Earlier today one of the UK’s more interesting rock bands launched a crowdfunding project for their next album on pledgemusic.com In less than six hours the target for recording and manufacturing had been achieved. Visitors heard a stream of forthcoming new track ‘the bisexuality of distance’. Excitedly I pledged £20 in the first hour for […]More »
LIVE REVIEW: An acoustic evening with Therapy? frontman Andy Cairns, in front of around 100 hardcore fans in Glasgow, was hugely entertaining with classics galore. If you’ve not been paying attention to them recently then you’re missing out. More »
THE BIRTHDAY SUIT is a group with six members. Five of them are Jacqueline Irvine, David Jack, Steve Morrison, Séan McLaughlin, and Catrin Pryce-Jones. I have no idea if they were in any bands previously. Along with a sixth member who also plays guitar and sings lead vocals in the band, they create music which is a cut above […]More »
When Oklahoma tornado survivor Rebecca Vitsmun became a cause for atheists, they raised over $80,000 to help her family buy a new home. That’s the kind of overwhelming support that says, “we’ve got your back”. This Tuesday will a £15 entry fee put off Church of Noise believers from supporting a hardcore gig of biblical proportions? More »
With the sun shining I’ll be damned if I’m going to spend much of today in front of a computer screen. We’ll recap on ten records at random that deserve a place in your collection. There may be ten superior records out so far this year but that’s for others to write about. More »
Friday bank holiday weekend and my brain is knackered. With limited can-be-arsed-ness available there’s only one band I want to write about this evening and that’s THE WON OVER. The fact they have a few gigs in Dundee on the horizon makes it a happy coincidence. More »
IN POSTERFACE is a band you’ll have to think about before recommending to friends with more mainstream music tastes. Being a pretentious, self-indulgent, art-noise band is fine as long as you have the balls to follow through and proclaim it proudly to the world. More »
“…if picking up an instrument was the solution to all of society’s ills, Stormont would simply advertise cheap guitar lessons.” Derry songwriter Conor McAteer tackles the impact of Radio1′s Big Weekend in Derry, including the radio documentary that explored post-troubles Northern Ireland. More »
As positive as the SAYawards can be, the local media coverage could lead to unsigned Scottish releases getting buried this month. Nonsense or some truth to it? GARDEN OF ELKS’ debut EP is on today’s agenda. More »
Graham Norton’s comment about Romania’s Eurovision 2013 entry summed up how I feel about many people who write words online – “…just because you can do something, doesn’t mean that you should”. 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.
