Sunderland Picking

Field Music / Lucas Renney – Nice’nSleazy’s, Glasgow – Wednesday 24th February Lucas Renney A late night and some slightly dodgy driving conditions were the prices to be paid to catch the first appearance in Scotland of long time MPT favourite Lucas Renney as a solo artist. Many will know Lucas from his role as…

Are You The Boys In The Band?

I’ll be honest. Last year I didn’t imagine that I’d be writing about a Gong Fei record. Whilst they were impressive in a live setting I did think they may just be a bit too shouty, too angular for my tastes. Too young really. And the demos on their Myspace at the time frankly weren’t…

A couple of quick things

Photos of Kid Canaveral, babygod and Cancel the Astronauts from the Wee Red Bar on Saturday (like the one above) can now be found here. And a reminder too of the February MPT giveaway.  To stand a chance of winning the Chem087 CD + DVD package, answer the following question: How many Chemikal Underground acts…

Kid Canaveral/Babygod/Cancel The Astronauts

Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh – Saturday 13th February 2010 Kid Canaveral This three band bill turned out to be the perfect way to forget a depressing afternoon. Which isn’t perhaps a surprise given that, at the moment, no band in Scotland is more guaranteed to put a smile on my face than headliners Kid Canaveral….

MPT Giveaway – February 2010

As some sort of consolation (sic) for the lack of postings on here recently, here’s the first in what looks like being a monthly series of MPT giveaways, for the next few months at least. Up for grabs is the very fine Chem087 CD/DVD set. The CD features 19 tracks from the Chemikal back catalogue…

At Last

For all music fans there are records which signify when they really discover their thing. For me these date from 1980-1 and would include Echo & The Bunnymen’s ‘Crocodiles’, The Teardrop Explodes’ ‘Kilimanjaro’, the Comsat Angels’ ‘Waiting for a Miracle’ and even U2’s ‘Boy’. The final record in that list is ‘A Thin Red Line’…