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  1. Curators - The Cold In The Walls

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    Thanks for all the kind words! For anyone down here in the central belt, our record launch is at Edinburgh Art College's Wee Red Bar on Saturday 4th May, with support from Cancel The Astronauts and Aberdeen's own Marionettes.

    Happily that's when we're down recording, so we'll see you there! I love the Wee Red Bar.

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  2. Watchfires: New Band, New Demo

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    Thanks so much for the kind words! 

     

    We went in to Musical Vision last weekend for a live recording session and left three hours later with six demo tracks in the can, so all things considered we're pretty pleased with the way they've come out. We're booked in for a 'proper' recording session at the Depot in Edinburgh at the start of next month, with a view to getting a debut EP out in June. The finished product will hopefully sound a lot 'bigger'. All the songs we're lining up for the EP are in a similar vein to this one, maybe a bit more multi-sectional, but just as direct.

     

    If you want to keep updated and you're a 21st century, social networking kind of fellow, all the latest on gigs and releases will be through our Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/watchfires

  3. Watchfires: New Band, New Demo

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    I recently started singing in a brand new band called watchfires. This is a wee demo recording of 'King Midas', which is the first song we wrote together. Feedback would be much appreciated; I know the production isn't up to much, but it'd be good to get some reaction to the actual tune. 

    If you're intae it, our first gig is at Cellar on Sunday 21st April w/Farewell Singapore and Penguins Kill Polar Bears.

    Thanks gents!


    http://watchfiresband.bandcamp.com/

  4. Curators - The Cold In The Walls

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    Thanks for the feedback! We're getting better at reining it in when it needs to be done - I reckon it makes the noisier moments better. This is definitely my favourite thing we've done so far.

     

    As for singing, there are three of us who sing now so the rule is: you write it, you sing it. Since the last record, I have qualified as a teacher and have been working pretty much flat out ever since, hence only contributing a third of the songs here, unlike the first record. Having said that, the newest post TCITW song that we've just finished is one of mine and there are a couple more in the pipeline. Third record? Easy...

     

    [EDIT] Oops, I should have added that you can now download the first record for free from Bandcamp [/EDIT] 

    Aye there's a nice ebb and flow to this record, with the result that you sit up and take notice through both the quieter and louder moments. Dynamics, innit.

    Will physical copies be available to order online somewhere?

     

  5. Curators - The Cold In The Walls

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    Enjoyed this! Sunk and Ghost in the Attic are quality. North Star is great, I love the line "Women and children first they say/ As if it matters much when all of us will sleep beneath the waves". For all your adeptness at ballsy indie rock, it's your slightly more reined-in moments that actually usually turn out to be my favourites. The Brakes from your last record was another example of that. Any plans to play Aberdeen soon?

    Also, I don't mean to be a dick, but why are you not singing more often? The other guy's voice is nae bad but I think yours is much stronger, especially for the rockier stuff. 

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  7. Real Ale Pubs In Glasgow

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    If you're heading out to the west end, Inn Deep on Great Western Road is great. It's quite new, run by Williams Bros brewery and always got nice stuff on tap. The food is also braw and cheap too - https://www.facebook.com/InnDeep.

     

    Three Judges at the foot of Byres Road is good for real ales, it's a Maclays inn so not the most inspiring atmosphere and usually full of old men, but you won't get a better pint of real ale in the west end. 

     

    For Merchant City sort of area, I'd say either Blackfriars or Babbity Bowser.

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  10. Headlight: Final Gig

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    It's all more than amicable, I'm happy to say. Our bassist is moving to Canada and the rest of us have been spread out across Scotland by work commitments for some time now, so it's got to the stage that we just want to draw a line under it and move on. Three of us now live in Aberdeen though, so we're looking forward to starting something up in the near future.

    Update: The first 50 folk through the door will be getting a rather nice handmade CD with some of our songs on it. We're so nice.

  13. Europe City Breaks Suggestions?

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    I recommend Budapest, which for me is the most exciting and best value city in Europe. There is so much to do and see, including some unique things like the numerous (and cheap) thermal baths which are open all year round. Some baths have open air pools so you can sit out surrounded by snow during the winter! The nightlife is great, especially the 'ruin pubs' (essentially bars/venues set up in formerly abandoned warehouses/cellars/courtyards) that have sprung up all over the city - http://www.ruinpubs.com/index.php

    Lisbon is also great, a beautiful city. It's probably one of the cheapest locations in the Eurozone too.

  16. The Dark Knight Rises (***WARNING SPOILERS***)

    in Movies & TV

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    I thought it was good, but not great. I think it could have been so, so much better if it had a 15 certificate, for a start. With Bane, you're relying on his sheer physical strength/taste for violence to make him a convincing bad guy. If we'd seen him being a bit more physically brutal - pulling off faces rather than swatting aside policemen in bloodless Power Rangers fashion - he would have been a lot more terrifying. The anarchy scenes when people are being pulled from their houses could also have been a lot more convincing. I know there was no chance it was ever going to be anything other than a 12A, but I think a bit more simple blood n' gore would have made the film a LOT better.

    There were a few plot things that annoyed me. I wasn't particularly looking for them but they were a few pretty glaring ones. How did Bruce/Batman instantaneously get back to a cut-off Gotham from the middle of what looked like a Middle Eastern desert? The swiftly-decaying bomb getting chucked about. Bruce/Batman scaling a sheer rock face sans knee cartilage. Catwoman is a thief, right... so why is she AMAZING at hand-to-hand combat? The League of Shadows training explains why Bane and Batman are good fighters, but she's just a burglar, no?

    I didn't buy the whole Bane-being-in-love thing either. I thought I had his motivations nailed down but then that came up and sort of muddied the waters. Didn't he hate Miranda's dad for rejecting him? Why would he want to 'carry on his work' with her? I might be getting my wires crossed there so if someone could shed light on that it'd be appreciated! Same goes for catwoman - she was all for anarchy until it actually started, then suddenly she's wistfully picking up artefacts and saying 'this was someone's home'. No shit, what did you think would happen?!

    It was undoubtedly entertaining but it just didn't seem to stick to its internal logic.

    Also, Marion Cotillard has to win some kind of razzie for the most unintentionally hilarious on-screen death.

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