughes self-releases an album, entitled Connections - available at www.davehughesmusic.co.uk

Felix Da Housecat releases a single 'Radio' on Soma

"Dance and soul diva" Tilly B releases her first solo single ‘Closer To Me on Kean Music

Dropkick release their album 'Dot The i' this week, and embark on a tour of Scotland taking in shows in Dundee, Inverness, Perth, Ullapool and St. Andrews. More at www.dropkickmusic.co.uk

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra release a CD ‘Seperately and Together’ documenting last year’s meeting between Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra and London Improvisers Orchestra at the Freedom of the City festival. It's out now on Emanem Records.
www.glasgowimprovisersorchestra.com

Port Sulphur release a 7" single, 'Discord', on German label Aufgeladen und Bereit - the second in a series chronicling their favourite Scottish artists from 1970’s – 1980’s (the first being a version of Alex Harvey's 'Faith Healer'). 'Discord' features Fire Engines’ drummer Russell Burn on drums & cowbell, and the other part of this split 7" is Vic Godard & the Subway Sect, with 'Stool Pigeon'.

Dan Lyth's album Everything is Simple is released on Moojuice

Dirty Cloth release their debut single on Thru The Wire Recordings on Mon 24th March - available via itunes, '2SF' features the strings of The Dennistoun Philharmonic Orchestra

Broken Tail Records, Reading's foremost/only DIY record label, release split EP Four By Four More, which includes Projekt A-KO (3/4 of which were previously involved with Urusei Yatsura). Also on the EP: Bristol indie-rock act Tripwires, Steve Lamacq favourite To The Barricades and a joint effort between anti-folk anti-hero Ben Marwood and electro-whizz Mr Fogg

Calamateur release a freekly-downloadable EP - Sergeant Howie's Holy Stamina Test. consists of 4 tracks recorded in one day, and these versions have been remastered and the EP comes supplied with artwork. More at www.calamateur.com

45 A-side Records release their first record... except, it's not, it's a cassette (remember them?) The 16 tracks on the album include PVH, Miss The Occupier, Take A Worm For A Walk Week, Hyena, Copy Haho, and the Xcerts. Limited to a run of 150 copies, it can be tracked down at www.myspace.com/45asidetapes

And another label launches - Granite City Records kicks off its mission to showcase bands in far-flung north with a free compilation whose 16 tracks include The Little Kicks, Kartta, PVH, and Kitchen Cynics. And, also on the CD, the five bands who will play the launch night at Cafe Drummonds on Friday 21st March - Eric Euan, Eskimo Blonde, Flaming Katy, The Snake Temple Kings & The Phoenix Band. The CDs will be available on the night or afterwards throughout Aberdeen's shops and cafes as well as in good independent record retailers throughout the country. More at www.myspace.com/granitecityrecordsuk

Dave Hughes releases his Connections album - available at www.davehughesmusic.co.uk

and US label Hyped2Death relaeses a compilation of 80s Scottish indie including Jazzateers, Fire Engines, Metropak, Radio Ghosts and Restricted Code - more at www.hyped2death.com

Dean Owens releases a single, ‘Years Ago’, and plugs it live on ForthFM on Tuesday (4th March), around 10.30am

Edinburgh ska legends The Big Hand have finally relased their debut album, How About It - visit www.thebighand.co.uk/merch

Playtone release their new single ‘Round At My Place’ - available at Itunes, Napster, HMV, MSN Music, MTV Music, Oxfam Music and many other Online Stores.
You can also buy CDs from Fopp, Union St Glasgow, Avalanche, Dundas St Glasgow, Grouchos, Dundee, Market Brae Music, Inverness, One up records, Aberdeen or you can order it through the Playtone Website.
www.playtoneonline.com

A Band Called Quinn release their ‘DIY’ EP/video and launch it with a gig at Glasgow's Apple Store on 7pm, March 6th 2008. The EP and video were both 'made on a mac' - the video actually only costing a mere £80 to produce but being playlisted on several digital music channels. Here it is on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyf1jfJmK54

KT Tunstall releases a new single 'If Only'. B-sides are covers fof Bloc Party's 'The Prayer' (listen: Real/WMA) and her version of The Bangles 'Walk Like An Egyptian'(see video: Real/WMA).

Amplifico's debut album 'See Heart, See Muscle' is out on Monday 3rd March. The album will be available in CD format from www.amplifico.net or digital format from iTunes, 7Digital, Rhapsody, Sony Connect, Napster & eMusic.

Frightened Rabbit release new single New single ‘Head Rolls Off’ on FatCat on 3rd March.

sixpeopleaway independently release their second EP, Intermittent Fault ... more at www.sixpeopleaway.com. (see review at isthismusic.com)

Alan Swan - songwriter with Glasgow act You Already Know - has releasaed SEVEN albums worth of his solo material, for free download. This includes material by electronic act (and is this music? & Radiomagnetic favourite) Synonym. More at www.ineedmusik.com. YAK play the 13th Note on March 5th.

Radar Bros. release their 4th album for Glasgow's Chemikal Underground. Auditorium is available from the newly and attractively launched Chemikal Underground shop

Paul Vickers and The Leg's debut album Tropical Favourites is out this week,on SL Records (read review)

Glasgow based Cork native James Hara has a new single out on free download - 'Nothing New' is taken from his debut album 'Take us the Foxes' and is available at www.myspace.com/jameshara

Isa & the Filthy Tongues are taking a leaf out of De Rosa's book and issuing a free download single every month this year. Their cover of the Velvet Underground's 'I Can't Stand It' is available now, and will be followed by 'Big Star' on Feb 29th.
Visit www.filthytongues.com to download. (Or, find them on the Apple iPhone site where they are the only band listed under 'web apps')

And The Sea Kings issue a free download EP - of their Tooth & Nail EP. Visit www.theseakings.com

Biffy Clyro release a single, 'Who's Got A Match' - and you can see the band at a series of instores, including, on Mon 4 Feb, at 5.00pm, at HMV Inverness in Eastgate Shopping Centre

Sons and Daughters release their second album, on Domino - The Gift is out today.

