Here’s the first new track from the Filthy Tongues in ages. Although I’ve been aware of it for a couple of weeks, I’ve only belatedly got round to listening to it just now and was a bit surprised to recognise it. Sure enough, checking back, they played it live at the Voodoo Rooms more than…
Month: October 2014
A Confession – Mogwai live
Mogwai / R.M. Hubbert – Music Hall, Aberdeen – Tuesday 21st October 2014 I’ll be drummed out of the Scottish indie blogging fraternity for saying this, but my relationship with Mogwai has been tangential at best. I saw them supporting the Manics at the Caird Hall in Dundee way back in, what, 1998 or…
Are You All Sitting Comfortably? Jesus … – The Phantom Band live
Phantom Band live outings have been rare since the release of ‘Strange Friend’ so the Skinny curated Pleasance Sessions appearance on Saturday night definitely fell into the ‘do not miss’ category. It turned out to be quite a different experience from last time I saw the band in Aberdeen in June. The biggest and most…
Can’t Catch A Hold of My Breath – We Were Promised Jetpacks LP
It’s been more than 8 years since I first wrote about We Were Promised Jetpacks. In that time just about the only constant has been their thirst for change. Given that they changed their entire set between the first and second live shows I saw, it doesn’t come as anything of a surprise that third…
Underground, Under The Radar – (Another) Roy Moller LP
I was introduced a few months ago to Roy Moller through his excellent ‘One Domino’ album released on Stereogram early in the summer. Rather remarkably there’s already been another Moller album – ‘My Week Beats Your Year’ which followed in a matter of weeks (even if it’s taken me a couple of months to catch…
At Least We’ve Still Got The House of Lords – Randolph’s Leap live
Randolph’s Leap / Blood Indians / Ed Muirhead – Beat Generator Live, Dundee – Friday 3rd October 2014 Some thoughts on Friday night’s show. Summed up – three great acts and a largely attentive and enthusiastic audience. What more could we want? Well, as ever, we reckoned that the show deserved a better audience. But…
Manic Pop Thrills 