Guardian Music — Here's one for the Leveson inquiry: the Salford bard's thoughts on the Daily Express For a while in the late 1970s John Cooper Clarke was a fixture on the new wave scene, impressively convincing punk rock crowds that what they really wanted to hear w... more info

Song, by Toad — Fucking typical. We spend the day recording with PAWS for the split 12″ I’ve been going on about so much recently, and then I spend two or three hours getting preliminary mixes together for them before heading up to their show at the Electric Cir... more info

Song, by Toad —  Helloooooo… once again Brian and myself will be gracing, if that’s the right word, the airwaves of Fresh Air Student Radio this afternoon.  We will also be introducing a new member of the team, the lovely and lively El Parks, who you might kno... more info

Guardian Music — The best clubs and live music venues in Edinburgh pull in everything from dance to indie, and rock to jazz, says Dave Kerr• As featured in our Edinburgh city guideThe Cabaret VoltaireA subterranean labyrinth of musky warrens and caves located in th... more info

Song, by Toad — I know I’ve posted about these guys before, and I know that they are playing the Electric Circus tomorrow with Brown Brogues and Rollor, so I have a vested interest in pushing them to the top of the blog page at the moment, but I promise I am not j... more info

Song, by Toad — Frankly, I’ve no fucking idea what Friday is this week.  Between our Electric Circus gigs (yes, good guess, the second of which is indeed tonight, and look, only a fiver in – what value!) keeping up with the blog and the minor matter of actually... more info

Song, by Toad — I don’t really need to add anything to the following, do I?  Apart from a big thanks to the Electric Circus for suggesting I put these nights on, thanks to all the bands for agreeing to play and umm… well, I hope to fuck you all turn up, eh! more info

Scotsman.com — Sara Lowes Electric Circus, Edinburgh *** more info

Scotsman.com — Sara Lowes and Easy Tigers Electric Circus *** more info

Scotsman.com — THE JOY FORMIDABLE ELECTRIC CIRCUS, EDINBURGH *** more info