The Parkers release their debut single, on Mechanical Records - Backalleyannie / Danny The Operator is on CD or download, more at www.myspace.com/lovetheparkers

Juno! have released their collaboration with Manda Rin, as a 7"orange vinyl single on Shifty Disco - 'These Boys Are Athletes' is not now and available here.

DeRosa have recently announced that they will release a free downloadable song every month for the whole of 2008. The series, collectively titled 'Appendices', will see the band put out an mp3 on their site every month and the 12 will be collected as a complete album at the end of the year. Tune # 1, 'It Lives In Parks', is now on their website.

Folk legend Rab Noakes re-releases his album Do You See The Lights? on CD for the first time (available from the Neon online shop). The album, licensed back from original label Decca, is available from January 25th - the 38th anniversary of its original release date.

The 4th Parallel release their Swarm EP - "an electropop opera" - more at www.myspace.com/the4thparallel

Laki Mera's album Clutter, released via the Herald in kinda Radiohead-style, is into the last week of its free download before it reverts to a quite nice CD package. Get it for free, while it lasts, at Paul Haig's Rhythm of Life label site

The 4/5s release their debut White Russian CD EP on their own label - more at www.myspace.com/thefourfives

Finally, with Burns Night coming up, Comrade Down relases a download, 'Scotch Drink' as a download. The track is inspired by the Burns poem of the same name. Comrade Down is the alter-ego of former Aphrodisiacs member John Cairns,which band of course contributed to a John Peel Burns-themed show a few years ago...

Sons and Daughters' single 'Darling' comes out today (14th Jan) on Domino

Soma Records are giving away the next single from My Robot
Friend for free. Titled 'Robot High School' the track will feature on the band's next album due later in 2008. (You can also view the video).

Malcolm Middleton's 'We're All Going To Die', out now on Full Time Hobby. (There is another Scots release predicted to chart quite high, but if you thought Mr Middleton's music could be depressing at times (it's ironic) then wait until you hear Leon Xfactor's single)

Frightened Rabbit's festive opus 'It's Chrstmas So We're Going To Stop' comes out on FatCat, backed by a version featuring a 40-piece choir. The band - plus choir, and Vashti Bunyan - support labelmates The Twilight Sad at Glasgow's Arches on Thursday 19th.

Dropkick have made available their perennial Xmas tune 'Writing to Santa' as a free download, as well as penning a new tune 'Scampi For Xmas' - both at www.dropkickmusic.co.uk

Less festive, but still a free present to you: Solipsism's 'Organicism' (Special Edition) EP is available for free download, exclusively from LastFM.

The Martial Arts are also making their 'critically acclaimed' (it was, too) album Your Sinclair available for free until December 25th - www.myspace.com/themartialarts

Dawn Of The Replicants' Roger Simian has been recoridng under the name The Stark Palace and has made available a Beefheart cover, 'Saw What Your Momma Did (Under The Mistletoe)' available for download

(Coincidentally, another Replicant, Mike Small, has a similarly-festive tune, a version of Baby It's Cold Outside, available at www.myspace.com/mikeandmichi)

And here's something visually festive - from Manky Records

Finally, that man Middleton again - 'To All A Good Night', Arab Strap's festive tune from a few years back, is now available as a free download from www.arabstrap.co.uk (is this music? readers may recall this from a previous cover CD)

Morayshire musician Steve Simms releases a downloadable album via www.scotloads.co.uk; try before you buy at www.myspace.com/nowordforthatinjapanese

Edinburgh-based musician Rob St. John releases his debut EP, on the Fife Kills label - entitled 'Tipping In' - more at www.myspace.

The Poems release their debut single on the X-phonic label: 'I Am A Believer' b/w 'Stupid Tango' on 7" and download

and a limited edition 7" by Make Model- 'The Was' as remixed by Found - appears as a one-off, as a giveaway at the show at Out Of The Blue Drill Hall (36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh)

Rhubarb release their album Rhubarb - Live at Shedfest album '07 as a free download - at www.worldofrhubarb.co.uk/shedfest.html

The Storm Petrels debut album, Lucky, is released via new ditital service NovaTunes - more at www.novatunes.com

Emma Pollock releases 'Paper and Glue, the third single from her debut solo album Watch The Fireworks.

The first release on new Scottish label Firewater Records,is an AA single 'Pull The Trigger' / 'Rise and Fall' by Electric Drugstore. Rather than play at the venue behnid the label, the band will be support Shed 7 in Aberdeen, Inverness and at Glasgow Barrowland (27, 28, 29 November). (CD review)

James Hara release his debut album 'Take Us The Foxes' on Electric Pig Records.

New Scottish dance act The Havex release their debut single ‘Don’t Think About Sex’.

The Primevals have a new album 'There is No Other Life And This Is It' which they launch at Glasgow's Twisted Wheel on Friday November 30th

Frightened Rabbit's debut album Sings The Greys is re-released in remastered and expanded form by Fat Cat.

Make Model's new single, 'The Was' is out on cd, 7" & download. The single also features B side - 'Tea Song'.

Terra Diablo release their second album 'Deluge Songs', recorded in New Orleans earlier this year. Since signing to US label Nocturnal, the band have been touring the US and plan to tour in Europe and beyond in 2008.
 
Kieran Docherty returns with two new songs from his forthcoming second album as a AA single 'Heard and Not Seen' and 'Up All Night'.

Laki Mera release a single 'How Dare You' on Rhythm of Life (Paul Haig's label)

Suspire release a single 'All That Remans' with allprocceds doing to their Touring California' fund! - more at their website

Paul Vickers and The Leg release a single ‘Car Horns of Rio’ / ‘Chime Chime Cherry’ as a download- this precedes an album entitled Tropical Favorites from the former Dawn of the Replicants and Khaya crew due in February next year.

