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LONGING FOR INDIE-PENDENCE?

Something For The Longing: Scottish Independent Pop 1985–1999 is a new 3-CD box set compiled by filmmaker/author Grant McPhee, tracing the evolution of Scotland’s indie music scene from the mid-1980s through to the end of the millennium. Featuring mainstays including The Jesus and Mary Chain, Belle

Siren Songs

Fire Engines, the influential Scottish post-punk band, have Chrome Dawns released by Cherry Red in August. This double CD/vinyl collection boasts all their recorded output on Codex Communications and Pop: Aural. Key tracks include the landmark singles ‘Get Up And Use Me’, ‘Candy Skin’ and ‘Big Gold Dream’, as well