I wasn't just sitting around watching the bands & drinking tea in McChuill's at the weekend, oh no. Interviewing the bands was all part of the day and first off I caught up with Alan Gemmel, guitarist of The Bucky Rage, bassist of The Kosher Pickles, and one of the organisers of Buckfest 2015.

DS - Alan, tell me about Buckfest i.e. how it got started and why you think it is able to carry on year after year? Also, as it's a free event, what are the incentives for the bands involved to come and play?

AG - Buckfest has been running for the last five or six years, it’s basically an annual all day party. We invite a bunch of our favourite bands to come play and get messed up with us. We started it with a view to getting some out of town bands over to play with the bands we played with loads, looking to forge links with places a bit further away so that all the bands involved could get to meet each other and all benefit from travelling to new places for return gigs. It’s quite an easy affair to organise, and depending what the Bucky Rage have been up to kind of decides for us who we book. It’s basically a big excuse to get a bunch of our friends together and listen to the kind of music we all like!

I think it manages to do well and keep going because it’s a simple concept, and brings together a bunch of like minded people and has always been organised with a good, fun day out as the most important aspect. The bands are always looked after, treated with the warmth and respect that The Bucky Rage look for when we are playing.  

A lot of these bands we have been playing with for years, and like ourselves it’s great to see how everyone progresses. As everyone gets more gigs further afield and releases new records and CDs, as well as their own lives moving on, having kids etc., it can sometimes feel that Buckfest becomes the time of the year when we all catch up. Years ago it would not be uncommon for The Rage to play gigs with a lot of these bands a few times a month, certainly speaking for The Bucky Rage we play less gigs than we used to now that 3 of us have young kids, and jobs that are a bit more full time etc. that kind of limits how much time you can spend away from home.

DS - And so to The Bucky Rage. What can we look forward to in the not too distant future?

AG - We have a new EP coming out fairly soon. It’s all been recorded, just finishing the mixes. We’ve started organising gigs for next year, got a couple of shows booked down South and looking to organise some more European gigs. Got a few things booked up for the rest of the year, and just getting on with the usual stuff. Practicing, writing and bamming each other up!

Next in line for a chinwag was guitarist and singer of Geek Maggot Bingo - Acid Maggot. 

DS - Can you tell me why your band are supporting Buckfest this year?

AM - The Bucky Rage are good pals of ours - they may deny it to keep their street cred but they love us really! Hey, they must at least like us as they keep asking us back to Buckfest! Between my old band and Geek Maggot Bingo, I've played at most (if not all?) Buckfests and it's always wild, riotous and sometimes (always) a bit (a lot) on the chaotic side. We wouldn't have it any other way!

DS - And what are Geek Maggot Bingo are up to at the moment, what can we look forward to? It sounds like you have a lot of exciting things happening just now ...

AM - We recorded an album's worth of material last year at Angus McPake's Ravencraig Studio and we're still looking at how to release it properly. We've had some label interest and that's definitely the road we'd prefer to go down for the sake of releasing on vinyl and having some distribution.

One of the songs ('Where It's At') we recorded was written as a thank-you for Elvis Shakespeare [the Edinburgh book and record shop] and we self released that on CD along with four covers. There aren't many copies left now but if anyone wants one (we're not making any more once they're gone), they can get a copy from the New Hellfire Club shop (Glasgow), Elvis Shakespeare, our gigs, or our Bandcamp page.

Another of the songs from the Ravencraig session has been used as the theme tune for a documentary called ‘42nd Street Memories’ which is available on the DVD and BluRay of ‘Anthropophagus’ from 88 Films and is getting an American release on the BluRay of ‘Pieces’ from Grindhouse Releasing.

We've got enough songs ready for another album so we're looking to record that as soon as we can and we've also got some film related things happening but that's all very hush-hush for now.

The next gig that we're really looking forward to (we look forward to all gigs but this one's extra special) is with The Bonnevilles at the Franklin Rock 'n' Roll Club (Edinburgh) on 28th November. Tickets are on sale from The Parlour Bar in Edinburgh. Last time we played there with The Bonnevilles, it sold out and a fair few people who turned up to pay on the door were unfortunately turned away, so anyone who wants to go should get in there and buy a ticket right away.

Later on in the day B-Side Boy was happy to answer a few questions.

DS - B-Side Boy, please introduce yourself ...

BSB - Well basically B-Side Boy is just me on my own. I'm a one man music machine who makes music because I have to or my brain will explode. I sing and play along to specially prepared backing tracks while jumping about in a dress and heels. Oh and I wear a top hat too :) Having been in and out of bands for many years, I thought I'd give going solo a try. I've been doing B-Side Boy for a year and this will only be my fourth gig. Also I've put together two albums in this time (The Other Side of B-Side Boy & Throw Enough Shit, Some Of It Sticks) and am midway through a third as yet untitled one. They can all be streamed or downloaded (name your price) from my bandcamp page.

