When I moved to the Grassmarket I had an initial three year plan. I was sure record shops wouldn’t last forever but I hoped to gradually morph Avalanche into something people would still consider a “record shop”. Involving other businesses was definitely the way forward and I made sure as part of the lease others […]
The double A side single will be played live and and be available for the first time. Featuring, · Davy Henderson (The Fire Engines, Win, Necatrine No.9, The Sexual Objects) · Roy Moller (The Store Keys, Wow Cafe) · Marco Rea (The Wellgreen, The Store Keys) · Carla Easton (TeenCanteen) · Kevin Williamson (Founder of […]
These are difficult times and credibility and cult status are no shield against economics. New York’s The Cake Shop has gone down the band route of trying to raise money using PledgeMusic. I was a big fan of Louisville’s ear X-tacy’s stance that raising money via gigs (they had had many generous offers) was very […]
I intended to post today to say that I had to concentrate only on things that made money and that I would have to make serious efforts to limit Avalanche’s activities so there was a chance that I could deal with everything without working 16 hours a day, 7 days a week as currently even […]
There was a time when nothing really changed in the music industry for years. Some would say decades. Now not only do things change continually but they do so in a way that is unpredictable. Some underlying things remain constant but nothing can be taken for granted. There was a time when for a band […]
There has been a surprising amount of interest in when the Avalanche manifesto will be updated. Truth is things change so quickly now that in the same way it would be ridiculous to announce a 5 year plan (step forward the SMIA) the only sensible plan is to keep changing your plan as situations develop. […]
I was slightly concerned that folk would be struggling to get along especially if they were going to the Queen’s Hall later but all worries were unfounded. There was a great attendance and after all I’ve said before I’m more than happy to report over half the people there bought the album. A fairly short […]
This has been a real grower in the shop and I’d been waiting to see how much it grew on me before choosing it. However as these things sometimes go Michael from the band then brought in an album from the band’s guitarist Owen McAuley and though it is a different album altogether that too […]
