Mercury Rev / Warhaus – La Belle Angele, Edinburgh – Tuesday 21st June 2016 After years without a Mercury Rev gig, two pop along in the space of little more than six months. Even allowing for the proximity of the long day at work on the Thursday this was a not to be missed show….
Month: June 2016
5 Stages to a Post Factual Democracy
Stage 1 Parties envisage the type of society that they wish to see, devise policies to create that society based on evidence and argue the case even when unpopular. Stage 2 Parties sacrifice aspects of their vision to create a more popular programme ditching unpopular policies. Stage 3 Parties reduce their policy programmes to slogans which…
Could Have Cried All Day – Sophia video
Off to see Mercury Rev tomorrow night so in an attempt to get my batting average up a little here’s a track from the new Sophia album: I confess I was a little disappointed in the last Sophia album ‘There Are No Goodbyes’ – although that may simply have been my own fault down to…
A Life in Reverse – Randolph’s Leap LP/video
The new Randolph’s Leap album ‘Cowardly Deeds’ has been out for a few weeks now but neither any lack of mention on here or absence from the launch show is intended to show show any disapprobation. On the contrary it’s a fine record that delivers on the promise of the long awaited full band record….
Slow Down – Big Deal, Fazerdaze and Joshua Gray live
Big Deal Big Deal / Fazerdaze /Joshua Gray – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh – Wednesday 10th June 2016 After stumbling across Fazerdaze on the Beech Coma compilation last year, their self-titled E.P. was one of my most listened to records of 2015. But, given that they come from New Zealand, it never seemed likely in this…
Places I Could Never Imagine – Fazerdaze interview
After promoting the Tuff Love/Bruising show a year ago I stumbled across Fazerdaze’s track ‘Zero’ on the Beech Coma Vol. 3 compilation that also featured Bruising’s ‘Can’t You Feel’. Tracking down the ‘Fazerdaze’ E.P (which got a quick mention here) I was really impressed that the rest of the E.P. lived up to the high…
Manic Pop Thrills 