I’d been waiting to see Simon Fowlers new folk act Merrymouth live for months and finally the Ocean Colour Scene frontman brought his new band up to Scotland. The live show consists of two Acoustic guitars, a Hammond organ and a…
The weekend started with a leisurely drive to Leicester. Now I have an deep rooted dislike for the place. I spent a single year of uni in the ‘city’ thanks to a set of horribly miscalculated A Level predictions and…
Playing to small audiences can be an absolute joy if they give you something to work with. The Broadcast crowd did not. That’s not to say they were an aggressive bunch at all, but the most enthusiastic they got was…
On Saturday night I stood in a gloriously neon bar in the arches of Edinburgh’s Waverley station and danced my little cowboy boots off to what I’m now calling ‘party punk’ – it was glorious! Whoever thought to put Edinburgh’s…
For those who have heard Epic Rap Battles of History (ERB) the name Nice Peter will be well known. For those who haven’t, the ERB’s are a series of music videos pitting many of the greatest historical and fictional characters…
Sneaky Petes in the arches of Edinburgh’s Cowgate is a true rock n roll venue – small, loud, sweaty and informal. The crowd can easily decide whether to pay attention to the musician inches away from them, or sink another…
For those of you who have been under a stone for the last week, Alunageorge have released their debut album and it’s kind of a big deal, K? ‘Body Music’ has single-handedly seized the zeitgeist whilst emphatically creating a new…
The 1975 sent a young and eccentric crowd into a dancing frenzy with their high-tempo Indie Pop last night, as the foursome from Manchester played their re-scheduled album release show. The band were supposed to grace the stage at Banquet…
In February 2005, Grace Maxwell returned home to find her partner Edwyn Collins lying unconscious, having suffered two devastating brain haemorrhages. Left on the brink of death, doctors weren’t hopeful of a recovery and Edwyn had to spend six months…
We’re not far into the festival when Friday night’s pier stage DJ throws down Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’, uninterrupted, between heavy drum n bass and micro house tracks. It’s at this point you realise that Soundwave (not to be confused…