Beard fanzine

Beard Fanzine was founded by Stewart Smith and Neil Jaques in Glasgow, following "much inebriated talk and subliminal musical influences".

• Beard #1 was launched in the Summer of 2003.

• Beard #2 saw Beard win the 2005 EMAP Fanzine award for best music fanzine.

It has quickly become a cult magazine and is popular with musicians, artists and hipsters alike.
In addition to giving underground Scottish acts like Park Attack, Lucky Luke and Hookers Green No1 their first in-depth press, we’ve ran rare interviews with cult legends Robert Wyatt and Shirley Collins. We bagged the first interview with US songwriter Daniel Johnston ahead of the acclaimed documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston and interviewed mystery novelist and country singer Kinky Friedman as he kicked off his thwarted bid to become governor of Texas. Other artists we have interviewed include Devendra Banhart, Alisdair Roberts, Mogwai, Sons & Daughters and star of Emmy-nominated comedy Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Mike Nelson.

May 2007 will see the publication of the long-awaited Beard #6. This bumper edition will feature interviews with resurgent folk spirit Vashti Bunyan, indie greats Silver Jews, Giant Sand maestro Howe Gelb, singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia, anti-folkster Jeffrey Lewis, Glasgow indie-pop heroes BMX Bandits, and British folk guitar deity John Renbourn. We also speak to underground comix legend and Spongebob writer Kaz.. Continuing our commitment to the most exciting new Scottish acts we chat to electro-pop mischief makers Gay Against You and rabble-rousing indie rockers Dananananaykroyd, and review the most thrilling live acts from Glasgow and beyond.

Beardstock

Beard, Glasgow’s finest zine, and VGB concerts present an unforgettable all day musical extravaganza!

Not just a standard gig but an event, with bands, solo artists, exhibitionists and nutters let loose in Glasgow’s newest venue, the 500 capacity Regal Social Club. Inspired by inclusive community ethos of the Green Man Festival, 1960s happenings at the UFO club and the diverse programming of Glasgow festivals as Triptych and Instal, there will be DJs, talks, projections and original art work.

Beard has been covering underground music and culture from Glasgow and beyond since 2003. Inspired by John Peel and Lester Bangs, Beard seeks out the esoteric and underexposed, whether it’s the wildest avant-garde or the sweetest pop.

One Ensemble
Daniel Padden's (Volcano The Bear) avant folk troupe tap into British psych, European improv and Balkan mystery.
http://www.myspace.com/oneensemble

Shining
Chart-busting Norwegian prog-metal berzerkers make their Scottish debut. Combining the synth-horror of Goblin and free-jazz lunacy of John Zorn with bombastic troll-core, they will blow your mind!
http://www.myspace.com/gninihs

PuMaJaW
Psychedelic torch songs and dark folk laments from the Perthshire duo of Pinkie MacLure and John Wills (ex Loop).
http://www.myspace.com/pumajaw

Napoleon IIIrd
Kaleidoscopic DIY laptop pop from the Brainlove Records signing. Cornelius meets XTC!
http://www.myspace.com/boney3

Wounded Knee
Sea shanties, looped vocals, drones and percussion from the Edinburgh noise guru.
http://www.myspace.com/iamwoundedknee

Team Brick
Playful noise insanity, loops and mangled syntax from Geoff Barrow’s (Portishead) Invada label.
http://www.myspace.com/teambrick

Skeleton Bob
Glasgow/Thurso trio sing melancholic country songs about girls and getting drunk.
http://www.myspace.com/therealskeletonbob

Gilded Angels
Slug that bourbon and whoop it up for Glasgow's finest country rock revue!
http://www.myspace.com/thegildedangels

Snakebelt
One half of Glasgow’s mighty Bubblewrap Holocaust (Textile Records) fry your brain with surreal rants, killer Beefheart riffs and monster movie samples!
http://www.myspace.com/textilerecords

Remember, Remember
Dreamy Glass and Eno inspired solo project from multi-instrumentalist Graeme Ronald (Royal We/Multiplies/Mogwai).
http://www.myspace.com/rememberremember

Guanoman
Alarming bass, laptop and glockenspiel molestation from the man behind the Transdimensional Sushi label!
http://www.myspace.com/guanomanmusic

Plus DJ sets from John Brainlove, Jheorgge Bloodfeast (//FAST//, Yo Yo Trix) and the Beard Soundsystem!

http://www.myspace.com/brainloverecords
http://www.myspace.com/fastpunkclub

Beardstock
12pm 'til late.
Sat May 19th
Regal Social Club
Bell St, Merchant City
Glasgow
Only £12. Tickets from Tickets Scotland and Ticketweb.

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