50 Years of Liverpool DIY #9 Dream. The two dreams which changed a city and the very strange story of how they opened a warehouse on Mathew St. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/50-years-o...

Norman, Sean & I are in the Paper today about a special screening and Q&A event happening in our old home town of Bellshill. @hifisean.bsky.social @grantmcphee.bsky.social www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...

The double helix parallel evolution of Scottish 80s/90s indie music. Despite the 1992 subtitle of Scene Within a Scene they both effectively start in 1983. Same God but different prophets.

#PetSounds by the #BeachBoys was released exactly 60 years ago today, on the 16th May 1966. Or was it? The preceding week, from the 11th of May to the 15th of May certainly suggests otherwise, showing record stores having it available for purchase. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/happy-60th...

Article 58 and Creeping Bent 100. Get your order in for both of these straight away - essential purchases for anyone vaguely interested in Scottish post-punk, and related friends of Scottish post-punkers such as Alan Vega and Vic Godard. Get them on Creeping Bent/LNFG. And get them now!

What if Donovan Actually Did Invent Everything? A new Substack article for Donovan's 80th birthday. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/what-if-do...

50 Years of Scottish Punk: The Fannylips Fife's all female punk band. A new Substack article grantmcphee.substack.com/p/50-years-o...

Scottish indie-music and Nirvana 2 Nirvana's connection with Scottish indie superstars The Vaselines, Teenage Fanclub and BMX Bandits is rightly celebrated. The band's first Scottish love though was the excellent Cateran and here's a fine photo of Krist Novoselic sporting a t-shirt while their tour

50 Years of the Pool of Life # 8 : The Decline and 3rd Rebirth of the Cavern The real-time press story of the transition of The Cavern to Eric's 1973-1976 : The Cavern to Eric's grantmcphee.substack.com/p/50-years-o...

"One of the greatest health advocates in rock music is Lou Reed" 23rd October, 1970 -The Republican This and many, many more Velvet Underground news clippings in The Velvet Underground Myth Archive thevelvetundergroundmyth.com

A vast new online resource: The Velvet Underground Myth Archive: A free, publicly accessible database of hundreds of rare press clippings documenting the rise of The Velvet Underground, methodically organised month by month. Enjoy thevelvetundergroundmyth.com #thevelvetunderground

A new Substack: Were the Sweet really in a Ballroom Blitz in Kilmarnock? grantmcphee.substack.com/p/the-sweet-...

One of a few other new reviews for Something For the Longing with some nifty select highlights www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2026/04/23/v...

One of the heroes of Scene Within a Scene is RM Hubbert, without whom there almost certainly would be no Kazoo Club, F&J Records or a producer for half the bands featured. The book wouldn't exist without him. And of course, the wonderful genre bending records he made! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WG_...

Scene Within a Scene. When Postcards From Scotland was being put together it was written at the same time as this. Not a sequel but an alternative timeline of Scotland's late 80s to 90s independent music scene, tracing a different evolution. Out - 6/8 from @OmnibusPress

Quick shot! Two different books. One from @grantmcphee.bsky.social I got mainly for me, but available to others. A related 3CD set is about to come out and on my order list. And new in store, In Your Mouth from @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social, a fine addition to our poetry collection. #booksky

An Italian review of Something For the Longing - which is good as having it heard on far flung shores was the idea. And it has ten of the article writer's picks, including some really interesting or more obscure choices - which is also good. www.indieforbunnies.com/2026/04/20/l...

First review for Something For the Longing compilation is in. Thanks to Andrew Neal and Silent Radio. Some nice highlighted mentions of Stretchheads, Yummy Fur, Lung Leg, dawson, Mogwai, Badgewearer, Amphetameanies, Stanleys, Long Fin Killlie and Spare Snare! www.silentradio.co.uk/04/19/album-...

Last Train To Tucktonia : The KLF and Model Villages grantmcphee.substack.com/p/last-train...

1976 and 1977 Liverpool punk bands that were not the Spitfire Boys and Big in Japan Substack. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/50-years-o...

Day 10 - Something For the Longing bis- Kandy Pop One of the great moments of Scottish music - bis on ToTP Of course, they were not an unsigned band - they were on the mighty Chemikal Underground but this was a moment which demonstrated a different 90s to Britpop www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qah...

Something For the Longing Box Set - Day 8. Here's one of the very, very great bands from Scotland - The Shop Assistants and I Don’t Wanna Be Friends With You. And an excellent photo of David Keegan taken by Paul Groovy in Brighton - 15/12/85 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OxX...

You can catch me talking about Scottish 1976 and 77 punk and Caledonia Screaming on Alistair's excellent ScotsWhayHae podcast. Give Alistair a follow too if you haven't already as he's the man! www.scotswhayhae.com/post/alterna...

