The Filthy Tongues / The Twist – The Windsor, Kirkcaldy – Friday 19th May 2017 Maybe it’s not that surprising, but I’ve rarely been to shows in my original home town. So last Friday’s jaunt to the Windsor added one to a low single figures tally and also took me to a venue for the…
Month: May 2017
The Final Week of School Holidays – Mitchell Museum interview
Mitchell Museum are officially back today with the release of their second LP ‘Everett Trap’ to be followed by a launch gig in Glasgow next month. But it’s fair to say that the band have had something of a stop start career since the release of their excellent debut LP ‘The Peters Port Memorial’ as…
Saturday Morning Shorts #7 – FOUND, The Chills and the Mary Chain
I consider it a blog fail to have two Saturday Morning Shorts posts in a row and I’ve actually managed to avoid that – until now. Oh well. Here’s somethings that have featured this week: Still love the parent LP ‘factorycraft’ a lot after all these years. And we did get a hold of the…
Saturday Morning Shorts #6 – Sonic Youth, The Big Sleep, Mercury Rev
After a planned hiatus (honest!), SMS returns today – hopefully not just for 1 week! It’s funny how rarely I actually listen to classic albums – but I did that last weekend and this is the first track on one of my absolute all-time favourite albums: Staying in New York, I’ve been listening to all the…
Hey! Ho! Billordo! – Billordo and Spare Snare live
Billordo/Spare Snare – The Cool Cat Club, Conroy’s Basement, Dundee – Friday 5th May 2017 Feeling a fair deal fresher than I expected at Friday tea-time, I felt up to crossing the Tay to see the Billordo/Spare Snare show particularly since Andy had promised it would be over about 10. Of course, he lied –…
Get Past The Python – “The Wrong Box” book review
Writing about friends’ creative endeavours is always a tricky business. Simply put, there’s the risk that someone gives you their treasured piece of work, generated by much blood, sweat and tear, … and you don’t like it. So what does a cowardly blogger do? Ignore it? Be excessively honest? Over the years I’ve been given plenty of…
Manic Pop Thrills 