Never Stop ’til You Reach The Sky

Isa & The Filthy Tongues – Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 29th December 2008 It’s been a fairly quiet year gig-wise for Isa & the Filthy Tongues but the relative inactivity certainly hasn’t dulled their instincts for putting on a good show. Nor does it seem to have hurt their drawing power because last night’s show at…

Merry Christmas!

A brief post to wish everyone out there a Merry Christmas and to point you in the direction of some free goodies. The new 50 Foot Wave EP ‘Power and Light’ is now streaming here. One 25 minute piece of music, on one listen so far it sounds a) like a logical progression from ‘Golden…

Nightmare In Govan (2)

All Christmas parties should be like ‘Burst Noel’. From where we’re standing/pogoing it’s a resounding success and, personally, a far more enjoyable experience than my works’ night out the previous week. Don’t you think that every 20 years or so I should get to bring my colleagues along to something like this?? First on were…

Nightmare In Govan

Malcolm Middleton’s  ‘Burst Noel’ was an absolutely brilliant night. A great venue, 4 great bands, a few pints and some festive entertainment all combined to produce my gig of the year. The Vinyl Villain and I even managed to talk pish to Emma Pollock for a few minutes.  Sorry, Emma! I’ll reflect on the music…

Lust and Sin Is All That I Want

The Phantom Band‘s debut LP ‘Checkmate Savage’ seems to have been a long time coming – but it’s been well worth the wait. The LP doesn’t come out officially until 26th January but I managed to short-circuit the wait by picking up a promo in Edinburgh the other week. The label of “krautrock, swamp-rock and…

Year of the Rabbit – Frightened Rabbit live

Frightened Rabbit/The Grace Emilys – Fat Sam’s, Dundee, 10th December 2008 “I want to have your rabbits!” That comment near the start of last night’s show (and its implicit devotion), perhaps as well as anything emphasised the journey that Frightened Rabbit have taken in the last 12 months. They’ve gone from promising but struggling indie…