Music

Sound of Yell’s third release is a woozy slice of summer joy, writes Neil Cooper

F For Fake – The Secret Goldfish, Spectorbullets, The Sexual Objects. Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, June 24. By Neil Cooper

Japanese New Music Festival, Summerhall, Edinburgh. Sunday June 18th. By Neil Cooper

Damo Suzuki’s Network, Mash House, Edinburgh, Scotland. By Neil Cooper

Indie-pop survivors resurface with a record rich in off-kilter charm, writes Neil Cooper

Former Soup Dragon returns with a second instalment of inspired dance floor euphoria, writes Neil Cooper

Arch,camp and supremely talented, Billy Mackenzie would have been sixty this week. Graham Domke celebrates Scotland’s Scott Walker

Product writers choose their favourite summer songs to brighten the darkest sky

Neil Cooper  on a new collection of instrumentals exploring the shadows of Dundee’s changing urban landscape

Neil Cooper on the return of the lustrous Special Love

Public Service Broadcasting: The Race for Space Live. Usher Hall, Edinburgh. By Neil Cooper

Glasgow’s talented all girl gang banish twee with a soaring fusion of indie and bubblegum, writes Neil Cooper

Creeping Bent stalwarts return with a sublime collection of shimmering indie pop, writes Neil Cooper

Karate Priest, Rhubaba, Leith. By Hugo Fluendy 

Mick Harvey, Summerhall, Edinburgh. By Neil Cooper

Ex-Banshee releases another slice of bass-heavy ambient exploration, writes Neil Cooper

Neil Cooper talks to Johny Brown about adapting Bill Drummond’s plays for radio 

Neil Cooper on a thunderous EP from the Blue Orchids’ latest incarnation

Neil Cooper on two fine new releases shot through with inventive exuberance

Neil Cooper meets Syd Shelton, chronicler of  the seminal ’70s Rock Against Racism campaign with new relevance for today’s protest movement

Neil Cooper finds hidden depths in a thrillingly contemporary folk album

Pet Shop Boys, The Playhouse, Edinburgh. By Neil Cooper

Neil Cooper gets lost on a sonic safari of bizarre out takes and playful hidden meanings

Julian Cope, La Belle Angele, Edinburgh. By Neil Cooper