Videos Killed The Radio Star - Round Up

If you used to read the Favourite Son blog, which sadly stopped a few months back, then you might have enjoyed Chris's weekly round-up of music videos.  Now before you get all excited, I'm not committing myself to doing a weekly round-up, but there's been a few videos cropped up over the past few days and week's that have caught my eye, so I thought I'd fire up a quick post.  Enjoy!


He's been supporting Amy McDonald the past few night, and in the build up to his single 'Battleships' being released on 19th November Michael Cassidy has got a cool underwater video out now.  Check it out.

We were lucky enough to have been joined by The State Broadcasters on the Scottish Fiction radio show a few months back.  Their brilliant album 'Ghosts We Must Carry' is out now, and here's a brand new video from them for the single 'Trespassers'.  Beautiful stuff so it is.

From furry animals to political statements.  Yes it's time for a home-made video courtesy of Solareye from Stanley Odd.  Here's an interesting visual for the excellent track based around the Scottish independence debate 'Marriage Counselling'.

Another Olive Grove artist Jo Mango has a new video out ahead of her new album 'Murmuration' which will be released on 5th November.  Check out this wonderful video with flocks of birds a plenty.



Rounding things off is the latest episode from the Detour boys. Featuring Michael Cassidy, CHVRCHES, Crusades and more!

Scottish Fiction Podcast - 15th August 2012

Last Wednesday's show was a good 'un, filled to the brim with new tracks from the likes of The Unwinding Hours, Crusades, Meursault, Cancel The Astronauts and more!  Our featured artist this week was Isobel Campbell and we had three tracks from her in her various musical guises.  And our Classic Scottish Album was KLF's 1991 album 'White Room'.  Listen back for all this, some Twitter banter, and more!

Crusades - Harelquin
The Unwinding Hours - I've Loved You For So Long
headachehat - Grino
Kill The Waves - Shadow
People, Places, Maps - 3

Classic Scottish Album - KLF - 3AM Eternal - White Room

Meursault - Lament For A Teenage Millionaire
The Second Hand Marching Band - A Dance To Half Death
PAWS - Miss American Bookworm
We Are The Physics - Goran Ivanisevic
Michael Cassidy - 15 Years
James Yorkston - Border Song
Quickbeam - Seven Hundred Birds
Rollor - Island / Jekyll
Cancel The Astronauts - Making Dynamite
Dave Hughes And The Renegade Folk Punk Band - As You Are
7of7 - These Days Are Our Last
Middleton Hall - First Bus Out Of Town
The Tide Inside - On My Way Back Down From The Edge

Featured Artist - Isobel Campbell
Belle & Sebastian - Is It Wicked Not To Care?
Isobel Campbell - The Breeze Whispered Your Name
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Honey Child What Can I Do?

The State Broadcasters - Where I Belong
The Spook School - Here We Go

Scottish Fiction - 15th August 2012 by Scottish Fiction on Mixcloud

T-Break 2012 - Let The Ranting Continue...

I wish the T-Break stage at T In The Park could get announced more often.  It's a hugely entertaining day, because of all the ranting, raving, moaning and conspiracy theories that surround the announcement of the 16 artists playing the stage at Scotland's biggest festival.  (Blogger Favourite Son kindly rounded the best up on his Facebook page if you're curious).

So I'm late to the party, but if you haven't seen it already here's the lucky (or otherwise if you are convinced of dodgy deals going on) 16 artists who are playing the T-Break stage at this year's T In The Park:

Anderson, McGinty, Webster, Ward & Fisher
Bacchanal Party
Beerjacket
Blank Canvas
Brown Bear & The Bandits
Capitals
Chris Devotion & The Expectations
Crusades
Davey Horne
Nevada Base
Open Swimmer
Randolph’s Leap
Roman Nose
TeKlo
The Machine Room
The Mirror Trap

Follow the link for each band to find out more about them.  There's some we've not heard of, some we plain don't like, and some we think are pretty awesome!  In particular check out our Scottish Fiction Session with Beerjacket, our Scottish Fiction January EP featuring Blank Canvas, and I'm sure we've played tracks from Capitals, Chris Devotion & The Expectations, Crusades, Open Swimmer, Randolph's Leap and The Machine Room on the show before if you care to explore our Scottish Fiction Podcasts.