MPT Quarterly Report 2019 (#2)

Here’s some new music for you from recent releases in the second quarter of 2019: Full tracklisting Broken Chanter – Wholesale (single) Echo Machine – Chameleon (single) Pip Blom – Don’t Make It Difficult (from ‘Boat’) Kristin Hersh – Mississippi Kite (from ‘Crooked’ remixed) Chris Forsyth – Mystic Mountain (from ‘All Time Present’) The Dream…

Magic! – Sacred Paws live

Get It Loud In Libraries – Sacred Paws – Rosyth Library – Wednesday 5th June 2019 Think of a library gig and you’re probably imagining 20-30 people crammed between shelves listening to one man and an acoustic guitar. This show was nothing like that at all. With the shelving pushed to one side, Rosyth Library…

The Tables Are Turned – Goodbye Mr Mackenzie live

Goodbye Mr Mackenzie / Run Into The Night – The Liquid Room, Edinburgh – Saturday 25th May 2019 “I don’t know if there is a huge Mackenzies crowd waiting in the wings.” – Martin Metcalfe, October 2017 Turns out that Martin totally underestimated the demand for the return of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie. And then some….

Good News, I Can Sing – Robert Forster live

Robert Forster – St Luke’s, Glasgow – Friday 17th May 2019 There seems to be a confluence of fans of a certain age who come together around Robert Forster. Whilst fans of the measured pop of the Go-Betweens are the obvious core audience, he can also attract people who both prefer noisier stuff. And even…

Bloody Charming – The Beths / Hans Pucket live

The Beths / Hans Pucket – The Mash House, Edinburgh – Monday 13th May 2019 So which idiot thought it was a good idea to buy tickets for a Monday night the day after a weekend in Dublin? That’ll be me, I guess. Fortunately it was a pretty early show with headliners the Beths due…

More Songs About Computers and Cheese – Gwenno live

Gwenno / A Ritual Sea – The Sound House, Dublin – Saturday 11th May 2019 This was the show we weren’t supposed to see. Originally we were booked to see dEUS on the Saturday but the cancellation (and switch) of that show created a gap in our evening entertainment schedule. Musically it came down to…