“Make one amazing album then split up” Such was the ambition of, an admittedly young, Stuart Braithwaite from Mogwai. In...
DIY promoters Wrongpop released a limited edition charity album yesterday in support of testicular cancer charity Checkemlads. It came about...
According to legend round these parts of Scotland, when one Aidan Moffat told his Gran that his band was called...
With just over six weeks to go, anticipation for Liverpool Music Week‘s 10th anniversary celebrations is reaching astronomic heights. Attracting a...
It’s back! The first RW/FF Compilation of 2014, the 14th edition overall, which you can listen to via the Mixcloud...
Last Summer, a surprise album emerged from a supergroup made up from members of Mogwai (Stuart Braithwaite), Slowdive (Rachel Goswell), Editors (Justin Lockey) and his brother...
The late, great John Peel used to say about his favourite band The Fall, that they were “always different, always...
Be careful what you wish for. Last time Mogwai played in Bangkok, at this very same venue in 2011, the...
Last night saw the annual Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) award ceremony held, in a sweltering heatwave, in Glasgow’s...
The first RW/FF column in three weeks takes a look at the brilliant debut albums from Temples and The Hosts, plus 90’s-era deluxe reissues from Cast and Gene,...
Hailing from Glasgow, Urusei Yatsura were a going concern from 1993 – 2001, but this set of beautifully dishevelled BBC session recordings...
Less than four months after releasing the career-spanning Central Belters compilation, Mogwai have unveiled details of a new album, and...
So we reach the pinnacle of our writer’s albums of 2014 poll, ten albums that reflect, differing strands of taste and...
15 years after its initial release, Scottish torch bearer’s Mogwai are to reissue their iconic second album ‘Come On Die...
In the 1990s a picture of John Noakes (the children’s TV presenter of the 1970s) was used to sell vodka,...