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Musical highlights: 2024

Posted on 22/12/2024 by alasdairflett

I can sign court documents in my own name now, have people swear oaths before me and (technically) represent you in a solemn criminal trial in front of a sheriff. What that is to say is that I am now … Continue reading →

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My year in music: 2023

Posted on 25/12/2023 by alasdairflett

2023 has very much been a year of two halves professionally. In June I left my job working as a steward at Glasgow Cathedral and took up the role of paralegal at Digby Brown, becoming a trainee solicitor with them … Continue reading →

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2022: My year in music

Posted on 12/12/2022 by alasdairflett

2022 has been much more of a positive year for me. The clouds finally lifted for good on Covid. It took me a full two years to get that dreaded double line on the lateral flow. When it hit it … Continue reading →

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My top albums 2021

Posted on 19/12/2021 by alasdairflett

2021 got off to a terrible start with Tier 4 restrictions imposed in Glasgow for the best part of four months. Things began to revive in April and by May I had finally met the people on my course for … Continue reading →

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Jesca Hoop ‘Memories Are Now’ Review

Posted on 02/03/2017 by alasdairflett

Jesca Hoop’s Memories Are Now is truly something to behold. Conceptually bold in both musicality and subject matter, this is a brave and beautiful project from an artist exerting full masterly control over what she creates. Illustrated with a focused, … Continue reading →

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Not the Rock Concert as We Know it…

Posted on 27/10/2016 by alasdairflett

Canadian minimalist techno group Suuns (pronounced ‘soons’ – like Sassoon) took their unique post-rock performance deep into the basement of Glasgow’s Stereo on Monday, October 24. Waves of bass engulf the audience, resonating with our gelatinous viscera; at first an … Continue reading →

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Fickle Friends @ Electric Circus Review

Posted on 04/03/2016 by alasdairflett

Fickle Friends hail from the sunny seaside town of Brighton and this is evident in the summery aesthetic of the scintillating synth pop they supply. This was the band’s first ever performance in Scotland, let alone Edinburgh, and they went … Continue reading →

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February, Flats and Frankenstein

Posted on 09/02/2016 by alasdairflett

Happy Pancake Day everyone! Pleasantries aside, welcome to February and to another entry of this long-winded, seemingly never-ending chronicle. What has changed since when I left you last? Well, I sold out to the mainstream media and wrote for the … Continue reading →

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10 YouTube Channels worth Subscribing To

Posted on 02/01/2016 by alasdairflett

We all use YouTube, quite a lot of us on a daily basis, but I’ve found that as a conversation piece it usually falls flat. Often one of the parties is struggling to grasp just exactly what made a certain … Continue reading →

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2015: Year in Review

Posted on 18/12/2015 by alasdairflett

What happened in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Fifteen? From a broad perspective, Scots had to come to terms with the fact that independence had been put on hold for at least a “generation.” Bumper stickers were … Continue reading →

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