Music
Interviews, previews, reviews and more. A focus on independent musicians and producers who are from, working in or playing soon in Scotland.
Pippa Blundell’s “common thread” Is as Lush and Flourishing as a Blooming Garden
I swear – our strawberries have flourished this year because they’ve had Pippa Blundell ...
In Limerence: Jacob Alon Delves Into the Difficult Unspoken Parts of Being a Human
Photo credit: Jules Moskovtchenko Limerence is the feeling of infatuated love, the often involuntary, ...
caroline: The Genre-Defying Collective on Their Second Album and Working with Caroline Polachek
The eight-piece musical collective caroline released their self-titled debut in 2022 and quickly found ...
SNACK Bits (June ’25): Scotland’s Essential New Music Guide
Is everybody in? We’ve had our summer – that May sun spell melted our ...
How Queer Music Shaped Scotland – Small Town Joy by Carrie Marshall
Perhaps best known as the author of the acclaimed memoir Carrie Kills A Man, ...
Scotland’s Festivals and the Gender Balance Problem
Championing the many music festivals of Scotland is a huge part of what we ...
SHEARS new single ‘Arcade Machine’, Scottish single of the summer?
Is it just us, or has no one claimed the mantle of sure-fire summer ...
Femi Kuti – Journey Through Life (album review) Inventive, Propulsive, Fluid, and Hypnotic
Son of the inimitable Fela Kuti the inventor of Afrobeat, Femi Kuti has carved ...
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.
