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Hallogallo 2010

By Tony Kiernan • Aug 21st, 2010 • Category: gigs

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 [...]



Wickerman Festival Festival 2010 Day 2

By Tony Kiernan • Jul 27th, 2010 • Category: gigs, jrgigs

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.



Wickerman Festival 2010 Day 1

By Tony Kiernan • Jul 26th, 2010 • Category: gigs, jrgigs

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.



Nick Harper

By Tony Kiernan • May 17th, 2010 • Category: long players

I have a bit of a problem with Nick Harper’s albums: I would drag myself over broken glass to see the man live; but his forays into the studio have left me, if not ‘cold’ then certainly looking for something with longer sleeves to put on. And while this is a rather enjoyable [...]



Nick Harper

By Tony Kiernan • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: gigs

With a new album, The Last Guitar, released it’s time to go see Nick Harper again. Something we always welcome.
For those unfamiliar, Harper is a modern day troubadour: A man that with a guitar and songs that can melt your heart. But, from a simple rock ‘n’ roll perspective he’s one of the most [...]