Dougie MacLean

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

Broken Records track If Eilert Lovborg Wrote A Song, It Would Sound Like This and Camera Obscura's French Navy are two of the 12 tracks being given away on a 4AD compilation which is available to download for free here (in exchange for your email address). Read More

FOR a wee country, Scotland has always punched above its weight musically. Read More

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

FOR a wee country, Scotland has always punched above its weight musically. 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