The mighty @arabstrap.scot have just released new single “You You You”, and it’s an absolute belter! 🫵🏼🩵
Thanks to @huwstephensdj.bsky.social for premiering the track on @bbc6music.bsky.social.
Listen/stream/watch: arabstrap.os.fan/yyy
@aidanjohnmoffat.bsky.social
Video directed by Luke Bovill
Scene Within a Scene.
When Postcards From Scotland was being put together it was written at the same time as this.
Not a sequel but an alternative timeline of Scotland's late 80s to 90s independent music scene, tracing a different evolution.
Out - 6/8 from @OmnibusPress
I am beyond delighted to tell you that my brand new album ‘This Could be Us, You, Or Anybody Else’ is out on 10 April 2026 on @chemunderground.bsky.social, and that you can pre-order it NOW, on this first #BandcampFriday of the year:
brokenchanter.bandcamp.com/album/this-c...
Tomorrow is the first @bandcamp.com Friday of 2026! 🥳
Bandcamp are once again waiving their revenue share so that more money gets to artists & labels. Make sure to check out the Rock Action Bandcamp for new items ✨
*Please be aware some items may only be visible on the website & not the app
Our Black Vinyl Weekend is on NOW! 💿
There’s 40% off all pre-2025 black vinyl releases*, plus 20% off almost everything else store wide. ✨
Discount automatically applied at checkout. Sale ends midnight, Sunday 30th November 👉🏼 rockaction.scot
* excludes Mogwai - “Government Commissions”
#RockActionRewind
‘Tis the season! 🎄 Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert’s “Ghost Stories For Christmas” was released 7 years ago, making it the perfect time to reacquaint yourself with this brilliant, beautiful alternative festive album. ✨
📹: “A Ghost Story for Christmas” (lyric video)
First review for Something For the Longing compilation is in.
Thanks to Andrew Neal and Silent Radio.
Some nice highlighted mentions of Stretchheads, Yummy Fur, Lung Leg, dawson, Mogwai, Badgewearer, Amphetameanies, Stanleys, Long Fin Killlie and Spare Snare!
www.silentradio.co.uk/04/19/album-...
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Something For the Longing - A follow-up box set to Big Gold Dreams. Scottish Independent Pop 1985-1999.
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, YUMMY FUR, ARAB STRAP, SHOP ASSISTANTS, MOGWAI, THE VASELINES, THE SOUP DRAGONS, THE ORCHIDS, BMX BANDITS, BIS, THE BETA BAND AND MORE.
www.cherryred.co.uk/various-arti...
"Everything we warned about has come true and worse."
Our fav blog @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social just covered the BBC Radio Scotland disaster. Deepest thanks Bill and co.
Please read and share: www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2026/01/30/n... @findlaynapier.bsky.social
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D. Boon
April 1, 1958 - December 22, 1985
Rock Action
Grant McPhee
Broken Chanter
Rock Action
Ask a music fan to choose a band that personified the Scottish independent scene and it is likely that there would be lots of different answers. Perhaps it would be the feedback drenched pop of The Je...
• 3CDs COMPILED BY CELEBRATED AUTHOR AND DIRECTOR GRANT MCPHEE (POSTCARD FROM SCOTLAND, TEENAGE SUPERSTARS, ETC).
•TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF THE SCOTTISH INDIE SCENE, FROM THE MID-80s EXPLOITS OF THE ...
www.cherryred.co.uk
A new analysis submitted to the Scottish Parliament’s Culture, European Affairs and External Relations Committee (CEEAC) has found a marked reduction in
