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Massive Night In The Cathouse

With the autumn sun shining, I boarded the 5:25 to Glasgow last Monday, heading for a night in The Cathouse. A couple of stops further up the track my rock chick friend joined me, looking the part in her ACDC … Continue reading

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Crobot- Welcome To Fat City

After a lengthy “mayoral” campaign, Crobot released their second album, Welcome To Fat City, via Nuclear Blast on 23 September. Recorded at The Machine Shop and produced by Machine, as Crobot commented at the time, they’ve “brewed up a new … Continue reading

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Blues Pills – Lady In Gold

I first stumbled across Blues Pills in December 2014 when I saw them support Rival Sons in Glasgow. By the time they reached the end of their short set, I was hooked. So having already fallen in love with their … Continue reading

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The Kentucky Headhunters at the O2 ABC Glasgow 27 July 2016 – a memorable night.

For the first time this year, I headed off “unchaperoned” on the 5:25 train to Glasgow earlier this week. I’ll be honest, I do find it a bit daunting to be heading out to a gig on my own but … Continue reading

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Biffy Clyro – Ellipsis

Despite living less than fifty miles from this band’s hometown of Kilmarnock, I’ve arrived late to the Biffy Clyro party. Perhaps I should start this review with an apology… Biffy Clyro first crossed my musical radar about six years ago … Continue reading

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Mark Harrison – Turpentine

Sometimes in life you stumble across an artist or band who perhaps doesn’t naturally fit with your preferred genre of music but who swiftly become your guilty pleasure. Since I was first introduced to rootsy blues/folk maestro Mark Harrison, when … Continue reading

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A Tremonster Night With Tremonti

Last Monday evening I boarded the 525 train to Glasgow, picking up my chaperones, Boy Child and Facebook Son en route, and headed off out to play. Our destination for the evening was the O2 ABC to see Tremonti in … Continue reading

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Rival Sons – Hollow Bones

The long awaited successor to Rival Sons’ critically acclaimed Great Western Valkyrie is released on 10 June 2016. Hollow Bones is the band’s fifth album and is released on Earache Records. When Rival Sons decided to step into the studio … Continue reading

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Man The Mighty – Paper Crown EP

Paper Crown EP is Man The Mighty’s second release, the follow up to 2013’s critically acclaimed I Am Icarus. Released on 3 June, Paper Crown is a six track EP from the boys from Illinois. For those who are unfamiliar … Continue reading

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Tremonti – Dust

The third album from Tremonti, Dust, was released last week via Fret 12. Produced by the talented Michael “Elvis” Baskette, Dust is the “companion” album to 2015’s Cauterize. I use the term “companion” loosely. Both albums were recorded together, ten … Continue reading

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