New Indie From Song, by Toad

So, initially I was going to call this post the Gigcast because I have spent the last week furiously booking gigs, arranging gigs and very much hoping people will turn up to gigs...

So, we are off to Eigg this weekend for the Fence Away Game.  Being a gallant sort I booked tickets for Mrs. Toad as well, as I thought she would enjoy such a picturesque setting, but the grumbling noises emanating from my better half over the...

Despite the title (and the first song) there is very little ranting about the fucking Pope on this podcast, I promise.  He may be a vicious, decaying old scorpion in charge of one of the most corrupt and evil institutions on Earth, but after a little bit of gen...

This wasn't particularly supposed to be all fuzzy and noisy, and in actual fact is probably isn't, except for in bits. I have been listening to the Male Bonding album a lot this week, and then the split single from Thee Ludds and The No-Brainers dropped into my inbo...

I remember when I first started writing Song, by Toad, people when they first latched onto the site would occasionally refer to the not all that infrequents bursts of rage and frustration with the music industry as 'a breath of fresh air' and stuff like that, for the simple reason that if I thought...

We have been collecting for the lifeboats today and as usual we have had a massive, lovely meal prepared by my darling Mrs. Toad.  It was fucking awesome, I have to tell you, and anyone who wasn't here truly did miss out...

Mrs. Toad has been stranded in God Bless America by that infernal cloud of Icelandic ash, so I am home alone for the last week and all of the next one.  This is very much Not Fun, because as much as she's a mean old bitch, I do seem to have developed a grudging affection for the silly old mare...

This podcast is slightly kinda somewhat about about the myopia of

the London media, in particular as to how it pertains to Scotland and

Scottish music, and slightly about the Glasgow media.  There are a

number of different triggers for this, starting with this article...

It's freezing outside and (just slightly) covered in snow (about

half an inch) so naturally the entire nation has ceased to function. 

Erm, okay, it really isn't that cold and the snow really isn't that big

a deal in all honesty but of course given the worst weather conditions...

 I do try and avoid shilling for the label on this blog, because

no-one wants to read a twice-daily sales pitch, but I reckon it's okay

to have a look forward at what we've got planned for the year.  That's

what the new year is for, really, isn't it?So I've got a nice...