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Its not a very good 'review' really though is it?

There was a bit of a flouncy nature to his exit but he made some good points and the ensuing reaction kind of backed up his point. It would be nice if someone was to have some success without having to relocate to Southern England though....

Good for him. I dont get all this ongoing snippy comments.

4 left, in the unlikely event anyone has been mulling it over...

Aceic as long as the cunt doesnt end up back here. Unless its to go to jail of course.

I just watched 'Stripes' this evening... Warren Oates, John Candy, now Harold Ramis, too many ace dead people in that film

Im playing at Cellar 35 otherwise I would have

Im all for constructive criticism, just thought a bit of balance would be good and it felt like the 'worst band' side was being pushed, bit of bear baiting but lets ask for reasoning to make it feel better. This site just tends to scream cronyism and this thread I suspect reeks of it. You see someone typically slating most things posted but then praise a band atypical to their usual tastes, just smacks of 'my mate is in this band'.... Anyway I've been woefully out of date with local music for a few years now but in an effort to participate meaningfully - Best Kitchen Cynics, due to the sheer volume of material produced, usually of pretty high quality. The music has a strangely comforting quality, I think it's Alan's gentle vocals and the local twang in the accent. The recent covers album is superb. He is always a complete gentleman who takes the time to chat if you bump into him. I truly believe that his CDRs will be keenly collected in future. Min Diesel, due to having great songs and a real ramshackle charm that appeals much more to my sensibilities than any polished outfit will ever do. I havent managed to see them live for some time now and believe they have slickened up a bit, hopefully not too much. I really need to get along to a gig soon. Seas, Starry, due in part to personal connection with the band but also I find they are evolving nicely and some of their recent stripped back gigs due to personnel unavailability have contained my favourite material. Deadloss Superstar, similar to Min Diesel, I enjoyed the slightly shambolic nature of their stage show, still enjoy listening to their old EPs and look forward to hearing the new stuff with Fertuiee's monstrous guitar sound on it. Bisongrass because they sound like old Seattle grunge mixed with Kyuss, which pushes all my buttons, the album is ace and they are fucking great live. Flights because its nice relaxing guitar music. Prelude to the Hunt, pretty slick in terms of the sound and artwork. Dirtdrinker, I like the records, not seen them live yet though. Palace of Swords, which although I was familiar with the name has been a relatively recent discovery due to mutual participation in the Laika CD but ticks a lot of boxes with influences and style which exists in my record collection. His Name Is Codeine are a bit further afield but are probably my favourite recent discovery at their Laika Come Home gig last year. Mary Chain mixed with Black Angels, Velvets, great look. I find the term 'worst' a bit extreme as its all relative to personal taste but I wasnt keen on Akord when i saw them at the Fudge Awards the other week. The music isnt really my thing and they have obvious talent but any hopes for me to enjoy it were dashed by the extreme cockiness displayed on arrival onstage and the inane gurning of the guitarist with red hair. No idea what that was about but if someone told him it was a good gimmick they were wrong, it was embarrassing to watch. I cant actually think of anything else I dont like, theres bands like Little Kicks who do nothing for me musically but I can acknowledge the talent, just not my cup of tea. I want to see Callahan soon, they sound like my kind of thing and I think I would give that Lenin Death Mask a go based on that first song they posted, it was nicely unhinged sounding, not listened to the other song they posted as yet.

Noone has really said anything about why they like bands either

Cheers min, appreciate that

The Lego Movie Took my son to see it at the weekend. Fucking ace. 9/10 Spring Breakers 4 girls rob a cafe to get money to go on spring break, where they are arrested and bailed out by gangster James Franco, who then persuades them to join his escapades. I found this a bit muddled in tone and style, it was like a serious movie with American Pie level tits and ass footage shoehorned in every so often. 6/10 The Wolverine Wolverine in Japan, taking on yakuzas. Pretty ding really. 5/10 Good Vibrations True story of Terri Hooley who opened the titular record shop in Belfast and released The Understones 'Teenage Kicks' in amongst various shows of business ineptitude. Pretty decent film actually. 7/10

Any of the kilt shops, MacColls usually have a range of expense levels. Ortak in Bon Accord Centre? Noticed they are on a closing down sale, may get lucky and find one there. Other than that, be out there and get a kids packed lunch water bottle with your choice of cartoon character.

Didn't go that often but good memories of playing/pub quizzing with Kartta and the Guitar Trio night was ace. Sad to hear.

So going by my Facebook feed, a few weeks back everyone was losing their mind and calling to boycott due to Russias dodgy stance on gays and most other things, now its all 'huzzah we are winning bronze for the snowball throw'/'isnt curling great?'. Except Pussy Riot. They are still committed. Seem like total fannies but still.

For anyone interested, there are a few CDR copies for sale on Bandcamp... https://godzillablues.bandcamp.com/album/what-lies-beneath-may-be-the-end

Now that my man cave has been tidied up a bit I have been able to access my record player and listen to some records I hadn't got to for ages.... Strange Fish box set - 5 volumes of instrumental weirdness, psychedelia, what have you. 4 volumes on vinyl (including a couple of doubles) and one on CD. Aberdeen's own Palace of Swords features on Vol. 3. Nice one. Great packaging too. New Goblin, 'Tour 2013 EP' - 70's prog band who did loads of soundtracks, especially for Dario Argento, have reformed and been releasing some live stuff. This is a studio reworking of 4 of their best known songs. John Carpenter & Alan Howarth, 'Halloween II Soundtrack' - Variations on material from the original 'Halloween' soundtrack plus new stuff. Pelican, 'Ephemeral' - Usual ace heavy instrumental gubbins. Post-metal, is that still a thing? Also been digging out some older stuff in the car - The Verve, 'A Storm in Heaven' - It's easy to forget that The Verve at the start had much more in common with the shoegazing scene than their later association with the Britpop world would have you believe. They had 3 great EP's and then this album, all worth revisiting IMO. Saw them supporting Ride at The Capitol when they were just Verve, they were brilliant, Mad Richard very much in evidence. Got loads of kids up on stage, security went apeshit. Ride, 'Nowhere' - Fucking loved Ride me, this album was on heavy rotation at all times when it came out along with the early EP's. Saw the play The Music Hall round this time, one of my favourite gigs, so good. Things started going a bit downhill for me with 'Going Blank Again', some decent songs on it but the poppier direction didn't appeal so much.

I think 'Walk of Life' is more dependent on the keys part so guitar could be ditched

Filth James McAvoy plays Bruce Robertson, an alcoholic cop in Edinburgh fucking over his colleagues in an effort to gain a promotion while also trying to solve a murder case. Lots of shagging, drinking, drugs, swearing. I wasn't convinced when I heard McAvoy was starring in this, I imagined the character as being older after reading the book years back and despite his being a decent enough actor he didn't seem right. I was mistaken, he is awesome in this. Its a great film too. 9/10

I also like it

Annie Lennox has won 8 Brits and 4 Grammys. And a Golden globe and Academy Award.

Mogwai - Rave Tapes fancy box set Tinariwen - Emmaar L. Pierre - Dip Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True Jimi Hendrix - First Rays of the New Rising Sun My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Remaster

The Caves is such a great venue, saw Earth there...

He's filming a documentary around Scotland and playing a series of free entry gigs along the way, including on at The Blue Lamp, tickets got... http://thequietus.com/articles/14470-aidan-moffat-where-you-re-meant-to-be

Eloquent bastard. Norwich does, however, produce DJ's who are top class