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 […]
Kevin
Shuuuushers + Shooshers – Twitter the debate
allymccrae allymccrae I dislike Shuuuushers at gigs. Its a social thing is it not, dry your eyes. Live music is a vibrant experience that involves others, ya tits SongbyToad Matthew Young @allymccrae Depends HUUGELY on the music. There’s a lot of music it’s just plain insulting to talk over. Others, it doesn’t matter so much. […]
Lone Pigeon / Pictish Trail tickets on sale tomorrow
We have the last 40 tickets for Lone Pigeon / Pictish Trail @ Pilrig St Paul’s on 14th April going on sale tomorrow. Doors are 7.30pm and it is a guaranteed sell out so be quick. All online tickets are finished and we have the lovely laminated numbered tickets you can cherish and file next […]
Grassmarket Festival
Not sure yet how many bands there will be as Dance Base will also be using the stage. We are hoping to give several unsigned bands a chance to play. Will give updates as I find out.
Frightened Rabbit in-store for RSD
Just waiting on confirmation of a time. It’s a big shop as many of you will know but we will take advice on whether to go down the wristband route.
RSD – and there's more Jenny Soep Exhibition
To coincide with the RSD celebrations we will be having an exhibition of the work of Jenny Soep. Jenny Soep draws live unique events, translating the experience into drawings. Using a range of art media to create images that express the colour, movement, energy, characters and emotion of the live productions, she essentially captures the […]
Stalls for the Grassmarket Festival
There will be a limited number of stalls for the Grassmarket Festival available to book online or over the phone. “We are looking for makers of all kinds of quirky craft and art to take part in the market. There will be a common theme running through the festival of tea dances, cakes, and of […]
Sign up to Avalanche updates
We have finally got round to adding a facility for subscribing to our updates about Scottish music. I will be manually adding all those whose names I have taken down on bits of paper / written in the back of our sales books and haven’t found time to add to the mailing list we already […]
Everything Seems To Be Working
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.
Avalanche Manifesto – Very Briefly
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 […]