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On April 19th 2008, Metallica opened the first at in San Francisco and the event has quickly spread worldwide. This year's event takes place on Saturday 16th April.and music enthusiasts will gather worldwide at their local independent record shop to show their support and pick up one of the multitude of special limited edition releases available on the day.

will release an EP of Franz Ferdinand covers with Debbie Harry, ESG, LCD Soundsystem and Peaches taking on tracks from the band's Tonight LP while Frightened Rabbit and The Twilight Sad are set to team up for a special limited edition cassette of unreleased material. Head on over to for the full list.

Stores around Scotland will also be celebrating the day and whether your local store has live performances or not, it's worth heading down there to check out what's going on and have a look at the special releases available.

Aberdeen

- live performances from , Craig John Davidson and Seas Stally

Dundee

- live performances from and .

Edinburgh

- live performances from Frightened Rabbit, , and Gordon McIntyre of .

- live performances from , The Paul McKenna Band, , Iain McLaughlin and .

- Dj sets from FOUND, Fudge Fingas, , and .

Glasgow

- live performances from Admiral Fallow, Pearl and the Puppets (solo acoustic set), Woodenbox With A Fistful Of Fivers, The Zips, , , , and The Hollows.

- live performances from Frightened Rabbit, Palms, Iain Shaw and The Membranes, Dj sets from Gerry Love (Teenage Fanclub), Paul Thompson (Franz Ferdinand) and Russell Elder.

- Dj sets from Instra:mental, Koreless, The Blessings and Stephen Brown.

Greenock

Rhythmic Records

Paisley

Stirling

- live performances from , , , , Adam Donaldson, Craig Hughes and Andrew Huggan.

Watch an as yet untitled fresh new track from the 8-bit electronica wonder that is Unicorn Kid, filmed live at the (South by Southwest) festival in Austin, Texas.

We'll have more clips shortly from SXSW and watch out for a SXSW special on Artworks Scotland set for broadcast during the summer.

Kid Canaveral join King Creosote on stage to perform No Way She Exists at the Scottish Showcase at the (South by Southwest) festival in Austin, Texas. We'll have more clips shortly from SXSW and watch out for a SXSW special on Artworks Scotland set for broadcast during the summer.

We first came across the at last year's Homegame festival and they've been working away on their debut album for since then. The first teasers of the forthcoming long player have appeared on the and show a more electronic direction than previous work but with the harmonies intact.

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Look out for the album's release later in the year and here's their camper van session filmed at Homegame in case you missed it.

Edinburgh's FOUND recently signed to Chemikal Underground and the first fruit of their collective labour is the factorycraft LP. The band dropped in on The Vic Galloway Show on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland to play tracks from the album and cover Cate Le Bon's Eyes So Bright.

Watch two tracks below and listen again to the full show for more information and a third track.

FOUND - I'll Wake With A Seismic Head No More

FOUND - Eyes So Bright

We've reached the final part in our history of the jazz piano with . Over the past seven days we've covered a variety of legendary jazz pianists and today Bill Evans is in the spotlight.

Don't forget you can still listen back to previous installments:

History of the Piano Pt 1 - Scott Joplin/Jelly Roll Morton
History of the Piano Pt 2 - Fats Waller
History of the Piano Pt 3 - Art Tatum
History of the Piano Pt 4 - Count Basie
History of the Piano Pt 5 - The Bebop Era
History of the Piano Pt 6 - Oscar Peterson

We continue our journey through the history of jazz piano with a glance into the world of Oscar Peterson.

Don't forget you can still listen back to previous installments:

History of the Piano Pt 1 - Scott Joplin/Jelly Roll Morton
History of the Piano Pt 2 - Fats Waller
History of the Piano Pt 3 - Art Tatum
History of the Piano Pt 4 - Count Basie
History of the Piano Pt 5 - The Bebop Era

Confusingly, Beardyman is 100% beardless. Once you get past this awkward reality however, you'll find a world full of beatbox driven fun and games. His unique talent of using only voice to create a cacophony of sounds has been holding audience's attention with ease for the past few years at clubs and festivals worldwide. While known mostly for his live work, he's just released his first full length album in the shape of .

Long time cohort has put together this handy minimix to give you a taste of the album.

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We caught the man himself in action at T in the Park in 2009 and you can watch this clip below for a snippet of the live Beardyman experience.

Beardyman also performed Where Does Your Mind Go from my album for the and you can watch this below.

Bebop is in focus as we continue our history of jazz piano with . Today, we'll look at the work of pianists such as Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk and Lennie Tristano.

Don't forget you can still listen back to previous installments:

History of the Piano Pt 1 - Scott Joplin/Jelly Roll Morton
History of the Piano Pt 2 - Fats Waller
History of the Piano Pt 3 - Art Tatum
History of the Piano Pt 4 - Count Basie