Edinburgh needs its own arts quarter

You won’t find many people arguing against the fact that Edinburgh should have its own arts quarter, but up until now very little has been done about it. Just over a year ago, Argyle House in Lady Lawson Street and the land behind it was reportedly identified as one possible location, but talk then concentrated […]

Radiohead / Thom Yorke UK sales figures

Product Name Total CD DB 12 07 DA DV BR MC MD UM DM PABLO HONEY 623,577 571,245 8,207 6,192 0 0 0 0 37,933 0 0 0 THE BENDS 1,226,604 1,097,845 29,637 15,183 0 0 0 0 79,827 4,112 0 0 OK COMPUTER 1,511,357 1,391,520 27,397 15,552 0 0 0 0 69,735 7,153 0 […]

Avalanche’s All Time Best Selling Self Distributed Albums

1.   There Will Be Fireworks – There Will Be Fireworks 2.   Pictish Trail – Secret Soundz Vol.1 3.   Kid Canaveral – Shouting At Wildlife 4.   The Savings and Loan – Today I Need Light 5.   Star Wheel Press – Life Cycle Of A Falling Bird 6.   There Will Be […]

Peter Gutteridge 1961 – 2014 A really cool guy !

I never met Peter. Most of the New Zealand artists made their way over to Scotland at some point but Peter never made it to Europe or the US until his visit just a few weeks ago to New York where he played his first ever US gig. We spoke regularly of course when Avalanche […]

Edinburgh rates in the Grassmarket

In the end it was the rates that killed us in the Grassmarket. The landlord was very good about the rent and didn’t put it up when he should have but I feel very badly let down by Edinburgh Council. I’d been told they had spent 4 million pounds on the “improvements” and hoped to soon […]

Avalanche HQ

It is imperative that we resurface soon but at the same time I’m still considering a range of options and future challenges more of which over the next week. What I had decided is that we needed a small central base in Edinburgh that people could visit meaning we could take our time with the […]

Best sellers of 2014 to the end of August

1.  Withered Hand – New Gods  2.  Mogwai – Rave Tapes 3.  King Creosote – From Scotland With Love 4.  Owl John – Owl John 5.   PAWS – Youth Culture Forever 6.   Broken Records – Weights and Pulleys 7.  Hamish James Hawk – Aznavour 8.  Jack White – Lazaretto 9.   James Yorkston – Cellardyke Recording […]

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