I have Raging Speedhorn to blame for ruining my life. They were the soundtrack to my first punch in the face in the pit. My first spilled beer. My first ruined tour t-shirt. The first time I could barely see the band on stage…
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It’s fair to say that both Yob and Pallbearer have been something of a big thing lately, with both of their 2014 releases pretty much guaranteed to be on the best of year lists for every doom aficionado and Shoreditch-dweller who likes a bit…
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Tuesday nights are rarely the most exciting of evenings, and usually the only highlight is finding something worthwhile on the telly to kill a few hours. It’s why the presence of Kawabata Makoto in Glasgow is such an absolute treat, but the low turnout…
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The ties between Loop and Godflesh are long-standing ones, more overtly with the awesome Loopflesh split 7” back in 1991, though Robert Hampson’s guitarwork on Pure was another fine example of just how well these two units go together. People were reminded of this…
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When Uncle Acid’s Glasgow show was first announced (around about the time that people without Black Sabbath tickets were resigning themselves to never being able to see them hit this fair city) it quickly became one of those ‘must-attend’ kind of shindigs, although the…
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Sometimes, a night can be exciting for the most trivial of reasons. First off, having The Body come to town was always going to be a highlight of the week (hell, it’s a highlight of the year, to be honest) but there is also…
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I’ll say it right now: I love Audio. Tucked in an alleyway, it’s the size of someone’s spare room, the bar is basically a few fridges with random bottles of spirits sitting on top and the flush in the gents’ bog is hanging out…
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Edinburgh’s DUNE have announced that their debut EP ‘Progenitor‘, which John Reppion raved about in his recent review here, after being originally released as a download only, is now getting the deserved vinyl treatment via Wasted State Records. The official release date is the…
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It’s with a distinct lack of fanfare that Dundee’s Isak take the stage, and I have to admit that at first, this seemed somewhat appropriate. Their mid-90s stoner rock chic is very no-frills, the competent riffing and even tone of vocalist Joseph McGarrity not…
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Even if not much is known about Helicon, those with keen powers of observation can get a good idea in advance. The split with Spain’s Celestial Bums hints at a similar keen appreciation of tight, tripped-out jams; the Ganesh that hangs from their synths…
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