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Hello! My name is Margot MacLeod, I am in my final year studying Music Business at Perth UHI. I previously completed my HNC and HND in Music Business at Glasgow Kelvin College from 2022-2024. 

I started my zine, Gunshot Glitter in 2022. This has allowed me to interview and review local, and touring bands. I also created two physical zines. 

In 2024, I started a podcast called "Message From Home" with my co-host Nina DeFelice. We have interviewed people working in the local Glasgow music scene. So far, we have released 8 episodes. 

In 2025, I started writing for Clash Magazine. 

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Explore a featured selection of my writing work below.
Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews •

Olivia Dean's Stunning Glasgow OVO Hydro Show Marks Her Class | Live | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

The grounds of Glasgow’s OVO Hydro was scattered in polka dots and slick back buns, as fans congregated outside, bathed in a rare, pink Glasgow sunset. It was the opening night of Olivia Dean’s sold-out arena tour, The Art of Loving Live, kicking off in the city where, just two years before, Dean played to a crowd of 300 in a sold-out King Tuts, since then, Dean has found herself at the centre of the cultural zeitgeist as one of the UK’s biggest stars. —


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“It’s the art of loving” Dean beg...
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Next Wave #1160: Erin LeCount | Next Wave | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

On a muggy mid-week morning, Erin LeCount answered a call in a shed adorned with fake sunflowers and draping curtains. “It’s falling apart. The flowers are to stop the sap from the wood!” she proclaims. As LeCount is a self-proclaimed Essex girl, we dove straight into her identity. “I bleach the shit out of my hair,” she reflects on her roots. “I had such a strong Essex accent… As I sang more I was almost trained out of it, which I feel sad about. I used to tell everyone I was from London.” When...
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Next Wave: Fletchr Flechr | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

On an October afternoon, just before Fletchr Fletchr were away to soundcheck for Glasgow’s Tenement Trail Festival, Clash sat down with two out of four band members, vocalist Rohan Fletcher, lead guitarist Adam Sanders (and their manager, Jack) at Glasgow’s indie-vegan haunt, Mono Cafe Bar and Venue.


Over a vegan spice bag, they talk about the night before in the outskirts of Glasgow. “We went into a bar last night, and we ended up talking to everyone, which I feel like is a common occurrence...
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Live Report: Blondshell - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow  | Live | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

A stir of punters waiting to see Blondshell, ranging from teens, 20-somethings, cuffed chino millennials, and Radio 6 Dads, queued at the doors of the Queen Margaret Union, a display of 60s-era Brutalist architecture in the heart of Glasgow’s west end student hub. With doors opening swiftly at 7pm, the only holdups were from the indie crowd trying to bring in their film cameras. 


Blondshell herself declared young Glaswegians cool, saying on her Instagram story, “You are all so cool with your...
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"If You've Got An Idea And A Vision, Stick By It" Water Machine In Conversation | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Diving head first into the Glasgow music scene in 2022, Water Machine have since garnered a loyal audience of indie, and art-punk fans alike. Having amassed work with Glasgow promoters Pop Mutations, and benchmark venue of DIY culture – MONO. Water Machine continue to dispense what they describe as “realistic escapism,” as they sing their way through the romance of everyday life – indoor art fairs, office crushes, getting high in the park.Having previously been signed with Glasgow’s GoldMold Rec...
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Highland Hospitality: Katie Gregson-MacLeod Interviewed | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

“This is the Times Square of Inverness!” jokes Katie Gregson-MacLeod as we sat outside twee cafe The Milk Bar, our conversation interrupted by the hubbub of the Highlands tourist season – and a tractor at one point – as dainty raindrops slowly drenched us. 


“I see all these people every day. This is what I like about being back here,” she says, having just chatted away to a local musician friend. Every so often, someone would walk past, their hands positioned driving an imaginary wheel, follo...
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"Being Vulnerable Has Been Scary For Me" Keo Interviewed | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Like a swan gliding across the surface with full grace, Keo is creating ripples under the water, pulsing through music communities both live and online. Their debut five-track EP ‘Siren’ delves into moments of personal reflection, the collapse of relationships, the burdens of mental health, and life through the lens of a young man brushing the edges of adulthood.


Keo is made up of vocalist and songwriter Finn Keogh, joined by older brother Conor on bass, drummer Oli Spackman, and guitarist Ji...

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