Capturing the love of playing music for music’s sake

Irish film-maker Niall McCann has made a documentary on the Scottish label that gave us such indie heroes as Alex Kapranos and Arab Strap, writes Don O’Mahony.

Niall McCann reckons there’s one thing linking the subjects of his documentaries.

“All the people in my films know they can’t win, necessarily, in a happy ending sort of way, but by persevering and recognising the fact that’s the system that they’re stuck in, they might be able to win.”