Paul Haig re-releases his seminal 1989 album Chain.
The CD is re-mastered and features 5 bonus tracks, two of which are previously unreleased, including the 10" mix of the classic 'Something Good'.

Big Hand, the Anglo-Scottish ska collective, release the first single from their forthcoming album How About It?,on Monday 12th November. ‘Magnet’ is a free download, only from www.thebighand.co.uk

James Hara launches his debut album 'Take Us The Foxes' on Electric Pig Records with a show at Glasgow’s Classic Grand on November 15th (with guests Room To Let).

Kenny Leckie and Dave Hughes release a split EP (available here). Hughes launches his half of the single with shows in London on Wednesday 14th (12 Bar Club) and Dundee on Thursday (University Union, 15th November).

Punk veterans The Zips release an EP entitled '30 Years of Punk Rock' (more at www.thezips.com)

Schizo Fun Addict release an EP on the Bracken label, entitled 'Dream of the Portugal Keeper'

John P McKenna releases his debut 7" EP My Anatomy, launching it at Glasgow's Tchai Ovna at 5pm on the 5th (with fireworks display to follow)

Correcto - who will be doubtless tired of being described as Paul out of Franz Ferdinand's other band - release single 'Joni' on Domino

Roy's Iron DNA release their debut album 'Men in Wax Jackets'

BMX Bandits' album Bee Stings comes out, today, on Poppydisc

Frightened Rabbit release a debut AA side single 'Be Less Rude'/ 'The Greys' on Fat Cat

Western Isles act Manor Park Elite's debut release the 5 track 'Skeletons' E.P.- available locally, or for the majority of readers, from www.amazon.co.uk/shops/honchorecordings

Dropkick's new 6 track EP 'Killing Time' is released today. CDs are available from www.dropkickmusic.co.uk for £3 (including postage to anywhere) or as iTunes downloads. The band support the release with shows at Glasgow Cottiers (7th), Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire (8th), and on Sat 10th at Glasgow Fury Murrys (supporting the Scuffers at their album launch)

Captain Face release a single on Fat Hippy entitled '100% Crad'.

Found are to launch their second album on November 1st at the Fence Club #3 Hallowe'en Party in Anstruther

Big Country release their first single in seven years on Track Records. Called 'You Lift Me Up', it's available from October 28.

Sons & Daughters new single 'Gilt Complex' - is out on Domino on Oct 29th

The Zips celebrate '30 Years of Punk Rock' with an EP of the same name

And Edinburgh label Wee Black Skelf release THREE singles all at the same time - Lucky Luke's 'Reynardine' / 'Hori Horo' is out on 7" single, as is a collaboration between CA Celestial & Bill Wells: 'Somewhere Under a Rainbow'. Finally, Daniel Patrick Quinn, continues his musical travelogue with a 10" EP, 'West to the Irish Sea'

The Ex-men release album A Life of Love this week, with a launch gig at Glasgow's Oran Mor on the 18th. (Support from The Shellsuit Massacre)

And Reubens release their CD 'Carnivalesque' on Herb Recordings

Luva Anna release their debut EP, and embark on a launch tour which starts at their hometown of Dundee's Students Union. Full details at their myspace site

The Pearlfishers' 6th album, Up With The Larks, is out now on Hamburg's Marina label

Biffy Clyro release another single, 'Machines', from their current album

The Primevals' 'There is No Other Life and This Is It' is out on their own Triple Wide label . They launch it in Henry's in Edinburgh on Sat 13th October (with The Thanes) and on the Sun 14th in Glasgow's Blackfriars with The Fnords.

Zoey Van Goey release their debut single 'Foxtrot Vandals' on Glasgow label own Say Dirty. A launch gig takes place on Saturday 13 October at Nice and Sleazys.

Serotone's debut album Equilibria is in all major record stores (ie Virgin, HMV etc) in UK, USA and Europe from today!

Alex Cornish's debut album Until The Traffic Stops is out now.

Idlewild release a compilation, ‘Scottish Fiction – Best of 1997-2007’ (whose title pretty much sums up the contents)

The Pearlfishers release a new album, Up With The Larks, on Hamburg label Marina.

Northern Alliance release a mini-album, part of Fence's Picket Fence series, today - the 7-tracker is entitled The Hand Of God

The Royal We release their first (and last?) single, 'All The rage', on Geographic

The Dirty Hepburns release their debut single 'To Our Delight'

Lucky Luke have a 7" out on Wee Black Skelf - Reynardine/ Hori Horo

Rubens' 12" Remix EP 'Breaking Into Smile' is out now - featuring contributions from The Black Bog, Dextro & Kirk Degiorgio, it's availble from Boomkat, Picadilly, Pure Groove, Rubadub etc.

Amateurs' album 'Hongu Kongu' is now available online from Letterbox Records

Wounded Knee's self-titled debut is out now, on Benbecula

and The Dykeenies album 'Nothing Means Everything'

And: reviews of recent releases from Malcolm Middleton, Filtro, Savage Sound System, North Atlantic Oscillation, Isoceles, Isoceles, Travis, Miss The Occupier , The Phantom Band
albums by String Driven Thing, Only Joe Kane, Brian Ellis, Candythief, A Band Called Quinn, Emma Pollock, Commander Keen...
and demos from Runner, Fit and the Conniptions, The Vivians, De Loreans, Stroszek, The Bluffers, Ray Favourite... plus, live reviews of Amateurs / Katie Sutherland / Penny Century, and Scunner, and an interview with Swimmer One...all that plus much more, online at www.isthismusic.com

Clean George IV’s new  single – ‘Wasted On The Radio’ / ‘Control Yourself’ is released on Edinburgh’s Black Spring Recordings

Jyrojets’ ‘Hollywood, Hold On’ single is also out, now

The Dykeenies single ‘Stitches’ is out, today, Monday 10th.

