Song of the Week #32 (2018) – Courtney Barnett

This week’s Song of the Week falls into the UEW (Unidentified Earworm) category. You know, when a song appears unbidden in your head and you can’t for the life of you remember what it is. So it was with ‘Crippling Self Doubt and a General Lack of Confidence’ taken from Courtney Barnett’s second LP ‘Tell…

Doolittle Evil Incorporated – Pixies live (Repeat)

I genuinely think this might be the best live review I’ve ever written … Assorted Pixies are sitting round a conference table awaiting the entrance of their leader to plot their continuing world domination. The door opens. A bespectacled and balding evil mastermind enters and takes his seat. David Lovering (for it is he): Right,…

Global Warming Has Rendered My Chat Null and Void – Kid Canaveral/Randolph’s Leap live

Kid Canaveral / Randolph’s Leap – The Rum Shack, Glasgow – Friday 27th July 2018 The second Lost Map birthday celebration show brought together the familiar pairing of Kid Canaveral and Randolph’s Leap. Not quite sure how often I’ve seen them on the same bill over the years, it’s certainly more than a few times,…

Song of the Week #31 (2018) – The Posies

This week’s Song of the Week falls into the old song/earworm category. Having decided that I probably don’t listen to enough old stuff, I ended up listening to the Posies’ ‘Frosting on the Beater’ album on Saturday morning. Whilst my Posies CD purchases all date back to the 90’s, they remain a going concern and…

Archive – Pixies at Meadowbank, August 2005

Pixies / Idlewild / Teenage Fanclub / My Latest Novel – Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh – Sunday 28th August 2005 If the current Pixies live DVD is called ‘Pixies Sell-out’ then surely any future DVD of this tour has to be called ‘Pixies Take The Piss.’ This was a massive disappointment. To be honest, last year…

Song of the Week #30 (2018) – The Paranoid Style

To be honest, I don’t need any excuse to feature the Paranoid Style on here. But, hot on the heels of their split single with Wussy on Bar/None (featured here very recently), the release of an 8-track reissue of the original, eh, five track E.P. ‘Rock’n’roll Just Can’t Recall’ gives me plenty of reason to…