The FudBlog: March 2024

Saturday, March 23, 2024

OLIVER WARDELL AND THE PERSONNEL, BANSHEE LABYRINTH, EDINBURGH, MARCH 22 2024

Oliver Wardell play guitar in several bands of several genres, including BIG IRON, DISPOSABLE and this one. They're all noisy. He's here tonight with his Personnel to celebrate the release of their new album, 'OLIVER DIED ON THE WAY TO HIS HOME PLANET'.

Line-up:

BRASSER: Glasgow post-punk/alt-rock duo who share a fondness for REUBEN with our headliners. Also, the 'best band in the world', according to Oliver.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/s68TvbHlGfg https://www.facebook.com/brassermusic

OLIVER WARDELL AND THE PERSONNEL: Genre defying collective under the control of Mr. Wardell and his sensible jumper. There's funky bits, poppy bits, punky bits and metal-ly bits. There's a dreadlocked bass player and a perma-grinning drummer. And they are joined on the drums by BRASSER's Paul Mills for a raucous cover of REUBEN's 'Stuck in my Throat'

Oliver has, it seems, only rudimentary control over his right leg, which kicks out at random. Or maybe he's 'dancing'...

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/8HzaSfHftk8

BONUS VIDEO featuring PAUL MILLS: https://youtu.be/6eNrtmtGOSU

https://www.facebook.com/oliverwardellmusic

Friday, March 15, 2024

LUCID SINS, BANSHEE LABYRINTH, EDINBURGH, MARCH 9 2024

The second of last weekend's Banshee gigs, this one featuring two very different acts from Glasgow. Also, I'd resolved my camera issues. A memory card fault, it seems. Which is nice, as £16 for a new memory card is significantly better than £300 for a new camera.

Line-up:

CHEER: A fellow in a hat, playing some very American folk/blues instrumentals. Made me think of shabby hobos riding steam trains across the prairies, for some reason. Doesn't seem to do Facebook, which is probably wise these days.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/XDukz3t0D-M

LUCID SINS: 'Occult psychedelia' from Glasgow, never played a gig in Edinburgh before. Very retro, apparent influences include Sabbath, Focus, Yes, a bit of old Thin Lizzy, a touch of Santana, a hint of Steely Dan and a host of others. Not fans of fascists.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Gpb17lNwEqw https://www.facebook.com/Lucidsins

SOLVENTIS, BANSHEE LABYRINTH, EDINBURGH, MARCH 8 2024

The first of two gigs in two days at the BANSHEE LABYRINTH, and an odd one from the metal specialists, RED CRUST PROMOTIONS, and one beset by unfortunate camera issues.

Line-up:

JASMINE ANGEL:

The first of tonight's solo singer/songwriters, indulging in a bit of self-therapy. My video camera ceased to function between this set and the next. Which was annoying.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/kwGw_kvFWS8 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008003869417

MÀIRI NA GRÈINE:

A former maths teacher, apparently. When I was a lad, all maths teachers were terrifying, skeletal and covered in chalk dust. How times change.

I hadn't yet discovered my technical issues, so there is audio but no video.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/LTZuEhukGqg https://www.facebook.com/mairi.nagreine

SCARLET KEILLER:

More indie/folk singer/songwritering, from Glasgow this time. By now I had discovered my camera problem, but hadn't yet worked out a workaround, so there's no video at all, Which is a shame, because she is very good.

https://www.facebook.com/scarletkeillerofficial

SOLVENTIS:

French dark folk/folk-gaze duo. A bit like ALCEST without the black metal, but with added vocal harmonies. They'd been on tour, and this was the last gig of the run. Very nice indeed.

By now, I'd worked out how to use my stills camera as a substitute video camera. It's a bit fiddly, because it really needs three hands to operate the camera and hold the mic, which goes some way to explaining the shaky results.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/InFhUrd-eZU https://www.facebook.com/solventis

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

SCARRED LIP, WEE RED BAR, EDINBURGH, MARCH 2 2024

He's been away, and now he's back with a new project. Which was never meant to happen.

LINE-UP:

LEO BARGERY: Excellent solo performance from DAY SLEEPER/MT. DOUBT singer at the piano, somewhat marred by loud and persistent chat from the audience.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/5fmVyCzj7LY https://www.facebook.com/leor.bargery

MAGPIE BLUE: Brilliant stuff. Emotional and, in her own words, 'brutally honest' songs from Millie, once again battling against the chat. So much so that she felt it necessary to politely ask for a little quiet. Which worked, for a short while.

Nice socks.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/MT3yz0TWTRw https://www.facebook.com/magpieblueofficial

SCARRED LIP: This is a band which was never meant to happen. It was intended to be no more than a hobby project by local legend Matthew Bakewell, formerly of A FIGHT YOU CAN'T WIN, HALF FORMED THINGS, ETC, with drummer Edwin McLachlan. Tony Wright (VERSECHORUSVERSE/ex ASIWYFA) got involved, but personal issues forced him home to Belfast. Edwin went off to drum for YOUNG FATHERS. An EP had been written and recorded. CIARA joined the party on piano. Some chums pitched in on drums and bass, and suddenly they were an actual band. Gig followed.

The songs played here tonight draw together threads from all of Matthew's previous projects, woven together into something new, but recognisably Bakewell. They're different from the EP versions, re-imagined and re-arranged for-and by - the band. And they're magnificent.

You get a bonus video this time, as they were joined for one song by Magpie Blue, and it was too good not to share.