There's a few handsome looking gigs going on this week, including a selection of my so-called " ones to watch " in action, so time to dust off the weekly guide for a rare outing, albeit in brief form. Wednesday: Miaoux Mioux , White Heath , Miss The Occupier , The Miss's . Stairway. Fresh -assuming he gets a chance to catch up on his sleep - from his Radio One session in the early hours of this morning, Miaoux Miaoux will be adding a bit of pep [...]
Nearly done. So very nearly done. One or two more advent posts and I'm finished for the year. Let's start to wrap things up with a couple of crackers then, shall we? Let's apologise for the tortured puns in the previous sentence too. A few people recommended this to me at almost exactly the same time, and it is indeed very good. I've not had a chance to investigate mi mye's other stuff yet, but don't let that stop you doing it for yourself and telling me what you think. merry [...]
This has been out for ages, but it's good, so it's getting flagged up, even if I am dead late. You might not have noticed, unless you paid attention to the amount of it that turned up in my end of year/start of year posts, but I've been wandering off into lo-fi scuzzy poppy rock. That's what Dolfinz make, and they do it rather well. Both songs on this double A-side single are very rough around the edges, but a Hell of a lot of fun, [...]
I really don't like these lists very much. It is pretty much impossible to say who will have a good year, who will plod along as usual, who will split up or vanish without a trace, or anything else. It's also hard to say what counts as having a good year. Playing to a wee tent at at festival? A "triumphant" sell out gig to about 150 people in Glasgow or Edinburgh? The whole exercise always seems a tad pointless to me, you'd be better off sticking some band names on the wall and throwing darts to select them. That [...]
One of my aims for this year is to stop hearing something I like, thinking "yeah, I like this, must put it on the blog sometime" then completely forgetting to put it on the blog ever. With that in mind then, here's a handful of music for you with minimal chatter from me, all either free or "pay what you like" to download. Fat Janitor - Lurk You always knew the school janitor was up to no good, didn't you? Well, here's some proof. Lurk is available to download free [...]
Is it too late to say happy new year? Happy thingamijig anyway. Before I can move on to exciting (note: may not actually be exciting) 2012 things I'd better get the poll results out of the way, so here they are. Best Album: 1. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine 2. Conquering Animal Sound - Kammerspiel 3. Adam Stafford - Build a Harbour Immediately =3. Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat - Everything's Getting Older 5. United Fruit - Fault Lines [...]
Because at Aye Tunes we don't do merry. First things first, see all that money you got as a Christmas present? Put aside £5 of it, and with that fiver go and buy the debut album from Happy Particles , Under Sleeping Waves. It is released today on Bandcamp , and it is really blooming good. <a href=" http://happyparticles.bandcamp .com/album/under-sleeping-wave s">Under Sleeping Waves by Happy Particles</a> Now for some free stuff. I'd like to say they are my Christmas gift to you, but since I am not any of the people [...]
This final Advent Calendar post is brought to you by a terribly happy Jim. I'll let you work out why for yourself. I should probably end things with a Scottish band, but we've had plenty of them throughout December, and I've been gradually trying to take in more from beyond our borders this year anyway, so here's some folk from Manchester instead. Tribal Fighters, like most of the English bands I've liked this year, were first nudged my way from Stewart from Black International, so cheers for finding good new music for me Stew. [...]
Nearly done. So very nearly done. One or two more advent posts and I'm finished for the year. Let's start to wrap things up with a couple of crackers then, shall we? Let's apologise for the tortured puns in the previous sentence too. A few people recommended this to me at almost exactly the same time, and it is indeed very good. I've not had a chance to investigate mi mye's other stuff yet, but don't let that stop you doing it for yourself and telling me what you think. merry [...]
It seems only right that after celebrating with them at the Aye Tunes Birthday Bash back in June we have The Big Nowhere back for Christmas too. Just, barely, making it in time for inclusion in the Advent Calendar after much badgering of the band to hurry the heck up and get it finished comes The Big Nowhere's Christmas EP, Christmas In The Gutter. You can listen to Christmas In the Gutter at Bandcamp , and buy it for a quid (or more) if you like it. As a wee Christmas treat, [...]
