Septet Be A Familiar finally deliver their debut album. And, all we can say is that To The Lighthouse has definitely been worth the wait. Definitely the most air-punchingly exhilarating albums for quite some time. The whole thing is driven with an energy and rush from start to finish. Make no mistake, this is probably [...]
Welcome to extreme rock makeovers! For the last few years The Like have been trading in a quietLOUD grunge-rock thing with some Blondie-like sass thrown in for good measure.
Or to give it its proper name “Michael Rother and friends perform the top pop hits of Neu!”. Or something like that. There are lots of folk that care about these things would have been very unhappy had Rother been allowed to bill these gigs Neu! I can’t help thinking that if the rest of [...]
So, with the new no-go Scooter Tent, it’s just as well the organisers decided to put Wickerman faves More From Jim (Summerisle Stage) up on the big stage. Where, frankly, they’ve always belonged.
Last year’s Wickerman Festival had a preponderance of young bands deeply in the thrall of Win Butler and chums. If the trend round the clubs and smaller venues if anything to go by, this year it’ll be all jaggy riffs and ATD-i’s back catalogue.
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