ContactMusic — Former Arab Strap rocker Aidan Moffat and composer Bill Wells triumphed at the Scottish Album of the Year Say Awards on Tuesday night 19Jun12 The pair walked away with the accolade billed as the Scottish version of the U K s prestigious Mercury Priz.... more info

Guardian Music — Fill your ears with metal and more by listening to this mixtape put together by the curators of this month's I'll Be Your Mirror festivalFans of South Park, as well as anyone with an interest in metal, will be familiar with the Slayer tune Raining Bl... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers Mogwai and King Creosote Jon Hopkins are among the acts competing to have their records named Scottish Album of the Year Say Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat Twin Atlantic Found and Mungos Hi-Fi are also in the running for the inaugural prize -... more info

Nialler9 — Highlights: Rustie (pictured), Grouper, Aidan Moffat And Bill Wells, Breton, Popicalia #13, John Wiese, Temper Miss-Elayneous, Communion & Odd Future. This is the weekly list of recommended gigs taking place over the next seven days in Dublin publish... more info

DrownedInSound — For a lad who got kicked out of school with no qualifications, Aidan Moffat has an impressive CV. He started out shaping the future of Scottish indie with Arab Strap, and last year he and Bill Wells released the remarkable album Everything’s Gettin... more info

Guardian Music — Talk of independence is giving Scottish culture a boost – especially in the thriving music scene. The new bands are inspired by the country's traditional music, and they sing in their own accents tooAidan Moffat is contemplating whether devolution ... more info

Guardian Music — It's the morning after so if you're not feeling too delicate, let's replay your favourite songs about last nightLast week we asked for your favourite songs about last night. Remember last night? Sometimes events seem a little hazy, for whatever reaso... more info

DrownedInSound — We've shown you our albums of the year, so we thought it only fair to share what some of the favourite fives of some of our favourite musicians of 2011, and a few new names to keep an eye out for in 2012... we've also embedded a few tracks so you can... more info

Guardian Music — We handed over this week's Film&Music features to the young volunteers of Live magazineNewsPJ Harvey – Let England Shake is our album of the yearBeach Boys reunion rumours resurfaceMumford & Sons plan 'doom folk' albumAmy Winehouse's family open to... more info

Guardian Music — You've seen our top 50 albums of the year. But what did Guardian critics' individual lists look like?Here's the full list of votes from our critics. We asked them for their top 10 albums and tracks of 2011. Then we tallied up their votes, awarding 10... more info