On This Day 15th March 2001.

Nerve on stage at The Castle, Oldham, 15th March 2001.

5 photos behind the link.
https://madcam.co.uk/2026/03/15/on-this-day-15th-march-2001/

#Oldham #TheCastle #Nerve #OnThisDay #ScottishBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #photography

For this week's #MusicWomenWednesday, something fairly brutal and excellent- Glasgow's UNMAKING and their debut EP 'Absolute Immiseration'. This is like, blackened sludge -- some VERY intense shit. Heavy as hell. Vocalist Kay Logan's voice is roaring and screeching.. I keep coming back to this one.

https://unmaking.bandcamp.com/album/absolute-immiseration

#sludge #metal #Glasgow #Scotland #UK #GlasgowBands #GlasgowMetal #ScottishBands #ScottishMetal

#AlternateFridayMusic
Aug 15 2025
The prompt is #Quiet

The Beta Band, “Quiet” from “Hot Shots II,” 2001

#TheBetaBand are from Scotland, purveying kind of clattery #psychedelic music with a #LoFi aesthetic, but when at its best, with some groove - which I think this track demonstrates nicely.

They disbanded in 2004 but I see now that they’ve just reunited for a tour, so hurry out and get those tickets, kids!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMf5COLqqxE

#BetaBand #Indie #IndieMusic #ScottishBands

This week's #MusicWomenWednesday is one I can't stop listening to these last few days. I usually like to wait until a record is out and I've heard all of it, but these three preview tracks are so damn good, I wanted to share.

Glasgow's CLOTH is twins Rachael & Paul Swinton and their songs are incredibly great. Minimal, melodies galore. A new find for me this year (they have another cool LP from 2023).

LP 'Pink Silence' is out fully in less than a month, on April 25.

https://cloth-music.bandcamp.com/album/pink-silence

#IndieRock #AltPop #electronica #Glasgow #GlasgowBands #Scotland #ScottishBands #2025Albums #2025Records

Strawberry Switchblade were cover stars of No 1 magazine 40 years ago today, 23 March 1985. The interview touched on Jill's agoraphobia & the culture shock of moving to London from Glasgow, with photos of them around St Paul's Cathedral.

#StrawberrySwitchblade #scottishbands #80smusic #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #80sgoth #newwave #80snewwave #synthpop #popstars #lethergo #no1magazine

Continuing a week of posts celebrating the 40th anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's Let Her Go, here's Jill Bryson's acoustic home demo.

Like most Strawberry Switchblade songs, Let Her Go was written on guitar. Jill wrote the music and a basic vocal meody, Rose refined the melody & added lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrfpdrjBgE8

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #indie #80sindie #80sindiepop #gothpop #80sgoth #newwave #80smusic #synthpop

To mark the 40th anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's single Let Her Go, every day this week we'll be posting content to do with the song. Here's the full-page ad placed in the UK music press - 'from the girls that know'.

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #femaleband #femalebands #glasgowband #glasgowbands #glasgowmusic #80smusic #indie #indiepop #goth #80sgoth #newwave #synthpop #80spopstars #polkadots

Two shots from Strawberry Switchblade's final photo session, spring 1986.

(📸©️ Peter McArthur, used with permission)

#StrawberrySwitchblade #rosemcdowall #jillbryson #scottishband #scottishbands #80smusic #indie #indiepop #goth #80sgoth #newwave #80snewwave #darkwave #synthpop #popstars