Rating: Since catching the Gramotones supporting Steve Cradock on his Travel Wild – Travel Free tour last year I have been hooked. Back then I got myself a copy of their debut EP A Soldier’s Kiss which I just could…
Rating: Robbie is my wife’s all-time favourite artist… as such I have been to see him on a number of occasions over the years and, if truth be told, I do enjoy what Robbie does. There is no debating the…
Rating: Admittedly, I am a big fan of Pete MacLeod and always enjoy hearing him live, and once again I was more than impressed. This intimate gig was billed as the last in Glasgow before Pete heads off to Germany…
Rating: As an Oasis fan I always wondered why Bonehead left when he did. I still don’t know the answer to that one, was pleased to find Bonehead and his new(ish) collaboration Phoneys & The Freaks – featuring Alex Lipinski…
The Eagles, along with Bob Dylan, are my earliest childhood memory of music as a 3-4 year old. I have my dad to thank for that, so when I heard that The Eagles were going to be playing Glasgow I…
Following on from the debut album ‘Simon Fowler’s Merrymouth’ released in 2012, the band return with their second album ‘Wenlock Hill’. Now simply known as ‘Merrymouth’, Ocean Colour Scene band-mate Dan Sealey once again joins Simon in the line-up and…
Having purchased ‘All You Good Good People’ on CD single when it was released back in ’97 – and as a follower of the band ever since – I blew the cobwebs off my Embrace albums and gave them a…
Having recently released the ‘Old Man Song’ EP, and having just been announced as the support for Paul Weller for dates both in Europe and the UK, Gramotones are set to become the name on everyone’s lips this summer. Gigslutz’…
It was like “If Carling did gigs in Stirling” when it was announced that Scotland’s own sensation Pete MacLeod would be supporting on the 3 Scottish dates of the ‘Merrymouth’ tour. Having got my hands on Pete’s debut album ‘Rolling…
For me, the majority of musical highlights in Stirling over the last 20 years have revolved around one of my favourite groups – Ocean Colour Scene. In recent years the special relationship they have enjoyed with Stirling has taken a…