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Glasgow’s Swinton twins keep things simple, with the odd flourish, on their quietly contemplative second album

There will be two theartsdesk on Vinyls this week. The first is here, an epic 11,000 words on a multitude of new releases in every genre, from reissues of classics to spanking new strangeness. There’s something for everyone. On Thursday we’ll have a special edition in honour of Record Store Day this coming Saturday, so watch out for that too. For now, though, dive in!VINYL OF THE MONTHElsa Bergman Playon Crayon (B.Inspelningar)

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April brings massive and intimate live shows across Scotland, plus the return of Record Store Day.

This week was a quieter one for brand new music, giving Paul and Carolyn a welcome opportunity to play some of their recent favourites, along with plenty of older stuff. That said, there are still new singles from Lana Del Rey, BC Camplight, Dog Race and Feist, as well as brand new albums from Black Honey, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Yves Tumor. As part of the week’s features there’ll be a song from a Scottish ban, and label owner which broke up in 2005 having deserved more fame (bu...

Paul and Carolyn are back after spending a weekend at Clockenflap. They return with loads of brand new music, including tracks from Panic Pocket, Fontaines D.C., Nabihah Iqbal, Christine and the Queens, Pynch and more. It’s busy on the albums front too, with LPs from Fever Ray, Jen Cloher, H. Hawkline, Sleaford Mods, Lichen Slow and Dutch Uncles, plus there’ll also be interviews recorded at Clockenflap with Wu-Tang Clan and Your Woman Sleep With Others. All the usual features re...

Poignant, diverse and tongue-in-cheek, the debut album from Malcolm Middleton and Joel Harries’ new project Lichen Slow is rich in colour and character

From electronic dance hits that explore the intersection of mind and body, to folkloric anthems brought into the 21st century, March has it all.

We take a look at the Scottish releases we missed in December and January and get excited about what we already know about in February.