Awards for all
“You must have been to a few of these,” says Adam out of the Plimptons, nominee for Best Punk Album at the Scottish New Music Awards.
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Stereo
Perfect Harmony
Who says food and music can’t mix?
You’ll like this…
Of course, I wasn’t even meant to be to a loose end on Saturday.
Lapsus Linguae / Moniack / Hail Caesar – The List, December 2003
Lapsus Linguae (*****)/ Moniack (****) / Hail Caesar (****)
Bob Mould Q&A – Metro 2006
Since disbanding seminal Minneapolis post-punkers Hüsker Dü, Bob Mould has fronted chart act Sugar, gone electronic, DJ’ed, become an acclaimed remixer, and, er, been a ‘scriptwriter’ for the WWF. Now he’s come full circle and is playing the oldies live again.
Five questions for… Tim Booth (Metro, April 2008)
Madchester godfathers James are celebrating their quarter-century by reforming to record a new album. First, however, there’s a new ‘Best of’, with singer Tim Booth’s acting career (launched in Batman Begins) put temporarily on hold.
5 reasons to see… Half Man Half Biscuit (The List, September 2008)
5 reasons you should see Half Man Half Biscuit at the Liquid Room on October 1st.
Five questions for… Art Brut (Metro, May 2007)
Eddie Argos has fronted London-based five piece Art Brut for 4 years, and the band have found friends across the world – most notably the US music press lauding debut album Bang Bang Rock and Roll. Now they tour the UK in support of follow-up album It’s Kind of Complicated.
Edinburgh, so much to answer for
When Dickens wrote about “best of times / worst of times” he wasn’t talking about Edinburgh (well, to be honest, he might have been, my English lessons at school extended back as far as Orwell and Camus, with some Shakespeare thrown in, just in case we actually started to enjoy ourselves).
Radio radio
What you could have heard if you’d ‘tuned in’ to freshair.org.uk at 7pm on 10th August 2010….
