Fucked Up / Chastity – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow – Tuesday 22nd January 2019 I don’t go to many shows where I know I’m going to unfamiliar with most of the songs played but this was one. And it was a fairly late decision to go at that. I was only reminded that…
Month: January 2019
Take to the Skies – Hairband and Pip Blom E.P.s
Hairband – Hairband E.P. (Monorail Music) Pip Blom – Paycheck E.P. (Nice Swan Records) I’ve written a fair bit about my albums of 2018 (writes Andy Wood). To be honest I haven’t really paid much attention to singles and E.P.’s of late but these two vinyl releases in late 2018 got me really excited about…
Last Gig of the Year – The Filthy Tongues live
The Filthy Tongues / Countess of Fife / The Trama Dolls – Liquid Room, Edinburgh – Saturday 29th December 2018 I confess that I wasn’t in the greatest frame of mind for my last show of the year so here’s a brief report on the Filthy Tongues show at the Liquid Room. I confess that…
Book Review – 40 Odd Years Of The Fall
Tommy Mackay – 40 Odd Years Of The Fall It’s almost a year since Mark E. Smith passed away (writes Andy Wood). Musician, entertainer and blogger, Tommy Mackay had been working on this book since 2006, finally publishing it in late 2018. Although it is a self-published book by a long-term fan, this is…
Belated Baubles – Kid Canaveral, Big Joanie, Spook School and more live
The Spook School / Seamus Fogarty / Big Joanie / Broken Chanter / Jill Lorean / Kid Canaveral – Kid Canaveral’s Xmas Baubles IX – Summerhall, Edinburgh – Saturday 15th December 2018 Last year’s Baubles (oh, how time flies!) was a bit of a struggle for us as we were in Leeds to see Mercury…
My Favourite Albums of 2018 by Andy Wood
Another year, another list of albums that have thoroughly rocked my world in 2018. I think I have missed a lot of stuff this year, tending to listen quite deeply (obsessively) to the records that I have fallen for. A few of those have been made by old favourites – Neneh Cherry and John Coltrane…
Manic Pop Thrills 