Is it really more than 3 weeks since the Meursault LP launch? Apparently so. Despite this, it’s only in the last few days that I’ve managed to get to grips with the LP sufficiently to write about it. Backtrack first a little over 12 months when I witnessed an astonishing performance by the band at…
Month: July 2012
Night of the Cats – Whigs & Rakes/The Bad Books/Hookers for Jesus/Playgroud Tactics live
Whigs and Rakes Whigs and Rakes / The Bad Books / Hookers for Jesus / Playground Tactics – Cool Cat Club #2 – Beat Generator Live!, Dundee – Saturday 28th July 2012 Some reflections on Saturday night. From the top, Whigs and Rakes were every bit as good as we’d hoped. They played half of…
Tonight! – Whigs and Rakes, The Bad Books, Hookers for Jesus and Playground Tactics
Yep, it’s finally here. The second night of the Cool Cat Club is at Beat Generator Live, this very evening, featuring a terrific array of talent. The co-headliners are both from out of town. Whigs & Rakes aren’t coming too far, just from Perth, and are no strangers to Dundee audiences. Singer Kitty describes them…
You Belong In A Different Story – Death to Dreaming single
The essence of the pop single for me is a song (or songs, maximum 3, absolutely) which you just keep playing, over and over again. In those terms, the first release from Death to Dreaming qualifies as exquisite pop music because since first listening to these 3 songs I can’t help playing them over and…
See What Happens Thing – Hookers for Jesus interview
You’d be surprised how much anything I write about Hookers for Jesus, er, stimulates my stats. Then again, perhaps you won’t be. Anyhow this Saturday (28th), Hookers for Jesus emerge from hibernation for the first time in about 4 months to play the second night of the Cool Cat Club at Beat Generator Live in…
Download Vinyl – The Bad Books interview
This Saturday MPT favourites the Bad Books make their Dundee debut at the second Cool Cat Club night at Beat Generator Live! To preview their performance, I spoke to all four Bad Books ahead of their recent appearance at the Tidal Wave of Indifference show at the Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh. It’s fair to…
Manic Pop Thrills 