With the summer ahead and jam-packed with festivals,

here are five acts you should not miss.

top of the scots

ADMIRAL FALLOW

RACHEL SERMANNIShe may only be twenty, but Sermanni sounds like an older, wiser soul; one who

knows the pain of a broken heart and the longing for an eternity with a soulmate. Being from the small village of Carrbridge in the Highlands didn’t stop Rachel from topping the Coalition Singles charts (compiled by the top twenty independent record stores in the UK) earlier this year with her debut EP, Black Currents. She’s also had her music played on BBC Radio 1 and 2 and supported Elvis Costello, Ron Sexsmith and Michael Kiwanuka.

The focus this year is to release her first album. “All my current songs have been toured for a long time. It’s time to set them free, and this is the right year to do that.”

If there’s one thing that defines this Glaswegian band, it’s their ability to pull a crowd. Having supported the likes of Snow Patrol and Paolo Nutini, their headline

Celtic Connections gig at the O2 ABC earlier this year was a sell out. And if that’s not enough, they’re also gaining popularity on the other side of the pond; their single Squealing Pigs was used in an episode of NBC’s Chuck, with an instrumental mix aired during the Super Bowl 2012.

Recently signed to Nettwerk, their latest album, Tree Bursts In Snow, will be released on 21st May, coming at the end of a two-month tour of the UK and Ireland.

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the twilight Sad

Hailing from Kilsyth, everything about this indie-rock-meets-electro-goth trio screams

‘Scottish’ – from their broad, unmistakable accents, to their melancholic melodies.

With their latest album, No One Can Ever Know, “anti-produced” by Andrew Weatherall and selling on five continents, these guys are preparing to take over the world.

Touring is the name of the game for The Twilight Sad in 2012; having played

throughout both the UK and the US, they’ll be spending April gigging

their way through Europe.

tHE tWILIgHt SAD

they burst onto the music scene last year, and already they’re making a name for themselves. After a self-promoted first album, their second LP’s teaser tracks

have received over a quarter of a million hits. With the release of Brand New Breed’s first single, Let Go, the band made it through to the judging stage of Hard Rock Rising: The Global Battle of the Bands.

Having supported the likes of Backyard Babies and CrashDiet to sell-out crowds, this year is all about PEEPSHOW: “There aren’t really any bands in Scotland that are like us. We’re not shoe-gazing indies; we’re all about theatrics and excitement.”

When avalanche records – Scotland’s biggest independent music retailer – announced they had the best-selling album of 2010, it was no surprise that Kid

Canaveral were quickly snapped up by Fence Records.A year later and the two-boy, two-girl Edinburgh indie-pop group haven’t stopped:

they’ve gigged in New York and at SXSW, had daytime airplay on BBC Radio 1, played both Belladrum and T in the Park and toured with Fence label boss King Creosote.This spring sees the launch of a much-anticipated EP followed by their second album in October. Both full, the band promise, of more “indie-pop tunes you can move around and flail your limbs to.”

KID CANAVERAL

PEEPSHOW

on the edge…

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hung up on whether to try climbing? an experienced

rock climber shows us the ropes.

You feel Pain in your arms, and know you can’t hold on any longer. Although the

wind is cool, your hands are sweaty, and slowly your fingers slide off the grip. The moment before you fall you know it’s coming. It’s the moment you fear the most. The rope tightens when you drop into it. You’re safe.

It is this spirit of freedom and adventure, the gruelling physical challenge and the chance to overcome fears that make people take up climbing. You must believe in your own ability, simultaneously trusting your partner with your life. This adrenaline rush, a natural high, is what attracts growing num-bers of people to climbing.

The British Mountaineering Club has seen an increase in membership by 280% over the last twenty years. More than two thirds of these participants are reported to climb both indoors and out. What used to be seen exclusively as a sport for the supremely fit has now become popular among all sorts.

Ian Archibald, an experi-enced hobby climber from Edinburgh, tells Buzz, “every-one can take up climbing, it doesn’t matter how fit you are. I got into climbing through a friend who took me with her after I climbed her balcony in the middle of the night to get a pack of cigarettes out of her room for her.”

Ian climbs both with the Edinburgh University Mountaineering Club and privately with people he’s met through climbing. He recom-mends that those interested in climbing go with someone

experienced, and begin at an indoor climbing centre, moving outside as they develop skill.

“Indoor climbing has the advantage that it allows you to train in techniques, feel safe with the rope and learn your limits. The advantage of outdoor climbing is you’re not restricted to one colour but can use everything you can find to hold onto,” he explains, referring to indoor climbing walls’ colour-coded routes that allow climbers to learn different techniques.

You don’t need to have much equipment in order to start climbing; just comfortable sports clothing, a water bottle and some food. Indoor climb-ing centres provide shoes and a

Learn More Here:

edinburgh international Climbing arena ratho, south Platt hill, newbridge eh28 8aa. www.eica-ratho.com0131 333 6333

Mountaineering Club of scotlandwww.mcofs.org.uk

harness. Most centres also offer introductory courses that teach the basics of safe and efficient climbing.

So, within a short period of time, you too can be out there conquering mountaintops.

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