Wozniak / Our Smallest Adventures / Gigantic Leaves – Opium, Edinburgh – 28th June 2014 I’ve had loads to do today so I’ve only had time for a brief report on last night’s Wozniak E.P. launch. It was my first time at Opium but I was impressed with it as a space for seeing bands….
Month: June 2014
The Winds That Sing – The Phantom Band LP review
As much as I love the Phantom Band their two LPs to date haven’t quite delivered everything that I’d hoped for. Debut ‘Checkmate Savage’ certainly has some of their very best tunes but it’s also a little uneven at times. Sophomore LP ‘The Wants’ is a more consistent record but the second side of that…
Can’t Live Without It – Bob Mould video
To buy me a little time to make sure that my Phantom Band review pays the record appropriate respects, but also to mark the arrival of the new LP ‘Beauty & Ruin’ (and t-shirt) in the post today, above is the video for Bob Mould’s ‘I Don’t Know You Anymore’ from the new album.
Volume, Distortion and Reverb – Wozniak interview
Last week Edinburgh’s Wozniak released their debut E.P. ‘Pikes Peak’ on Morningside Young Team Records and for my money it’s right up there with the best records of the year to date. Whilst the band describe themselves as shoegaze there’s a lot more to their repertoire than the original 90s concept. Which is, perhaps, to…
Watch Where You Tread – Roy Moller LP review
Roy Moller was pretty much a new name to me when a promo CD arrived from Stereogram for his new L.P. ‘One Domino’. However his past credits include a number of solo LPs as well as collaborations with the likes of Edinburgh legend Davy Henderson and Stevie Jackson of Belle & Sebastian. It’s fair to…
Facts About Dogs – Deathcats live
Deathcats / Yoko Pwno / Blood Indians – The Cool Cat Club, Beat Generator Live, Dundee – Saturday 7th June 2014 A family event meant that this was a truncated visit to the Cool Cat Club and I didn’t arrive early enough to catch more than the last 90 seconds of Blood Indians. It was…
Manic Pop Thrills 