Kid Canaveral / Tanat – The Hug and Pint, Glasgow – Saturday 28th May 2016 Our rock’n’roll weekend started with a rare opportunity to catch Kid Canaveral live. OK, that ‘rare’ bit is strictly speaking not true but the proximity of this show to Sunday night’s Robert Forster show created an opportunity for a mini-break…
Month: May 2016
Summer Nights – Billy Mitchell interview
Billy Mitchell could be described a stalwart of the Dundee music scene (writes Andy Wood) as he has been heavily involved for a number of years, as a member of The Twist and Krooked Saints and even assisting Vladimir with bass duties on tour in early 2015 as well as running Studio 57. Now he…
Looking At The Moon – Malcolm Middleton live
Malcolm Middleton / The Pictish Trail – Beat Generator Live, Dundee – 26th May 2016 With three gigs in 4 days, I guess I better get cracking with last night’s review. Malcolm Middleton was, of course, a staple of the early years of the blog with regular records and gigs. In recent years however he’s…
Saturday Reflections
Book Group Some belated reflections on Saturday’s show which, as pretty much seems to always be the case, was a mixed bag. On stage, the show was absolutely terrific. Book Group and Adam Stafford are known quantities in these parts and were every bit as good as we’d expected. We also came up trumps with…
Still Kind of Hanging On – Malcolm Middleton interview
Malcolm Middleton returns this week with the release of his sixth solo LP ‘Summer of ‘13’ on the reactivated Nude Records on Friday (27th) – his first record under his solo guise since ‘Waxing Gibbous’ in 2009. The release of the album is supported by a U.K. tour including 4 Scottish dates starting on Wednesday…
Frustrations of the Mundane – Book Group interview
I feel like I’ve been waiting for the debut Book Group LP for years. Which is actually the case as it’s now nearly 5 years since I first saw them play (at the time as the Bad Books). However that long wait was finally concluded when the band released ‘The Great Indoors’ last week. To…
Manic Pop Thrills 