Martin Metcalfe & The Fornicators – The Windsor, Kirkcaldy – Friday 16th November 2018 This was a bit of a strange one, part birthday party, part paying gig. Being honest, it could have gone one of two ways, either with everyone getting into the spirit of things or the band playing to a disinterested room…
Month: November 2018
A Band from Scotland’s Capital – We Were Promised Jetpacks live
We Were Promised Jetpacks / Fiskur – St Luke’s, Glasgow – Thursday 15th November 2018 The opportunity both to take MPK2 to see We Were Promised Jetpacks for the first time and to visit a venue that had so far eluded me, explained why the MPT stop on the Jetpacks’ recent Scottish dates happened on…
Song of the Week #40 (2018) – Gallus
The internet has a lot wrong with it – but sometimes things turn out well. Without one of those strange internet twists of fate (directly related to the title of the blog!) this week’s song wouldn’t have featured here. Chance are it would have completely passed me by. So here is a live version of…
Burying Bad News – Adam Stafford retires
Talk about burying bad news on a busy news day. As half the country was fixating on Brexit and how many resignations might happen as a consequence, around 5 pm this evening Falkirk based musician/film maker Adam Stafford was announcing a different type of resignation on Twitter: Thanks folks, that’s it. I’m finished with releasing…
New Tricks – Teenage Fanclub live
Teenage Fanclub live – Howden Park Centre, Livingston – Thursday 25th October 2018 Having hummed and hawed too long both on the announcement of the original dates then the new venue, I managed to miss out on the scheduled Creation Years shows in Glasgow. However, acting decisively for once, I was slightly surprised to get…
The Joke Is Come Upon Me – Pixies live
Pixies – The Roundhouse, London – Thursday 1st November 2018 I fucking love the Pixies … Early Pixies at least, by which I mean 1987-88 – ‘Come On Pilgrim’ and ‘Surer Rosa’ are seminal albums. There’s something unique about these records which was diluted subsequently. But, uninfluenced by the industry at that point, their tales…
Manic Pop Thrills 