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stop pretending art is hard: last year's mixes, 2012;

stop pretending art is hard: last year’s mixes, 2012;

January 3, 2013
by Lis Ferla
music, music: mixes

So, those monthly mixtapes of mine really didn’t happen in 2012, did they? Not that anybody seemed to notice, or at least if they did…

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JOY - Album of the Year

remember saying things like ‘we’ll sleep when we’re dead’: last year’s records, 2012;

December 31, 2012
by Lis Ferla
music, work & writing

It’s been a funny wee year. Sitting on the sofa earlier, surrounded by two days’ worth of flu-ridden tissues, I was feeling even more dispirited…

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i've been fumbling with your heartstrings: last year's festive fifty, 2012;

i’ve been fumbling with your heartstrings: last year’s festive fifty, 2012;

December 24, 2012
by Lis Ferla
music

These are nominally in order, but with very little to separate many of them it would be tough going to replicate it – plus, the…

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what would i do if i didn't have you: tallahassee turns ten;

what would i do if i didn’t have you: tallahassee turns ten;

November 30, 2012
by Lis Ferla
music

Am I right in thinking there was once a time when special editions of albums truly were special, rather than seeming increasingly like an inevitable…

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new music mondays: the mountain goats;

new music mondays: the mountain goats;

October 1, 2012
by Lis Ferla
music, music: scottish

Well. Well, oh well. We seem to have hit that point in the year where amazing album releases have started piling up; songs tripping over…

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transcendental love is greater;

transcendental love is greater;

March 30, 2012
by Lis Ferla
music

While I tend to roll my eyes every time my bezzer makes one of her cracks about how I should “eventually move to civilisation”, sometimes…

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[2011 in songs] pioneers and pirate ships and bob dylan;

[2011 in songs] pioneers and pirate ships and bob dylan;

December 30, 2011
by Lis Ferla
music

Allow me to present to you (in reverse order) my top ten eleven tracks of 2011, calculated with reference to a complex formula based on…

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you said it was like christmas but you were wrong;

you said it was like christmas but you were wrong;

December 23, 2011
by Lis Ferla
music, personal

Isn’t it funny how, even when you have made a conscious and fiscally necessary decision to cut back on Christmas expenditure, you always end up…

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little me will start a storm: last month's mix, november 2011;

little me will start a storm: last month’s mix, november 2011;

December 6, 2011
by Lis Ferla
music, music: mixes

In which, even when she is being the world’s most rubbish and lazy music blogger, Lis puts together a selection of songs that have caught…

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not everyone can carry the weight of the world: last month's mix, june 2011;

not everyone can carry the weight of the world: last month’s mix, june 2011;

June 29, 2011
by Lis Ferla
music

In which, even when she is being the world’s most rubbish and lazy music blogger, Lis puts together a selection of songs that have caught…

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sunday night is rock n roll night: last month's mix, may 2011;

sunday night is rock n roll night: last month’s mix, may 2011;

May 31, 2011
by Lis Ferla
music

It’s that time of the month where I’ve got to think about music which isn’t the new Frank Turner album, currently streaming before next week’s…

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...and it almost killed me;

…and it almost killed me;

March 30, 2011
by Lis Ferla
music

Dear internet, you really are the gift that keeps on giving. As heartbreaking as it is when you tell me there are concerts on that…

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Calendar

25/05 Scottish Fiction Presents Aye Tunes vs Peenko: The Spook School, Garden of Elks, Colin's Godson @ Broadcast, Glasgow [tickets]
28/05 Fucked Up, Titus Andronicus @ SWG3, Glasgow [tickets]
28/05 Deap Vally @ Oran Mor, Glasgow [tickets]
29/05 Turning Plates, Sarah Hayes @ The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow
31/05 Quickbeam album launch with Fake Major @ Govanhill Baths, Glasgow [tickets]
01/06 Jeffrey Lewis and Peter Stampfel @ Mono, Glasgow [tickets]
02/06 Marnie Stern, Sky Larkin @ Broadcast, Glasgow [tickets]
05/06 Ben Marwood, Dave Hughes, Mark McCabe @ Pivo, Edinburgh
06/06 Fair Ohs @ Mono, Glasgow
07/06 Dave Hughes & the Renegade Folk Punk Band @ O2 ABC2, Glasgow [tickets]
07/06 Half Man Half Biscuit @ O2 ABC, Glasgow [tickets]
09/06 Tegan and Sara @ O2 ABC, Glasgow [tickets]
13/06 Algernon Doll album launch with Where We Lay Our Heads, Lovers Turn to Monsters, Now Wakes The Sea @ 13th Note, Glasgow [tickets]
14/06 Chris Devotion & the Expectations (opening for Ultrasound) @ King Tut's, Glasgow [tickets]
17/06 The Breeders @ O2 ABC, Glasgow [tickets]
18/06 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E-STREET BAND @ Hampden Park, Glasgow
21/06 Scout Niblett @ Broadcast, Glasgow [tickets]
23/06 The Twilight Sad, Meursault @ Oran Mor, Glasgow [tickets]
29/06 Scottish Fiction Presents Aye Tunes vs Peenko: Jo Mango, Siobhan Wilson, Julia & the Doogans @ The Roxy 171, Glasgow [tickets]
01/07 Blondie @ Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow [tickets]
05/07 The Gothenburg Address @ Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh [tickets]
10/08 Kid Canaveral, Ballboy @ Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh [tickets]
12/08 Patti Smith & Tony Shanahan @ Oran Mor, Glasgow [tickets]
20/08 Regina Spektor @ O2 Academy, Glasgow [tickets]
12/09 Heartless Bastards @ O2 ABC2, Glasgow [tickets]
23/09 Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun @ King Tut's, Glasgow [tickets]
13/10 Tunng @ Broadcast, Glasgow [tickets]
18/11 Ane Brun @ Oran Mor, Glasgow [tickets]

NB: This is not a "listings" column - rather it combines details of events I am attending with those of Scottish events I would attend had I boundless energy and time. Everything posted comes with my personal stamp of FUNTIMES APPROVAL.

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