Have your say... on the UtR forum

There's nothing like a good debate.

And whether the issue has been critical hatchet jobs or the death of music journalism, we've had a few here on UtR.

But comment threads under blog posts have their limitations. They're a bit transient; check back in a few days and they're likely to be well down the page, if not gone altogether.

So we've set up a forum page on Under the Radar, which will hopefully become an integral part of the site. The button is now up on the menu bar above, but if your mouse hand is feeling particularly lazy you can also get to it by clicking here.

To kick it off we've created threads on bands and gigs to watch out for, so expect a raft of unsigned musos and hype-hungry promoters to have their two cents' worth.

But - within the gargantuan expanse of the Scottish music scene - anything goes, so start your own topics, join the debate and keep it clean.

(There's no need to register but if you do you get to do cool stuff like change your avatar.)

Let battle commence...