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The sunrise from Suilven mountain in the west of Sutherland. Pic: IG/_danbell
September 12, 2026 at 7:03 AM
The sunrise from Suilven mountain in the west of Sutherland. Pic: IG/_danbell
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In-depth review: The new Arab Strap album is a sprawling, 14 track album - which is worth an hour of anyone's time www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... @arabstrap.scot @heraldscotland.bsky.social @rockactionrecords.scot
Arab Strap are back and still brilliantly sharp on sprawling new album - review
From the lyrics, then, it’s hard not to come to the conclusion that Moffat spends a lot of time on his phone, enraged by what he sees on his…
www.heraldscotland.com
September 7, 2026 at 10:25 AM
In-depth review: The new Arab Strap album is a sprawling, 14 track album - which is worth an hour of anyone's time www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... @arabstrap.scot @heraldscotland.bsky.social @rockactionrecords.scot
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Yours truly reviewed Arab Strap's new album Half-Told Tales for NARC. Magazine.
Have a read, pre-order the record from Reflex and secure one of the final wristbands for next Monday's instores!
Read: narcmagazine.com/album-review... @arabstrap.scot @rockactionrecords.scot
Have a read, pre-order the record from Reflex and secure one of the final wristbands for next Monday's instores!
Read: narcmagazine.com/album-review... @arabstrap.scot @rockactionrecords.scot
ALBUM REVIEW: Arab Strap – Half-Told Tales
Ali Welford discovers an album of hope, protest and heartbreak
narcmagazine.com
September 2, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Yours truly reviewed Arab Strap's new album Half-Told Tales for NARC. Magazine.
Have a read, pre-order the record from Reflex and secure one of the final wristbands for next Monday's instores!
Read: narcmagazine.com/album-review... @arabstrap.scot @rockactionrecords.scot
Have a read, pre-order the record from Reflex and secure one of the final wristbands for next Monday's instores!
Read: narcmagazine.com/album-review... @arabstrap.scot @rockactionrecords.scot
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Zeke Manyika, Edwyn Collins, Malcolm Ross and David McClymont of Orange Juice.
UK No.8 hit in 1983 with 'Rip it Up', the first chart single to feature a Roland TB-303 synthesiser bassline.
UK No.8 hit in 1983 with 'Rip it Up', the first chart single to feature a Roland TB-303 synthesiser bassline.
August 7, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Zeke Manyika, Edwyn Collins, Malcolm Ross and David McClymont of Orange Juice.
UK No.8 hit in 1983 with 'Rip it Up', the first chart single to feature a Roland TB-303 synthesiser bassline.
UK No.8 hit in 1983 with 'Rip it Up', the first chart single to feature a Roland TB-303 synthesiser bassline.
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📣 ICYMI 📣
We have special RA30 merch to celebrate our 30th anniversary. 🖤
Available from the Rock Action website and Bandcamp... + don’t forget it's Bandcamp Friday this week! 🎉
* bdrmm & The Twilight Sad merch will be online from tomorrow.
Huge thanks to our lovely friends at 432 Presents.✨
We have special RA30 merch to celebrate our 30th anniversary. 🖤
Available from the Rock Action website and Bandcamp... + don’t forget it's Bandcamp Friday this week! 🎉
* bdrmm & The Twilight Sad merch will be online from tomorrow.
Huge thanks to our lovely friends at 432 Presents.✨
August 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
📣 ICYMI 📣
We have special RA30 merch to celebrate our 30th anniversary. 🖤
Available from the Rock Action website and Bandcamp... + don’t forget it's Bandcamp Friday this week! 🎉
* bdrmm & The Twilight Sad merch will be online from tomorrow.
Huge thanks to our lovely friends at 432 Presents.✨
We have special RA30 merch to celebrate our 30th anniversary. 🖤
Available from the Rock Action website and Bandcamp... + don’t forget it's Bandcamp Friday this week! 🎉
* bdrmm & The Twilight Sad merch will be online from tomorrow.
Huge thanks to our lovely friends at 432 Presents.✨
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Ledmore River, Assynt. Pic: Damian Shields
August 1, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Ledmore River, Assynt. Pic: Damian Shields
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NEW PODCAST - Let's Get This Straight From The Start
Hopes and fears for the new campaign ahead of the proper kick off on Saturday.
Listen here, or find us on any podcast platform by searching for 'Here We Go' (and why not subscribe to the show while you're there):
Hopes and fears for the new campaign ahead of the proper kick off on Saturday.
