The Dark It Turns To Light – Copper Blue reissue review

The Sugar reissue programme kicked off in the UK on Monday with the release of a deluxe edition of the trio’s debut LP – ‘Copper Blue’. It’s fair to say that ‘Copper Blue’ is one of my favourite LPs of all time, merging the aggression of Husker Du with something more accessible. Bob Mould originally…

Warmth, Electronics and Loops – The Grand Gestures interview

Jan Burnett performing with Spare Snare The Grand Gestures LP (officially released today) has been one of the unexpected surprises of the year to date. In case you’ve missed out on this so far, it’s a record that’s essentially been curated by Jan Burnett of Spare Snare. Bringing together a diverse range of voices from…

We Were Promised Jetpacks live

We Were Promised Jetpacks / Jesus H Foxx / Waiting on Jack / Gav Prentice – PJ Molloy’s, Dunfermline – 26th May 2012 Last night’s WWPJ show in Dunfermline ended up a bit of a disappointment overall. But that couldn’t be said of opening act Gav Prentice who, in another guise, is one half of…

I Can’t Imagine Ever Being Without – The Grand Gestures LP

A wee gem arrived through the letterbox the other day in the shape of the Grand Gestures LP. Scotland seems to be rather good at musical collaborations at the moment and ‘The Grand Gestures’, put together by Spare Snare’s Jan Burnett with the aid of half a dozen collaborators (including serial Scottish music contributors Emma…

Don’t Ask Why – My Bloody Valentine EPs reissue

A few words about the My Bloody Valentine reissues. A couple of weeks ago both ‘Isn’t Anything’ and ‘Loveless’ were finally reissued along with a double CD collection of the band’s Creation era EP’s, the imaginatively titled ‘EPs 1988-1991’. Given the rapturous reception to both ‘Isn’t Anything’ and ‘Loveless’ it’s easy to forget sometimes that…

In and Out – The Big Sleep interview

My favourite LP of the year so far has been the magnificent ‘Nature Experiments’ by New York’s the Big Sleep. The trio have just completed their first UK tour and after last week’s debut performance in Glasgow I managed to grab a quick interview with guitarist/singer Danny Barria. A poor turnout on the night hadn’t…