DS - And what does playing Buckfest mean to you?

BSB - I've known the Bucky Rage for many years and I especially love playing Buckfest because of the consistent quality line-up they procure. I feel honoured to be a part of it, that's probably the primary incentive. It's always a great night! Secondly I honestly do love playing music, I tend to be rubbish at everything else.

DS - What is next for B-Side Boy?

BSB - As for gigs the only other one I have at the moment is Sinister Wink at The Bungo bar on Sunday 29th November where I may throw in a Serge Gainsbourg or Technotronic cover. That will be an acoustic show so I may wear a slightly more informal dress at that one!

With new album In Dream out, Editors are back out on the road again. We sent photographer Greg Shingler down to catch the guys in action.

Glasgow (October 18) and Newcastle (October 20) are the band's only remaining UK dates that aren't already sold out and from October 28 they'll be in France, The Netherlands & Germany.

In Dream is available from amazon & iTunes.

More pictures can be found on our Flickr here.

Circa Waves are currently tearing their way through a mammoth UK tour, we sent photographer Greg Shingler down to Bristol Academy to capture the band in action.

 On the road in support of debut album Young Chasers they have dates left Manchester, Birmingham and Oxford before jetting off to Jakarta.

 Young Chasers is available from amazon & iTunes.

 The rest of Greg's photographs from the Bristol show can be viewed here.

What are the best One Hit Wonders of all time?

Music artists constantly work to produce tracks that people love. Getting a single in the Top 40 in the UK is a huge accolade to musical talent. However, some artists and bands manage to release a song that gets massive appreciation, yet their other work does not get the same reaction from the public. When this happens many people refer to this as a one hit wonder.

In celebration of One Hit Wonder Day on September 25th, Best Offers Bingo has conducted a survey of over 1400 people across the UK asking ‘what is the best one hit wonder?’ The results are as follows:

Deep Blue Something - 'Breakfast At Tiffany’s': 191 votes

'Breakfast At Tiffany's' was first recorded in 1995 by Deep Blue Something. It originally appeared on the album 11th Song. The song was later re-recorded and released on their next album Home. It was the band's biggest and only hit, peaking at number five in the US Hot 100. The single also topped the charts in the United Kingdom, as well as peaking at number three in both Australia and Ireland and number four in Canada. Unfortunately Deep Blue Something did not manage to keep their music career flying high. Follow-up singles failed to match its success, hence the reason for the band's classification as a one-hit wonder.

Cornershop - 'Brimful Of Asha': 93 votes

'Brimful of Asha' is an instantly recognizable 1997 single by Cornershop. It originally reached number 60 in the UK Singles Chart in 1997.  However, Norman Cook, aka Fat Boy Slim saw potential in the song and a remixed version became both a radio and critical success.

Kriss Kross – 'Jump': 67 votes

Kris Kross was a hip hop double act formed in the early 1990s and consisted of James Christopher "Mac Daddy" and Christopher HE "Daddy Mac" Smith. They hit worldwide status with the smash 1992 'Jump'. The single was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and certified double platinum as a single. It occupied the number two slot in the UK. Kris Kross were also noted for their fashion style, which consisted of wearing their clothing backwards.

Crash Test Dummies - 'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm': 65 votes

"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" doesn't sound like much of a hit. But this song went '90s “viral” in 1993. It was released in October of that year as the first single from their second album God Shuffled His Feet. The song was successful all around the world, peaking at number one in Germany, Australia and in the US. It also became a top five hit in the UK and the US Billboard charts. Brad Roberts, the writer of the song, told The Independent, "When I wrote that song, it didn't flow through me, I wasn't inspired. I sat down and I decided I had certain themes that I wanted to make sure I handled in a way that wasn't sentimental but at the same time was powerful and poignant. I wanted to put a funny angle on it without being merely slapstick. It all boils down to careful scrutiny of what you're doing, your rational faculties being brought into play." The song is famous for being a mixture of imperfect perfection with a splash of plain weirdness.

The rest of the results from the one hit wonders survey:

White Town - 'Your Woman' 47
Rozalla - 'Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good)' 47
Divinyls - 'I Touch Myself' 41
Eagle-Eye Cherry - 'Save Tonight' 40
Sir Mix A Lot - 'Baby’s Got Back' 33
Ini Kamoze - 'Hotstepper' 31
Joan Osborne - 'One Of Us' 26
OMC - 'How Bizarre' 25
Stereo MCs - 'Connected' 21 (odd seeing as 'Step It Up' achieved a higher chart placing)
Andreas Johnson - 'Glorious' 16

Are these the best one hit wonders of all time? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!