2011 Live

I kind of figured I’d gone to more live shows this year than last but am surprised to find that I’ve been to 41 (yes, FORTY ONE) gigs in 2011. In the course of that I’ve seen 105 performances to some extent and that doesn’t include the 9 acts I saw perform at Dylan Uncovered….

At Long Last – Vladimir live

Vladimir / Cha Cha Heels / King Louie / Blindfolds / Whigs and Rakes – Doghouse, Dundee – 29th December 2011 So last night, finally, I got to see Vladimir play live. After their excellent debut EP earlier in the year, I’ve passed on several chances to see them for different reasons. But that was…

Don’t Come Crying To Me – The Wedding Present live

The Wedding Present – Greenside Hotel, Leslie – 28th December 2011 Last night was a rare outing to see a band I don’t know very much about despite their longevity. For whatever reason, the Wedding Present have never loomed large on the MPT radar and I’m fairly sure the only LP I own, ‘Bizarro’, was…

MPT LPs of the Year – 1-10

So here it is – MPT’s Favourite 10 LPs of the past 12 months. In truth, it’s a surprising list for me. At the start of the year, I would have expected Martin John Henry and We Were Promised Jetpacks to make the Top 10 at the start of the year but I genuinely don’t…

MPT LPs of the Year – Nos 11-25

Got to call a halt at some point. There’s two or three 2011 LPs kicking around which may well prove good enough to make it into this list when I’ve had a chance to listen to them properly, but I could go on for a while. So, with apologies to Low and United Fruit at…

2011 According to … Edinburgh School for the Deaf

At one point in the course of 2011 Edinburgh School for the Deaf looked unstoppable. Having never checked out their previous incarnation as Deserters Deserve Death, I was blown away (almost literally) by their one original at the Dylan Uncovered show. They followed that up with spectacular live sets (at the Grassmarket Festival and twice…