Music
Interviews, previews, reviews and more. A focus on independent musicians and producers who are from, working in or playing soon in Scotland.
Single Review – Winter Baby by Bottle Rockets
A deserving winner at the 2023 SAMAs, Bottle Rockets are back with ‘Winter Baby’, ...
Interview – Clarissa Connelly On World Of Work
Experimental folk artist Clarissa Connelly’s re-imagining of the lament ‘Wee Rosebud’ has been one ...
Single Review – Lay Me Down by racecar
East Lothian’s premier palindromic trio have been curiously below our radars since the release ...
Single Review – One Myna by Kapil Seshasayee
With latest single ‘One Myna’, Scottish-Indian musician Kapil Seshasayee explores his Tamil heritage in ...
Album Review – Crystal Pleasures by Faex Optim
The previous work of Edinburgh producer Wesley MacDonald has erred on the side of ...
Interview – Cosmo Sheldrake On Eye To The Ear
Cosmo Sheldrake’s new 21-track album, Eye To The Ear, ranges in style from folk, ...
Album Review – shaking hands with the NME by wojtek the bear
It’s not as if there’s a downside in having so many talented bands on ...
SNACK Bits (April 2024) – Scotland’s Essential New Music Guide
The clocks are forward, your expectations of us are still the same, and we’re ...
The Hives: Barrowlands, Glasgow, Monday 1st April (live review)
In 2023, Swedish rockers, The Hives released their first album in over a decade ...
Album Review – High On Ripple by Dragged Up
Since 2023’s weirdly wonderful Hex Domestic EP, we’ve become big fans of Glasgow rockers ...
DJ Shadow, Glasgow Barrowlands, 27th March (live review)
Josh Davis (DJ Shadow), still touring in 2024, 28 years after the release of ...
SNACK has a clear commitment to equality: we were the first, and still the only, Scottish publication to make a Keychange pledge committing to take positive action for a representative music industry.
We committed to a 50/50 gender balance in our coverage in 2021 and have exceeded this pledge annually since.