And also out today, King Creosote's second album for Names Recordings (679), entitled Bombshell.

And... Steven Lindsay's 'Kite', a single taken from the former Big Dish man's current aolo album.

KT Tunstall's Drastic Fantastic, follow-up to smash album Eye to The Telescope.

Figure 5's new single 'Nitty Gritty'

Edwyn Collins' first release since his long illness, 'You'll Never Know' (Setanta)

Edinburgh act Rieser self-release their debut album, The Well-Dressed Thief, today.

The Shermans' as-featured-on-Soccer AM single 'Calling It Wrong'out now.

reviews of recent releases from Clean George IV, Jyrojets, The Dykeenies, Emma Pollock, Early Songs, Right Hand Left, String Driven Thing, Steven Lindsay, The Shermans and the Hallam Foe soundtrack, are all online at www.isthismusic.com

Butcher Boy announce seven free Glasgow café shows in September (in advance of a UK tour in October) to promote their 'Eighteenth Emergency' EP (www.howdoesitfeel.co.uk). The first is in Tchai Ovna in Glasgow, this Thursday.

Black Spring Records release Clean George IV's single 'Wasted on the Radio' download - more at www.black-spring.com

Paul Haig releases a single from album Electronik Audience - a double A-side, ‘Thieves’ (remix) / ‘Ready To Go’ (ROL 016)

Emma Pollock's single 'Acid Test' is out today, a taster for album Watch The Fireworks in 2 weeks time

Edinburgh/Glasgow duo Swimmer One release their long-awaited debut album The Regional Variations (Bi-phonic). read a feature on the band at isthismusic.com

Right Hand Left release single 'Johnny Ray' on Aberdeen label Fat Hippy

Benbecula Records are to release a Yearbook, the first of an annual series of tracks from the year's releases - with 2007 being available in January 2008, and so on. The 12 tracks from 2006 are available at bleep.com, and the total cost is a remarkable 99 pence. Among the 12 tracks are Reverbaphon, Ochre, and Christ., whose track is available in digital form for the first time.

The Metro-gnomes are to launch their debut EOP on the Lucky Number Nine label, and have a launch show at Glasgow's Brel on Thursday the 6th of September. www.luckynumbernine.co.uk / www.myspace.com/themetrognomes

The Dead Beat Club release debut album Random Heartfelt Trinkets, with a show at Henrys in Edinburgh on Wed. September 5th.

and The Proclaimers release their new album Life With You...

KT Tunstall releases new single 'Hold On'

The Law release their debut, 'Still Got Friday To Go'

60s proggies String Driven Thing have a new album entitled Moments of Truth, their first in, well, ages. The band enter the 21st century with a website www.stringdrivething.co.uk with discography, histography, etc and myspace: www.myspace.com/chrisadamsstringdriventhing

Rubens release 7" single 'Puggies'/'Vertcial Hold' on Herb Recordings (available from Boomkat, Picadilly, Pure Groove, Rubadub)

Early Songs' debut album Wind Wound which was released worldwide in July, finally gets its Glasgow launch,at Mono on August 30th,. Support slots from Gareth Dickson and Cheer

Yoshi release single 'Headphones' on Fwoosh Records, available as a download through iTunes or as a limited edition CD and 7" Vinyl, from their website:www.myspace.com/yoshimuzic

Calvin Harris releases single 'Merrymaking At My Place' on 12”/5” maxi (is that a 5” vinyl single, we wonder?)

1990s release new single 'You Made Me Like It' on Rough Trade as a digital download on Aug 20th.

Pumajaw release a very limited 7 inch single (200 numbered copies only) entitled ‘Jacky Daw’ on their own label Trefingle. It comes with a CDR, and is taken from their forthcoming album - although the b-side will be exclusive to this relaese. Order at www.pinkiemaclure.co.uk

Jack Butler release a double-A-side single - ‘Boy vs Beast ’ / ’Surgery 1984’ 

The Retrosexuals release single ‘Blood In Your Eyes’ as a 3" EP and download

Andi Neate’s live album 'Lion Taming for Astronaughts' is out today and she launches it with a show at Edinburgh’s jazz Bar

The soundtrack to Hallam Foe, the David Mackenzie film starring Jamie Bellwhich premieres at the Edinburgh Film Festival, has its soundtrack released on Domino Records - including King Creosote, Sons And Daughters, Future Pilot AKA, Franz Ferdinand, James Yorkston And The Athletes, Bill Wells Trio, Cinema & Woodbine plus Clinic, Hood and Movietone.

Mother And The Addicts are rsponsible for the hundredth Chemikal Underground release - CHEM100 is their second album Science Fiction Illustrated

Finniston have their debut single launch, on Wed 15th August, at Glasgow’s Cottiers- it’s free entry, more at www.myspace.com/finniston

Juno! release their 'versus Manda Rin' single ‘These Boys Are Athletes’ on Oxford's renowned Shifty Disco label from August 17th (hear a preview of the collaboration between the Fife act and the former Data Panik / bis sinnger, at www.isthismusic.com/juno-and-manda-rin or www.myspace.com/junovision

Dave Hughes releases an album entitled Once We Were Punks
which includes old single 'On Our Own' and the forthcoming one 'Malaga Airport'. Downloadable at http://www.scotloads.co.uk/album.php/1077

Former Delgado Emma Pollock releases single 'Acid Test' as a download - MP3s, 7" and CD versions will be in the shops on September 3rd.

NUM finally release debut album Life Death and the Absurdity of Being on their own Numballoon label- more at http://www.num.theleadballoon.com (including a 5-star review in is this music?)

Scottish label Bracken Records release a 3 track 7" by NYC artist ILONA V : 'Good Morning' / 'Universe Arms' / 'Who Can Tell?' - hear before you buy, at www.myspace.com/brackenrecords

Right Hand Left release debut single 'Jonnie Ray' - on July 30th, on Aberdeen label Fat Hippy.

