Snow Fell Silently – Wire and PINS live

Wire / PINS – The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen – Sunday 26th April 2015 Work commitments meant that instead of going to a (presumably) sold out King Tut’s in Glasgow last night I made the trip north to catch Wire at the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen on Sunday instead. Whilst doubtless a more comfortable experience (the…

Record Store Day 2015 live

A belated round-up of MPT’s Saturday in Edinburgh for Record Store Day 2015. Our decision to head over was a fairly late one so we left in a bit of a hurry to get through in time for an afternoon’s record shopping and live music. Mrs MPT didn’t fancy the hike down (and ultimately back…

Give Me A Song Mate? – PAWS live

PAWS – The Cool Cat Club, Beat Generator Live, Dundee – Friday 17th April 2015 Returning late from a family occasion I gave serious consideration to not going to this show on Friday not least because I knew that I was going to miss all of the new look Creeping Ivies set. But even just…

Always A Thrill – PAWS interview

2014 was quite a year for PAWS. After their debut Cool Cat Club performance in January, the band released their second album Youth Culture Forever on Fat Cat Records to great acclaim. Subsequently they dedicated themselves to thoroughly touring the arse off the record. With demos recorded for album number three already, the band make…

It’s All That We Have That Remains – The Cathode Ray LP review

The Cathode Ray’s self titled debut was one of the unexpected surprises for MPT of 2012. Initially a collaboration between Jeremy Thoms and Paul Haig ‘The Cathode Ray’ was an Edinburgh take on New York music in the late 70s, both post punk and dance. However the delay of 6 years between the debut single…

Nothing on the Radio To Inspire Me – The Creeping Ivies interview

  The Creeping Ivies are one of my favourite bands (writes Andy Wood) and I’ve followed them with interest since their debut gig through several singles and E.P.’s and two excellent albums Stay Wild and Ghost World. The records are both absolutely fantastic, stripped down, primal but immensely tuneful as well. If you like your…