Scottish Fiction Podcast - 8th May 2013

Another week, another dose of new Scottish music... Scottish Fiction style.  Might actually try come up with a dance for that and become a YouTube sensation.  Or not.  Anyway, back to the music, and this week you'll hear some stunning tracks from Discopolis, Hector Bizerk, Finn LeMarinel, Sparrow And The Workshop and more.  Aye Tunes Friday Freebie returns after a few weeks away, and Cover Lover, Re-Mixing It Up and Tweet-a-track all pop up too.

Week two of looking at The SAY Award Long List means another five albums, with a track from each.  This week it's the turn of Emeli Sande - 'Our Version Of Events', Errors - 'Have Some Faith In Magic', Paul Buchanan - 'Mid Air', Django Django - 'Django Django' and Human Don't Be Angry - 'Human Don't Be Angry'.


Sparrow And The Workshop - The Faster You Spin
Mogwai - Special N
Sacred Paws - Falling Over

Aye Tunes Friday Freebie - GUMS! - Luckless Days

The Deep Red Sky - Look On Your Face
Seams - Eight
Sonic Heart Foundation - Northern Lights
Errors - Pleasure Palace
Emeli Sande - Heaven
Human Don't Be Angry - Monologue: River
Django Django - Default
Paul Buchanan - After Dark
Finn LeMarinel - Garden
Adam Stafford - Please
Dead Sea Souls - Brave

Cover Lover - Trapped In Kansas - I'm Not Alone

Hector Bizerk - Orchestrate
Discopolis - Falling (Committed To Sparkle Motion) [Axwell Radio Edit]
Holobeams - Colour Motion

Re-Mixing It Up - Nevada Base - Foresight (Magic Daddy Quantum Enmanglement)

Sharfla - Build A Wall
The 10:04's - Throes

Tweet-a-track - Black International - The Sky's Falling In - As chosen by @ElecCompMusic

Three Blind Wolves - Gold On The Cross
Tijuana Bibles - Howlin' Moon


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Battle Of The Bands - Round 1

Ding ding!  After a few days of geeky trash talk our new joint feature with David from the excellent Kowalskiy blog got under way tonight.  As you may recall David and myself will be sparring it up every two weeks in a Top Trump duel via the interweb world of Twitter.  Instead of comparing 1970's Dutch footballers we shall be using the vital statistics of Scottish bands to try and outwit each other.  For those who want a recap on the rules of this musical melee then take a peek here.  For those who are all about the blood lust then keep reading! 

Whilst I had confidence I knew I'd need to enlist help.  And in our corner I had the help of none other than Dundee five piece Seams.  I had the home advantage which means that I had control of the picks.  Remember our categories are Number Of Members, Years Active, Soundcloud Tracks, Twitter Follow Ratio, Band Name Scrabble Score, Average Age and Total.

Playing the opening gambit I went with what would appear a respectable Twitter Follow Ratio.  Following that we played the Number Of Members attribute before ending with a tactical decision to go for the Total attribute, where of course the lowest score wins.  Backing up Kowalskiy were Glasgow's indie-popsters French Wives.  Here's how they score up:

In case mathematics isn't you're strong suit, then the scoring went as such.  Kowalskiy took the first point, French Wives boosting a higher Twitter Follow Ratio.  The second point was split 50/50 with both bands comprised of five people.  That meant it all rested on the final roll of the dice.  Luckily, thanks to their sickeningly young Average Age and a pish poor Band Name Scrabble Score, my plucky band of Dundonians Seams rescued the point for Total score and ensured a draw of 1.5 points each.

I'll admit that I'm slightly disappointed that I didn't make more of the home advantage in this first round of the Battle Of The Bands.  But, equally I'm sure that Kowalskiy now realises that he isn't going to get things his own way!  Our next battle will be in a fortnight.  You can keep up to date with all our baiting on Twitter.

Despite our juvenile banter, the real focus is of course on the bands.  First up is our choice, Seams!

The gals and girls had this to say when we asked them how it felt to have drawn with French Wives in the opening heat of Battle Of The Bands.  "It's pretty cool to be a part of this new feature!  And to draw with French Wives is awesome!  We've supported them a few times in the past and they are just amazing."

We've featured them on the radio show before, and they have had the honour of being played on BBC Introducing by Ally McCrae, showing that it's not just us that like them!  Their debut EP 'Colours & Maps' is well worth investing in, which you can do here.  Looking forward to more new material from them, hopefully sooner than later!



And to prove we will never be sore losers, French Wives released their debut album, 'Dream Of The Inbetween' earlier this year, which you can get right here.  It's a cracking album and the band represent a stellar choice by Mr Kowalskiy.

Scottish Fiction Podcast - 13th June 2012

Feeling as fresh as a two week old sandwich I shimmied into my new timeslot on Pulse Community Radio of Wednesday's between 8pm and 10pm.  Mark that one in your diaries folks!

This week's show featured some of the best acts I saw at last weekend's RockNess festival, plus music from the likes of Honey, Stanley Odd, Woodenbox, Seams and more!  Expect heavy plugging of our Scottish Fiction Presents Gig which takes place on Sunday, as we played a track from each of the performing artists.  There's also the Classic Scottish Album which comes from Boards Of Canada and our Featured Artist this week was Aereogramme.  Enjoy!

Miaoux Miaoux - Better For Now
Michael Cassidy - Til You
Admiral Fallow - Guest Of The Government
Stanley Odd - Get Out Ma Headspace
Biffy Clyro - Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies

Classic Scottish Album - Boards Of Canada - An Eagle In Your Mind - Music Has The Right To Children

Queen Jane - All Together When We...
Errors - A Rumour In Africa
Woodenbox - Everyone Has A Price
Happy Particles - Offline Contact
Saint Death - Thompson's Daughter
Honey - Fantasist
Guillemots - Sao Paolo
Profisee - Magikal
Skippy Dyes - Help! Help! Imposter! [Live Version]
The Spook School - History (Alternative Summer Night Time Version)

Featured Artist
Aereogramme - Barriers
Aereogramme - Hatred

Seams - The Colour Purple

Scottish Fiction - 13th June 2012 by Scottish Fiction on Mixcloud

Scottish Fiction Podcast - 16th April 2012

Despite the mysterious looking tree up above, there's no mystery behind the music on this week's podcast.  Featuring plenty of new Scottish music, including five tracks from artists nominated for The SAY Award.  Listen back and enjoy!

Any Colour Black - You

Mixing It Up - Counting Crows - Mr Jones - As chosen by Jamie Sparks

We Were Promised Jetpacks - Human Error
Satellite Dub - Trying To Stop A Tank With Your Hands
Mike Nisbet - Not Long
Vladimir - Cold Winter Grasp
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Bats In The Attic
Collar Up - The Fear Of Love

Peenko Friday Freebie - Seams - 8

Adam Holmes And The Embers - Autumn Leaves
Wrongnote - Heart Of A Rat
Thula Borah - Murder
Bwani Junction - Middle Meadow
Father Sculptor - Blue
Johnny And The Giros - For Ourselves
Stanley - Join Hands
Jonny - Goldmine
Aggi Doom - Bring Me The Head
A Band Called Quinn feat. Kid Loco - Oh Jackie
Without Aeroplanes - Just So You're Warm
Steve Mason & Dennis Bovell - Understand My Dub
Admiral Fallow - The Paper Trench

Scottish Fiction - 16th April 2012 by Scottish Fiction on Mixcloud