Another Quiet Night Out In Dundee

OK, looking back at last night, let’s concentrate on the positives. First the bands – as well as being brilliant acts both Tuff Love and Bruising were an absolute joy to deal with. Tuff Love seem to get better every time I see them and last night was no exception. Mixing up recorded tracks from…

Tonight – Tuff Love and Bruising! at Drouthys in Dundee

Daunting But Really Great – Bruising interview

At times the Scottish scene seems a little … insular. Whilst I don’t think I’ve met a band who didn’t want to play further afield, a combination of geography and economics tends to limit any ambitions in all but the most determined. A corollary of that is that bands of a similar level from down…

Fun, Noise and Awkward Chat – Tuff Love interview

Tuff Love  – LONDON, December 2014 ( Photograph by Graeme Robertson) Good things, it seem, keep happening for Tuff Love. Starting with signing to Lost Map around 18 months ago, the Glasgow band seem to have been on a startling upward curve ever since. Another remarkable milestone is being chosen for the coveted support slot…

What You See Is What You Get – Book Group

Malka / Book Group / Little Anchors – Duke’s Corner, Dundee – 20th May 2015 Even allowing for the fact that I’m getting old 9 pm is a ridiculously hard core time to be starting a gig on a school night. I didn’t have any chance of lasting the pace til the end of this…

Worth The Wait – The Cathode Ray live

The Cathode Ray / A Modern Masquerade – ‘Infinite Variety’ LP Launch – The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh – Thursday 14th May 2015 One of my regrets over the last few years is that I’d not managed to catch the Cathode Ray live properly. Certainly last month’s Record Store Day performance was pretty good but I…