Two hours of rock from Scotland! Has anybody coined the term Scotrock yet? If not, would it be unforgivable if we were to add that to the rock geek lexicon along with Krautrock and Mathrock? Assembled with thanks to Alister Smith, Glasgow correspondent Iain Matheson, and Ben from the Brighton Rock Geek Office!
Here’s the setlist:
Scotland – December 28, 2013
- Turn Up the Radio – Sugar Crisis, n/a
- Grey Streets – Felt, Forever Breathes the Lonely Word, 1986
- Taking Names and Heartbeats – Sugar Crisis, n/a
- The Living End (demo) – The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Power of Negative Thinking, 2008
- Kids Will be Skeletons – Mogwai, Happy Songs for Happy People, 2003
- New Year’s Resolution – Camera Obscura, Desire Lines, 2013*
- I’m Waking Up to Us – Belle and Sebastian, I’m Waking Up to Us (single), 2001
- Quicksand – Travis, 12 Stories, 2003
- Good Morning Britain – Aztec Camera, Stray, 1990
- I Hate Scotland – Ballboy, Club Anthems, 2002
- Your Love Is the Place Where I Come From – Teenage Fanclub, Songs from Northern Britain, 1997
- Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam – The Vaselines, MOJO comp: Roots of Nirvana, 2011
- Gentle Tuesday – Primal Scream, Sonic Flower Groove
- Impossible Things – Looper, Up a Tree, 1999
- Baby Don’t You Do It – The Poets, Comp: The Perfumed Garden: 82 Rare Flowerings from the British Underground 1965–73, n/a
- Chinese White – The Incredible String Band, Comp: White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, 2006
- The Universal Soldier – Donovan, Comp: The British Are Coming, 2002
- Moscow Olympics – Orange Juice, The Glasgow School, 2005
- Simply Thrilled Honey – Orange Juice, Comp: Beloved, 2008
- Lorelei – Cocteau Twins, Comp: The Brit Box
- Somewhere in China – Shop Assistants, Comp: The Brit Box
- Nobody’s Wedding – Richard Thompson
- Breakfast – Eugenius
- Superstar – Barfly
- Tell Her Tonight – Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand, 2004
- Thank You for Being You – The Pastels, Truckload of Trouble, 1993
- Dragon – The Beta Band, Hot Shots II, 2001
*denotes new
