Scottish Fiction Radio Show - 25th June 2015

What a wonderful world we live in sometimes... 

Musically speaking this week's Scottish Fiction show is pretty lovely too.  I added one half of the new AA single from Kathryn Joseph to the Scottish Fiction Playlist, and there's also new music from The Van T's, Wozniak, Reverieme, TeenCanteen, Bdy_Prts and more!  

The Van T's - Growler
The New Fabian Society - Melt Inside
Machines In Heaven - Taxpayers Compass
Bdy_Prts - Cold Shoulder
Deadly Rides - The Ride
AROUND THE WORLD - Death From Above 1979 - Virgins
Baby Strange - California Sun
Min Diesel - Trail of T-Shirts
Sean Armstrong - Floating With You
Dec '91 - I Don't Want To Hurt You
Lovers Turn To Monsters - Scottish Weekend
PLAYLIST - Catholic Action - The Real World
PLAYLIST - Machines In Heaven - Displacer
PLAYLIST - Kathryn Joseph - the worm
Brendan Dalton - Medium
Sorren Maclean - Way Back Home
Esperi - Sonshine
Exit-Omni - Since We Last Met
Wozniak - Snow Effect
Seconds - Rest
in:tides - Yours Is The Earth
Reverieme - Plankton
Stanley Odd - Monsoon Season
TeenCanteen - Sister

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Single Review - Baby Strange - VVV

Glasgow three piece Baby Strange are a staple for us at Scottish Fiction by now and a new release from the band always gets us excited.  New single VVV  is no different as the band create their rawest punk track yet.

The song is built on a chunky bassline which plods along aside the drums.  The guitar gets to go more manic, zipping into the mix to make screechy, distorted terror through-out.  Johnny Madden as always plays a cool and collected front man, stating that the subject of his song violates and abuses him.  The lyrics aren't unlike the heyday of New Romantic music, or even Marilyn Manson.

- Scott Hastie

Baby Strange - VVV  is out now on Ignition Records and you can also pick up limited edition vinyl here.  If you fail to get your copy before they sell out then you have another chance when the band support Dolomite Minor on tour.

Scottish Fiction Podcast - 8th February 2015

Reppin' Aberdeenshire, and more recently Glasgow, my session guest on this show is the immensely talented, not to mention modest, Yusuf Azak.  His albums, most recently Peace in the Underworld and before that Native Son,  contain more ideas than many artists manage in an entire career, a style born out of experimentalism and free form.  In amongst chatting about his music, Yusuf performed three tracks live in the studio all of which are here for your listening pleasure.

Your new music fix can be sated with cuts from The Duke, Detroit, Baby Strange, Tijuana Bibles, Turtle, and C Duncan.  Hook in and enjoy!

Withered Hand - King of Hollywood
Michael Cassidy - 15 Years
Tijuana Bibles - Sun Chaser
The Insomniac Project - Shake Those Demons
Yusuf Azak - Silver Rose (Live in Pulse 98.4 Studio)
The Phantom Band - Tender Castle
RE-MIXING IT UP - Admiral Fallow - Paper Trench (Miaoux Miaoux Remix)
The Duke, Detroit - Iconic
Malcolm Middleton and David Shrigley - Dear Brain
Yusuf Azak - Go Native (Live in Pulse 98.4 Studio)
Lady North - Bum Jiggy - As chosen by Yusuf Azak
Baby Strange - VVV
Catholic Action - Somebody Made For Me
OSKAR - WILDINGS
The Twilight Sad - I Could Give You All That You Don't Want
Yusuf Azak - Eastern Son (Live in Pulse 98.4 Studio)
Turtle - Colours
C Duncan - Say
COVER LOVER - Pinact - You Gave Your Love To Me Softly
Atom Tree - Sinner
Prides - Higher Love


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Scottish Fiction Podcast - 7th May 2014

Fader up, headphones on, tunes a go.  This week's podcast takes a drive through pastures new, stopping to take in the heady sounds of new tracks from Deathcats, Vasa, Book Group and Friends In America.  There's some well deserved SAY Award praise for Hector Bizerk, and a lagoon of other great sounds.  Buckle up and enjoy the ride.

