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King Post Kitsch – ‘King Post Kitsch’ EP Reviewed

King Post Kitsch – ‘King Post Kitsch’ EP Reviewed

Posted 06 March 2010 | By Matthew Young | Categories: Music, Reviews | No Comments

Well well well, this is extremely good indeed.  King Post Kitsch is an exiled Weegie currently residing in London, and was recommended to me by Lloyd from Peenko. I’ve been a little slow on that count, I suppose, because everyone and their blogger seems to have been chattering about this EP for a while now [...]

Mitchell Museum – ‘We Lost 1st Prize’ Reviewed

Mitchell Museum – ‘We Lost 1st Prize’ Reviewed

Posted 27 February 2010 | By Matthew Young | Categories: Music, Reviews | No Comments

Mitchell Museum have an album finished and simmering away (and sounding extremely good).  By way of warming us up and also giving a home to some of the songs which became orphaned along the way, the band are giving away an EP, which you can download from their Bandcamp page.

Django Django – ‘Love’s Dart’ Reviewed

Django Django – ‘Love’s Dart’ Reviewed

Posted 13 February 2010 | By Matthew Young | Categories: Music, Reviews | 1 Comment

As has been the trend recently, I have been very, very slow to post about these lads, despite having first heard and liked their stuff bloody ages ago.  I honestly don’t know why, either, because I liked them from the very first time I heard them.  Sometimes these things just happen, I guess.

Broken Records Live at Song, By Toad, Hogmanay 2009

Broken Records Live at Song, By Toad, Hogmanay 2009

Posted 29 January 2010 | By Matthew Young | Categories: Music, Reviews | 1 Comment

On New Year’s Eve 2009, instead of fighting the crowds in the centre of Edinburgh, we decided to take it a little bit easier and we thought that a house gig would be the perfect solution. Alongside Jon Rooney from Virgin of the Birds, Jamie and Rory from Broken Records also agreed to play.

Meursault New Singles and European Tour

Meursault New Singles and European Tour

Posted 23 January 2010 | By Matthew Young | Categories: Music, Notes On Touring Bands, Reviews | 1 Comment

Meursault’s new singles are out now and the Edinburgh band have just announced their first European tour. Full dates and ticket details are below. The records are released on Matthew’s own Song by Toad label but he still manages to give us a relatively unbiased review:

eagleowl – ‘Sleep the Winter’ Reviewed

eagleowl – ‘Sleep the Winter’ Reviewed

Posted 16 January 2010 | By Matthew Young | Categories: Music, Reviews | 1 Comment

It’s hard to review this single, not because the basics aren’t pretty clear (it’s lovely, I like it a lot, go and buy it please) but because I am finding it very hard to figure out how to express exactly what I feel about this record.  Actually, scratch that, I am finding it very hard [...]

Matthew’s Thoughts on the Coming Year

Matthew’s Thoughts on the Coming Year

Posted 09 January 2010 | By Matthew Young | Categories: Music, Reviews | No Comments

This is just a brief list of some stuff I’m looking forward to in the Edinburgh music scene over the coming year.  I don’t intend to be parochial about this, or too narrow, but I am not as close to the precise ins and outs of what’s happening in the rest of the country so [...]

Withered Hand (and Charity) Win at Christmas

Withered Hand (and Charity) Win at Christmas

Posted 19 December 2009 | By Matthew Young | Categories: Music, Reviews | No Comments

Dan Willson is a clever f**ker, really he is.  I always think indie Christmas music fails somewhat, primarily because all the pain and unhappiness which I tend to like in music clashes with what tiny of fragment of Christmas spirit may still survive within me.

Sparrow and the Workshop – ‘Into the Wild’ Reviewed

Sparrow and the Workshop – ‘Into the Wild’ Reviewed

Posted 12 December 2009 | By Matthew Young | Categories: Music, Reviews | No Comments

Once again with bands who are my personal friends I find myself getting the criticisms out of the way early.  In this case it is that I have seen pretty much all of these songs performed live, and one or two don’t quite retain that zip in their recorded form.  Maybe I just have to [...]