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Again, festival of the week - this time, a bit of a mini-fest - Glasgow club Pinup Nights is taking over the Flying Duck on Friday 30th to celebrate their third anniversary. Mitchell Museum, Sonny Marvello, Futuristic Retro Champions and Campfires in Winter will play live while Scott out of Sons & Daughters and Remember [...]

Figure 5 release their debut album Bonfire on July 26th. They play an instore at Fopp on Union St, Glasgow on Friday 30th July at 5.30pm, as well as the full album launch on Sunday 25th July at the Captain’s Rest in Glasgow (it’s an afternoon show - doors at 3pm, band on stage at [...]

Standing in for Vic Galloway, BBC Scotland (and, ahem, former is this music? scribe) Catriona Shearer. She’s got Figure 5 in session. That’s Monday, Radio Scotland, 8-10pm.
In case you missed it (and doubtless you will as the Radio Scotland schedules are so secret that even Wikileaks can’t publish them): Alex Kapranos stood in for Janice [...]

MOPP (alterego of one Barry Mopp) releases a single ‘Everything’ (with b-side ‘Collide feat Stevie’) on the Euphonios label - more at www.moppmopp.com

Campfires in Winter release their debut EP, ‘Cardboard Ships’, on Monday the 26th of July on the ‘stand & wave’ label.
The Croy-based band plan to celebrate the release with a mini ‘flat’ tour - playing for fans in their own living rooms. The tour starts on July 26th - a precise itinerary is probably best [...]

Mammoth releases his debut album entitled Nascent on 26th July, on the Mini50 label.

The Bird And The Monkey - Shark Batter labelmates Sarahjane Swan and Roger Simian - release an EP entitled ‘Ossie Dean’, on, yes, Shark Batter.

Chelmsford-based indie-pop band Amoriste release(d) a new EP, Under the Hours of Satellite Towers, on 15th July. The band has one member hailing from Edinburgh and celebrate the EP’s launch (with locals Park Circus headlining) at Glasgow’s ABC2 on Thursday 22nd July. They then return home (kind of) for a launch gig at Cabaret Voltaire [...]

Dead Boy Robotics release their debut EP, ‘Tale of the Winter Kids’ , on July 19th. It was mixed in Tape Studios, Leith, by Stephen Watkins in February.

In fact, we might well, just call this feature ‘Festival of the Week’ as it’s going to get might crowded in the coming month or so.
Bit of a no-brainer this time round - The Wickerman is on this Friday 23rd/ Sat 24th, down the Solway coast at Dundrennan. Some big attractions like Sons and Daughters, [...]