The God-Fearing Atheists have just signed with London 's Evangeline Records, who are re-releasing debut album Rustbelt Sun on 30/07/07. (The band will be touring in support of this in September / October.)

Sixpeopleaway release a self-titled EP which will be available through iTunes plus online stores such as Amazon and HMV.co.uk. Track listing is Providence / Next Time Round / Timing Is Everything / Quiet But True

Black Carnation release a limited pressing 4 track E.P. entitled 'Help For The Paranoid' which is free to the first 100 in the door at their show at Nice N Sleazys on Thursday the 26th.

Edinburgh band Amateurs are soon to release their 'Hongu Kongu' album on Letterbox Records. As a taster, the single 'Things You Only Know If You Don't Drive' & 'Cool By Me' is available as a free download. http://www.letterboxrecords.com/amadownloads.htm

Amy Macdonald's single 'Mr Rock and Roll, out today

Early Songs - the work of one man, Glaswegian David Scott - releases a debut album produced by Andy Miller, but on Australian label Preservation (preservation.com.au)

The Blues Buddahs - a Glasgow blues (yes) act who split in April 2007 after 10 years together, have released a special 2 CD commemorative album entitled We're Going Wrong. It's available at Lost in Music, in Glasgow's deCourceys Arcade (behind Byres Road), or see www.myspace.com/thebluesbuddahs

Blind Pew release their debut single, 'Hungry Young Fighter'

Biffy Clyro release another single from the Puzzle album - Folding Stars is out on 14th Floor

The Down & Outs debut single 'Julie Andrews' on the Social Club label.

Driveby Argument release a download single ‘Cyclists Run Red Lights’- it’s free, in return for your signing up to their mailing list! - see www.drivebyargument.co.uk

Japanese act Andersens release Gzi Gzi Gzeo on Switchico Records of Edinburgh - the band’s 2nd release, it’s their first outside Japan

My Tiny Robots put out a single ‘Some Of My Best Ideas’ on Kraken Records (in a nice faux-floppy disc sleeve) and launch the release at Edinburgh’s Bongo Club on July 11th on conjunction with Dance Disaster znie

Malcolm Miiddleton’s single ‘Fight Like The Night’ feat. Jenny Reeve from Strike The Colours, is out on Full Time Hobby

Travis release single ‘Selfish Jean' on Independiente

Amy Macdonald releases single ‘Mr Rock & Roll’ on Vertigo today (2nd July) as a download (CDs to follow on the 16th)

The Dykeenies release single ‘Clean Up Your Eyes’ (La Volta)

Future Pilot Aka’s new single - featuring Sonic Youth, Fire Engines & Alasdair Gray - ‘Tery Bina’ /  ‘Nuclear War’is out on Creeping Bent

Captainface's 'Small Joy' (Fat Hippy) is released on July 2nd when they'll also be playing an in-store gig at Aberdeen's One Up Records 

The Grim Northern Social release their single 'Watch Out For The Spies' / 'Urban Pressure (2007)'

Former Big Dish man Steven Lindsay releases a single from his current album - a cover of the Pixies' Monkey Gone To Heaven
Opal Sky release a download single ‘The Blue of You’, available from itunes for a limited time only.
For more info see www.sonicbids.com/opalsky

A Band Called Quinn have released a 17-track compilation And Ever Again. Containing b-Sides and previously unreleased tracks from the Kid Loco-produced album 'Luss' plus earlier releases. It's available on iTunes and includes early material with Alex Kapranos on guitar, Katrina Mitchell from The Pastels on vocals, and remixes from Kid Loco and Bill Wells.

Glasgow based band Logan launch their new album and DVD on 30th June and play an exclusive live set at ABC2 in their home city on the same date.

The View release a single Face For Radio on 7”/download 7”/enhanced maxi CD

Catcher's album Bi Polar Bear Disorder is now available across Scotland and on the web - from Fopp in Glasgow and Edinburgh, itunes, Napster and CD Baby. More at www.myspace.com/catcherglasgowindieband

Transaudio launch single Dying Star at the Barrowland 2 on Friday 29th June, with support from Sol Diablos, Phycheout & The Maydays

Idlewild return with a new single ‘A Ghost In The Arcade’ on 18th June

Strike the Colours - a Glasgow act fronted by Reindeer Section vocalist Jenny Reeve - release debut album The Face That Sunk a Thousand Ships (on DL)

Roy's Iron DNA release a download single Silent Majority / Soon You'll Know, the 2nd single from their forthcoming debut album.www.roysirondna.co.uk

Calvin Harris releases album I Created Disco on June 18th, on Sony BMG

Chemikal Underground release a free Mother and the Addicts download in advance of the band's second album foor the label - more at http://www.chemikal.co.uk/mat

thestar69 - a solo project created by Coatbridge-born singer / songwriter Pete Macleod - release debut single ‘Modern Soul’, which is taken from album ‘This is Modern Soul’. The release follows a successful tour in support of Ocean Colour Scene. www.myspace.com/petesolomusic

Le Reno Amps release ‘Poison Letter" b/w ‘New Man’ - taken from 'So For Your Thrills...' it’s a download but also available as a physical EP, at live shows and all good record stores.

The Tracks release debut single ‘Roll Another Dice’ with the launch (ho ho) gig at Glasgow’s Renfrew Ferry riday 15th June www.myspace.com/tracksweb. It’s a download single but a limited edition EP (including two additional songs 'The Shark' and 'Pol')

Former Josef K singer Paul Haig releases his first solo album in ages - 'electronik audience' is out now on his own ‘Rhythm of Life (ROLinc) label. It follows the single ‘Reason's release last week. www.rolinc.co.uk/rolpromo.html

And on that subject - bandmate in Haig's recent project The Cathode Ray, Jeremy Thoms releases a solo CD ‘Everything Comes Around’ on small "on-demand" label Bendi Records - www.bendirecords.com / www.myspace.com/jeremythoms

and...

