Douglas Macintyre & Grant McPhee with Neil Cooper
Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground (1977-1984)
Superb, vivid book for throbbing indie hearts everywhere
Lorna Irvine
Lorna Irvine is a Glasgow based arts critic with a profound fear of marzipan.
131 articles
Sniffany & The Nits
The Unscratchable Itch
Itchy and scratchy punk goth brilliance in assured debut album
Mush
Down Tools
Leeds scamps breathe new life into indie
Uffie
Sunshine Factory
Global citizen of pop has a few great ideas in new album
Otoboke Beaver
Super Champon
Japanese bad-asses bring the noise, and much more
Japanese Television
Space Fruit Vineyard
Space is the place for retro futurists
Alabaster DePlume
GOLD (Go Forward In The Courage Of Your Love)
Little pockets of resistance work
Podcast Review: The Lydian Spin
Lorna Irvine cocks an ear to no wave icon Lydia Lunch's podcast zingers
ADULT
Becoming Undone
Duo's strict machine is fine in parts
Metronomy
Small World
Beautiful seventh album from Joe and co proves pop can transcend frivolity