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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Preview: Eastern Promise (Platform, Glasgow, 30/9 & 1/10)
This article originally ran in The Herald newspaper (Scotland) on Wednesday September 28, under the heading PASTELS SEDUCED BY THAT EASTERN PROMISE. Last year’s inaugural Eastern Promise revelled in a sense of adventure. The festival traversed Scottish pop, German neo-classicism … Continue reading
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That glorious vision above you there is the video for Remember Remember’s ‘Scottish Widows’, taken from Graeme JD Ronald and co’s brand new album, The Quickening (Rock Action). I spoke to Graeme about The Quickening, and hope, and Spinal Tap, for … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Journalism, writing etc, Reviews (Albums), Reviews (Live), Reviews (Singles)
Tagged Aidan Moffat and Bill Wells, Aidan Moffat the Quietus, Brian Wilson Interview, Cancel the Astronauts, Cruel Summer EP, De-Fence, Django Django, Graeme Ronald Interview, Jens Lekman, Josh T Pearson, King Creosote interview, King Creosote Jon Hopkins live review, Malcolm Middleton, Muscles of Joy album review, Muscles of Joy interview, Remember Remember album review, Remember Remember Interview, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Wounded Knee
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Interview: Brian Wilson
This interview originally appeared in The Herald newspaper (Scotland) on Thursday 8th September 2011 under the heading SUN IS SHINING ON BEACH BOYS LEGEND. Certain things go through your head when you’re waiting for Brian Wilson to call. You consider … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Journalism, writing etc
Tagged Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson Interview, Disney, Elvis, Gershwin, Glasgow, Scotland, Smile, The Herald
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Interview: King Creosote on Diamond Mine
This feature originally appeared in The Herald newspaper (Scotland) on September 6 2011, the day of the Mercury Awards, under the heading KING CREOSOTE’S MAGICAL ALBUM IS A WINNER, SAYS NICOLA MEIGHAN. King Creosote is sat in a pub in … Continue reading
Interview: Muscles of Joy
This feature originally ran in the The Herald newspaper (Scotland) on Saturday 3rd September 2011, under the headline MAGNIFICENT SEVEN FIND STRENGTH IN DEPTH. Art-rock provocateur Lydia Lunch recently made an appearance in Glasgow. Her show was hypnotic, but she … Continue reading
Live Review: PJ Harvey
This review originally ran in The Herald newspaper (Scotland) on Tuesday 6th September 2011. PJ Harvey Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, September 4th 2011 (Four stars) At one point during this extraordinary performance by Polly Jean Harvey, a heckler attempted to … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, writing etc, Reviews (Live)
Tagged Glasgow, Let England Shake, live review, PJ Harvey, The Glorious Land, The Herald
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So that was the summer…
Last time I logged on to this blog was in was mid-July – what happened? Well, the festival happened, and holidays happened, and time and kids and chickens happened and somehow it is now September and the potatoes are harvested … Continue reading
