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The long awaited, and that phrase is not used lightly, album from the Savings and Loan is finally out today and it is in with a shout of stealing the number one slot in our end of year chart. I will explain at a later date exactly why everybody should own this album but for […]

Bit of a monster read so get a cup of coffee or possibly a stiff drink and click on Avalanche Manifesto in the top right hand corner.

As part of our celebrations for moving to the Grassmarket Avalanche is promoting this rather special gig at the HMV Picture House. Nobody was more surprised than myself when Paul Research was dropping off yet another batch of Scars CDs and I asked if he fancied doing a gig to get the answer that not […]

As part of our series of in-stores Gordon from Ballboy will be playing in the shop at 4pm this Saturday. Can I just say a big thank you again to all the bands and people who turned up to see them last Saturday despite the pouring rain. Your support is always greatly appreciated. Cheers Kevin […]

Paul Haig seven inch. You will want to pay £9.99 once you have seen it ! Worth £6.99 of anybody’s money. St Thomas by The Scottish Enlightenment Just a quick thank you to Desertersdeservedeath, The Last Battle and Kid Canaveral (David and Kate) for helping make Saturday such a success. A good day got even […]

While retrospectively checking to see who had made the effort to mention our trio of in-stores yesterday I came across this on the Song by Toad blog.  BBC Introducing in Scotland is going to be undergoing changes in the new year. It was announced a while ago that Ally McCrae from Detour will be taking over from Vic […]

To celebrate our move to the Grassmarket we will be having a day of in-stores on Saturday 20th November. 2.00pm  Desertersdeservedeath 3.30pm  The Last Battle 5.00pm  Kid Canaveral Lots of special offers on CDs and loads of new vinyl just arrived too.

Our first in-store of the new era will be by Spectorbullets this Tuesday 16th at 4pm so some of you may need to skive off work early. “A magnificent combination of the old, new, familiar & unfamiliar.” Spectorbullets is the latest project from ex Fire Engines/WIN multi-instrumentalist, Russell Burn, and NYC-based Swedish singer/songwriter, Gustaf Heden. […]

As many of you will be aware we have finally opened our new shop at No.5 Grassmarket. Thanks to everybody for their good wishes and so far favourable comments. Hopefully it has been worth the wait and it will very much be a work in progress until Christmas when we decide on a final lay out and the […]

The Last Battle will be playing in the shop on Monday 4th October at 5.30pm to support their album ‘Heart Of The Land, Soul Of The Sea’. This will also be the last day Avalanche will be open in Cockburn Street as we prepare for our move to the Grassmarket so we hope to see […]