News, views and opinions from a Gàidheal
This month wasn’t much of a month for finding new songs but rediscovering ones on my iPod that I hadn’t given the chance they deserved. It’s a mix of deep house, a touch of drum and bass, and a healthy kick of London beat (almost reggae) in there too and they all blend into each other quite nicely. It might seem like an unusual mix, but I can assure you they are all great songs. Clean Bandit – “Dust Clears” “Rather Be” was a rather — Read more →
With this blog I will have made it to the milestone of 100 posts (not counting translations of my Gàidhlig pieces), which is something I’m pretty happy about. When I opened up this site in October, I wondered whether I’d have the drive and determination to keep writing posts a few times a week even a few months down the line. Thankfully, I have – and it has reaffirmed the fact that writing is something I really enjoy and something I’d hope to do for — Read more →
This is an English translation of the original post “Na Fuadaichean: Air Dhiochuimhneachadh?“ In school, whether you like it or not, we all learn about the history of our country. It’s extremely important that we know about what happened to our ancestors and why our country and the world around is how it is. But in the history at school, in Scotland as a whole, one subject is neglected more than it should be. That subject is the Highland Clearances – and I’m of the — Read more →
Truly new first-person shooters don’t come around too often, especially from well-known and esteemed development teams, so expectations for Titanfall were sky-high. What they’ve produced is one of the best new IP to come out for years, but one that doesn’t quite shake the Earth completely either. The premise of Titanfall is rather simple, but the game does a good job of giving things a bit of depth. In a world far away, two factions: the IMC and the Militia are squaring off against each — Read more →
The Hoosiers are one of my favourite bands, with their first album being perhaps one of my favourite of all time and their second producing some of my favourite songs. It’s always worrying when you don’t hear much of a band for a while, and it had been three years-plus before The Hoosiers’ announced that they would be releasing a new album: The News from Nowhere. After splitting with their label Sony, rightfully because of the way they promoted, or rather didn’t, their last album — Read more →
