2011

Don’t want to speak too soon but it does look like things are finally back to normal. I now have no excuse except a complete lack of time for not updating the shop and adding all the bands that have registered.

As many of you will know the manifesto has caused a huge amount of discussion virtually all positive and very briefly here are some of the points that we will try to address over the coming months. Everybody is agreed that better distribution at least within Scotland would be greatly beneficial. There is the thorny […]

Brought to you by that man Bart from eagleowl we have some acoustic / folk / pop from Stockholm this Saturday as a taster for the gig the following day at the Wee Red Bar. Hot on the heels of the visit from our Estonian friends even if they were just shopping. More info courtesy […]

Aberfeldy are now confirmed to play in-store on Saturday 23rd April with Glasvegas already scheduled for a meet and greet on the 24th. We’ll be announcing more bands during the week.

For Record Store Day (or week and a bit in our case) we will be accepting CDs from bands who want to get their music heard by those who work for radio, magazines, blogs etc. I’m just putting together a list now of those who will be given the CDs. Often artists feel that when […]

Let the moaning cease ! I’m more than a little pleased to announce that there will be a music festival in the Grassmarket from Friday 29th April to Sunday 1st May. There will also be a market similar to that held at Christmas the year before last. The event is being funded by GATA (Grassmarket […]

The troubled music retailer HMV is in talks to sell a batch of its stores to pound shops and a sports retailer to reduce its mountain of debt. Poundland and Pound World are negotiating to take five shops each, while JD Sports is interested in at least six. HMV, which owns the Waterstone’s book chain […]

The CMU daily a news letter sent out to most in the music industry described the chancellor’s plans to reduce the threshold for those avoiding VAT by being based in the Channel Islands to £15 from £18 as “slightly less than fuck all. But only just”. Over the last three years new release sales for […]

Available from Dom Mart since before Christmas Domino have finally condescended to allow mere shops to sell it too. I assumed any of my customers who wanted it would have bought it already but several have said that since they own some of the recordings already £50 (+£3 postage) was a bit steep. If it […]