Saint Jude’s Infirmary / Hamish Hawk / The Allen Ginsberg Trio – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh – Friday 25th November (by Andy Wood) “Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” History is full of warnings and Marcel Proust’s quote makes me aware that there are dangers in nostalgia, in…
Month: November 2016
What’s In The Singles Box? – November
One of two bands to sleep on my floor, the mighty Bruising, release their second single on Friday (2nd December) on Beech Coma. ‘I Don’t Mind’ (not a Buzzcocks cover) is further proof of the band’s knack for writing memorable pop tunes and is available on 7″ and download. And it goes like this: As…
Was That The Hatred? – Kristin Hersh live
Kristin Hersh – Summerhall, Edinburgh – Thursday 17th November 2016 Fair to say I’d didn’t arrive at last Thursday’s show in the best frame of mind. An incredibly frustrating drive across the city plagued by a psychotic bus drivers, an abysmally selfish motorist and some genuinely clueless pedestrians and cyclists left me suffering from more…
What Once Was Lost – The Return of Saint Jude’s Infirmary
New MPT contributor Sarah Cuthbert-Kerr previews the return of Saint Jude’s Infirmary Named for the patron saint of lost causes, Saint Jude’s Infirmary certainly seemed to have a knack for choosing a prophetic name. The band ended in a crashing pile just as their 2nd album, ‘This Has Been The Death of Us’, was released…
Songs of the Resistance – Lee Ranaldo live
Lee Ranaldo & El Rayo / Richard Youngs – Summerhall, Edinburgh – Wednesday 16th November 2016 Wednesday marked Lee Ranaldo’s first gig in Scotland in a good few years but I wouldn’t like to hazard a guess as to when he last played Edinburgh (maybe The Venue with Firehose?). Change was the order of the…
No Electricity or Running Water – Lomond Campbell/FOUND interview
There’s probably two things you can say about FOUND with any degree of certainty (and quite possibly ONLY two things!) The first is that the next record will be a completely different beast from the last. And the second? You’ve really got no idea when the next one’s going to come along! So the period…
Manic Pop Thrills 