MPT Presented – The Wildhouse – 21st November 2008

Of the three bands who played on Friday, the Wildhouse were the only one that I hadn’t played before. And yet, because when I’d been listening to a lot of Myspaces looking for bands they were the one that jumped out as my sort of band, I had high expectations. And they more than lived…

MPT presented – Esperi, 21st November 2008

Esperi were second on Friday’s bill in the unenviable position of being sandwiched between the noise pop of the Wildhouse and headliners De Rosa. I was initially disappointed when I heard that it was to be a stripped down line-up featuring just Chris and Cat which was going to perform but in actual fact the…

MPT presented – De Rosa – Hustlers, Dundee – 21st November

When I started thinking about Friday night’s gig I was in the fortunate position that the bands I really wanted to put on either hadn’t played Dundee before or hadn’t done so for some considerable time. De Rosa (apart from this) fell into the former category so I was therefore genuinely excited about getting the…

Some you win …

… some you lose. Musically last night was wonderful. The Wildhouse were spectacular, Esperi were lovely and De Rosa were magnificent. Thanks to the guys who made all the above bands sound great. I’ll write about the music in more detail tomorrow. Unfortunately little else went right, in particular the low turn-out. There are probably…

I’m Anxiety Man …

It’s tomorrow. It seems like some people at lesat are going to turn up. I’m looking forward to it, but I’ll be glad when it’s over too. Check out who’s playing by scrolling down …

Quiet/Loud

Friday night isn’t just about De Rosa – it’s about Esperi and The WIldhouse too. It doesn’t seem that long ago that a gig would normally comprise just headliner + support – multi band bills were something of a rarity. Yet, by and large, of late I’ve found that I’ve enjoyed bills with 3 or…