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Thanks to everybody who made our first Sunday opening of the year a big success.

Meursault/ Washington Irving/Graeme Clark  plus Hotrod DJ set @ The Caves Wednesday 9th March ECA intermedia degree show fundraiser Tickets available in the shop £6 +£1 booking fee / £8 on the door

  There has been a lot of comment about One Up laying off two staff this weekend virtually all supportive of the shop and even the few more negative comments are along the lines of it being “inevitable”. Avalanche and One Up are not identical but we are similar. At our core we have a large […]

Just heard on 6 Music that things are looking bleak in Edinburgh live music wise while for our friends in the west things are very healthy indeed. Nobody would disagree that gigs in Edinburgh could be better attended sometimes but equally I’ve heard horror stories of three men and a dog at Glasgow gigs too. Suffice […]

We have been getting asked more and more by both regular customers and visitors if we are open on Sundays so will do so from this week. Please feel free to pop in and say hello and yes you can order coffee and cake too !

I’m getting asked a lot about this so will definitely organise something in the next month. It will quite simply be a case of having people in the shop after we close for a very informal chat / Q+A about all aspects of the above. Basic stuff we get asked a lot by young bands […]

We have a fine selection of Benbecula CDs and vinyl for £4.99 or less including Wounded Knee, Flowers of Hell, Christ, Plum, Ochre etc.

You can now follow me on twitter which is something I never thought I would say. In the middle of a rather hectic day I noticed I had 99 followers and thought I would keep an eye out for no. 100 but it suddenly jumped to 114 ! Feels like I’ve signed up for hate […]

We have tickets for Rob St John, Kid Canaveral, Meursault, Stanley Odd and Haddow Fest. More details to follow as soon as I get a minute. The plan is to feature all the gigs we have tickets for in the coffee shop where you will also be able to buy the tickets. We also have […]

In the rush to buy this week’s new releases don’t forget the Come On Gang album which only went out on Saturday to coincide with the launch and the Conquering Animal Sound album out last week. A customer came up to the counter wanting something Scottish ” a bit like the Fratellis”. I thought I’d […]