Bridging the gap between Queens of the Stone Age and Tool, Miami’s TORCHE showed Glasgow how to rock out without falling into the trap of derivative post-hardcore polished for easy digestion. Torche brought the riffs. All The Riffs! Oh, and Fat Goth supported. More »
Alex reckons if Neds Atomic Dustbin had used a different name they’d have been famous. Or more famous. Which makes me think about local Scottish scenes, obscurity and how I’ll link that to THE WON OVER’s new material going up on bandcamp this week. More »
Comics and graphic novels may not be appreciated by everyone in a world where celebrity hardbacks leer out from supermarket book shelves. These carefully crafted visual stories won’t impress anyone in my Goodreads book list. And not a fuck was given. There’s something paranormal brewing. More »
HUMAN IS NOT ALONE is three charity concerts and a compilation uniting the UK DIY music scene in support of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Today they announced the tracklisting and it is a tasty one including FUGAZI and more. More »
To learn a craft it helps to watch a master craftsman. How much you can teach art and self-expression to achieve greatness is an academic debate I’m ill-equipped to write about. However, I’d be surprised if you weren’t inspired by seeing RM Hubbert and Craig B of The Unwinding Hours play live. More »
Die! Die! Die! may be from New Zealand but that doesn’t stop them touring the UK incessantly. Glasgow and Edinburgh gig-goers can hear them this month playing songs from latest album Harmony. More »
Future Library Podcast #15 packs in over an hour of Fat Goth chat. Part-nonsense, part total-nonsense. You might even hear a new Fat Goth song or two at forthcoming gigs with Torche and the ‘Human is not Alone‘ series of shows. More »
“…obscurity is not a fucking badge!” So said Mclusky on album Mclusky Do Dallas. There I was pondering what to write about when a fully blown discussion on selling art appears on my Facebook timeline. Yeah yeah, marketing is evil but only when it’s on behalf of music or things you don’t enjoy or respect… More »
Late 80s / early 90s pop faves Deacon Blue tour the UK in Sept 2013 with Dundee’s The Hazey Janes in support. Pop perfection! More »
Mischievous pop-art duo St. Kilda Mailboat are coming to Glasgow to save us all from drab indie rock and the electronica landfill. Olive Groove Records have put together a bill worthy of your hard earned overdraft. Pencil it in now. More »
Hello! Thanks for stopping by. My name is Andy and you've found my blog. Once in a halley's comet I'll help a noisy band release a record like Bronto Skylift or die! die! die! but it doesn't happen very often. These days I mostly blog about the Scottish underground music scene. 'Creative Minds' is a series of posts on mental health because ignorance & hypocrisy grind my gears. Saying hello on Twitter is the best way to reach me. If there's a gig or record you think I'd like then drop me a line.
