Strawberry Switchblade's 1982 4-Piece Demo EP now available on grape coloured vinyl! Pressed for Japan earlier this year, a few copies are now available direct from the label Night School Records: night-school.bandcamp.com/album/1982-4-p…

New screening of the documentary Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands! This coming Saturday, 25 October, at Galoshans Festival Festival, Greenock. galoshansfestival.co.uk/event/since-ye…

Happy birthday to the one & only Rose McDowall, 66 today! The talent, the voice, the endless musical exploration of melancholy beauty, the amazing self-definition & an absolute goth style icon too. 📸 Sin Bozkurt 2016, Peter McArthur c.1983, Gilbert Blecken 1989, unknown

Strawberry Switchblade's Jill Bryson & Stephen McRobbie of the pastels. Taken by Peter McArthur, Jill's partner & prime photographer of the early 1980s Glasgow indie scene. They look bored as it's just Peter testing camera flashes. Outside Peter & Jill's flat, around 1982.

New Trees and Flowers cover version just dropped! Madeline Goldstein did this beautiful rendition with Faith-era Cure vibes (and authentic sartorial choices) on 30 October at the Empty Bottle in Chicago. youtube.com/watch?v=s85YrO…