Here For The Sex Appeal – Spare Snare live in Dundee

Spare Snare / Scottish Fault Lines / Concept Car – Beat Generator Live, Dundee – Saturday 20th May 2023 The great gigs keep coming. After April’s Dutch adventure and two brilliant, smaller scale shows (Withered Hand and Broken Chanter) back home, Saturday’s show saw Spare Snare return to Dundee on the back of seven dates…

Youse Have Form Through Here – Broken Chanter live

Broken Chanter / Into The Pines – The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh – Saturday 6th May 2023 I’ll confess I was a bit blasé before this show, which was after all our sixth opportunity to see the full band Broken Chanter since the release of the superb ‘Catastrophe Hits’. So it was a bit unexpected…

It’s The End of the World As We Know It

Recently finished this thought-provoking novel, although the irony of having read part of it in the Netherlands having flown there isn’t lost on me… ‘The Ministry of the Future’ sees Kim Stanley Robinson tackling climate change through a series of eyewitness accounts to the impact of climate change. THMOTF tells its story in non-traditional ways…

Faster In Real Life – Withered Hand live

Withered Hand / Kathryn Williams – The Liquid Room, Edinburgh – Friday 28 April 2023 After our trip to the Netherlands, we were back on more familiar ground for the recent Withered Hand album launch at the Liquid Room. After an enjoyable but short opening set from Kathryn Williams, it was time for the main…

April 2023

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Great Choice – Yo La Tengo live in Amsterdam

Yo La Tengo – Grote Zaal, Paradiso, Amsterdam – Tuesday 18 April 2023 If this blog has often been an exercise in catching up with bands I should already like, then no band illustrates that better than Yo La Tengo. I first became aware of them on the Homestead ‘Human Music’ compilation as far back…