Don’t Tell Everyone – STOOR interview

Stoor is a great, old fashioned Scottish word (writes Andy Wood) but a quick look at the Dictionary highlights a different etymology entirely for the word from Middle English suggesting something strong, powerful, hardy, bold and audacious. STOOR, the band are not dusty or particularly grimy though they appear to rise like a Phoenix every…

Some Fantastic Lost B-Movie With a Viciously Fine Soundtrack – The Bucky Rage interview

The first time I saw The Bucky Rage I wasn’t that sure what to expect (writes Andy Wood). In all honesty, I may have expected them to be a carbon copy nth generation punk band which may have been more about the band name and my dumb preconceptions. What I wasn’t expecting was how much…

You Never Change – Deathcats/Fruit Tones E.P.

A slightly belated nod to the Deathcats/Fruit Tones split single, or should I say, Thplit cassette, out on Fuzzkill Records earlier in the month. Deathcats are certainly no strangers to these pages of late and their two tracks on the E.P. are a further illustration of just why that is. Their two contributions on the…

I’m Better Than This – Randolph’s Leap video

I’m needing cheered up after this afternoon’s embarrassment and the new video from Randolph’s Leap (courtesy of the Skinny) is just the ticket. ‘Foolishness of Youth’ is taken from the ‘Clumsy Knot’ LP due on Lost Map Records in just over a fortnight.

Fuzzy Punch – Hagana LP

Listening to ‘One Year’, the debut LP from Hagana, makes MPT want to rock a bit harder than normal – a fair bit harder than normal to be honest. I first came across Hagana at the Birdhead LP launch last summer and what drew me in was not so much the hard rocking as the…

Cheering Rose’s Suffering – Kid Canaveral live

A few reflections on Saturday night’s Cool Cat Club show. Deathcats opened the show and were every bit as good as the first time I saw them. Arguably their best pop song was their opener and they followed that with latest single ‘DREAMZ’. And when they needed something of change of pace there was the…