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Be A Familiar / Tango In The Attic

By • Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: jrwee, short players

Yet again the vagaries of postal strikes and possible light fingered staff leave me getting a copy of this near six months after it was released. Which is a shame, but it’s well worth the wait. What we have here is the split debut from Be A Familiar and Tango In The Attic. Which, if [...]



Amanda Palmer/Zen Zen Zo/The Indelicates

By • Sep 4th, 2009 • Category: gigs

Another gig another new venue. My first time in the HMV Picture House. Sadly, also another big ugly boxy sound. Is this an east-coast thing, like putting that brown slime on your chips? Unfortuante for the audience, but also for The Indelicates who are currently playing their hearts out up there. And it looks like [...]



The Smittens/The Just Joans

By • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: jrwee, short players

This latest release from the Weepop stable is a classic indie split/cover 7″. And, very nice it is to see one again Vermont’s The Smittens take The Just Joans‘ best song What Do We Do Now? and kick all the pathos out of it then feed it up on cola bottles. Leaving us with a [...]



The Wickerman Festival (Friday)

By • Jul 30th, 2009 • Category: gigs, jrgigs


Bruce Springsteen

By • Jul 17th, 2009 • Category: gigs

It’s a strange thing to get a text message asking if you want to go see Bruce Springsteen; well it was for me. I realised I’d never really considered the prospect. So, about half an hour after the the instinctual response of GOODGODNO! it began to dawn on my that actually, yes, I did want [...]