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Sunday, June 9, 2024

EL MOONO, LEGENDS, EDINBURGH, JUNE 3 2024

Today is my birthday, so I'm treating myself to a gig, featuring some bands I have never seen and know nothing about. This could go horribly wrong.

VENUE: LEGENDS

Line-up:

REVELATION 23: A very new young band from Edinburgh. I have the impression they've played very few gigs, and they seem to be missing their bass player tonight. Maybe that accounts for the somewhat nervous performance. Still, promising - if slightly dark - alt rock. Worth watching out for.

Incidentally, in that last photograph, he is NOT poking her in the back with a stick.

VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555304594170

KUBO KOBI: Totally not what I was expecting, just from their name, which is all I knew of them. Although I can't actually say what it was that I WAS expecting. Just not this. Sort of post-metallic alt-rock kinda thing. Vocals reminded me in an odd way of Jefferson Airplane without actually sounding like them. From Glasgow, if that helps, and playing with a new guitarist. The one with the nice hair.

Pronounced KOO-bo ko-BYE, by the way.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/fHJ1mfh7hP8 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063665015485

EL MOONO: From Brighton, let's call it 'alt-rock', although that seems a weak way to describe El Moono. Post-hardcore mixed with a bit of grunge and some metal and other stuff, but all very excellent. They're out on tour promoting their new album 'The Waking Sun' which you should all go out and buy immediately. Singer Zac Jackson looks like he's escaped from an asylum, with his manky gown and mad eyes.

They have, apparently, played Edinburgh a couple of times before, but tonight is their biggest crowd so far. Which is a bit sad, because there's only about 20 people left in the venue. Maybe it's because it's a Monday night. Hopefully, they'll be back to play to a much bigger crowd very soon.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/FlYS4h43pBw https://www.facebook.com/elmoono

So, did it all go horribly wrong? Well, clearly not, although the Monday night crowd was a bit sparse. It was maybe a bold move from Duncan at Red Crust, bringing the headliners here on a weekday, but touring schedules left him no choice. It was Monday or nothing. I, for one, am very glad he did.

Monday, February 19, 2024

ATLAS:EMPIRE, BANNERMAN'S, EDINBURGH, FEBRUARY 15 2024

Out-of-towners absent from Edinburgh return after an unreasonable number of years. Sadly under-attended, possibly due to it being on a Thursday night in February.

Unfortunately, there will be no pics with this post, because they were shite. Too much smoke, hefty backlighting, cheap camera and lack of talent. So, just the videos, which also suffer from the above limitations...

GLASS CITY: Explosive local post-hardcore lads. They were supposed to be on second, but they had to leave early so swapped places with TOY HOSPITAL and buggered off home. They were dead good, though.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/lUweufTYs5s https://www.facebook.com/glasscitynoise

TOY HOSPITAL: Post-emo (is that a thing?) Fifers, back for what is, I think, only their second Edinburgh gig. Featuring new drummist Linzi, playing her first gig with them. The song in the video was released only on a charity compilation.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/zqh0Vl2s54I https://www.facebook.com/toyhospitalband

BROADSEA: Hefty alt-rock from Aberdeen. Not seen in the capital for some five years, it seems. Not seen by me ever, before now. Had to avoid being clobbered by the bass player a couple of times during the gig. Which was quite exciting. Video features a NEW SONG, but, to be fair, they're all new to me.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/lpkqPoNdulE https://www.facebook.com/broadseaofficial

ATLAS:EMPIRE: Glaswegian post/alt rockers, some(or all) of whom used to be in DIALECTS. First Edinburgh gig for seven years which, frankly, is NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Try harder, lads. The sound on the video is a WEE bit broken, because they were VERY LOUD INDEED

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Qm-a-6iRrwo https://www.facebook.com/atlasempire

Thursday, October 19, 2023

PLEIADES, LEGENDS, EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 15 2023

Gig 2 of the weekend. Emo/screamo Post-hardcore, post-metal and witchy doom. No black metal.

Sorry it's taken so long to get this posted, but power supply and internet conditions have been less than ideal for the last few days.

Line-up:

CWFEN: The above-mentioned witchy doom, from that there Glasgow, playing their first Edinburgh gig. Last time I saw them, they were playing in somewhat inappropriate bright daylight. This time...

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/8zpKmcpJ8vU https://www.facebook.com/Cwfenband

VOID OF LIGHT: FudBlog favourite smoke-loving post-metal titans. This gig is extra exciting, because they will play TWO NEW SONGS. Want to see/hear them both? Then set aside twenty-one minutes of your day and watch the video.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/UUSxQEwNoh8 https://www.facebook.com/voidoflightband

AS LIVING ARROWS: Emo/Screamo/Post-metal from somewhere in the UK (Birmingham, apparently. Apart from Tim, who's from Woking.) These lads used to be called 'DEAD BIRD'. When they were Dead Bird they were dead good. Now that they're As Living Arrows, they're still dead good.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/JGODi0r2Er4 https://www.facebook.com/aslivingarrows.band

I'm guessing their name is derived from the quote from the Khalil Gibran poem 'You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth' but I might be wrong. Bet I'm not, though.

PLEIADES: A collision of post hardcore and post-metal from Manchester. The only band tonight I've never seen before. Very nearly didn't see much of them tonight, either, as something blew up and killed the power for ALL of the amps during their first song. Sound engineer extraordinaire Deano sorted everything, probably with a hammer and some gaffa tape, and all was well. Which was a VERY GOOD THING, as they were immense fun.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/z-55k-2mVeA https://www.facebook.com/pleiadesuk

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

NEW WOUNDS, ROYAL PARK CELLARS, LEEDS, APRIL 13 2023

Venue: ROYAL PARK CELLARS, LEEDS

Just a couple of doors along from the BRUDENELL, a well hidden doorway in the pub leads to a tiny room downstairs. Great sound, and the one of the politest sound engineers I've ever come across.

Line-up:

NEW WOUNDS:FKA SOUNDS OF SWAMI, a mix of punk/post-hardcore/post-rock etc...

UNDER-VOLT: Edinburgh duo featuring blues maestro Jed Potts and drummer Vini Bonnar, touring in support of their new album Let's Just Go

CODESPEAKER: The second of the trio of Scottish supports, post-metal/post-hardcore of the highest quality.Notoriously hard to photograph due to their habit of playing in darkness.