Kicking-on from last Sunday’s AC/DC Rock Or Bust extravaganza at Hampden park, I returned to Glasgow and the Record Factory for a night of sweat soaked live music. With five bands apparently on the bill, followed by a DJ set…
Rewind back to January and a 13 year old girl asks me if I have heard of a band called The Sherlocks? “No,” I reply and ask her why she is not listening to One Direction and all the other…
Pete MacLeod is one very busy man. In addition to recording his much anticipated second album with the multi-million selling Youth, he has recently launched Stepping Stone Music. The concept is simple but one that commands my respect, with Pete doing…
Rarely do I pick up a copy of The Metro but thanks to the almighty I did, as last Thursday I discovered by chance former Powderfinger front-man Bernard Fanning was playing the Cottiers Theatre in Glasgow. I discovered Aussie band…
Rating: I first heard Raymond Meade towards the tail-end of 2014 when I caught him at the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh, where he supported Ocean Colour Scene/Paul Weller guitarist Steve Cradock. At the time a track called ‘Radio Anna’ caught…
It’s been a wee while since GUN arrived on the scene back in 1989, when they announced they would be Taking On The World, and over the years there have been a few changes to the band’s line-up (most notably…
Formed in July 2013, The Mona Lisa’s are a five piece from Ballingry intent on bursting out of The Kingdom of Fife and taking their tunes to the masses. Led by the powerful lyrics and vocals of front-man Kevin Murphy…
Rating: Following last year’s 25th Anniversary re-issue of debut album Taking On The World, and hot on the heels of three sell-out nights at Glasgow’s King Tut’s, MTV’s first ever EMA winners GUN return with the release of new album, Frantic. With…
Formed in Kilwinning Ayrshire in December 2013, Common Ground are a five piece led by charismatic front-man Wullie on vocals and also featuring Sean McKay on lead guitar, Lee Robertson on rhythm guitar, Chris Price (Posh Boy) on bass, with…
Rating: Growing up between Scotland and Australia, the ‘Barnes’ name is one I am well familiar with. Indeed, anyone visiting Australia or taking an interest in Aussie music would be hard pressed not to have heard the music of Mahalia’s…