Honeyblood - Killer Bangs
Deathcats - Saturday Night Golden Retriever
Vasa - Not A Cop
Fat Goth - Class A
Shambles In A Husk - Medications
Hector Bizerk - Orchestrate
The LaFontaines - Under The Storm
So Many Animal Calls - My Blood's Not Mine
Baby Strange - Distance Yourself
A Band Called Quinn - Forget About It
Book Group - Here Is Too Near
Yusuf Azak - Silver Rose
lists - Veil
Andrew Pearson and Lovers Turn To Monsters - Juan Antonio
Friends In America - The More I Have, The Less I Own (The More I Learn, The Less I Know)

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Scottish Fiction Podcast - 5th February 2014

On this week's show; Campfires In Winter get all arty, Kid Canaveral get loved up, Prides, LAW and Model Aeroplanes all hit out with excellent new tracks and we run through music from our forthcoming session guests, including Beerjacket.  Throw in a Franz Ferdinand cover version, a request for the Blue Nile and a Belle And Sebastian remix and you're talking about a pretty full on two hours.

CHVRCHES - Recover
Roman Nose feat. Ruth Lalia - Reminders
Hector Bizerk - Orchestrate
The Shakedown Project - Gone
Riquelme - Year Of Spaghetti

COVER LOVER - Franz Ferdinand - Mis-shapes

Model Aeroplanes - Innocent Love
Campfires In Winter - Greeted By The Storm
Jonnie Common - Binary 101
Carbs - Infinite Ammo
Baby Strange - Pure Evil
Kid Canaveral - Who Would Want To Be Loved?
Sarah J Stanley - Secretly Not
Andrew Pearson & The Riflebirds - Ribbons
LAW - Haters
Algernon Doll - Spilt Milk Perfume

The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops - #tweetatrack as chosen by @sheeldz

Beerjacket - Two Travel
Lovers Turn To Monsters - LA Gear (Live in Pulse 98.4 Studio)
Prides - The Seeds You Sow

RE-MIXING IT UP - Belle And Sebastian - I Didn't See It Coming (Richard X Edit)

Little Fire - Made Of Stone


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Single Review - Baby Strange - Friend

Baby Strange are certainly going from strength to strength.  This is quite an achievement considering they "didn’t start this band to get signed or get famous."

Receiving countless glowing reviews from NME and performing on muso Vic Galloway’s show on BBC Radio Scotland, the Glaswegian trio will have their name up in lights in no time whether they like it or not.

Friend is a two minute energy burst of organized ruckus.  The punk ethos is present.  Minimalist shouty lyrics, covering up the pain of saying ‘goodbye to my friend' and a twenty second guitar solo.  It’s not so difficult to imagine yourself singing along to this after one too many.  Very Palma Violet-esque, so much so it could have been a single from their album 180.  No surprises that Baby Strange will be touring with PV for the second time this November.

- Holly Callender

Baby Strange - Friend  is out now on Chess Club via iTunes and limited 7" single.

Scottish Fiction Podcast - 11th September 2013

In a show that contained brand new tracks from The Spook School, Franz Ferdinand, and Campfires In Winter, I also hosted the wonderful esperi as my live guest.  As usual with our live sessions, we asked esperi to soundtrack the first part of the show, chatted about his music, inspirations, and forthcoming plans, and had the delight of sharing with you three live tracks. 

