Can’t let this one pass without comment. The new single from Big Joanie is going to be a cover of Solange’s ‘Cranes In The Sky’. If you’ve seen Big Joanie in the last 18 months, you’ll recognise one of the highlights of the live set. The single is coming out on 7″ through Third Man…
Manic Pop Thrill Listening Party – Tonight!
The listening party for That Petrol Emotion‘s debut LP ‘Manic Pop Thrill’ is finally upon us and takes place this evening (Sunday 19th). It’s a 19:50 BST for 20:00 event – there will be a welcome and (virtual) snacks and drinks available before we all simultaneously drop the needle on the record (or press play)…
There Is No Secret Santa – Randolph’s Leap live (Gig #7 -2020)
Randolph’s Leap / Hayley Beavis – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh – Sunday 1st March 2020 I confess I thought I’d written most of this already but it appears not so this is going to be very brief. But since it increasingly looks like this will be our final gig of the year, I thought it was…
Life Under Lockdown (The Last One) – Ben Smith (Faiides/Las-Acuarelas)
Ben Smith sings and plays guitar in the lovely Glaswegian quartet, Faiides (writes Andy Wood), and, in common with his other band members, also plays in Las-Acurelas, who are a new one for me. Faiides are part of a close-knit Glasgow scene with bands such as Shredd, Secret Motorbikes, Home$lice and Deathcats, sharing bills and…
That Petrol Emotion Listening Party – 19 July 2020
One week today there’s going to be a listening party for That Petrol Emotion’s classic debut album ‘Manic Pop Thrill’. The plan is, at precisely 2000 BST next Sunday (19th July), to drop the needle onto the most recent version of the record, the double 10″ vinyl edition from 2016 with various members of the…
Archive: Century 21 Boys – TV21 interview (June 2001 – Part 2)
Rather later than originally planned here’s the second part of my TV21 interview from 2001: MMMM’s interview with TV21 mainstays Norman Rodger and Ally Palmer continues with the guys’ recollections of where it all went wrong, the final single and their gigs with the Strolling Bones. Did you ever think you were on the edge…
