DUE TO A LOSS OF INTEREST AND GENERAL LACK OF TIME TO CONCENTRATE ON SoYS, THIS BLOG WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED. I STARTED THIS BLOG AROUND 1...

 " Orange Juice, London, Willesden Green. On the morning of their first Peel Session (21/10/1980). That's Grace Maxwell and Scot...

 Josef K • The Scottish Affair (Pt 2) • Les Disques du Crépuscule Crepuscule presents The Scottish Affair (Part 2) , a vibrant...

(James King & The Lonewolves, Memphis, Alan Horne photos by Peter Anderson) Well, well. Two posts in three days. This Swamplands pos...

Hi, all. I haven't updated this blog for about 18 months now. Most of any action concerning any posts that should have been posted...

It's been so long since I posted anything here. Tend to pass much more time at Twitter nowadays; where I also tend to post ...

Follow-up to yesterday's post with more on Orange Juice from the November 11th, 1982 issue of Smash Hits. An article wherein we learn...

A youthful Edwyn Collins on the cover of Smash Hits on the November 11th issue, 1982. That's all of thirty-five years ago! ...

It's quite hard to believe that it's over thirty years since the Jesus And Mary Chain released their second album 'Darklands....

Spotted by Brian Forbes on a recent vist to Japan among some other "mega rare" pieces was this "UK Original, 1980" ...

Marcel Duchamp once said, when talking about his art, contemporary art in general, and criticism of it: " Everybody hates it tod...

Some very exciting images of original artwork for a few Orange Juice releases were forwarded to me by Scots post-punk a few months back...

While rummaging through some boxes looking for an elusive Associates single I came across this album: Primal Scream's ' Give Out B...

 Artwork used to illustrate the Orange Juice ' Coals to Newcastle ' boxset that was released by Domino Records in 2010. The ar...

I've been, as per usual, sort of busy since my last post (all of 6 weeks ago) but I should get round to adding a couple of things thi...

Arab Strap can be rightly considered as one of Scotland's most infuential bands. From 1995 to their split in 2008 the band released a...

The recent, exciting exhibition tracing the history of Scottish pop music from the 60s to the present day organized by Kevin Buckle ...

Ad that appeared in the 1979 music press for the compilation album, 'The First Year Plan' from Fast Product. Features the first s...

If anyone out there is in Edinburgh on Friday 16th to Sunday 18th of June don't miss out on this exciting exhibition tracing the hist...

From the makers of ' Big Gold Dream ' comes the story of the The Fall of Postcard and the Rise of 53rd & 3rd Records, ' T...

   One of the many documents and original pieces of memorabilia you'll be able to see at the upcoming exhibition, organized The S...

Thanks to the Big Gold Dream documentary I've been digging out any Fast Product / pop:aural discs that I've had ever since the...

Well, the other week I finally got to see the Grant McPhee documentary, ' Big Gold Dream .' A wonderful insight into the early...

Two minutes of hate 30 years ago today from the Jesus And Mary Chain in Smash Hits, April 22, 1987 issue. Not only do they hate everyth...

Cutting from the NME (circa 1985, I reckon) featuring Edwyn Collins in the 'Portrait of the Artist as a Consumer' section. Edwyn ...