My Kind Of Show

  TV21/We Were Promised Jetpacks – Glasgow, Accies Club – Oxjam Benefit, 27th October 2007 After the arena show the night before this, to be honest, was more my sort of gig. The attendance might only have been a hundredth of the SECC gig, but at least you could hear the bands properly. The venue…

Expanding Blogroll

Have come back in tonight to find a comparative explosion in traffic. Part of that seems at least to be down to two new blogs recommending MPT. It only seems fair to say – back at you chaps! So, Sweeping the Nation and This Recording, thanks very muchly. If you’re not already acquainted with them,…

Minority Report – Arcade Fire live

Arcade Fire – SECC, Glasgow – 26th October 2007 Let me say at the outset – it could just be me being a miserable bastard. But tonight’s Arcade Fire gig in Glasgow was a disappointment. I’d been moderately dreading the show because the venue doesn’t have a good reputation sound-wise. It shouldn’t therefore be a…

Myspace Jukebox Jury (5) – The Phantom Band

This wasn’t a conscious decision to revive this feature, but rather an impulse in aquiet moment to follow up a link in the last Chemikal Underground mailout. The Phantom Band are Chemikal’s latest signings and, judging by their Myspace, a good one. There are 4 tracks on offer which illustrate that this isn’t a band…

Give Me Something To Believe In

Bob Mould – Circle of Friends (DVD – MVD Visual 2007) The new Bob Mould live DVD, ‘Circle of Friends’ arrived in the mail the other day and it’s absolutely superb. A record of the closing show of his 2005 full band tour from Washington DC’s 9.30 Club, ‘Circle …’ is a blast through the…

Losing Control

Went to see ‘Control‘ the other night and was very impressed. Any film based on true events always has a thin line to tread between representing the truth and fitting the truth into a movie format but director Anton Corbijn walks that line brilliantly, no doubt in large part due to the involvement of many…