Record Store Day 2011

Record Store Day appears to be getting bigger and better each year. This year there is an extensive list of exclusive records available only from the participating shops. Click here for details. And for Avalanche Records in Edinburgh, Record Store Day seems to be turning into Record Store Week (and a bit!). There will be…

My Name Is … Pliny

“And these are observations I have made.” As a kind of follow-up to my review of the Andrew Earles’s Hüsker Dü book here’s a little update on Grant Hart. After the release of new LP ‘Hot Wax’ at the tail end of 2009, Hart has plundered his back catalogue for two reissues, both with their…

Things Have Never Quite Been The Same Since We Were Nearly Jailed

Every now and then a record comes along that for some intangible reason sucks you into its orbit and simply refuses to let go. ‘Factorycraft’ by FOUND is one such record. Which is, in many ways, entirely appropriate because I ended up feeling intrigued rather than blown away by the three live shows I saw…

Phantom Video

Ah what it is to have a social conscience (of sorts). That’s this evening pretty much gone and I haven’t had a chance to finish my review of ‘Factorycraft’ yet. Tomorrow. To avoid a three day gap then here’s something I only found today. To mark the weekly anniversary of the Phantom Band’s brilliant show…

The World Is My Entire

After a long silence on the recordings front, the new Wildhouse E.P. ‘Good Morning, Captain’, released on Monday, marks a welcome return to active duty. The four track release can perhaps best be compared to those classic early 90’s 12″ singles. Thinking in those terms, Side 1 sees the band showing their more focussed and…

Newsy Stuff

A little Dundee music related news. I’ve mentioned this show before but since it’s only a couple of  weeks away it seems worth mentioning again. Two Winners, who put on the Meursault/Fuzzy Lights show in Dundee in November, have a very attractive double header with Mitchell Museum and the Scottish Enlightenment on Thursday 7th April…