"A Scene In Between’" by Sam Knee
Nowadays Glasgow indie bands look forward to watching super hero movies but in the 80s Glasgow indie bands were superheroes each with their own special power
2013
14/9/13 – Good News !
To celebrate the 4th anniversary of the release of “Good News” we will have 25 signed tour posters to give away on Saturday morning from 10.30am. First come first served and only one per customer. If you can’t make it in then you can enter an online draw by emailing with the heading […]
14/9/09 – 14/9/13 Good News
No surprise folk didn’t get this given Dan didn’t even realise. Our biggest ever selling album by a local artist “Good News” by Withered Hand was released four years ago on Saturday. To mark the occasion we will have some goodies to give away in the shop and something for those further afield online. […]
Unloveable by Babybird and the short film that inspired its video
This Babybird video directed by Johnny Depp is an all time favourite of mine so I was amazed to find out it was inspired by a short film featured on The Twilight Zone An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=M7n4LeRB6js
New stuff from Stephen Jones (Babybird) and Scott of Frightened Rabbit
Two new videos from two of my favourite bands. I wait for the day they cover each other’s songs ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JDPTaq_25BI#t=0
The World Won't Listen
At least that is how it often feels though more accurate would be the world does listen, agrees but doesn’t say or do anything. It will be a theme throughout my next few blogs. It amazes me sometimes that people don’t see that I couldn’t possibly access the information I have or know what I […]
John Watts in-store for his The Last Picasso Festival show 1pm Thursday August 8th
I’m a big Fischer Z / John Watts fan so when his daughter came in the shop and asked if she could put up a poster it went straight on the door. When she asked if he could play in the shop the answer was never in doubt. I say in-store but […]
Album Sales Over Year To Date by Format and Retailer Group
Album Sales Over Year To Date by Format Format Units Compact Disc 30,066,206 Digital Bundle 18,336,649 12 Inch Vinyl 395,905 7 Inch Vinyl 4,145 DVD Audio 386 DVD Video 15,582 BLU-RAY 7,771 Cassette 2,432 MiniDisc 127 UMD 1 DMD 409 Album Sales Over Year To Date by Retailer Group Retailer_Group Units Specialist (HMV, Amazon etc) […]
A BAND CALLED QUINN in-store this Sunday at 2pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wpT69lkDk24&t=76 A BAND CALLED QUINN TO PLAY IN-STORE GIG AT AVALANCHE, EDINBURGH On 4 August, electronic indie-rockers A Band Called Quinn will play a very special in-store gig at Edinburgh’s favourite independent record store, Avalanche Records. The band will preview their Fringe showBiding Time (remix), which features a screening of a new film of the same name by Uisdean […]