Words: The Captain Album Cover: Brian Sweeney Album Cover Text: Colin McArthur I've been a fan of Annie ever since I saw her back in 2015 at Teviot Underground (Edinburgh), you can see my thoughts on that show here. But anywaaaaay, we're here to talk about.... HER TOTALLY AWESOME, SUPER DUPER, AMAZING NEW ALBUM! Sorry, … Continue reading Album Review: An Unforgiving Light by Annie Booth
Words: The Captain Photo: Micky Cooper In the words of Kuzco... "BOOM BABY!" (if you don't know what I mean, watch "The Emperor's New Groove", you won't regret it). Some swish new music to get my lugs around. "All These Days" is Gordon's Alive!'s second E.P and they are very much rockin' (geddit?) the old … Continue reading E.P Review: All These Days by Gordon’s Alive!
Words: The Captain Photo: Gail Watt (The Woozle) I first saw L-Space as a support for Eyre Llew back in March and I really liked them, so when I was approached by the band to review their new single, I was rather elated. As I said when I reviewed them live: "Think if Doctor Who and Red … Continue reading Single Review: Space Junk by L-Space
Words: The Captain Photo: George Robinson When you search for Conor Heafey's page on Facebook, it pops up with "Rainy-day easy listening songs", which I think describes his music PERFECTLY. The Game is the title track from his recently released E.P and I'll start off by saying that I think it's Fabulous! (So fabulous, it needed … Continue reading Single Review: The Game by Conor Heafey
Words: The Captain Photo: Provided by AVU This is AVU. I saw them a few weeks back a Macmillan Charity gig in The Mash House (Edinburgh). As soon as the first note warbled out of the speakers, I instantly knew I wanted to review their music, so I approached them after their set. A few weeks … Continue reading E.P Review: East Teen Salazar by AVU
Words: The Captain Photo: Nicole Stapinski This is the debut E.P from Blair Coron and to cut a long story short, it's bloody brilliant! I grew up listening to A LOT of classical, jazz and folk music, so this E.P really spoke to me. Every single one of the five tracks is so exquisitely written and … Continue reading E.P Review: DO/RE by Blair Coron
Words: The Captain Photo: Paul Zanetti Ooooh-la-la! Some new music for my ears! Brilliant! Within the first few seconds of pressing play, I was in love with song. I tend to establish my liking for a song in that period. So we're already off to a good start, well done guys! It's a funky and fresh … Continue reading Single Review: Lovinit by The Recoupes
(L-R: Michael Barker, The Holy Smokes, The Baroque) Photos: Beth M Cameron Words: The Captain It's another Tuesday night in Edinburgh. It's cold and raining, so what better place to be than inside helping The Holy Smokes celebrate the release of their new EP! First up is Michael Barker, who introduces himself and says he'll … Continue reading Live Review: The Holy Smokes, The Baroque & Michael Barker @ Sneaky Pete’s 14/03/17
Words and Photo: The Captain On the 25th of March (this Saturday) The Electric Circus will close its doors for the final time after 7 years. The Electric Circus has played host to many amazing acts be it touring or local and if you read a lot of our reviews, you'll know we spent many an … Continue reading Goodbye Electric Circus
Words & Photo: The Captain It's a Wednesday night and what better to do than go to a gig on the Cowgate! Out of the line up, I've only ever heard Echo Arcadia before because they were on the final episode of "The Captain's Log" the week before. However, I have heard great things about … Continue reading Live Review: Eyre Llew, L-Space & Echo Arcadia @ Sneaky Pete’s 08/03/17
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