Cut and Run – Memory Man live

Memory Man – The Green Room, Perth – Thursday 24th September Ever since hearing ‘Felix Baumgartner’ on the Vic Galloway show at the tail end of last year I’ve been keen to catch Memory Man live. Last Thursday night at the Green Room in Perth finally provided the opportunity. Thursday was also my first visit…

Big Gold Dream Screening In Fife

The film ‘Big Gold Dream’ which documents the Edinburgh post punk scene gets a showing in Fife next Wednesday (30th) at the Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy. Here’s the gist: “In the late 1970’s, from a tenement flat in Edinburgh, Bob Last and Hilary Morrison operated their record label Fast Product. A predecessor to Rough Trade…

Tell Us More About Your Dog – Book Group live

Book Group / Quarterbacks / Campfires In Winter – Nothing Ever Happens Here @ Summerhall, Edinburgh – Thursday 17th September 2015 Thursday night didn’t get off to the best possible start. If there was an exceptional load to cross the bridge in front of us, it did. If there were sets of traffic lights which…

You’ve Got To Find A Way – Memory Man E.P.

Memory Man – Lost Lovers E.P. (Black Ditto Recordings) The cancellation of Friday’s Memory Man gig in Dunfermline might have denied me the chance to see the band live for the  first time but it at least gives me the chance to fill that “gap” in the MPT “schedule” with a look at their debut…

Honey I’m Home – Spare Snare and Emma Pollock live

Spare Snare / Emma Pollock – D.C.A., Dundee – 5th September 2015 As something of a Johnny Come Lately to Dundee’s Spare Snare I’ve had few opportunities to see them in a live setting. So the run of shows to celebrate the 20th anniversary of debut LP ‘Live At Home’ was right at the top…

I Look Just Like My Mum – We Were Promised Jetpacks live

We Were Promised Jetpacks /Little Kicks – Nothing Ever Happens Here @ Summerhall, Edinburgh – Wednesday 26th August 2015 Largely due to circumstances beyond my control, it’s been a while since I’ve seen a proper loud We Were Promised Jetpacks performance. So long in fact that, other than the interesting siding of June’s Oran Mor…