Music
Interviews, previews, reviews and more. A focus on independent musicians and producers who are from, working in or playing soon in Scotland.
Album Review: Nomad by Dan Brown
There are many senses in which multi-instrumentalist Dan Brown’s second album Nomad is aptly ...
Album Review: Javelin by Sufjan Stevens
In 2015 Sufjan Stevens released my favourite album since the turn of the millennium, ...
Summer Moon by There Will Be Fireworks
There’s a sense of Glasgow/central belt musical heritage in There Will Be Fireworks that ...
Review: Tae Sup Wi’ A Fifer at The Queen’s Hall, 1st December 2023
At one point for me, whilst living in the Big Smoke, December couldn’t qualify ...
Interview – Kintra On Techno, Melodies, Drinks, And Violins
By the time you read this, the 2023 Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMAs) will ...
Grassroots music venue, Moles closes doors: Music Venue Trust insists on government action
One of the best-known grassroots music venues in the UK, Moles in Bath, has ...
Katherine Priddy On Celtic Connections , Festivals, and Good Craic (interview)
There are few finer things for a music fan than stumbling upon a new ...
SNACK Scottish Single of The Year 2023
It’s Album of the Year time! So, why singles? As always, SNACK’s first instinct ...
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.
