We’ll Follow You Home – Broken Chanter live

Broken Chanter / Raveloe – The Old Lab, Summerhall, Edinburgh – Thursday 11th April 2024 and Broken Chanter / The Cords / Raveloe – Beat Generator Live, Dundee – Saturday 13th April 2024 Two gigs – one review. But before getting to the shows, it’s maybe worth taking stock a little. With the third Broken…

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Hope Is Essential – Broken Chanter interview

Since first catching Kid Canaveral live in 2009, it’s been a pleasure to follow the career of the Canaverals’ principal song-writer, David MacGregor firstly through the three albums released by the band and now under his Broken Chanter guise as a solo artist. David has just released the third Broken Chanter album ‘Chorus of Doubt’…

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You’re On To Something – Robert Poss interview

This interview was originally published on is this music? Singer/guitarist Robert Poss has ploughed a distinctive furrow since the demise of Band of Susans in the mid 1990s by continuing to explore his lifelong love of sound, particularly those that can be wrought from the electric guitar. Whilst he’s been working continually, his five solo…

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Another Day – The Jesus and Mary Chain live in Edinburgh

The Jesus and Mary Chain – The Usher Hall, Edinburgh – Wednesday 27th March 2024 As is often the case, over the years, my relationship with the Jesus & Mary Chain is a bit uneven. Although I own all but one of the albums and saw one of the early 20 minute sets,  I’d only…

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March 2024 Listening

Ten Records 1. (4) Nadine Shah – Filthy Underneath (EMI North, 2024)2. (New) Robert Poss – Drones, Songs, and Fairy Dust (Trace Elements, 2024)3. (7) The Paranoid Style – The Interrogator (Bar None, 2024)4. (New) Echo Machine – Accidental Euphoria (Assai Recordings, 2024)5. (8) Savage Mansion – The Shakes (Lost Map 2024)6. (New) The Jesus…

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