Mast. - Romance

American Football - Never Meant - As chosen by esperi

esperi - Sonshine - Live in Pulse 98.4 Studio

Sufjan Stevens - Pittsfield - As chosen by esperi

esperi - Little Shirts - Live in Pulse 98.4 Studio
esperi - Storks - Live in Pulse 98.4 Studio

Wheat - Don't I Hold You - As chosen by esperi

Kid Canaveral - A Compromise
Franz Ferdinand - Evil Eye
Young Fathers - Effigy
Baby Strange - Friend

Re-Mixing It Up - Belle & Sebastian - Your Cover's Blown (Miaoux Miaoux Remix)

Angler Ape - When He Starts
Future Glue - Crooked
The Spook School - I'll Be Honest
Campfires In Winter - Stories
Blue Rose Code - Skin & Bones
The Duke, Detroit - Saturday
This Silent Forest - Drowning Man


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Scottish Fiction Podcast - 10th July 2013

There's dedication, and then there's dedication.  Driving just shy of 90 miles from Anstruther to Barrhead, to do a live radio session in a ridiculous warm radio studio shows Eilidh Rose a.k.a. 18 year old singer songwriter Lidh has the latter.  Crafter of fuzz folk tunes and inspired by the musical heritage that lives and breathes in Anstruther, she is also the owner of a fabulous voice and a penchant for writing cutesy lyrics.  Fulfilling the usual 'session guest' duties, Lidh picked some music, chatted, and treated us to three live tracks, all of which you can revisit right here.

Bookending the show are tracks from CHVRCHES and Machines In Heaven, just two of the acts that played T in the Park last weekend.  I go through some of the picks of the festival, with a unashamedly heavy slant on the T-Break stage.  There's plenty to enjoy!


CHVRCHES - Gun

David Bowie - Heroes - As chosen by Lidh

Lidh - Rockpool Hospital - Live in Pulse 98.4 FM Studio

Harry Nilsson - Me And My Arrow - As chosen by Lidh

Lidh - Peace Now - Live in Pulse 98.4 FM Studio

Throwing Muses - Counting Backwards - As chosen by Lidh

Lidh - Murmur - Live in Pulse 98.4 FM Studio

Hector Bizerk - Orchastrate
Fake Major - Little Researcher
Michael Cassidy - Battleships
Frightened Rabbit - Backyard Skulls
PAWS - Jellyfish
Baby Strange - Pure Evil
Poor Things - Morgan
Pronto Mama - Still Swimming
Prides - Out Of The Blue
Vasa - Cynthia
Machines In Heaven - Mumbo Jingo


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Scottish Fiction Podcast - 1st May 2013

With The SAY Award Long List being announced last Thursday, it's time to start delving into the albums themselves starting with Admiral Fallow, Lau, Stanley Odd, PAWS and The Twilight Sad.  There's a track from each plus chat about the albums in this week's podcast.  There's sunshine promised this weekend, and we run over the line up for Brew At The Bog on Saturday 4th May, with bands such as Fake Major and Cherri Fosphate getting a play during the show.  And there's chat about Boards Of Canada, amidst the announcement we've all been waiting for... NEW ALBUM!

Woven amongst this there's music from Young Fathers, Nevada Base, Baby Strange, The Machine Room, a 'Cover Lover' track from Three Blind Wolves and a 'Re-Mixing It Up' track from Bwani Junction.  Tuck in!

Captains - Lips That Touch Liquor Don't Touch Mine
Cherri Fosphate - Wool
The Spook School - Cameraman
Boards Of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy
Nevada Base - Foresight
Electric Gardens - Sparrow

Tweet -a-track - The Aliens - Magic Man - As chosen by @drunkmule

James Yorkston - Spanish Ants
Lau - Throwing Pennies
Admiral Fallow - Guest Of The Government
PAWS - Catherine 1956
The Twilight Sad - Sick
Stanley Odd - Marriage Counselling
Young Fathers - I Heard

Re-Mixing It Up - Bwani Junction - Civil War (Lyer Remix)

His Name Is Codeine - Shoot To Kill
Baby Strange - Pure Evil
Mad Nurse - Violent Dreams
Rainbow Dissolve - False Counsellor
The Machine Room - Sweden
Thirty Pounds Of Bone - The Truth Of The Matter

Cover Lover - Three Blind Wolves - Thrasher

Wake The President - Bill Drummond
Fake Major - Love In The Mundane


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