Sex Shop In Montreal

Emma Pollock Let’s Get Lyrical – A Lyrical Deathmatch – Cargo vs Chemikal Underground with Emma Pollock, Alan Bissett, Lord Cutglass, Doug Johnstone, Ryan van Winkle, Rodge Glass, Kirsten Innes and A.L. Kennedy Whilsy it would be wrong to describe the weekend just past as the weekend from hell it was certainly a time sucking…

SXSW Bound

Kid Canaveral / Randolph’s Leap / Martin John Henry – Stereo, Glasgow – 24th February 2011 Last night’s showed (promoted by Peenko who seems set on a Toad style music business takeover) was specifically designed to help send Kid Canaveral over to SXSW (and hopefully bring them back!). And with a decent turnout it should…

Toad Tickets

I haven’t managed along yet to an Ides of Toad gig but the one at the bottom of the above flier is the one that really caught my eye. I loved Thee Single Spy’s single ‘OK Corral’ last year and am waiting impatiently for the buggers to release their debut LP. Since it was Song,…

My Time On Earth Was Unknown

Our lives are wrapped up with little coincidences and so it is with this record by the Paradise Motel. I first came across the band when they supported Mercury Rev early in 1999 at the Garage in Glasgow. Although I bought their, then current, second LP ‘Flight Paths’ they subsequently dropped from view and seemed…

Vic Godard Coming To Dundee

The poster pretty much says it all. Vic Godard and Subway Sect are playing Dexters in Dundee on Sunday 13th March. Two excellent support acts too in Spectorbullets and Edinburgh School for the Deaf. Tickets currently available in Groucho’s in Dundee and also available online here. On Facebook here. New Vic Godard interview here. New…

In Glorious Technicolor

The start of 2011 seems to be simply awash with records I want to hear. The latest of these is ‘Propeller versus Wings’ by Zoey van Goey released at the start of this week on Chemikal Underground. ZVG’s debut ‘The Cage Was Unlocked All Along’ was a surprise hit in these quarters – or at…