The End (Redux)

Well, it's that time again. You'll probably have noticed that recently posts here have been few & far between, so much so that there's probably only about four of you still reading (hi B!).
There's a variety of reasons why there's not been many posts, but one of the main ones is that most of the stuff I'd like to share is by tiny little bands who make no money and so the guilt factor has finally taken it's toll.

Between that and other factors, Bring Me The Heads/Gimmie Back My Head/Geez Back Ma Heid has been allowed to slip into something of a coma, so consider this the Do Not Resuscitate, followed by the plug being pulled.

As with the last time, I'm not totally giving up, there's new premises already built, waiting for me to move in. That'll be something different though, no more full albums for one thing, more of a focus to keep me (and hopefully at least some of you) interested for another.

Should you want to join me, I can be found at Aye Tunes, something which I've been planning for ages and have finally decided to try.

If you don't want to join me over there, that's fine, I won't be upset. I will however reccommend visiting some of the other excellent blogs listed in the sidebar over there.

Thanks to everyone who has visited here and the old place since way back in October 2005.

And now, some songs...

Primal Scream - Kill All Hippies (from the first album posted on Bring Me The Heads)
The Verve - History (cause the cover for the single had a nice "All Farewells Should Be Sudden" image)
Lou Rawls - Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
Delakota - End Of The Line
Super Furry Animals - It's Not the End of the World?
Blur - Movin' On
Mogwai - End
Arab Strap - There Is No Ending
Control Voice: Sign Off, from The Outer Limits

The Fratellis - Barrowlands, Glasgow 10.11.2006

Two posts in a day? Well no, not really, this one is just a repost, by request.

Same deal here as with the Madness gig. The concert is recorded live and available on CD at the end of the gig. Quality is therefore excellent.
After annoying me intensely at first Costello Music, the Fratellis' debut album ended up growing into one of my favourites of the year. Of course, it doesn't hurt that Chelsea Dagger is now played at Celtic games after we score, or that Barry is a fan...

One note about the CD is that a few of the tracks run together, as you'll see from the tracklist.

Tracklist:
1.Creepin' Up The Backstairs
2.Cigarello
3.Everybody Knows You Cried Lastnight
4.Flathead
5.Vince The Loveable Stoner
6.Dog In A Bag
7.Dirty Barry Stole The Bluebird
8.Ole Black & Blue Eyes & Little Baby Fratelli
9.Whistle For The Choir, Henrietta & Chelsea Dagger
10.Got Ma Nuts From A Hippy
11.For The Girl (Acoustic)
12.Ooh La La (Goldfrapp Cover)
Best gig venue in the World.

Re-uploaded by request.

Domino Records Present: All The Rage

So yeah, I'm incredibly lazy.
There's a number of reasons why posts have been few and far between recently, but they are all pretty mundane and uninteresting, so I won't go into them. Instead I'll post something and try to be a better blogger in future :)

This here came out a wee while back, but as previously noted, I'm lazy, so I'm only just getting around to posting it now.

It's a sampler type thing for Domino Records, who so far this year have put out 2 of my favourite albums and are giving the usually untouchable Chemikal Underground a run for their money in the "Jim's most favouritist record company" running.

Usually with this kind of things there are two or three good tracks, then a bunch of filler, but with this, almost everything is a winner. Heck, even Arctic Monkeys do a good turn at the end.

1. URA Fever - Kills
2. Nest - Sons & Daughters
3. Assembly - Wild Beasts
4. Fireworks - Animal Collective
5. Slow Down Ronnie - Von Sudenfed
6. Office Boy - Bonde Do Role
7. Jiggy Jiggy - Steve Reid Ensemble
8. Dragonfly Pie - Stephen Malkmus
9. Joni - Correcto
10. Midnight Surprise - Lightspeed Champion
11. Crick In My Neck - Cass McCombs
12. Invisible Man - Adem
13. Christmas - Clinic
14. Moonminer - Pram
15. Diamonds Are Forever - Arctic Monkeys

I'll go write "must update more often" a thousand times now.

You can also buy this at amazon.co.uk, where it is dead cheap.

Happy St. Pat's! Stiff Little Fingers

So, as always, I'm off to see SLF tonight. More exciting is that B from Noise Annoys has made it across the World (at least, I'm assuming she has) and is going too. Yay!

