news
KT Tunstall and Lyle Lovett among Celtic Connections headliners ... Martyn Bennett to be honoured at SAY Awards ... Sound of Young Scotland finalists announced ... SAY Award shortlist announced ... Kenny Hyslop RIP ... Back Doune the Rabbit Hole ... Scottish Album of the Year Award Longlist announced ... Hidden Door revealed ... Colonel Mustard, Horse and Shooglenifty bridge Govan-Partick gap ... Biffy, Franz and Young Fathers address cultural funding “crisis” ...
Releases
Cocteau Twins ... The Twistettes ... Paolo Nutini a double winner as SAY Award shortlist announced ... Martin John Henry ... The Martial Arts ... Cloth ... Andrew Eaton Lewis ... Gentle Sinners ... Paper Rifles, Kimberly Steaks, Nelson Savage unite to Help Ukraine ... The Radio Ghosts ... Night Noise Team ... Fram ... Beerjacket ... Duncan Marquiss ... Surface Cat ... Modern Studies ... Dead Modern ... New Leaf ... Vulture Party ... Pumajaw ... Andrew Howie ... Michael Timmons ... Goodnight Louisa ... Astrid ... Arab Strap ...
downloads
Tamanfaya: Dunfermline duo's new single 'Murky' is a limited free download for Jockrock readers thanks to Sub Station Records ... HAVR: Glasgow/Kilmarnock trio release five track 'Messengers' EP on pay-what-you-want basis ... The Hector Collectors: Lanarkshire legends' free-to-download compilation album 'Numbers By Hectors' celebrates two decades of mirth-making ... Scunner: Autumn Hang's 'Gothic Space Dub' of 'Where The Real Don't Go' is available as a free download ...
backstage
Glasgow music in a SPIN: Networking event aims to unite music workers and share new ideas ... Nemome and Hannah Peel join Resonate lineup: Music conference announces guest speakers and showcase acts ... Sound of Young Scotland Award still open for applications: SAY Award fund extends deadline for artists' chance to win £5k to record debut album ... Alan McGee among Resonate conference panelists: 'Hybrid' industry event will have in-person element at Glasgow venue ...
Fans of classic ’60s pop may enjoy this week’s video choice, and not just for the sparkling melodies of The Martial Arts. The educated eye will also spot the homage to a Scott Walker TV performance of ‘Jackie’, masterminded by Gregor Barclay (of GM Barclay Media), who also provides backing vocals on ‘Not Coming Down’, alongside Nicola West and Guys Weymss.
That aside, and drummer Been Robb, the single, out now is entirely the work of Paul Kelly, back recording under his MA pseudonym after an extended hiatus (during which he’s been regularly spotted working with such names as Carla J Easton, BMX Bandits, Raveloe, and Barclay’s How To Swim collective). Indeed, the new track, mixed by Sam Smith, stems from 2013 when Kelly wrote it on “a borrowed Omnichord which has since stopped working”. However, with several singles training an August album ‘In There Like Swimwear‘ on the Wiaiwya label, it seems that The Martial Arts are back to stay.