🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

This September, curious minds will come to Glasgow for Sonica Cryptic. It's a celebration of contemporary art from across the world, with mesmerising installations by innovators Andrey Chugunov, Shadwa Ali, Martin Messier and Lukas Truniger. For more:

#SonicaGlasgow returns w 5 incredible #Québec artists⚜️! We're proud to support this world-class #audiovisual #arts festival, organised by Cryptic. 🗓️Sept 19-29 Don't miss Bill Vorn, France Jobin, Martin Messier, Pierre-Luc Lecours & Ida Toninato! sonic-a.co.uk/artists

Just a week now until our 3 day takeover at Cafe OTO ! On the 2nd night (13 September) we welcome the striking collaboration of Cara Tolmie & Rian Treanor, Nakul Krishnamurthy's new work for voice & electronics, & the new duo Conal Blake & Hannan Jones. cafeoto.co.uk/events/counter…

Buzzing for this - a walking tour around CCA Goethe-Institut GLA and New Glasgow Society, led by me. We’ll explore the installations as part of Sonica festival and chat with artists Bill Vorn, Martin Messier, Kseniia and Andrey Chugunov. Sat 21 Sep, 3pm. Come along!

Radiophrenia will be returning to the airwaves in March, 2025. Our Open Call for Sound & Radio Works is now live. Deadline – 20th October. More details here: radiophrenia.scot

Trans-identity issues, polyamory, matriarchal societies, fear of ageing; there’s almost nothing we can’t learn from the Ancient Greek writers and Covell’s clever TV script functions on multiple levels. My review of Netflix’s Kaos for The List list.co.uk/news/45669/kao…

The BBC’s sound effect library has been expanded to contain over 33,000 samples for free mixmag.net/read/bbc-sound…

📣 We are delighted to invite audiences to join us either in person at Tramway, Glasgow or via livestream from 13 - 17 November for Episode 11: To End The World As We Know It. More info: arika.org.uk/accessibility/…

An essay on my Scottish Sculpture Workshop x Counterflows caregivers residency. Incl. the grim bureaucracy of being sick/disabled, our need for care webs & pioneering, amazing things that SSW are doing. Much love to all carers, unpaid + paid, visible + invisible 🫥 🖤 shorturl.at/rDdA8

Radiophrenia news bulletin – due to the temporary closure of the CCA we are relocating our radio studio and live events for 2025 to Civic House. This has pushed back our plans a little so rescheduled dates for the broadcasts are now Monday 7th – Sunday 20th April.

The Sonica 2024 The Wire Magazine review is out now! “Sonica flashed abundance in their adventurous, international programme. Ambitious, inventive, mind-bending stuff to make senses collide and synapses explode” Thanks to Claire Sawers for the kind words. Read the full review

You can also find me avoiding Space Karen over at @clairesawers.bsky.social - say hello if you're on there!

Author #CarrieMarshall talks to Claire Sawers about growing up in 1970s Lanark, clubbing at Edinburgh's Fire Island and the "seismic" influence of #JimmySomerville The Sound of Young Queer Scotland: An Interview with Carrie Marshall buff.ly/6OhaO8V

I hadn’t even heard of the isle of Luing until a few months ago. Now read me raving about it in today’s The Times and The Sunday Times Scotland. Thanks to WildLuing for letting me stay in one of their amazing hilltop pods