No Happy Endings

OK, I’ll confess it up front. When it became clear that Lucas Renney was abandoning the sort of up tempo material that the Golden Virgins did so well, I was a little concerned. Not at the quality of the early demos but just at how this might translate over a full length LP. I needn’t…

Long Time Coming

Apologies for the lack of posts last week. I had planned on doing a number of things whilst I was away but although they were largely written I wasn’t able to upload them due to “internet connection” issues. So expect regular posts in the next few days! One of the very first posts I wrote…

Panda Su Too

The final act confirmed for the MPT show on Sunday 29th November at the Westport Bar in Dundee will be the wonderful Panda Su. I’ve seen her perform twice this year in Dundee and Edinburgh and a fortnight ago she held the launch for her debut LP ‘Sticks and Bricks’. The EP was somewhat delayed…

The 3 B’s – Iain Banks (Havoc Rocks)

Iain Banks has been on something of a roll as far as I’m concerned in recent years. It’s been a while since I didn’t enjoy one of his books and ‘Transition’ isn’t the book to break that run. There’s been some debate as to why ‘Transition’ isn’t an Iain M Banks novel because it is…

MPT Presents Again

Yes, the rumours are true. There will be another MPT presents show in Dundee on Sunday 29th November. Confirmed to play so far are Saint Jude’s Infirmary, whose second LP ‘This Has Been The Death of Us’ is released tomorrow, Kid Canaveral who released new EP ‘Left and Right’ a couple of weeks ago and…

Statement of Intent

June was a busy month for quality LPs and it didn’t come as much of a surprise that there’s been something of a fallow period since. October though is shaping up to surpass even June in terms of auntity and maybe even quality. This month sees new LPs released by Lucas Renney, The Twilight Sad,…