BAMS 2014 – The Result

The Twilight Sad’s fourth album, ‘Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave’ has emerged as the winner of the sixth annual poll of Scottish Blogs and Music Sites (BAMS). The Twilight Sad pipped ‘Rave Tapes’ by Scottish indie veterans Mogwai in a straight head to head shoot-out between the top two albums….

Videos to Buffer – Nightmare Air

It’s a small world. I stumbled across Nightmare Air on emusic a few months back looking to spend a few credits purely because they’d played with MPT favourites the Big Sleep in NYC a few days ago. Liking what I heard I took a punt on the debut album ‘High In The Lasers’ and have…

No-One’s Confused at First – Let’s Active videos

A little archive material. I’ve been re-discovering the Let’s Active back catalogue chronologically starting with the debut LP ‘Cypress’. There’s more than a few stone cold classics on the album not least ‘Water’s Part’ (above) which MAY be my favourite Let’s Active tune. Or it may be one of the following: Sadly I never properly…

A Good Cause – Hookers for Jesus charity show preview

The Cool Cat Club and Daisy Dundee have put together a show this Saturday with the intention of getting rid of the January blues and raising some money for a couple of local charities. Hookers for Jesus will headline the night which is billed as ‘The Ghost of Christmas Past and Present’ and front man…

2014 LPs – The Top Ten (plus Reissues/MPK2)

Somewhat belatedly, entirely due to circumstances outwith my control, here’s MPT’s favourite 10 albums of 2014 … The Phantom Band – Strange Friend ‘Strange Friend’ was a classic example of not knowing what you’re wanting until you get it. After a couple of plays I did think it was going to be a disappointment. After…