So, with that in mind, here's an official bootleg of SLF 2 years ago (2006) on the occasion of their 15th Barrowlands gig in a row.
Last year's gig was the 30th anniversary of Inflammable Material, where they played the whole album, and was as such f'n excellent. Here's hoping this year's, on a Monday night, can come even close to being as good.

MP3, 320kbs.

Tracklist:
1. "Tin Soldiers" (Burns, Ogilvie) – 4:45
2. "Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae" (Stiff Little Fingers) – 4:11
3. "Nobody's Hero" (Burns, Ogilvie) – 4:01
4. "Tinderbox" (Burns) – 4:06
5. "Silver Lining" (Stiff Little Fingers/Ogilvie) – 3:46
6. "Strummerville" (Burns) – 4:21
7. "Fade Away" (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 2:53
8. "Can't Get Away With That" (McCallum) – 3:38
9. "Doesn't Make It All Right" (Goldberg/Dammers) – 5:29
10. "Barbed Wire Love" (Burns/Ogilvie) – 4:16
11. "Guitar And Drum" (Burns) – 3:16
12. "At The Edge" (Fingers) – 3:11
13. "Bits Of Kids" (Fingers) – 3:49
14. "Fly the Flag" (Ogilvie, Stiff Little Fingers) – 3:49
15. "Wasted Life" (Burns) – 3:29
16. "Suspect Device" (Ogilvie, Stiff Little Fingers) – 4:08
17. "Johnny Was" (Marley) – 10:13
18. "Alternative Ulster" (Stiff Little Fingers) – 3:58

Part One
Part Two

Do you like Orange Juice?

No, not the refreshing drink, the Edwyn Collins fronted band.
You do? How wonderful! Are you rustrated with how stupidly difficult it is to buy anything other than The Glasgow School? You are? Well then, might I direct you towards The Vinyl Villan where JC has offered to help, in the name of a good cause.

Watch Sons & Daughters

If, like me, you are a fan of Glasgow's prettiest band (review of Friday's ABC gig coming before the end of the week, I promise) but unlike me don't already have detailed plans for tomorrow (Wednesday) evening screaming at 10 men in green & white hooped shirts, hoping most likely in vain for something great, you can watch a live webcast of Sons & Daughters playing live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam.

Go here for around 8pm GMT and everything will be splendid.

Correcto - Correcto

Here we go again, something new from Scotland. I'm becoming far far too predictable.
Correcto feature Franz Ferdinand's Paul Thompson and (the now defunct) The Royal We's Richard Wright, but don't dismiss them as a quick side project to fill the time. This, their first album, is really quite good.

Tracklist:
1. Inuit
2. Do It Better
3. Joni
4. Save Your Sorrow
5. Walking To Town
6. No One Under 30
7. Here It Comes
8. Downs
9. Even Though
10. New Capitals
11. Something Or Nothing
12. When You Get Away From Me

You are correcto Sir.

As usual, you can buy the album here from Amazon UK or here from Amazon US

Sons & Daughter: Live At Chem 19

Did we all rush out this week to buy the quite fantastic new Sons & Daughters album this week? We did? Good children, you have been trained well.
If you didn't, then you are missing out on an early contender for Gimmie Back My Head's (or Geez Back Ma Heid, as we are currently calling ourselves, due to the vast amount of Scottish stuff currently being posted) album of the year. Gilt Complex already made it into the top tracks of 2007, which was as hoped a good omen for the album.
Producer Bernard Butler might have occasionally been a bit of a nightmare to work with, according to interviews, but he's done a splendid job adding a bit of polish to the album without removing any of the racket that we expect from Sons & Daughters.

Anyway, if you did buy the album then hopefully you already got this with it, a limited edition bonus disc featuring five songs from the new album and a new version of Johnny Cash from Love The Cup, all performed live in Hamilton's Chem 19 Studios.

Tracklist:
1. Chains (live)
2. Darling (live)
3. Gilt Complex (live)
4. The Nest (live)
5. House In My Head (live)
6. Johnny Cash (live)
320kbs MP3
Hurry hurry hurry

If you haven't bought This Gift yet, you can do so here" or if you are in the US here.

If you don't support Sons & Daughters, we'll keep reffering to ourselves in the third person, even though there's only ever been one person writing these things. You've been warned.