I know little or nothing about the Glasgow trio Halfrican (writes Andy Wood) other than they have released some fantastic songs including the amazingly cool ‘Hot! Hot! Hot!’ E.P. on El Rancho Records, a reverb soaked collection of short, sugarshit sharp songs, none of which stay around for any longer than two and a half…
Month: May 2014
More Bass! – Book Group live
Book Group Some belated thoughts about Saturday’s Cool Cat Club/MPT show at Beat Generator Live. Marley Davidson’s a talented lad. A fabulous voice, good keyboard skills and he deals superbly with an almost empty room such that by the end of his set absolutely everyone is on his side. Good show, young man. Marley Davidson…
Vote Stafford! Vote Canaverals!
It’s that time of year again when the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award allows the public loose on its 20 album strong long list. At the time of writing we’re about 21 hours into the 72 hour vote which closes at 23:59 on Wednesday evening and in that time you can vote for…
Please Come On Over – Book Group E.P. review and interview
Book Group make a welcome return to Dundee this weekend with a headline show at the Cool Cat Club at Beat Generator Live on Saturday (24th) to mark the release of their excellent second E.P. ‘Tantrums’. ‘Tantrums’ is without doubt their best record to date – it’s one of those records that demands that you…
I Do What I Do – Marley Davidson interview
Marley Davidson is probably in a genre of his own, at least musically (writes Andy Wood). A solo artist, his songs are very adventurous, at times verging on the epic but always with lovely melodies and build a beautiful atmosphere up from start to finish. There’s certainly an element of ‘prog’ in his songs but…
Lots of Zeros – Stoor interview
Stoor played The Cool Cat Club in April and managed to sound even fresher than before, blowing a number of people away (writes Andy Wood). ‘Who the hell are they and where have they been hiding?’ was a question I was asked a number of times after their set followed by a plethora of compliments…
