The Pictish Trail – Hospitalfield, Arbroath – Saturday 6th July 2019 Having been denied a full band Pictish Trail show in Cupar for the opening night of EDEN, an opportunity to fill that void arrived just 3 weeks later, even if it meant going to consecutive shows in Arbroath. And Hospitalfield was to prove an…
Nothing But Harp – Gillian Fleetwood in concert
Gillian and her songwriting partner. Didn’t catch his name … Gillian Fleetwood / Henry & Fleetwood – Hospitalfield, Arbroath – 28th June 2019 That this was a little out of the MPT comfort zone was emphasised that by the fact that, never mind my travelling companion MPK2, I pretty much brought down the average age…
Haunted By The Ghost of Jim Morrison – Jeffrey Lewis and Los Bolts live
Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts /The Raptors – Beat Generator Live, Dundee – Thursday 20th June 2019 Having missed Jeffrey Lewis’s last band show in Dundee this one was in the diary from the date that it was announced and it didn’t disappoint. Whilst I wouldn’t claim any sort of familiarity with much of the…
Words! Pictures! Music! – Pictish Trail / Phil Jupitus live
The Pictish Trail / Phil Jupitus – Corn Exchange, Cupar – Saturday 15th June 2019 After hosting a show in the house one weekend the following week we actually had to leave the house to see this one – although unusually we were actually able to walk to the gig – the Opening Night for…
Sabotage! – Malcolm Middleton house gig
Malcolm Middleton – MPLR – Saturday 8th June 2019 It seems a long time ago now but our third house show featured Malcolm Middleton last month. The format has been slightly different each time and this occasion Malcolm did the whole show himself performing two sets. Essentially comprising much of the full band sets from…
MPT Quarterly Report 2019 (#2)
Here’s some new music for you from recent releases in the second quarter of 2019: Full tracklisting Broken Chanter – Wholesale (single) Echo Machine – Chameleon (single) Pip Blom – Don’t Make It Difficult (from ‘Boat’) Kristin Hersh – Mississippi Kite (from ‘Crooked’ remixed) Chris Forsyth – Mystic Mountain (from ‘All Time Present’) The Dream…
