De Rosa

Multi-venue indie festival Stag And Dagger will take place in Glasgow on May 22. Read More

The Black Hang Gang have secured a spot on Glasgow's Hogmanay bill at George Square after polling more votes than Variety Suite , Foxgang , Acutone , Boycotts , Nevada Base , Make Sparks , Action Group and Alex Wayt to win the Road To Hogmanay competition. Read More

The Twilight Sad are doing a free acoustic set in Avalanche Records in Edinburgh tomorrow at 1pm. Read More

The CD costs £5 and proceeds go to Sick Kids Edinburgh and Street Invest. Read More

The BBC have announced their Sound of 2010 longlist (the annual music industry-selected predictions for fame) and it contains zero Scottish acts which isn't a surprise since of their 165 'tastemakers' , just one is based in Scotland. Read More

The Strokes have been announced as headliners of next year's RockNess , which is a major coup for the increasingly-popular festival near Inverness. Read More

James , who are probably one of the greatest bands ever, are starting their next UK tour at Edinburgh's Corn Exchange on April 5 in support of The Night Before, the first of two mini-albums they plan to release in 2010. Read More

Mumford & Sons have announced a new tour for next spring including two dates in Scotland - Glasgow's ABC on March 3 and Edinburgh's Queens Hall on March 16. Read More

The album which immediately comes to my mind as Scottish Album of the Decade is 2009's Prevention by De Rosa. I remember my first time watching them play in a tiny pub in Glasgow after being invited by their bass guitarist James Woodside. Read More

The Pop Cop would like to wish Barrie O'Neill from Glasgow band Cassidy a speedy recovery after he was seriously injured in an accident in London yesterday. Read More