Curses, I had the name of whoever pointed my towards Birdlips written down on a bit of paper, to remind me to give them a nod when I got round to posting this. I've lost the bit of paper. Thanks, mystery person. I've not had much in the way of traditional, or God bothering, depending on your viewpoint, Christmas songs, but there's some on this, so enjoy or avoid as you wish. Listen to Slow Burners for the Holidays below, and download it at the price of your choosing at Bandcamp . <a [...]
We like Numbers and Letters round here, enough that I braved the three buses to get there and long walk home on a Sunday night when they played in Glasgow a few months ago. It was worth the annoying trip. Every year they record and release a Christmas song too, so I've been patiently waiting all month for their new one so I can slip it in here. This year's Christmas song from Numbers and Letters is a version of In the Bleak Midwinter and is, as all their previous Christmas songs have been, lovely. I [...]
We like Numbers and Letters round here, enough that I braved the three buses to get there and long walk home on a Sunday night when they played in Glasgow a few months ago. It was worth the annoying trip. Every year they record and release a Christmas song too, so I've been patiently waiting all month for their new one so I can slip it in here. This year's Christmas song from Numbers and Letters is a version of In the Bleak Midwinter and is, as all their previous Christmas songs have been, lovely. I [...]
Although I've not actually looked back to check, I think most of the Christmas songs this year have been of a fairly cheery variety. Let's end that run then. Two tracks today from Kevin P. Gilday, who did a wee opening spot at the last Aye Tunes gig a few months ago. Kev has an album out on Christmas Day, featuring contributions from Kevin Frew, Tim Courtney), David Flood, Emily MacLaren, James Campbell, Jennifer Campbell and Rebecca Kilgour, but I'll get back to the album properly later. First off, a poem, My Crappy Christmas. [...]
You've had my lists of my albums of the year, and lists from pretty much every other blog around by now, so it's time to remind you about the Aye Tunes Readers' Poll, where you can have your say on the best bits of the year. Voting closes on Boxing Day, so you only have a couple of days left to get your entries in. Full details below. Quickie rules & regulations type things: Answer or skip whatever questions you want, but if a bunch of people [...]
Gig plug related Christmas song, yay! The Second Hand Marching play play at The 13th Note tomorrow (Thursday) in a gig that I've already mentioned a couple of times, but I'd be wasting an opportunity not to mention it again, since they've got a Christmassy song to go with it. Also playing at the gig are Withered Hand (Christmas song HERE ) and The Last Battle (Christmas song HERE ). It'll be dead good. You should go. Tickets can be bought here . Bonbon is taken from The Second Hand [...]
It's been ages since I've heard anything from The Recovery Club, but here they are, popping up with a new festive offering. Good, I like them, so it's nice to see them still around. Silent Night is available free from Bandcamp for a limited time, so get it while you can. <a href=" http://therecoveryclub.bandcam p.com/track/silent-night"& gt;Silent Night by The Recovery Club</a> The Recovery Club: Bandcamp - Facebook
Sneaking this in as a wee bonus advent calendar "door", mostly since I want an excuse to post it, but didn't want to just have a post saying "Look, a video!". So. Look! A video! OLYMPIC SWIMMERS - Where it Snows Where It Snows isn't a Christmas song at all, but it has snow in the title, which makes it wintery at least. Yeah, I'm really reaching on this one, aren't I? Anyway, When It Snows is an ace wee song, and Olympic [...]
It took me the best part of six months to get round to writing about Black Books. They've been up to some stuff since I babbled about their EP . Rather than wait another six months to get round to mentioning them again, here's a few new things from The Black Books. I mentioned previously that there was an album on the way "in the near future". Well, now there's a date set for the album! The Black Books' self titled debut album will be released on February 14th, perfectly timed to buy for someone you [...]
Only a few more of these posts to go. I'll need to find something new to occupy me after this week is over. Maybe counting Readers' Poll entries? So far that's a simple task, since there's only a handful of them to count up. Go here to find out how to vote, you still have some time. Today's song comes from The Stormy Seas. They released their debut album last month, and it is rather good. Have a wee listen here . Now they've gotten all festive, with a wee Christmas song. [...]
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