[I would have posted this earlier, but I've been suffering from a weird hangover/caffeine-induced insomnia which has meant for the past 48 hours all I've managed to do is turn up for work and not much else. Not fun. Anyway...]
It’s not common for four of my mates to independently suggest going to the same gig, but that’s what transpired [...]
Entries from December 2007
December 18, 2007
Frightened Rabbit, Foxface, Broken Records @ Bongo Club, 15 Dec
December 10, 2007
The Twilight Sad reflect on rave reviews, sell-out shows and egotistical Pumpkins
Back in spring, one album took Scotland entirely by surprise. It began with a resonant guitar, timed to a staccato piano rhythm under a haze of feedback that forebode of things to come. Then a raw west coast voice glides in: “Another hotel, with woollen plans / Romantic gesture, with woollen plans” - lyrics like [...]
December 2, 2007
December singles round-up
(Originally for The Skinny magazine)
Part I – Indie.
Maxïmo Park switch down a gear from their usual breakneck post-punk for Karaoke Plays (***, 3 Dec), another razor-edged but same-y track from Our Earthly Pleasures. Next it’s down to Alan Partridge country with Norwich’s Bearsuit: Foxy Boxer (***, 3 Dec) is a bit of fun - nothing [...]
