> Chris Queen, Author at SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland

Cassandra Jenkins ‘My Light, My Destroyer’ (Album Review)

There are little details scattered through My Light, My Destroyer, the third album from ...

Dark Fidelity Hi-Fi ‘Formations ‘ (Album Review)

A new release on Bricolage is always going to be worth our attention – ...

Ari Tsugi on musical chemistry, spirituality, and gifts of the universe.

The latest signing to Rebecca Vasmant’s label, Rebecca’s Records, Ari Tsugi are a psychedelic ...

OUTBLINKER ‘OUTBLINKER’ (Album Review)

Intensity is the word that characterises the long- awaited debut album from ‘self-facilitating media ...

Guests ‘I wish I was special’ (Album Review)

There’s an intimacy to this debut album from Jessica Higgins and Matthew Walkerdine; the ...

Esther Swift ‘Expectations of a Lifetime’ (Album Review)

Multi-hyphenate composer-singer-harpist-arranger Esther Swift came to prominence with her 2021 piece ‘The Call’, a ...

Bikini Kill: Fiercely Feminist Punk – Kathi Wilcox on what has changed and what hasn’t

It’s hard to overstate the importance of Bikini Kill: their fiercely feminist punk redefined ...

Album: Origami Future by Xoom Xoom

In Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ 1986 graphic novel Watchmen, a character purported to ...

EP Review: BREATHE by Supermann On Da Beat 

Sanjeev Mann has a lot of roles – he’s CCO of Hip Hop Scotland, ...

Arab Strap are totally fine with it, and don’t give a fuck anymore 👍

It’s been nearly thirty years since ‘The Proclaimers from Hell’ Arab Strap’s debut album, ...

Album Review – Bourgeois Folkways By Jamie Scott

Honesty in hip hop is a rare thing. While the culture has come on ...

Interview – Clarissa Connelly On World Of Work

Experimental folk artist Clarissa Connelly’s re-imagining of the lament ‘Wee Rosebud’ has been one ...