The Wildhouse / Astrophe – Conroy’s Basement, Friday 20th September This was an impulse decision, to be honest. The gig came up in the Make That A Take Twitter feed on Thursday and reminded me that it’s been, shamefully, years since I last saw the Wildhouse. So despite a busy weekend, I found time to…
Month: September 2019
Song of the Week #22 (2019) – Bob Mould
Bob Mould has always acknowledged what a pivotal experience it was for him seeing Buzzcocks play for the first time. So it’s no surprise to find him covering that band in 2019. Not quite sure of the context, if it’s a one-off tribute to the late Pete Shelley or if it will form part of…
Song of the Week #21 (2019) – Human Don’t Be Angry
I’ve been listening to a lot of instrumental music recently, especially Chris Forsyth, but also the likes of Mogwai and Wozniak. And pertinently for today, also Human Don’t Be Angry, Malcolm Middleton’s guitar led alter ego. Malcolm has just released a free EP ‘(A Prelude)‘ which is a trailer for the new HDBA album ‘Guitar…
New Ways – Broken Chanter feature
Under the guise of Broken Chanter, David MacGregor of Kid Canaveral releases his first solo album tomorrow (Thursday 6th September) on a joint release from Olive Grove/Last Night from Glasgow. With the Canaverals on hiatus (albeit they seem to break curfew every now and again!), David is focussing all his energies on Broken Chanter for…
Water Park – The Cure live in Glasgow
The Cure / Mogwai / The Twilight Sad / The Joy Formidable – Bellahouston Park, Glasgow – Friday 16th August 2019 I’ve had something of an on/off relationship with the Cure. For every album I’ve got of theirs, there’s probably two I don’t own and I’m pretty certain that I’ve not bought anything after ‘Kiss…
Song of the Week #20 (2019) – Brix and the Extricated
This week’s Song of the Week comes from the ridiculously prolific Brix and the Extricated. Having released albums in each of the last 2 years the Manchester based quintet have a third ‘Super Blood Wolf Moon’ lined up for 25 October (pre-order here). Lead single ‘Wolves’ takes things at a less frantic pace than previous…
Manic Pop Thrills 