MPT Podcast #3 + A Competition

After almost a year, the 3rd MPT Podcast finally arrives. This one is centred round an interview with the fabulous Kid Canaveral, who release new single ‘You Only Went Out To Get Drunk Last Night’ tomorrow (31st May) on limited edition cassette single. As well as tracks from Kid C, the podcast features music from…

Now I Want To Wake Up

At this rate, somewhere in the middle of LP number 3, We Were Promised Jetpacks will turn into Eagleowl. And I’m only half joking. If there’s one thing I’ve gone on about consistently since the second time I saw them, it’s the rate at which this band seem to have developed. With the release of …

Hold Onto That, Tiger #2

 Malcolm Middleton / Spare Snare / Eagleowl – Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, 22nd May 2010 Given Malcolm Middleton’s official semi-retirement, this show was something of a coup for Tigerfest. However it was clear from the setlist that Mr Middleton has not exactly been idle in his retirement. As well as a previously featured unreleased song (with…

Into The Fold

After just one EP and one single, you might be temped to think that Eagleowl have arrived at a signature sound which could lazily be described as ultra slow post folk. But whilst recently released second EP ‘Into The Fold’ lends weight to that statement in that the two key tracks on the record, the…

Hold Onto That, Tiger!

Midas Fall Caught my first Tigerfest show of the year last night at Cabaret Voltaire in Edinburgh. TV21 were the headliners but first up were 2 younger (much younger!) acts. Midas Fall were on first. A five piece 3 girls/2 boys line-up, their first couple of numbers were inoffensive dream pop and with a fairly…

Hours At A Time

  The Domino reissue of the Triffids’ back catalogue continued last month with the Best of compilation ‘Wide Open Road’. (Keep reading for a chance to win ‘Wide Open Road’). Of far more interest to long term fans is the associated 10 (yes, that’s right, TEN) disc box set ‘Come Ride With Me’ which is stuffed to…