24 Hours and Counting

OK – less than 24 hours til doors open at Dexter’s tomorrow (30th June) for Edinburgh School for the Deaf. The running order: 08.15 ish The Shithawks (interview) 09.00 ish Hookers for Jesus (interview) 09.45 ish Man Without Machines (interview + video) 10.45 ish Edinburgh School for the Deaf (interview + video) Tickets on the…

Distortion and Happiness – Edinburgh School for the Deaf interview

Since they last appeared in Dundee back in March Edinburgh School for the Deaf have released their debut single ‘Orpheus Descending’ and their debut LP ‘New Youth Bible‘, both on Bubblegum Records. Ahead of their performance at Dexter’s on Thursday, Manic Pop Thrills finds out from Grant and Jamie from the band  what’s been going…

Car Park Heroes – Man Without Machines interview

The third band on stage on Thursday night at Dexter’s will be Man Without Machines. The band was started essentially as a solo project by Adam Lockhart but the live shows are played by a full band with Adam joined by Val Campbell (synth), Andrew Mitchell (bass & synth) and Michael Benbow (drums). Ahead of…

You’re No Ziggy Campbell

What does a band do if it can’t play its own single launch? Well that was the problem that faced FOUND when they were unable to perform at this evening’s single launch for ‘Anti-Climb Paint’ due to Ziggy’s tonsilitis. Their solution was to get friends to play their songs instead and they were so successful…

Hanging Loose – The Shithawks interview

Opening Thursday night’s Something Going On/Manic Pop Thrills co-promotion at Dexter’s in Dundee will be the Shithawks. Formed from the  ashes of the much missed Gong Fei, it’s early days for the Shithawks as Dan Faichney explained to MPT. MPT – Who are the Shithawks? DF – The Shithawks are Dundee’s premier (only) three-piece ‘shitrock’…

Jesus won’t have me for a sunbeam… Hookers for Jesus interview

As part of the build up to next Thursday’s Something Going On/Manic Pop Thrills co-promotion, here’s the first interview with the bands performing. Another one tomorrow. MPT – Who are Hookers For Jesus? HFJ – Extraordinary poets of the ordinary, ordinary poets of the extraordinary. Half-blind visionaries. Front-room technicians on a shoestring and a prayer….