Music News

This weekend I had the opportunity to chat with Davina and Ross from The Mars Patrol about life in London and  their new single 'Girl I Used To Know' (released 19th of October) To find out more about the band and the new single and album visit http://themarspatrol.squarespace.com 

Our latest Single Of The Week is by Edinburgh Alt-Folk band The Deadly Winters. ‘Table In The Corner’ is the title track from their new EP which will be released on the 6th of November.  The new four track release follows 2 albums, a single and an EP from the band which formed in 2011. To celebrate the launch of the EP The Deadly Winters will be hosting a night at Henry’s […]

Our latest Single Of The Week comes from local singer/songwriter Greg Person. ‘These Walls’ is his new single due to be released on the 23rd of October. Greg took the brave step two years ago to quit his ‘nine-to-five’ job, leaving Edinburgh to hit the live motel circuit of backstreet America armed with just a guitar for company. Over that time he perfected his craft coming back to Edinburgh to collaborate […]

Our new Single Of The Week comes from Denver, Colorado's Nathaniel Rateliff. ‘I Need Never Get Old’ is the opening track from Nathaniel’s eponymous debut album with ‘The Night Sweats’ his new band. Nathaniel is no newbie however, having already appeared on ‘Later’ with Jools Holland on the BBC back in 2011 with his solo material along with supporting bands including The Lumineers.  The album is a great listen and is available […]

Florence and her machine are the providers of our new Single Of The Week. ‘Queen Of Peace’ is taken from their latest album ‘How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful’ which was released in May.    ‘Queen Of Peace’ has been doubled up with ‘Long and Lost’ for a cinematic style music video which was filmed on the tiny Scottish island of Easdale.   As a side note I can highly […]

Our new single of the week is from Oxford based five piece Foals. Their brand new fourth studio album ‘What Went Down’ arrived on the 28th of August along with their new single ‘Mountain At My Gates’    The UK leg of their tour is almost completely sold out but if you want to get tickets to see them live at Aberdeen’s Music Hall in November you can visit www.foals.co.uk […]

This weekend the lovely Riva called into Sunday Lunch to chat about her new single 'Lose My Mind' future EP plans and possibly a visit to Edinburgh (fingers crossed)     'Lose My Mind' will be available to download from the 25th of September, meanwhile you can watch the video below.  

  Frank Turner’s ‘Tape Deck Heart’ was one of my favourite albums of 2013, but now he’s back his brand new 6th studio album ‘Positive Songs for Negative People’ the debut track from the new album is the brilliant ‘The Next Storm’   To celebrate the release of ‘Positive Songs For Negative People’ Frank is encouraging his fans to post random acts of kindness to the internet under the hashtag […]