Listen here, or find us on any podcast platform by searching for 'Here We Go' (and why not subscribe to the show while you're there):
Let's Get This Straight From The Start | Here We Go! - The Aberdeen FC Podcast
League Cup groups successfully navigated, the full-fat stuff starts on Saturday with a potentially defining fixture first up.
afcherewego.podbean.com
July 31, 2026 at 11:21 AM
NEW PODCAST - Let's Get This Straight From The Start
Hopes and fears for the new campaign ahead of the proper kick off on Saturday.
Listen here, or find us on any podcast platform by searching for 'Here We Go' (and why not subscribe to the show while you're there):
Hopes and fears for the new campaign ahead of the proper kick off on Saturday.
Listen here, or find us on any podcast platform by searching for 'Here We Go' (and why not subscribe to the show while you're there):
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Scotland In-Stores and Signings to celebrate the release of our upcoming album Half-Told Tales (out 4th Sept on @rockactionrecords.scot)
EDINBURGH - assai.co.uk/products/ara...
DUNDEE - assai.co.uk/products/ara...
ABERDEEN - assai.co.uk/products/ara...
EDINBURGH - assai.co.uk/products/ara...
DUNDEE - assai.co.uk/products/ara...
ABERDEEN - assai.co.uk/products/ara...
July 30, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Scotland In-Stores and Signings to celebrate the release of our upcoming album Half-Told Tales (out 4th Sept on @rockactionrecords.scot)
EDINBURGH - assai.co.uk/products/ara...
DUNDEE - assai.co.uk/products/ara...
ABERDEEN - assai.co.uk/products/ara...
EDINBURGH - assai.co.uk/products/ara...
DUNDEE - assai.co.uk/products/ara...
ABERDEEN - assai.co.uk/products/ara...
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The summit of Sgòr Gaoith, Glenfeshie.
Pic: Alison Freshwater
Pic: Alison Freshwater
July 29, 2026 at 6:26 AM
The summit of Sgòr Gaoith, Glenfeshie.
Pic: Alison Freshwater
Pic: Alison Freshwater
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For more about Mojave 3 and the reissues, read the new interview with @rachelgoswell.bsky.social over on the fantastic First Revival Substack:
firstrevival.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
firstrevival.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
An interview with Mojave 3
As the band reissues their full catalogue, Rachel Goswell reflects on her time in Mojave 3, how they formed out of the ashes of Slowdive, and why she won't be writing the next great rock memoir.
firstrevival.substack.com
July 24, 2026 at 12:05 PM
For more about Mojave 3 and the reissues, read the new interview with @rachelgoswell.bsky.social over on the fantastic First Revival Substack:
firstrevival.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
firstrevival.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
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Loch Eriboll, Highlands.
Pic: IG/jjfenton77
Pic: IG/jjfenton77
July 12, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Loch Eriboll, Highlands.
Pic: IG/jjfenton77
Pic: IG/jjfenton77
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THRUM recently played their first Edinburgh show in decades at the Wee Red Bar. Reviews have been extremely positive - they are playing in Glasgow this Monday 13th July (at Cottiers Theatre). Radhika will be the opening artist with a duo set.
Tickets: wegottickets.com/f/16694
Tickets: wegottickets.com/f/16694
July 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
THRUM recently played their first Edinburgh show in decades at the Wee Red Bar. Reviews have been extremely positive - they are playing in Glasgow this Monday 13th July (at Cottiers Theatre). Radhika will be the opening artist with a duo set.
Tickets: wegottickets.com/f/16694
Tickets: wegottickets.com/f/16694
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Team’s exit cheered by entire world thanks to the meddling of their egomaniac leader.
And just hours later USA eliminated too
And just hours later USA eliminated too
July 7, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Team’s exit cheered by entire world thanks to the meddling of their egomaniac leader.
And just hours later USA eliminated too
And just hours later USA eliminated too
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thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
New album - out on Friday. Here's what @thequietus.com say. Invocations in September. Come.
New album - out on Friday. Here's what @thequietus.com say. Invocations in September. Come.
Luke Haines – Izzy Wizzy Let’s Get Bizzy | The Quietus
The former Auteurs, Black Box Recorder and Baader Meinhof member waxes nostalgic over the sinister forces which once lurked within the CBBC Broom Cupboard
thequietus.com
July 7, 2026 at 10:29 AM
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
New album - out on Friday. Here's what @thequietus.com say. Invocations in September. Come.
New album - out on Friday. Here's what @thequietus.com say. Invocations in September. Come.
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Here’s your annual reminder that Pete Shelley composed the most iconic theme music ever for The Tour De France taken from within the 1984 track Give It To Me.
youtu.be/FTYqzUE_9rY?...
youtu.be/FTYqzUE_9rY?...