I've put together a timeline of the Sex Pistols two failed attempts to play in Liverpool on their December 1976 Anarchy Tour. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/50-years-o... #sexpistols #liverpool #anarchytour

Scottish Rockabilly! The confusing and intertwining story of Cube Libre Records and The Shakin' Pyramids. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/cube-libre...

Something For the Longing Day 5 The Orchids - Something For the Longing The song that gave the box set it's title - thank you Orchids. And it is one of the greatest songs from Scotland www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqrE...

Stuart Sutcliffe was born 85 years ago today grantmcphee.substack.com/p/stuart-sut...

Something For the Longing Day 4 Belle and Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane A band who have done more for Glasgow's worldwide image than Visit Scotland ever could. Something For the Longing released on the 28th of April www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Zb...

Postcards From Scotland has it's paperback release today so I'm sharing the film it was based on, Teenage Superstars for the day and night. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCn2...

50 Years of the Pool of Life #5: A Trip to Zurich A very, very strange story of the links between alchemical stones, Swiss psychoanalysts and Liverpool post-punk grantmcphee.substack.com/p/50-years-o...

The Inevitable World of Eric's Records. A new Substack article grantmcphee.substack.com/p/50-years-o...

50 Years of The Pool of Life and Liverpool Punk: The O'Boogie Brothers. The missing links between Deaf School and Big in Japan. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/50-years-o...

The Pool of Life at 50 #1 : O'Halligan's Parlour In Liverpool, it’s not just the legendary Eric’s club that will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026. And this is A LITTLE of the story of how one of these others , O'Halligan's Parlour came to be. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/the-pool-o...

New Substack- 50 Years of Scottish Punk : Dunbar's Wasted State. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/50-years-o...

My new album. Out in July: 'Izzy Wizzy Let's Get Bizzy' How magic became...Magick. @cherryredrecords.bsky.social will be available on vinyl/CD and digital trash

The Beastie Boys' crazy 1987 UK Tour – As Told Through the UK and Irish Press. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/the-beasti...

Hungry Beat Band : Glasgow Launch at CCA Set 2 A Scottish Post-Punk Supergroup performing songs from the Fast Product and Postcard era Singing songs from Orange Juice, Fire Engines, Rezillos, Aztec Camera, Bluebells, Mekons, Gang of Four, Win, Josef K www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlwj...

49 years ago today, The Stooges and Funhouse were re-released and the Wishaw Press, far ahead of most of the other regional papers reviewed them. Along with the recently released Television album.

The Mekons discuss the recording and release of Where Were You? grantmcphee.substack.com/p/fast-7-an-...

When an 11 year old Adamski Recorded a song for Fast Product Substack - grantmcphee.substack.com/p/when-an-11...

The story of Sex Pistols and Yachts at Eric's, Liverpool, 1976 grantmcphee.substack.com/p/the-story-... #sexpistols #albertdock #yachts #punk #erics

The Liverpool 1964-1973 Void Myth Pt.1: Mike Evans interview. The link between the Beat poets, Mersybeat, Deaf School and Punk. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/the-liverp...

Arab Strap think it ironic that Guinness picked their song. They were once barred from a Falkirk nightclub after one pint of Guinness too many. Rosie’s manager said “I’m pleased they are doing well, they are nice lads but they did get carried away here once and we had to bar them

The Clash at Magnum Leisure Centre, Irvine. July 1982 #theclash

A news Substack - in praise of Ex : S - Scotland's maverick - and greatly missed and needed - arts and culture series grantmcphee.substack.com/p/ex-s-in-pr...

The Post-Cords From Scotland. The Cords and a Scottish Indie Supergroup. Full Video from the Postcards From Scotland Edinburgh launch www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYyR...

Talking Heads in Glasgow, 1977: A Q&A with Chris Frantz grantmcphee.substack.com/p/talking-he...

The Hungry Beat Acoustic Group at Aye Write, 2023. Full video featuring Norman Blake, Douglas Macintyre, Tam Dean Burn and Campbell Owens performing songs, sketches, and dances from the Postcard and Fast Product era. grantmcphee.substack.com/p/hungry-bea...

Hey! Elastica occupy an unusual place in Scottish ‘indie’ history. There’s little information about the band online, so I decided to track down a few members to offer their recollections to tell the story Here's pt.1 from the charismatic Barry McVicar grantmcphee.substack.com/p/hey-elasti...

The Hungry Beat Band : Glasgow Launch at CCA Set 1 4-02-23 A Scottish Post-Punk Supergroup performing songs from the Fast Product and Postcard era for the launch of the Hungry Beat book. Scars, Orange Juice, Jazzateers, The Pastels, Strawberry Switchblade grantmcphee.substack.com/p/the-hungry...