Neu! Reekie! – Pulse My Penumbra / Spook Oot– Pilrig St Paul’s Church, Edinburgh – Friday 30th October 2015 I woke yesterday and decided that if I didn’t go to see FOUND at Neu! Reekie! last night, I’d regret it. So I went and instead ended up regretting going. That opening statement is a little…
Month: October 2015
Treble’s For Losers – Wozniak/Thula Borah/WCFTN live
Wozniak Wozniak / Thula Borah / We Came From The North – The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh – Saturday 31st October 2015 So it seems that reviews on this site are getting posted further and further after the gigs that they relate to. But in this case at least I have an excuse. Due to…
Alphabet Soup – Melophobia interview
Melophobia are another Dundee band who are fairly new to the world and to me. I caught them live a few months ago and was pretty taken with them (writes Andy Wood). Just a trio, they pack a mean, noisy heft with their dense, atmospheric sound. It shifts from a melodic, intense beauty to a…
Twists and Hooks – Sahara interview
Facts, who wants some facts? (writes Andy Wood) Okay, we’ll start with the basics first. Sahara are a quartet from Dundee. They play guitars and bash things and sing. They are very young and have only played a handful of gigs so far which include supports with The View and Model Aeroplanes. They come across…
Stop! Did You Hear Something? – Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat live
Bills Wells & Aidan Moffat /Sound of Yell – Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline – Friday 16th October 2015 Being honest, the perfect location to see Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat is probably a smoky back street jazz club in Paris in the 1950s. However, short of someone inventing time travel, then the ambience at the Carnegie…
Do It Clean – Nap Eyes / Fazerdaze records
Two of my favourite records of 2015 to date unmistakeably bear a resemblance to New Zealand legends The Clean. Which in the case of Fazerdaze isn’t particularly surprising given that Fazerdaze is Amelia Murray – who hails from New Zealand. The Fazerdaze E.P. was actually originally released last year (through Bandcamp) and came to my…
Manic Pop Thrills 