We figured that after four years of sporadic photographing and little else but flyers and vague drunken memories to remind us of the AMAZING acts that we have sweating their hearts out for us each and every month, it was about time to document this a lot better. And also to make some awesome content for our acts too. Recording the first O!IW session in The Old Queens Head So the good guys from Sound You Can See have come on board to start [...]
I nearly typed 'Lice in Edinburgh This Week' in that post title, which actually rather amused me. Just in case you wondered. Anyhow, wildly entertaining typo anecdotes aside, I have some exciting stuff to tell you about this week, although most of it is Toad stuff, honestly. The awesomeness of The Leg's album launch could only be outdone by something pretty fucking special, to be honest, and although Neu Reekie will probably have a good go, I still back The Leg. This is going to be bloody brilliant. And if you want to earn some karmic [...]
It's been a solid year for full-album coverage from single artists. Kris Delmhorst's summery Cars tribute and Thea Gilmore's transformative Dylan tribute alone held the line for excellence in the singer-songwriter categories. Eef Barzelay's Journey project , which transformed my childhood poprock into poignant, soulful solo pieces, turned out to be a great success; so did Ralph McTell's Dylan EP , duo Thomas Fox' tradfolk release , Sara Lov's full-album cover set , and Reid Jamieson's birthday tribute to his wife through the songs of 1969 , [...]
Sam Airey - Devil's Crayon [Wild Beasts] | zs
Oh Inverted World
Song, by Toad
Track In The Box
Cover Lay Down
The Cover Lovers
Loreen - Euphoria
Listen: Summer Camp – Always
Albums We Love: D'Angelo - "Voodoo"
Bobby Womack ft. Lana Del Rey – “Dayglo Reflection”
