Neil Pennycook / Book Group /Last Battle – Sick Kids Friends’ Foundation benefit – The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh – 26th January 2013 Great wee show at the Wee Red Bar last night featuring a couple of acoustic slots and the not at all acoustic Book Group. First up were a two piece Last Battle…
Month: January 2013
Warning Bells – Pictish Trail, Eagleowl and Randolph’s Leap live
Pictish Trowl So, last night was a first – the first time I’ve ever been to a gig in the town of my birth. I mean, hwo could I have been to a show in Kirriemuir but not Kirkcaldy? Strange. The all Fence bill at the Adam Smith Theatre was the occasion and, as well…
The Major Stars Are Growing Dim – Big Dipper LP
I don’t usually spend too much time catching up on late discoveries from the previous year (indeed I’d planned on not doing that at all this year). But I’m going to make an exception today having discovered that a new Big Dipper album came out at the end of November. The Boston based alt-rockers enjoyed…
From This Far Back – Jackson Hall LP
With the Cancel the Astronauts debut LP only out for a few months, I wasn’t expecting the New Year to bring the first CTA solo project quite so quickly. But it’s an indication of just how prolific songwriter Matthew Riley is that his first solo release, under the pseudonym of Jackson Hall, has appeared less…
Behold, The Old Bear video
Working my way up to writing something properly (maybe tomorrow?), but in the meantime here’s the video for another imminent single release. ‘Best Enemy’ will be the debut single from Behold the Old Bear and it’s out on 4th February backed by non-album ‘Hammer and Nail’. ‘Best Enemy’delivers on the promise of the live shows…
New Fuzzy Lights single
Video for Summer’s Tide, the first single from the new Fuzzy Lights LP ‘Rule of Twelfths’. The single is out next Monday (21st) followed by the album a fortnight later on 4th February.
Manic Pop Thrills 