
Friday 14th of March! Tin Roof! Dundee Rock City! It’s Rusty Hip Collective launching a zine time again. Who needs grammar when you’ve got art? More »

Friday 14th of March! Tin Roof! Dundee Rock City! It’s Rusty Hip Collective launching a zine time again. Who needs grammar when you’ve got art? More »

NILK at the Botanics is the micro-festival that deserves a special place in the hearts of art and music lovers everywhere. Here’s a few words about my experience of it this year. 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 »

LIVE REVIEW: Day three of ‘OTHER’ creative arts project launch in Dundee featured short films shown between St Kilda Mailboat, The Won Over, and Little Anchors at Duke’s Corner. 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 »
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.

When it comes to DIY punk in Scotland, few are as involved at making things happen as Derrick Johnston. So he’s kindly agreed to bring us up to speed. Because let’s face it, what I know about the hardcore punk scene would fit on the back of a fucking stamp.More »
Copyright © 2001-2013 PETPIRANHA · "Life Has Surface Noise" · Scottish music blog, art, indie, punk rock