Adam Easy Wishes

Excellent words, Graham, as usual - thank you for coming!

Woah, I managed two records in one year. Busy boy!

We're patiently waiting for this to hit Amazon Prime. Glad to hear it's good!

My first gig in Aberdeen was Idlewild at the Music Hall circa 2000.

I absolutely love it. A nice follow-up to their s/t and gets better with repeat listens. Just the perfect band for me - ticks every box: solid melodies, interesting harmonies, poppy, punky, incredible bass work (underappreciated, in fact!) and synths that are well placed and sit so well with everything else. And an impeccable lead vocal live.

Forgot to say...we also released a single: http://smarturl.it/asingletruth

I would make sure that your recording method was correct before blaming the mics. If they came out a 'vocals' box especially! https://www.studiospares.com/Microphones/Mics-Studio-Vocal.htm - anything from there would be an upgrade on a SM58/57-type for recording. Large diaphragm condenser is yer boy.

We are massively excited to announce that our debut album - "The Birth of Industry" - will be released on 3rd November, and is available for physical pre-order NOW. It has been quite the journey! To celebrate, we will be holding a release party on Saturday 4th November, where we will play the album, a selection of extra songs and just have a good old time at a really unique venue - Dunbar Street Hall, in Old Aberdeen. https://www.facebook.com/events/1476062112440118 We will be supported by the fantastic The Youth And Young as well as our good friend Andrew Cameron and his band Brash Isaac. Tickets (which include a physical copy of the record), and full details are available here: http://tinyurl.com/TBOI-tickets For those of you who can't make the party (), you can pre-order a physical copy of the album here: https://www.wearethedeportees.co.uk/shop Exciting stuff...tell all your pals and let's have an amazing time! x

Garth Crooks is absolutely the worst.

I agree that it's a red card. Completely. I know it's all happening quickly, and the ex-pro argument I've heard is that if Mane doesn't go for that ball he'll get pelters from his boss for not competing, but: 1. The ball IS there to be won, but with his head. 2. There is more than adequate time for Mane to realise and assess the situation does not require him to go in like that with his foot and understand that Ederson will be putting his head on it (comparably the ball might be 'there to be won' on the floor but a player has fallen over and his head is in the way, it still doesn't mean you have to boot him in the face to get to it - there is still a responsibility for a player to assess any given situation and not endanger another opponent, 50/50 or not). 3. IIRC this differs from the Nani one because the player he ultimately kicked was in behind/came at him on his blindside and Nani was completely focused on the ball? Mane has a clear run where he can see ball + player yet still makes the decision to go in the way he does. 4. It doesn't matter whether he was genuinely 'trying to win the ball' or not, for a foul of this type, intent doesn't feature - it's action/outcome that does.

Aberdeen beat Shkendija in the 2015 Europa qualifiers. Just FYI. Don't know anything about how they've progressed since then, but from memory they basically thought the tie was won before a ball was kicked and played with a misplaced arrogance. Like most teams Aberdeen face in Europe.

After about one hundred years of trying, there will definitely, definitely be a Deportees album this year. HOW COOL.

(Girl We Got A) Good Thing is a choooooon.

Just as an update to this, the lineup for Rumours at HMT was announced yesterday and I mistakenly thought this was a one-band event, playing the record from start to finish. It's actually a heap of bands, presumably doing one or two songs each, collaborations etc, and includes the record plus a 'best of' set - all paying tribute to Fleetwood Mac. Which sounds pretty decent to me. Lineup is: Eugene Kelly (The Vaselines), Emma Pollock, Martha Ffion, Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow), Be Charlotte, Alice Marra (The Hazey Janes), Duglas T. Stewart (BMX Bandits), Sam West, Sinderins

Nice try, LibertyX.

I'll say.

What's crazy is how shit Arsenal are and how much Arsene Wenger is basically just a cunt. How can anyone say he's doing a good job at one of the richest clubs in the world when he is going into the first league game of the season and 'forced' to play two left backs and Rob Holding as his three centre backs.

Much of Spurs' success this season will hinge on how they adapt to playing at Wembley rather than WHL I reckon.

Full disclosure - I don't work for APA.

I take your point on accommodation/rider but I still think it pretty unlikely that any of the support acts are getting accommodation provision in their fee. They will have been offered a fee and then made the call themselves whether they can afford to take it on vs what it would cost to stay locally or travel home after the show. Of the support acts announced (that I can see) I have heard every one and seen Bdy_Prts, Indigo Velvet and Neon Waltz live. They are not all to my taste, but they are all doing something professional/polished, understand their live show, and (crucially for this festival) are active and relevant (recent recorded output, touring, radio airplay). [EDIT= I also know for a fact that many of the headline acts have been prescriptive in what kind of support acts will work for them - acoustic/solo acts so as not to disrupt stage set up etc etc., and some of the shows/performances won't require or suit having any support at all.] Yeah, sorry I wasn't clear, but I did mean that you have to be 'good enough' to suit the show/venue/requirements of any show. P.S. Finally a thread about music on aberdeen-music eh? Who'd have thought.

You build a reputation at smaller venues, less high profile shows and progress from there. I'm not saying anything ridiculous, surely? All I'm saying is you don't get a show supporting Public Service Broadcasting unless you've put in the time, effort and graft to promote yourself, show yourself off and demonstrate that you're good enough and capable for a promoter to offer you a high profile support slot. Combined with recorded output, of course.

Sorry, what I meant by it not being a charitable cause was essentially that bands shouldn't be pandered to regardless of their ability/quality, just because they're keen. In short - you should be good enough before you should be considered for a slot at this festival or any support slot at any venue. Rider/equipment transport is a negligible cost. Why should local support acts not benefit from a rider if out of town bands do? I can all but guarantee that the out of town support acts booked for these shows will not get any more of a rider than a standard Lemon Tree support rider offered to any local band that plays a similar slot. Plus APA isn't paying for out-of-town acts to get to the venue so equipment transport cost isn't even really a thing (unless I've misunderstood what you mean?). Basically, I'm not disagreeing with your fundamental point that preference should be given to local acts as support for a festival like this. I just don't think there are enough (any?) relevant and active quality local acts to fill the spaces.

See, this I just fundamentally disagree with. Putting on a show/festival like this isn't a charitable cause. Bands/artists should be great, and promoters should be looking to book the best possible acts for these kinds of shows. Why not make it a brilliant lineup that people want to be in the venue for from the start rather than turning up just before the headliner plays? And why should it save a ton of money? I presume there's a budget that's been agreed, and I would completely back that regardless of who plays these shows (local artists, out of town artists, soloists, bands, great or otherwise), should be paid the fee attributed to that slot.

No, but a band playing the full record from start to finish is a unique thing, whether you agree with the premise or not. It's also a one-off - they play in other bands. It's not like they're doing it every weekend. What local bands would have on supporting, out of interest? In terms of suiting any of the lineups. I agree with you that it would be nice to have more local representation - of course - but I genuinely struggle to see where these great bands are that'd do the job, for the most part (perhaps I'm just out of touch).