Interview: Grant McPhee Occupation:Film Director Over at Intro Creative towers we’ve been beavering away in recent months and from a general discussion in a well known pub in the west end of Glasgow, we came up with an idea. An idea to showcase the best of Scottish creative culture. We have plans to bring you updates, […]
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Book: Just A Shot Away: 1969 Revisited Part Two Author: Kris Needs Publisher: New Haven Just A Shot Away is a teenage memoir written by renowned music journalist Kris Needs and covers the year 1969, split into two separate books, covering January to June and July to December. Into Creative reviewed Part One here and we followed
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Artist: OKIRO Song: Deep Love Label: Modern Sky Records Timo Tierney, the lead singer in Liverpool’s Tea Street Band has been busy during lockdown with his side project, OKIRO. With an album, City Pets, due to drop on 31 July, the second single, Deep Love is released today (15 July 2020) and follows on from the first
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Roddy “Radiation” Byers played guitar in one of the most important groups to come out of not only the Midlands, but the U.K. in the late 70s, The Specials. Throughout the last 40 years or so, Roddy has also fronted a number of bands, most recently the Skabilly Rebels, which has given him the platform
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The Media Whores are one of Scotland’s most relevant bands right now. Providing articulate lyrical and observational comment on political, economic and social issues, they have released three albums and a compilation. Hailing from Falkirk, The Media Whores are known for their electric and incendiary live performances. Band members Craig and Doogie, along with their
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Daniele Meade is a Glaswegian songwriter and multi-instrumentalist musician steeped in the tradition of bluegrass, honky tonk, roots, boogie woogie and country blues. Daniel has featured in bands such as The Ronelles, The Meatmen, touring and recording extensively with his band The Flying Mules. We caught up with Daniel for an exclusive interview as part of
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Artist: The Crystal Furs Song: Beautiful And True Label: Subjangle Portland, Oregon has a strong tradition of producing innovative and contemporary music throughout the years with exponents such as The Dandy Warhols, The Decemberists and Esperanza Spalding. Continuing that theme are The Crystal Furs with the release of their third album, Beautiful And True. Since their
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Kris Needs is perhaps the single most revered U.K. music journalist of the past 40 years having written for the likes of NME, Sounds, Creem, Mixmag, Mojo, Muzik, and Vive Le Rock amongst others as well as being Editor in chief at Zigzag magazine at the height of punk and beyond. Kris has also authored books
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Tony Beesley is an established author who has written and published a number of books via his own independent book company Days Like Tomorrow, which he has run with his wife, Vanessa since 2009. Into Creative recently reviewed Ignore Alien Orders – On Parole With The Clash which Tony co-authored (see review here). An avid
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Artist: OKIRO Song: Newse Label: Modern Sky Records To be a musician in Liverpool these days can be a daunting task, especially when you consider the rich tapestry of bands and artists who have gone before, from The Beatles to the Bunnymen, Scaffold to Shack and a Cast of hundreds of others. A few years back The
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