Looper have put promo videos online for their their run of singles from their Jeepster and Mute releases: Mondo 77, Ballad of Ray Suzuki, Up A Tree Again, Who's Afraid of Y2K? and The Snare can be found by clicking the "videos" link at www.looperama.com

Biffy Clyro's album 'Puzzle’ is out as of 4th June and includes the singles ‘Living Is A Problem’, ‘Saturday Superhouse’, and ‘Semi-Mental’. There's also a limited edition version with an additional DVD featuring the making of Puzzle.

Odeon Beat Club release a single taken from their debut album - Being Realistic / The Drill, on Beatclub Recordings.

Capstin Pole's debut single, 'In the Way You Move' is out now on their own record label - Capstin Records.

Dean Owens releases an album, Whisky Hearts, on the Vermillion Road label

Life Without Buildings’ posthumous live album Live at The Annandale hotel is released on Gargleblast, and there’s an album launch with Guest DJs at Glasgows Mono on Wednesday 30th May.

Calvin Harris’ single ‘The Girls’ is out on pre-release download.

Kinky Durakee’s single ‘Dedication’ comes out on Joesoap Records.

Fence Records release a compilation entitled Don’t Fudge With the Fence Made which among its dozen tracks includes rare or unreleased tracks from Pictish Trail, King Creosote, and features a demo of James Yorkston’s ‘Steady As She Goes’. In a gesture fo support for indie recordshops, the CD will be available only at Unknown Pleasures (St Andrews), Avalanche (Edinburgh), Monorail (Glasgow), Norman (Leeds), Rough Trade (London), Resident Music (Brighton), One-up (Aberdeen) & Piccadilly Records (Manchester).

California Snow Story - who feature original Camera Obscura member David Skirving - release new album - Close to the Ocean on Letterbox Records

Emma Pollock‘s debut solo single 'Adrenaline' is out on 4AD, as a 7" + Digital Download.

Bob Cuba finally release their debut album - self-titled, it’s available on their own site www.bobcuba.com, or www.indiestore.com/bobcuba

Dean McGinnes self-releases debut album The Journey Of Life, available at www.deanmcginnes.com

Ten Storeys High release single ‘Good Things' which is available at iTunes & Napster

Future King of Scotland puts out his debut album - "31 minutes of folk garage" - entitled I’m Not Angry, It's Just You Broke My Heart on new Fife-based label Lo Fi or What

Storm Society - fomerly members of Inchblue - relase debut single Miles Away on Enpaptured Records www.thestormsociety.com

O2 Undiscovered finalist Eoghan Colgan releases his self-titled second EP

James Yorkston’s album Roaring the Gospel (Domino) contains 12 “songs that have fallen by the way”- B-sides, and unreleased tracks, and includes his version of ‘Song To the Siren’ and the unreleased ‘Sleep is the Jewel’.

The Stantons’ debut album Welcome To Stanton Country is out on Pawprint Records

Pet Piranha releases the UK Edition of Die! Die! Die!’s self-titled debut album featuring 10 tracks recorded in Chicago by Steve Albini

Scots-based songwriter Heather Greene releases a single, ‘Always Something’ and tours the country - 24th May she’s at Glasgow’s Brel, 25th is Aberdeen Tunnells and she plays Leith Festival on June 1st

The Xfm Scotland breakfast show crew - Dominik Diamond plus Scott and Marissa aka The A.M's - release single ‘Billy The Dancer’ / ‘Isobel Campbell’ - available at HMV as well as a download on iTunes and HMV Digital.

Nowhere Fast re-release a Malcolm Middleton single from 2004 - 'Ryanair Song's 7" repressing is seriously limited and comes in a poster sleeve.

Drive-By Argument's 'Sex Lines Are Expensive Comedy' is out now on One Records, which neatly coincides wit their Tigerfest headline show on the 17th at Dunfermline's Carnegie Hall.

Runrig release Everything You See, their 13th studio album - it’s out now but is aptly is launched, in the year of Highland Culture, at Loch Ness (as opposed to 'into' Loch Ness). The band are also gearing up for their Beat the Drum event to be held at Loch Ness on the 18th August. Non-fans are to be eased into the album via a special beer commemorating the band, more at www.blackislebrewery.com and indeed www.runrig.co.uk

Controversial 'ned rock' act NEDS Kru feat. The Wee Man release their single 'Here You (That’ll Be Right)' on Manky Records. The single, which has apparently been banned from some radio stations for its content can be found at www.mankyrecords.com

IdealPanic release single Precious Things, on iWant

Biffy Clyro release single 'Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies' thanks largely to the reaction folowing its airing on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show. B-sides are: ‘Relief or Fight’, ‘Kittens, Cakes and Cuddles’ & 'Loneliness’.

Stow College's legendary Electric Honey label launches the fruits of this year's college intake this week, with a show at Glasgow's Oran Mor. The highest profile release will be the ‘Thank You For Being You’ cd which tracks Scottish indie over the last 20 years, featuring tracks from Belle & Sebastian, Fire Engines, King Creosote, The Delgados, The Pastels & Teenage Fanclub. 
Also, Wake the President's  7" ’Sorrows for Clothes’ will be released - the band of course being this year's 'house band' for the course as well as its members managing local Say Dirty Records.
The third release is Soom T's single ‘What Is Life’ which features King Creosote. 

Low Miffs release Earl Grey / This Is The New (Art Goes Pop)

LR RocKeTs release their single Prank Caller on 7" yellow vinyl, on Greenick's Grace Records.

Ally Kerr's single Could Have Been a Contender is out now, on Much Obliged

New Edinburgh label BEATSVILLE launches at Henry's Cellar Bar on Saturday May 5th with The Wildebeests, The Fnords, and Keith Douglas. The label's debut is a 10" compilation LP : Beatsville Sound Volume 1 featuring new tracks by the likes of The Thanes, The Nukes, Preston Pfanz & the Seaton Sands, Les Bof and The Wildebeests, and The Fnords.

