I love late Autumn. I've stopped mourning festival season and started getting excited about Yuletide and, best of all, my favourite Scottish musicians' no longer sound cold and out of place in the Southern sunshine. With the nights firmly drawn in and the country erupting in weekly episodes of civil unrest, what better time for a folk punk album to galvanise the troops? Dave Hughes , like contemporaries Al Baker and Chris T-T, creates the type of folk music that gives me hope in this era of Ed Sheeran and his beige masses: thought-provoking and [...]
I guess most of you will already know this, but in case it somehow passed you by Dananananaykroyd have announced that at the end of their current UK tour they'll be hanging up their boots for good. In what will be there last ever show in Glasgow, the boys will be tearing the roof off the ABC in Glasgow this Saturday night (29th). If you fancy sending one of Scotland's finest live bands off in style, then you can still pick up a ticket in advance via Synergy Concerts website. If you are planning on going [...]
Sunday, the traditional day of rest. Staying in bed till lunchtime, filling up on fried food, reading papers, and watching around 10 hours of football. Sunday also tends to be the day I ignore gigs, until they are particularly tempting. Have you ever tried using public transport on a Sunday? It's rubbish. This week has decided to mess my my plans though, by throwing three very tempting gigs at me. I also have to get up early to help a friend move house, but that part presumably doesn't apply to the rest of you. At MacSorelys [...]
Sunday, the traditional day of rest. Staying in bed till lunchtime, filling up on fried food, reading papers, and watching around 10 hours of football. Sunday also tends to be the day I ignore gigs, until they are particularly tempting. Have you ever tried using public transport on a Sunday? It's rubbish. This week has decided to mess my my plans though, by throwing three very tempting gigs at me. I also have to get up early to help a friend move house, but that part presumably doesn't apply to the rest of you. At MacSorelys [...]
We are honored to have folk-rocker Dave Hughes take us on a journey through his favorite independent Scottish music [via YouTube]. The accents make me a little weak in the knees, personally, so I was quite excited for this feature. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. If you're hungry for more amazing music, go listen to some of Dave's here . 1. Help Save the Youth of Cumnock and Doon Valley - Roscoe Vacant This song is basically what is happening in Scotland right this moment. Roscoe writes [...]
Would you care to introduce yourself? I'm Dave Hughes, from the west coast of Scotland (but now living in Dundee). I play folk music, mostly solo, but when in and around Glasgow it's with my backing band, the Renegade Folk Punk Band. How would you describe the music you make? I describe my [...]
from the press release:: 'Nothing But Love Songs' is Palette Recordings first digital-only compilation, featuring a dozen exclusive new songs from the label's talent. While firmly rooted in techno, the cohesive compilation incorporates experimental, dub, and glitch passages as it cycles through layers of sonic abstraction. The compilation begins with a track by Palette All-Stars (comprised of John Tejada, Arian Leviste, Justin Maxwell and Josh Humphrey), and also features solo material by Tejada as well as Maxwell, Humphrey, and Dave Hughes. Collaborations abound with all the Palette artists including Tejada's 19-year collaborator Arian Leviste. [...]
( Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn // Directed by: James Lees) For those of you who aren't watching the Super Bowl, some tunage: Dave Hughes - Paranoid (via John Tejada's Palette Recordings ) Faithless - Not Going Home (Hervé's Heat Up The Club Remix) Leonardus & Quinten 909 - Dreamer (Disco House lives!) Leonardus & Quinten 909 - Show The World (Disco House lives even more!) Massive Attack + Hope Sandoval - Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix) [...]
We're Only Afraid Of NYC I really meant to catch these guys at Tuts a couple of nights back, sadly I couldn't convince anyone to leave Sleazys in time, useless twat that I am. Bit of a pisser on my part, on a brighter note they've put a few of their songs to download for free here . Camera Obscura I know you are probably sick of Christmas already (seriously when the fuck is the sodding snow going to melt), but that's still [...]
Ah yes, so it is the first in our series of 62-word reviews, where I attempt to review whatever you feel like sending us in 62 words or less. This means if something is really bad I can just say 'It's shit' and get away with it. Oh, and before you ask, the reason I chose 62 is that it rhymes with 'review'. Also, Peenko chose the name ('Help Ma Boab...') and I have no choice but to go with it. And away we go... Dave Hughes - Sinners and Saints album A slow [...]
"from the beginning," marks dave hughes second ep release for palette. the three songs offer different variations on a single theme. "from the beginning" starts things off with classic sounding chords and punchy drums. "from the start" follows the theme in a more stripped down fashion, adding vocoded percussion with a powerful stab. "start over" continues in a more tricked out percussive form with clever programming and synth stabs. in all a club friendly three tracker and great follow up to his first ep on palette titled "let's do it," the title track having recently been featured as the first [...]
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