Four Idle Hands

This episode our guest is Nick Cronin AKA Vagrant Real Estate whose album "Neither Collar Nor Crown" is on the shortlist for the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) which will be announced in the Caird Hall , Dundee on 5th November. Hailing from Aberdeen Nick has been active for many years in the Aberdeen hip hop/dance scene and his new album has been described as a "love letter to my home country". The album is a monument to Scottish hip-hop that bridges genres, geographies, and local heritage.The album can be streamed in all the usual places and you can still buy a vinyl from his Bandcamp store.

This weeks guest is Irish comedian Andrew Ryan who, fresh from his run at the edinburgh Fringe, is appearing at the Aberdeen Comedy Festival with his show "Honest Capacity". A native of Cork and now resident in Northern Ireland Andrew is regular on TV and podcasts and also appears on the Golf Bros show on youtube. He was a great laugh to chat to so have a listen and make sure to check him out.The Aberdeen comedy festival starts on 19th September and Andrew is on at the Lemon tree on the 24th.

Award-winning writer Rodge Glass was granted unprecedented access to Suede at home, backstage, in rehearsal and in the studio, to write As One, an intimate biography of the band.Based on exclusive and extensive interviews with the band, their family and friends, As One is an intimate and candid biography of one of the UK's biggest band's during the unlikely second act of a career that spans four decades. It is a book that studies the band from close up and afar, written by award-winning author Rodge Glass, who has been granted unprecedented access to the members at home, on stage, backstage, in the studio, rehearsing and promoting over the past three years.We caught up with Rodge to talk about how he approached writing the book and his time with the Band.The book is published by New Modern and is out in all good bookshops now, well worth a purchase.

Welcome back to the Four Idle Hands podcast and we are back after a summer break.In this our 80th episode we have a full review of Rush from Madison Square Gardens where they did a four night residency as part of the 50 Something tour. We chat about Sebastien Pocognoli , the new Scotland footie manager , the return of Fontaines DC and we review new albums from Phoebe Bridgers and the Rolling Stones. And finally a bit of Aberdeen filming news with Netflix in town.Thanks for listening.

This episode is all about the World Cup 2026 which kicks off this week in Mexico City, we preview the competition, chat about how the home teams will perform and we pick our favourite World Cup moments, enjoy.

Boardsof Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin. They released their debut album "Music Has the Right to Children" in 1998 and now after hiatus of 13 years they are set to release their fifth studio album "Inferno" on May 29th. As a preview of the album Boards of Canada and Warp Records hosted official Inferno album listening parties on May 22, 2026, ahead of the album's release. The exclusive, ticketed sessions took place simultaneously across seven citiesglobally: Tokyo, Berlin, Barcelona, London, Glasgow, New York, and Los Angeles.One half of the Four Idle Hands team (Michael) assisted by gig photographer and music enthusiast Craig Chisholm procured the tickets and headed out to the Glasgow event, held at the Vic Assembly rooms at the school of art.In this episode we discuss the event, thoughts on the new album and what we think of listening parties in general.If you follow four idle hands on instagram and bluesky we will post some photos of the event.

This episode we catch up with Graeme Thomson who is about to release his new book "In Another World The Four Seasons of Talk Talk. This is the definitive biography of one of the most critically acclaimed and enigmatic groups of all time. For the first time, Graeme Thomson seeks to unpick this knottiest of musical locks and understand the other world of Talk Talk. The book is out on May 21st and is well worth a read.In the rest of the episodewe talk about the sad passing of Scott Hastings, this weekends european rugby finals, Ronaldo in the world cup and the Stones /Kneecap new albums, enjoy.

This episodes headline act is a chat with Rick McMurray, drummer from Northern Ireland legends Ash talking about his side project "Burned As Witches" and the self titled album which releases on the 17th April.Burned As Witches lands in the briefest of interludes from his day job in Ash, who've basically been working non-stop since the releases of 'Race The Night' in 2023 and the current 'Ad Astra' album. As Rick says, “if you're expecting some slices of powerpunkpop then think again” as Burned As Witches positively drips with big riffs , brilliant solos and beefy chord crunchings.  This is intense, on all levels.  Burned As Witches started as a way to deal with the untimely passing of Ash's long term live agent, friend and rock'n'roll hellraiser Steve Strange in 2021. Inspired by The Strange One's love of metal - this record was conceived in mourning and is all about the doom, full of chunky riffs and weighty themes. Rest very much unassured, Burned As Witches is an out and out rock album.The support act for the chat with Rick is a run through of Record Store Day 2026 which is on 18th April . We talk about key releases and how to prepare for the day.And finally we have a review of Gorillaz recent gig in Belfast which Terry attended.Thanks for listening.

This episode the main feature is our chat with the legend that is Midge Ure. Midge Ure is set to embark on hisvisionary A Man Of TwoWorlds Tour this May and June 2026. The tour marks a bold new live chapter andcoincides with the release of his brand-new studio album, A Man Of Two Worlds,arriving on 8 May, the opening night of the tour.We talk to Midge all about the album and the live show and what we can expect.We also have a chat around the Six Nations, champions league and Terry reviews David Byrne live show in Glasgow.

This pod is dedicated to the Aberdeen Jazz Festival which runs in the City from the 12th to 22nd March. There is lots on and we talk to Ana-Maria from Jazz Scotland all about whats on, where its on and why you should go.