I Know Your Name, Remember Mine – The Triffids live

The Triffids and Friends – Islington Assembly Hall, London – Friday 21st October, 2016 For the uninitiated, the Triffids, originally from Perth, Australia, played their last show in the early 1990s (although they never officially split). However the band’s principal singer/songwriter David McComb passed away at the tragically early age of 38 in February 1999 ending…

The Logical Thing to Do – Stephen Hanley interview

There’s a fan theory about The Fall that the first album by the band that you hear is the one you ended up loving most and there’s something in that (writes Andy Wood). The first song by The Fall I remember clearly hearing was ‘L.A.’ from the wonderful 1985 album, This Nation’s Saving Grace. I…

A Bit of a Roll – STOOR interview

For a band with a long but intermittent career, punctuated by seemingly long periods of inactivity, an awful lot has happened to STOOR in the last couple of years. First off the Dundee quartet – Stef Murray (vocals/bass), Ross Matheson (guitar), Scott McKinlay (drums) and Davie Youngblood (guitar) –  started playing live with a degree for regularity for…

What’s In The Singles Box? (October 2016)

Rather improbably there’s a few singles either just out or about to be released that are worthy of your attention. So let’s start with the two that are out there already. First up are Those Unfortunates, not quite the latest signings to Edinburgh’s Stereogram label, and their second single for the label ‘The Servant’. ‘The…

I’ve Got Bugs On My Mind – Spare Snare Exclusive

A wee heads up about a just announced new, retrospective release from Spare Snare. Snare main man Jan Burnett has compiled a three disc box set of the earliest Spare Snare demos including songs on the first three albums and the box is available to buy right now! It’s called ‘Dundee Church For The Deaf – Curios…

Fantasy Bob Mould Setlist

Bob Mould Band –  Mike’s living-room – Any time! I’ve said a couple of times that I’d love to see Bob Mould do a show with a main set based entirely on the last three albums. Well, if I could pick that setlist, it might look something like this … 1. Star Machine 2. Silver Age…