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In brief: Nobody’s Empire; Cocktails With George and Martha; Never: The Autobiography – review

A touching coming-of-age novel from the Belle and Sebastian singer; a blow-by-blow account of a classic film; and pop star Rick Astley’s idiosyncratic life story

The Guardian - UK

Iconic Scottish band singer opens up on diagnosed health condition in latest book

IN the late 1980s, Stuart Murdoch was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), known as chronic fatigue syndrome. It was a difficult period in…

The National (Scotland)

Nobody’s Empire by Stuart Murdoch review – Belle and Sebastian and me

Life inspires art in the debut novel by the Belle and Sebastian songwriter, tracing a young man’s path to music

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Stuart Murdoch: ‘I feel like this book will be the Trainspotting of ME’

The Belle and Sebastian musician on his new novel, inspired by his years of illness, choirs and his love of Victorian authors

The Guardian - UK

CDs sales are growing. How I wish I hadn’t given my beloved collection away

Compact discs provided the soundtrack to his life. Then came streaming and he couldn’t get rid of them fast enough. As CDs enjoy a renaissance, our writer looks back at what he lost

The Guardian - UK

Spunk Records goes out on a high: ‘Like a mixtape from your coolest friend’

After 25 years and almost 700 albums, the tastemaker who brought Belle and Sebastian and Arcade Fire to Australia are shutting up shop

The Guardian - AU

Remembering the guitarists we lost in 2023

We had to say goodbye to a staggering number of guitar geniuses this year. We salute those players and their contributions to the instrument

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Host of Scottish stars join The Simpsons cast for new episode

A HOST of Scottish stars are to feature in a new episode of the Simpsons ...

The National (Scotland)

Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch: ‘Songs tumble out like dreams – you can’t control them’

The band’s leader reveals the gig that changed it all, why launderettes are central in his life and how he found God while on the dole

The Guardian - UK

Post your questions for Belle and Sebastian

As they tour the UK and release a new single with actor Suki Waterhouse, frontman Stuart Murdoch will take on your questions

The Guardian - UK

Anger as Scots music festival bosses who ran up £893k debt to hold 2023 event

Doune the Rabbit Hole owed money to 250 creditors, including Amy Macdonald and Belle and Sebastian.

Daily Record

‘There were fist-fights down at CD:UK’ – 90s pop remembered by those who lived through it

Conflict between bands, conflict within bands, booze, breakdowns and awards-show agony: in these extracts from oral history Reach for the Stars, Five, Steps, Pete Waterman and more spill about the dark side of the decade

The Guardian - UK

Belle and Sebastian: Late Developers review – a rewarding return to form

The Scottish indie veterans’ second album in 12 months combines a pleasing lightness of touch and genuine pop nous

The Guardian - UK

Belle and Sebastian: Late Developers - the band’s warm hearted indie-folk still charms

The surprise new album has a few oddities that grab the attention

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Alan Rankine was the maestro of the Associates’ post-punk pop – and an architect of indie

As the multi-instrumentalist musical force behind the Scottish art-pop band, and later as a producer and label boss, Rankine was an adventurous, experimental, inspirational figure

Glasgow Live

Top artists who shot music videos in Glasgow from Liam Gallagher to Janet Jackson

From producing tons of great bands to boasting world-class venues and crowds, Glasgow's musical heritage is the stuff of legend and all the top artists know it - little surprise then that they'd choose to shoot their promo videos here.

Evening Standard

Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch: Living with ME makes me feel like a ‘non-person’

Stuart Murdoch attended a protest outside the Scottish Parliament calling for specialist treatment for the illness.

The Independent UK

Belle and Sebastian singer: Living with ME makes me feel like a ‘non-person’

Stuart Murdoch attended a protest outside the Scottish Parliament calling for specialist treatment for the illness.

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Post your questions for Arab Strap

As they prepare to play this year’s Green Man festival, the duo are ready to answer your questions with their usual lugubrious candour

Bristol Post

Nile Rodgers and Chic to perform two shows at Bristol Harbourside next month

The show has been cancelled twice but the stars are set to make an appearance

Evening Standard

Belle and Sebastian - A Bit of Previous review: A warm, familiarly optimistic return

This isn’t an album to convert non-believers - but it will delight one of indie pop’s most devoted fanbases

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