After catching up with the Dream Syndicate last year, I’ve tentatively been exploring the Steve Wynn back catalogue. An old Uncut CD contained ‘Amphetamine’ which led me to ‘ Static Transmission’ (2003) which I think is the first studio album Steve recorded with the Miracle 3. Song-wise it’s a varied collection which is as strong…
Month: June 2018
It’s All Going To Be Alright – Belly live
Belly – The Garage, Glasgow – Saturday 16th June 2018 This show was undoubtedly over-shadowed by the overnight fire at the Glasgow School of Art which also destroyed the show’s original venue, the O2 ABC. As a consequence, we spent the morning fretting and fully expecting the show to be cancelled. So it was with…
Song of the Week #24 (2018) – Band of Susans
Just because. From the ‘Peel Sessions’ EP:
Bring Some Cheese – The Isle of Love / Randolph’s Leap live
The Isle of Love / Randolph’s Leap – The CCA, Glasgow – Saturday 9th June 2018 It’s not often that the songs of one of your favourite bands get made into a musical, certainly if the aforementioned band are not a global phenomenon. So we weren’t going to pass up the chance to see ‘The…
Songs of the Week #23 (2018) – Low
Low have released the first three songs from their upcoming LP ‘Double Negative’. Simply extraordinary. Low Photo by Shelly Mosman
Song of the Week #22 (2018) – Catlow
I’d pretty much given up on ever hearing from Catlow again so was delighted to discover that not only are there two new songs available but that there’s a new (mini-)LP imminent. My regular reader will recall that I came across Catlow supporting the Blue Aeroplanes what seems like a very long time ago –…
Manic Pop Thrills 