Dropkick’s debut album Turning Circles, is out now. www.dropkickmusic.co.uk

Former Big Dish frontman Steven Lindsay releases an album, Kites, on Echo

Found release a single on German label Aufgeladenundbereit - Synths Like Minds

AlexTronic Records release a compilation ( vol 1) - 13 tracks including Asa, Pockets of Resistance, sixpeopleaway, Hooverfish, Keser and a bunch of other electronic-oriented acts.

North Atlantic Oscillation release debut single Some Blue Hive - (One) on CD and limited 7"

LR Rockets launch their Grace Records single Prank Caller with shows in Glasgow Barfly (28th) and Edinburgh Subway (29th) - both shows feature Stopstarts on the bill along with is this music? DJs. Glasgow also has a set from Fury of the Headteachers, while in Edinburgh Kid Canaveral are on the bill.

Camera Obscura release another single from their current album -Tears For Affairs is out now.

Recliner release a single 'Nowhere' on April 9th...

as do The Dykeenies - 'New Ideas' is out on LaVolta

Le Reno Amps' album ‘So for Your Thrills…’ is out today

Amy Macdonald releases a single Poison Prince April 9th

Lords of Bastard - a band who are described as sounding “exactly as their name suggests” - release debut single ‘Off With Their Heads’ on SL Records

The Waterboys releaase a comeback album, Book of Lightning, on Universal

Le Reno Amps precedes the the ‘proper’ releaase of album ‘So for Your Thrills…’ with some dates around Scotland including Glasgow’s Firewater on the 5th, before they head off to play launch dates around the highlands and follow these wth guest slots on the Electric Soft Parade tour in mid-April. The album is actually available, on download, from April 2nd.

stopstarts single "Diamondless" is out on April 2nd on Grace Records

Injuns’ album Lionel It’s a Complicated World is out now

Malcom Middleton releases a singel from his current album, entitled 'Beep Beep I Love You', on Full Time Hobby

Scots psych-garage legends The Thanes have a new record, a 10" "live" LP called 'A Night In Great King Street', out now on French label, Larsen Records

Sister Vanilla - Linda Reid and her brothers Jim and William out of the Jesus and Mary Chain - release their album LIttle Pop Rock on Chemikal Underground. The album also features Stephen Pastel (and indeed, contains a song devotet to that band, ‘Pastel Blue’).

Pomegranate release their 3rd album The Thrill of Red Paint

Trap6 release their debut single 'The Cycle' on Hungry Kid Records

Dumb Instrument’s debut 3-track EP Songs Ya Bass is out now, on Hackpen

Sister Vanilla - the entire Reid family, just about (well, Linda plus Mary Chainers Jim and William) release single ‘Can’t Stop The Rock’ / ‘What Goes Around’ on Chemikal Underground, with an abum next week.

Idlewild release another single from their album Make Another World, ‘No Emotion’.

The Needles release a new double A-side single ‘Girl I Used to Know’/’Dead or Alive’, on Dangerous

Glasgow 3-piece Tibi Lubin release a single 'Frankie Quinn' on German label Aufgeladen Und Bereit

Edinburgh 4-piece Chocyamo release their debut self-titled EP March 16

Whisky Works release an EP - The Amish Are Coming

The Cinematics debut album Strange Education is out now, on TVT

Butcher Boy’s album Profit in Your Poetry is out, now, on How Does It Feel records

Paolo Nutini releases a single, 'New Shoes'.

And The Fratellis release another single from their album, entitled ‘ Baby Fratelli’

Satellite Dub release ‘London Has More Lights’ as a free download single , from their own website, and launch this at Edinburgh’s City Cafe as part of a Tronic/NewFoundSound night on March 17th. Tronic & New Found Sound next weekend.

Calvin Harris releases ‘Acceptable in the 80s’ on CD (the track has been available on download for the past week.

The Roddy Woomble / Chemikal Underground-compiled rock/poetry album Ballads of the Book is out now and will be launched officially on Friday 9th at Glasgow's CCA. There's a minisite dedicated to the album which apart from anything else lists fully the artists contributing - www.chemikal.co.uk/ballads

The Law release debut single 'Milk And Honey'

Ardentjohn release their debut single Legoland Towns

The Primary 5 release second album Go, on Re-Action Recordings Ltd.

Our Lunar Activities' single Somebody Kill is released on Neon Tetra

1990s release single 'See You At The Lights

Le Reno Amps release single 'Wound Up' on Armellodie on 7” white vinyl. The first 100 copies sold come with a home made DVD featuring the Wound Up video and the single will be available in all good shops, and on their current tour supporting Brakes.

We Are The Physics release 'Fear of Words' / Turning Heads' as a single on One Records.

Allaidh Modhan - an Edinburgh / Glasgow "contemporary celtic" band, release deut album The Astonishing Flying Ring - available in Avalanche, Monorail, Coda and Fopp in their two home cities. The band launch the album at The Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh on the 28th of Feb.

3 new releases from Herb Recordings - CDs from Rubens and Kingbastard are available on CD format from Herb's website. Solipsism's download EP entitled 'Electricity Flows In Squares' is available at www.beatport.com.

Christ.'s eagerly-awaited album Blue Shift Emisisons is out now on Benbecula

Idlewild releaase single 'No Emotion' on February 26th and launch it with instores in Fopp Glasgow at 1pm on Monday 26th, then HMV Edinburgh 5.30pm. (There's also a Leeds instore, details TBC).

AirSpiel's self produced debut album, In Another Life, is out now.

