Biography
There are multiple artists that use the name Highstreet:
1) Highstreet is an indie rock / bedroom rock band from the Scottish Highlands. Formed in 2023, the band consists of Ruairidh Stewart (vocals, guitar), Robert Swayne (vocals, guitar), Emma Racionzer (violin), Flynn Wilson (bass) and Polly Noble (drums). Initially starting as a series of YouTube solo acoustic recordings by Ruairidh, much of the eventual lineup met at the Highland Young Musicians program and bonded over the music of Los Campesinos!. The band would form after a series of informal garden shows and played their first public show at the Cottage Bar & Restaurant in Dingwall on May 5th, 2023.
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After further releases of material via YouTube and the Highstreet Returns EP in February 2024, the band began playing a series of shows at the Bike Shed in Inverness. Being the first in the area to play all-ages DIY shows, they quickly began building up a fanbase, being asked to open for Glasgow DIY emo band My Rushmore a few months later. The band announced their debut album in December 2024, with a release date of "when it's finished." Highstreet Loves You was released on April 16th, 2025, accompanied by a headline show at the Audio Lounge, Glasgow on the 26th and a slot at the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival in July.
The band would continue to have a presence in the Scottish central belt DIY scene throughout 2025, releasing the standalone single Knowing She Knows in September and playing the Guide Line x Hunkofplastic Records annual Glasgow all-dayer in November. Saving the Highstreet, an EP consisting of studio versions of the band's earliest material, was released in June 2026.
Polly and Ruairidh have both released solo material, Robert currently plays drums for Glasgow power pop band Cute Boy Band, Flynn was a founding member of Inverness indie rock band Reliever.
2) Highstreet is one of the many aliases of the acid house duo Serge Ramaekers and Dominic Sas. They released three singles throughout the late 80s and early 90s, Revolution, To The Rhythm and Yo! Leave The House.
3) Highstreet was a classic rock band from Sherbrooke, Canada. Formed in 1968, they released their first album She Won't Be Waitin' via Epic Records in 1979, followed by Industrial Strength in 1981 before disbanding the same year.
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