Martin John Henry – Live at the MPLR (2)

As previously reported we had the privilege a couple of weekends back to have Martin John Henry play a house gig for us. Instead of the usual half hour slot you would see at a standard show we had the luxury of 2 different half hour sets which incorporated De Rosa songs old and new,…

Cannibal Monkeys! – Jeffrey Lewis / The Burning Hell / Randolph’s Leap live

Jeffrey Lewis / The Burning Hell / Randolph’s Leap – Clark’s, Dundee – 5th September 2017 Given that the tour is long finished there’s not a lot of point to this review. But for the sake of completeness here it is. I’d regrettably missed Jeffrey Lewis’s full band tour last year so was keen to…

Song of the Week (3) – Life Model

We first came across Life Model at Randolph Leap’s ICDTTM4 last year and really enjoyed their performance. On investigating further, the records available at the time seemed to be a couple of years old but the band have finally got round to remedying that with the release a couple of months ago of new E.P….

I’d Hardly Believe – The Dream Syndicate video

Very much loving the new Dream Syndicate LP ‘How Did I Find Myself Here?’ just now. Which is quite an appropriate title for the record as they’re a band that I always thought that I should like – for more than 30 years. I do have, and have had for a very long time, a 12″…

Song of the Week (2) – Lazy Day

Lost Map signings Lazy Day have just released their debut L.P, ‘Ribbons’. Lazy Day first came to my attention as a result of the excellent joint 7” single with Tuff Love for Record Store Day in 2015. Subsequently the band have released two singles – ‘Disappear’ and ‘With My Mind’ (also on the new E.P.)…

Live at the MPLR- Martin John Henry

We spent a very enjoyable afternoon in the company of Martin John Henry and some friends in the comfort of our own living room. Martin played two sets for us – the first mainly focussing on solo material and the second on De Rosa material. With a handful of new songs and a Will Oldham cover…