Eddi Reader collaborates with the Broken Family Band on a single 'Alone in the Makeout Room' (out now on Track and Field records)

Finally, Edinburgh post-punk pioneers (The) Scars re-release their debut album after 25 years. Guitarist Paul Research has finally managed to wrench the master tapes from original label Virgin and compile a CD release which features bonus tracks includngb-sides and a version of David Essex's 'Silver Dream Machine. More at www.scarsresearch.com

The Pedestrians release their debut single 'Hoochie Coo / You Take All My Money'
The Hussy's release their 'Tiger' EP

Scottish metal act Mendeed have released new album 'The Dead Live By Love' through Rising Records in the UK.

the Primary 5 release single 'Make Believe', on Re-Action Records, which precedes their second album Go! which is out on March 5th.

Aereogramme's album 'My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go' is out today, on Chemikal Underground - as is single Barriers, out on 7" and download...)

Octogen release an EP on Glasgow dance label Soma, entitled 'Soulsearcher'.

Also on a dance tip, upcoming Dumfries producer Calvin Harris releases his second EP, Colours', on FlyEye/Columbia - the 5 tracks include his previous single 'Acceptable in the 80s'.

And Future Pilot AKA relase album Secrets From the Clockhouse on Creepig Bent, today - the album features contributions from Damo Suzuki, Sonic Youth, The Go-Betweens, Belle and Sebastian, and poet Alasdair Gray.

The View release their debut album 'Hats Off To The BUskers', today, on the 22nd January.

Kasule (re)-release their classic album Demonstration as a digital download, avpreviously...

Rhubarb release an album 'An Introduction to', available on iTunes, with more info at www.worldofrhubarb.co.uk

The View are set to release their new single 'Same Jeans' on January 15 - the 7" will feature new song 'Screamin n Shoutin'

Roy's Iron DNA (the band formerly known as Ordinaryson) re-release their 7" clear vinyl single 'Men in Wax Jackets' on Travelled Music - available from http://www.mymusicsells.com/acatalog/yourmusic.html

Roy Moller releases an album, Speak When I'm Spoken To, on Book Club Records (www.bookclubrecords.com). Moller is a long-time Belle and Sebastian collaborator - co-writing Seymour Stein, Chickfactor and others with guitarist Stevie Jackson, so Jackson returns the favour, working as producer and guitarist. The album also features B&S bassist Bobby Kildea.

The Hedrons’ single ‘Heatseeker’ is out today, January 8th, on Measured Records.

Marcia Blaine School For Girls release an album on Highpoint Lowlife - a couple of tracks are available for download at http://highpointlowlife.com/downloads.php while the album can be purchased at http://www.posteverything.com/artists/release.php?id=17553. The album launch takes place at Glasgow’s Sub Club on Japreviously...

Crash My Model Car's debut single 'Maybe' is out now on My Dad Recorings. (see www.crashmymodelcar.com)

The State Broadcasters' Americana-tinged debut EP is out on Glasgow label Ruby Records - www.thestatebroadasters.com

Idlewild release a single 'If It Takes You Home' from the forthcoming (February) album Make Another World and is a return to their noisier roots.

Viva Stereo have issued a limited 19-track album Rarities and Improvements through Much Better / Fence (www.vivastereo.com) - it's limited to 99 copies with individually-numbered handmade packaging.

The Low Miffs 7" single is out now - 'Also Sprach Shareholder'/'Where Are Your Songs Now?' on White Heat Records http://www.whiteheatrecords.com

Union of Knives' 'The Operated On EP' is available, on CD or double 7" for only £1.99 and they launch it at Avalanche in Glasgow (34 Dundas Street) at 5.30pm on Tuesday 5th Dec.

New London outfit Clean George IV release debut single 'First Blast of The Trumpet Against The Monstrous Regiment of Woman' / 'The Great Highland Crack Epidemic' on Monday December 4th through new Edinburgh label Black Spring (distribupreviously...

The Matchsticks - who have bafflingly renamed themselves from Flying Matchstick Men - release single 'Duvet' . they are also confirmed as support to the Human League with shows in Margate (27th), Southend (28th), Manchester Apollo (30th) and London Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Dec 1st.

Arab Strap's farewell compilation album Ten Years of Tears is released 27th November 2006, as the band conclude live activities with shows in Edinburgh (1st Dec), Aberdeen (2nd) and Glasgow's ABC being the final-ever show on the 4th.

Temple Lock release single 'Don't Deny Love' backed with their version of Mott the Hoople's classic 'Thunderbuck Ram'. They launch it at Glasgow Barfly on Sunday 3rd December 06 wit guests Who Shot Jonson?, Filthy Little Secret, & Mach 5 www.myspace.com/templelockmusic

Noisemongers Giant Tank's associates Usurper self-release album You Can Do It, a "prog-length epic recorded in a large empty room by the Luddite Bros"
Also, Muscletrunk's ELECTRONIC HARASSMENT is also out now. Both available from www.gianttank.com or www.volcanictongue.com

Domino Records release a Josef K compilation album Entomology - the 20 tracks include selections from both versions of their debut album including the unreleased Postcard version, singles, and Peel Sessions.

Christ releases an album Blue Shift Emissions on Benbecula

De Rosa release a double-a-side single on Chemikal Underground - 'Evelyn' / 'Father's Eyes'

Mogwai release their soundtrack album to 'Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait' on PIAS

The Band Formerly Known as Flying Matchstick Men (Matchsticks) release single ‘Duvet’, on One Records

Impure Thoughts release ‘Take On The World’ from the album ‘Lights Ahead’

:( 's EP ‘First Blood’ is out on Must Destroy.

Spare Snare's 6th album Garden leave is out now, on their own Chute label.

Sucioperro release a single, 'The Drop' , on Captains of Industry

And Fence Records launch their own De-Fence label - an offshot for the more electronic acts on the label. The first release is a limited 10" EP, featuring 2 tracks by both Reporter and OnTheFly. There are also some special guests providing vocals, see if you can guess who... http://www.de-fencerecords.com

Spare Snare appear on a split 7" relaese on US label Bracken, along with Falkirk band And His Voice Became. Tracks are 'Riding' (Bracken Mix) and 'Lost'

Unkle Bob's debut album Sugar and Spite is out now, on their own Friendly Sounds.

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