Fuck Monday! – BODEGA live

BODEGA / Working Men’s Club – Summerhall, Edinburgh – Monday 12th August 2019 Having almost enjoyed February’s BODEGA show more after the event than at it (due to the cramped conditions at the Art School) I did fear that a show at the much smaller Summerhall might be just as bad, if not worse. Fortunately,…

Song of the Week #19 (2019) – Broken Chanter

Broken Chanter, the solo alter ego of Kid Canaveral’s David Macgregor, has just released a second single from the forthcoming self-titled album. ‘Should We be Dancing’ is a folk tinged waltz, which like its predecessor ‘Wholesale’ recalls the melodic side of Kid Canaveral whilst striking out to claim new territory. It’s a delight of an…

Pretty Cool for a Bunch of Trainspotters – Indietracks review

Indietracks – Midland Railway, Butterley – Friday 26th–Sunday 28th July 2019 Remarkably this was the first time I’ve attended an entire festival. So what attracted us to a rather sodden Derbyshire railway in 2019? A strong core of acts that we both like was a good starting point but the fact that the location was…

Song of the Week #18 (2019) – Bis

If I’m ticking off finally seeing mid 90s Scottish bands that I’ve missed out on for a long time then Bis may well be one of the last to fall into that category. Of course, I always knew of them ,particularly the legend of the first unsigned band to appear on Top of the Pops,…

Song of the Week #17 (2019) – Bodega

Oh, hello. I *am* still here. After a sensational show in Edinburgh on Monday (review to follow), there’s a new Bodega single out today (previewed at that very show). Here’s the video: The album precedes a new mini-LP ‘Shiny New Model’, which includes a 10 minute plus version of ‘Truth Is Not Punishment’ and is…

The Return of Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie – An Eyewitness Reports

Give me one good reason Why I should never make a change And baby if you hold me Then all of this will go away. Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie – ‘Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie’ Almost quarter of a century ago, when I was almost quarter of a century old (writes Andy Wood), Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie breathed a…