Tuesday, November 21, 2023

SOLAR SONS, BANSHEE LABYRINTH, EDINBURGH, NOVEMBER 18 2023

An evening of assorted metal, beards, camo shorts, denim'n'leather. You know the sort of thing.



LINE-UP:

MELTED MESSIAH: Fifers. Two of them. Wonky black/sludge/jazz metal. 







VIDEO: 
https://youtu.be/IQ5yb4zi-l0    https://www.facebook.com/MeltedMessiah

ROBOT DEATH MONKEY: Locals. Used to be two of them. Now four of them. Hardest band in Scotland. Allegedly. At least one of them shops at ASDA.







VIDEO:  
https://youtu.be/dVe8SEi7LR4   https://www.facebook.com/RobotDeathMonkey

SOLAR SONS is 'a leading solar and electrical contractor with the goal of assisting Australia to shift towards a more sustainable future'.... Wait. No. Not that SOLAR SONS... THIS Solar Sons is from Dundee, but don't hold that against them. Progressive metal. NOT prog rock, thank fuck.







VIDEO:  
https://youtu.be/1-L6qpFoGmA   https://www.facebook.com/solarsonsofficial


Tuesday, November 14, 2023

SILVER MOTH, STEREO, GLASGOW, NOVEMBER 11 2023

Guitarist from popular band takes time out with some friends, records sublime album, goes out on tour, plays hometown gig.


Line-up:

SAMANA: Somewhat otherwordly Welsh trio, spiritual in a non-God way. I hesitate to call them hippies but...yeah. Not one single sock or shoe between the three of them.





VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Lg0geD1PtRc   https://www.facebook.com/samanamusic

SILVER MOTH: Local lad Stuart Braithwaite, from that there Mogwai, and a number of chums from the likes of Abrasive Trees, Prosthetic Head and Burning House bringing us the songs from one of the very best albums of this - and any - year. And a heart-breaking LOW cover.










VIDEO:   https://youtu.be/0dkMNzPq8Cg    https://www.facebook.com/silvermothmusic

Friday, November 3, 2023

TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE DISASTER, OPIUM, EDINBURGH, MAY 20 2018

Some bands with long names, and one solo artist with a long name, in a venue with a short name. In Edinburgh, which is sort of average length for a city name.



Line-up:

ALL I SEE IS AN EMPTY CIRCLE: Local post-rock unit, whereabouts currently unknown.




VIDEO:   https://youtu.be/L1QQ4b1cyfY  https://www.facebook.com/alliseeisanemptycircle

KAPIL SESHASAYEE: The video blurb call Kapil a 'singer/sludgewriter', which is as good a description as any, I suppose. This is way back in the old days when he used to be a regular support for all sorts of bands. Now he is a rising star, with his own band, and well known for his efforts to expose and oppose caste-ism against the Dalit communities.

I still have no idea what that thing with the bent nails is, though.




VIDEO:   https://youtu.be/Qi2mb-zuIZw   https://www.facebook.com/KapilSeshasayee

WE CAME FROM THE NORTH: You should know who these fellows are by now. Surely?




VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/g-tnlT4TKlc  https://www.facebook.com/WeCameFromTheNorth

TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE DISASTER: Hefty London post-metal/post-rock veterans, in one of their various incarnations. Not entirely sure what they're up to, these days. Guitarist Drew Vernon is currently out and about with his solo ambient project, Sloganyear, but I believe new material is being worked on. Hopefully.









VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/AG0hBK6f1ng   https://www.facebook.com/tnbduk

SATHAMEL, LEGENDS, EDINBURGH, FEBRUARY 22 2025

 Another RED CRUST death metal evening in Edinburgh LINE-UP: TRILL : New local trio, doing some kind of blackened stoner-death thing. Random...