Month: May 2013

Love Come Down On Me – Desert Hearts LP

“My heart’s not in it.” sang Charlie Mooney on the last track of the second Desert Hearts LP ‘Hotsy Totsy Nagasaki’ back in 2006. And as time passed from that record without a further substantial release, it was starting to look as if, maybe, he meant it. A couple of slightly odd sounding instrumental demos…

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Back From The Dead – James King and the Lonewolves E.P.

For me, one of the biggest musical disappointments of the 80s was that lost Glasgow rock legends James King and the Lonewolves never made an album. They nearly got there – one was recorded for Swamplands but, sadly, it never saw the light of day. Their legacy therefore is confined to a string of excellent…

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is anybody breathing? – eagleowl lp

lethargic pop. that’s how eagleowl like to describe themselves. i’m not so sure. yes, you can argue that it applies to their workrate – after all their debut l.p. ‘this silent year’ comes a full four and a half years after their debut e.p. and you might get the impression from their music initially that…

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Don’t Cross The River – Marco Pantani play

Back in the day I was fascinated with the Italian cyclist Marco Pantani. Given that I’m someone for whom going uphill on a bike is always a real struggle, climbers have always attracted my attention, not least because the pure climbers never seemed to have any real chance of wining the Tour de France. So…

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That’s Showbiz – Bob Mould live

Bob Mould Band / North Atlantic Oscillation – Oran Mor, Gasgow – Saturday 18th May 2013 Bob Mould’s visits to Scotland have been very infrequent for the best part of two decaded with yesterday’s show at Oran Mor just his fourth in 28 years by my reckoning. Soit was nice to see the increased interest…

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