Edwyn Collins

100 & Single: Three Rules To Define The Term "One-Hit Wonder" In 2012

You could hear the sigh of relief among pop fans a couple of weeks ago, when Carly Rae Jepsen's single with Owl City, "Good Time," broke into the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100. In his weekly chart roundup, veteran columnist Paul Grein remarked, "'Good Time' is an appropriately positive title for a ... More >>

Q&A: Edwyn Collins On How Surviving A Stroke Forced Him To Write Simpler, Better Songs

"My singing is fluent. Talking is still a long way to go, but my singing is perfect. Listen to me, big-headed." Pic by Lawrence Watson​Edwyn Collins' Losing Sleep (Downtown), which gets its stateside release March 22, is the first record the former Orange Juice frontman recorded front to back ... More >>

Week In Review: "In Reality, There Is No Greatest of All Time"

​"In reality, there is no greatest of all time," wrote Prodigy, wisely from prison. This sort of wisdom resonates in a week during which Phil Collins says "That's All" (sort of) to his epic career, and the Dropkick Murphys make a confusing Billboard Top Ten debut with an album called Going Out ... More >>

Edwyn Collins

Orange Juice for Everyone

Scottish post-punks rip it up over a seven-disc box set

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