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The bandâs new live double LP is an exceptionally accomplished and generous look back at their evolution from shy indie darlings to touring powerhouse.
It s been 24 years since Belle and Sebastian emerged from the Glasgow underground, clutching a surfeit of near-perfect songs. Their classic first and second LPs,
If Youâre Feeling Sinister, established frontman and principal songwriter Stuart Murdoch as a generational talent, a writer who intuitively wedded the forensic character studies of Joni Mitchell to the chamber music of early John Cale, lending a Dylan-esque sophistication to the Sarah Records bands that were his sonic progenitors.
Matador Dec 11, 2020 Web Exclusive By Dom Gourlay
Belle and Sebastian have been a musical institution for a quarter of a century now and long may it continue. From the moment they delivered their charmingly lo-fi debut
Tigermilk in the summer of 1996 against a backdrop of Britpop up to last year’s 10th long player, soundtrack Days of the Bagnold Summer, they’ve been one of the most consistent ensembles on the circuit.
More importantly, they’ve also never been ones to compromise or allow themselves to be compartmentalized. Steadfastly doing everything their own way, whether it be encouraging fans to use a then new-fangled thing called the internet to vote for their nomination as Best Newcomers at 1999’s Brit Awards (which they did in droves) or launch the UK’s first music festival in a holiday camp (The Bowlie Weekender), which subsequently paved the way for ATP, Rockaway Beach, et al, culminating in last year’s ambitious festival on a boat (The Boatie Wee
Scottish new music round-up: December 2020
We discover new releases from Lost Map Records, Paradise Palms Records, Belle & Sebastian and more, and take a look at what you might have missed in November Feature by Tallah Brash | 10 Dec 2020
While 2020 has been a massive steaming pile of shit, a lot of good has still come out of the last nine months since life was turned upside down by the coronavirus, and although the arts have been hit particularly badly by the pandemic, musicians across Scotland have, against all odds, continued to harness their creativity, and this month is no different.
As well as the arts being hit hard, so has the hospitality industry, but Edinburgh s
for that reason. in the series step into my office what are you hearing from what young women want to know about women in the workplace. everybody wants a mentor and we hear that s so important. you can see most powerful women, women in top jobs have had someone champion them. no one knows how to find a mentor. it s difficult to sort of walk into somebody s office who might be very busy and say, will you mentor me? the message for women is you have going about it in sort of small bites. to ask somebody whether they can spechbt a little bit of time with you, take them for coffee as opposed to makele it a life-long commitment. i say punch a hole in the wall. no better way. don t! don t! cindy, thank you so much as always for you kind thoughts. after the break, congressman paul ryan and former congressman anthony weiner separated at birth? details on that coming up next.