Tag Archives: Music

St. Mirren Win the Cup / A New Project

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Colin Galbraith

Last weekend was one of the best ever! I attended Hampden Park, Scotland’s national stadium, for the Scottish League Cup Final with my sister, Binny. And together we witnessed history being made, just as I said it would in my … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Bevy with Mogwai

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Unknown Mogwai This was one gig I had to get a review put together sharpish, due to the tightness of my schedule in the last few days running up to Christmas. I wrote half of it last night and … Continue reading →

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Manky Scotland

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Flickr A manky day, truly manky. It was below freezing for most of it, the overnight snow (yes, snow!) had iced up hard, and I nearly skidded onto my arse at least twice on my way into the day … Continue reading →

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Slick Cover Art and a Happy Shed Seven Anniversary

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: eFestivals An awesome day’s work yesterday and a blasting start to December! GDRs for December I started off by setting up my December plan of work, using the success of November as a springboard for launching into the next … Continue reading →

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Book Sales and Rising

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Blogspot Get Over It I felt absolutely downtrodden going to the day job yesterday and it was all down to the thought of missing that blasted Arab Strab gig. It got stupid when people were tweeting they had a … Continue reading →

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Arab Strap Wound Me Right Up

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Tourdates.co.uk Arab Strap Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat managed to get my hopes up yet again last night, when more tickets for the Arab Strap gig at Nice n Sleazy’s were made available to the next 30 on the … Continue reading →

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Making an Arse of It, Part 2

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

I’ve written before about how great the recently re-released debut album from Kid Canaveral Shouting at Wildlife is, and I’ve also mentioned how much I enjoy listening to singer/songwriter King Creosote. As luck would have it, both of them kicked … Continue reading →

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November, and Why It Rocks

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

November I love November. I love the shift from the unsettled weather of October, which can often have Scotland shivering under a bitter sky one minute then basking in warm sunshine the next. Technically, it’s classed as autumn, but it’s … Continue reading →

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A Day in Glasgow

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Fawndoo The Specials Tuesday was brilliant! Despite my many doubts that The Specials gig at Glasgow’s SECC (Hall 3) would be a flop—the venue is like a warehouse with about as much thought put into the acoustics as a … Continue reading →

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A ‘Special’ Day’s Work

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: KGB Clothing A decent day’s work. My final two blog posts from the West Port Book Festival went live over at my (Unofficial) Edinburgh Book Festival Blog: Click here to read David Gaffney & Hannah McGill. Click here to … Continue reading →

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