Tour de France Theme Tune - Channel 4 - Pete Shelley
YouTube video by DJ Whelpton
youtu.be
July 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Here’s your annual reminder that Pete Shelley composed the most iconic theme music ever for The Tour De France taken from within the 1984 track Give It To Me.
youtu.be/FTYqzUE_9rY?...
youtu.be/FTYqzUE_9rY?...
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The great and good folk @ Monorail and @OmnibusPress have put together a fantastic Glasgow launch for Scene Within a Scene
Featuring the excellent Radhika, DJ sets and a Q+A with Lung Leg's Annie Spandex, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite and Stuart Murdoch from Belle and Sebastian
5th August, 7PM, Mono
Featuring the excellent Radhika, DJ sets and a Q+A with Lung Leg's Annie Spandex, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite and Stuart Murdoch from Belle and Sebastian
5th August, 7PM, Mono
delighted to be hosting a launch evening for @grantmcphee.bsky.social's latest release Scene Within A Scene, in collaboration with @omnibuspress.bsky.social.
Featuring a panel discussion, live music from Radhika and DJs sets till the wee hours (just).
tix: monorailmusic.com/products/sce...
Featuring a panel discussion, live music from Radhika and DJs sets till the wee hours (just).
tix: monorailmusic.com/products/sce...
July 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The great and good folk @ Monorail and @OmnibusPress have put together a fantastic Glasgow launch for Scene Within a Scene
Featuring the excellent Radhika, DJ sets and a Q+A with Lung Leg's Annie Spandex, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite and Stuart Murdoch from Belle and Sebastian
5th August, 7PM, Mono
Featuring the excellent Radhika, DJ sets and a Q+A with Lung Leg's Annie Spandex, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite and Stuart Murdoch from Belle and Sebastian
5th August, 7PM, Mono
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We have lift off! The first Pufflings are now leaving the Isle of May as birds are now independent. This is a big moment as they’ve never flown and not seen the sea before! Good luck :)
July 6, 2026 at 10:54 AM
We have lift off! The first Pufflings are now leaving the Isle of May as birds are now independent. This is a big moment as they’ve never flown and not seen the sea before! Good luck :)
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The Phantom Band from Glasgow.
Debut album 'Checkmate Savage' released on Chemikal Underground Records in 2009.
Debut album 'Checkmate Savage' released on Chemikal Underground Records in 2009.
July 4, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The Phantom Band from Glasgow.
Debut album 'Checkmate Savage' released on Chemikal Underground Records in 2009.
Debut album 'Checkmate Savage' released on Chemikal Underground Records in 2009.
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A huge concrete carpark and health centre now…
July 4, 2026 at 7:58 AM
A huge concrete carpark and health centre now…
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Brexit has made Scotland £30 billion a year worse off. Here's how we voted.
June 23, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Brexit has made Scotland £30 billion a year worse off. Here's how we voted.
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I enjoyed reading this review of the Butthole Surfers' album "After The Astronaut" by Loki freq.org.uk/reviews/butt...
Butthole Surfers - After The Astronaut
...everything changed because this record is the one they recorded after Electric Larryland. It is from the '90s and it is exactly the Butthole Surfers record I’d wanted them to release at the time.
...
freq.org.uk
June 23, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I enjoyed reading this review of the Butthole Surfers' album "After The Astronaut" by Loki freq.org.uk/reviews/butt...
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nice ol monorail exclusive for your Monday lunchtime...
The long-awaited reissue of Rifferama, the acclaimed debut album by Glasgow indie trailblazers Thrum. Exclusive signed print with each LP.
monorailmusic.com/products/thr...
The long-awaited reissue of Rifferama, the acclaimed debut album by Glasgow indie trailblazers Thrum. Exclusive signed print with each LP.
monorailmusic.com/products/thr...
June 22, 2026 at 12:57 PM
nice ol monorail exclusive for your Monday lunchtime...
The long-awaited reissue of Rifferama, the acclaimed debut album by Glasgow indie trailblazers Thrum. Exclusive signed print with each LP.
monorailmusic.com/products/thr...
The long-awaited reissue of Rifferama, the acclaimed debut album by Glasgow indie trailblazers Thrum. Exclusive signed print with each LP.
monorailmusic.com/products/thr...
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Aerial view across the Clyde from Gourock. Pic: Michael Deveney
June 21, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Aerial view across the Clyde from Gourock. Pic: Michael Deveney
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Aberdeen Station platform indicator board. (1982) Pic: David Christie
June 11, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Aberdeen Station platform indicator board. (1982) Pic: David Christie
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God DAMN! What a fucking great band they were.
June 5, 2026 at 7:22 PM
God DAMN! What a fucking great band they were.