Two Horsepower – British Sea Power and The Pictish Trail live

British Sea Power / The Pictish Trail – The Garage, Glasgow – Saturday 17th February 2018 I’d kind of got used to the fact that my Scottish indie world and the wider touring band circuit rarely collided. The days when Chemikal bands would tour with bigger acts seem to have long gone and in recent…

Between The Moon and the Stars – MPT 2017 Playlist #5

Here’s the final 2017 playlist and since it’s the last one there’s a bonus track at the end! New stuff soon …

Never Been Wrong – MPT 2017 Playlist #1

“Never Been Wrong” As promised here’s the first of 5 playlists looking back at some of my favourite songs of 2017:  

2017 LPs – 1-10

I do genuinely think this has been the best year for albums in the blog’s lifespan – at least in terms of my tastes. It does seem that my feelings on the best albums tend to be drifting towards older artists again but I’d argue that is only when the older artists produce work that…

Technical Difficulties – British Sea Power live

British Sea Power / Foreignfox – P.J. Molloy’s, Dunfermline – Thursday 31st August 2017 Prepping MPK2 for his first British Sea Power gig, I compiled a play list of some of the hits and some of the highlights from the last album on the way to the show. In terms of introducing him to the…

Such Elegant Chaos – British Sea Power / Meursault live

British Sea Power / Meursault – Liquid Room, Edinburgh – Sunday 9th April For a while it almost seemed like MPT and British Sea Power was something of a brief fling. I’d been aware of the band for some time after hearing that they had worked with Bunnyman Will Sergeant but it wasn’t until third LP…