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Searching for the Celtic Soul Rebels: Scottish Pop, 77–84

Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977–1984) by Douglas MacIntyre and Grant McPhee with Neil Cooper tells the story of independent music north of the border
Books

Burden Of Proofs: New Crime Fiction For October

For the third edition of our bi-monthly crime fiction round-up, our critical sleuth Angus Batey casts his eye over the latest evidence from Richard Osman, John Banville, Colson Whitehead, Kate Rhodes, and more
Baker's Dozen

Crime Plays: Writer Ian Rankin On His 13 Favourite Albums

Ian Rankin talks to Luke Turner about his life in music, and how he'd like to write novels based on Joy Division and David Bowie albums
Black Sky Thinking

F.O. Computer, By Ian Rankin: Why Radiohead Are Radiodead To Me

Music lover and bestselling author Ian Rankin seems to be just one of many Radiohead fans who have yet to receive their deluxe edition of King Of Limbs. Here he explains why a Kafkaesque palava has left him disillusioned with the band.
In Conversation

Ian Rankin & Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite On Words, Music & Scotland

The Quietus gets the writer Ian Rankin and Stuart Braithwaite from Mogwai in a room, and makes them talk. Here's what happened

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