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Arran Arctic Podcast #6 – Playing Gigs with TYSN

I was very kindly invited by the wonderful folks of Thank You So Nice to appear at their next gig as a very special guest!

The gig is entitled Nuts In March, an obscure reference to ye olde BBC film ‘Nuts In May‘ (TYSN couldn’t wait 2 months to justify the reference!).

Rea & Alex

The gig is happening at Henry’s Cellar Bar (on Morrison Street) in Edinburgh, on Saturday March 9th. Doors open at 7pm and it’s £3 in (Facebook event here).

For that princely sum, you get to see TYSN, The Occasional Flickers and myself. That’s £1 per band! Kerrrrrazy!

I’ll be performing some guitar versions of tunes from my latest LP ‘Like Lovers‘ and will hopefully invite some special guests to join me onstage! So you should come!

With the gig imminent, and with TYSN organising the event themselves, I decided it was time to dust off the Arran Arctic Podcast and grill TYSN on all things gig related.

Listen below (or subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes)…

 This podcast featured music from…
Thank You So Nicethankyousonice.blogspot.co.uk / tysn.bandcamp.com
The Occasional Flickersoccasionalflickers.co.uk / lingeronrecords.bandcamp.com

 Note: Express consent was received from each band before they were included

This podcast also mentions…
Henry’s Cellar Bar - theraft.org.uk
Dauphin - dauphinmag.com
Jock Rock - jockrock.org
Scots Whay Hae!scotswhayhae.com

To download this podcast and listen at your leisure, right-click the file below…
Arran Arctic Podcast #6

Arran Arctic Podcast #1 – New Music Demos

One of my new year resolutions was to put together an Arran Arctic Podcast. It’ll be an occasional, episodic type of affair, mostly consisting of news from me but also featuring some awesome local Edinburgh bands.

Rather than ramble on you should simply listen below…

 This podcast featured music from…
The Spook Schoolwww.thespookschool.com
 A Fight You Can’t Win - www.afightyoucantwin.bandcamp.com
 Note: Express consent was received from each band before they were included

This podcast also mentioned…
Scots Whay Hae!
Jock Rock
Edinburgh Man Podcast
Ayetunes

To download this podcast and listen at your leisure, right-click the file below…
Arran Arctic Podcast #1

Addendum 13/01/12

The Arran Arctic Podcast is now available to download and subscribe to in iTunes!

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast//id495001027

 

‘In My Hands’ in Jock Rock’s Top 25 2011 albums

Multiple posts only days apart? How very unlike me.

However, finding out you’re album has been named by Jock Rock as one of the top 25 albums of the year warrants shouting about, does it not?

‘In My Hands’ has been placed no.6 out of 25!

Why not have a listen to the record, see what the fuss is about, and maybe even download or buy it ;)

 

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 Not to sound like a complete dick, but this really is a great honour as it’s been an amazing year for Scottish music as you can tell by the host of fantastic artists that make up the rest of the 25 albums.

Jock Rock’s author, Steve McHugh (who also happens to edit Is This Music?from which ‘In My Hands’ got a 4 out of 5 star rating!), has always got his finger right on the pulse of the best Scottish music and the blog is a fantastic place to hear new stuff.

A massive thank you to Steve and Jock Rock, and again, a brazen laugh in the face of how in the hell I’ll top this in 2012!