The Big Moon and Mystery Jets - 08/10/16

Sooo, Saturday the 8th October (omg I'm so far behind!!) Mystery Jets were playing in the Liquid Rooms, hadn't actually got the chance to see them live yet so thought it would be one to add to the long list.

Venue
So we were in The Liquid Rooms, the one and only place for a Friday night out, Propaganda is possibly one of the best nights out of the student week (unpopular opinion no doubt) Never the less, great little venue for a gig.


The Big Moon

I was ecstatic to find out The Big Moon were supporting. I've seen them a few times now, they were supporting The Vaccines and The Maccabees both pretty big bands to open for. Even for such big bands these girls weren't in anyway just supports in my eyes, they most definitely opened both shows with a bang and they know how to make the room bounce.The Big Moon are literally one of my favourite things ever right now, showing everyone what girls can really do! They are my idols! The foursome consists of vocals from the beautiful Juliette, lead guitarists Sophie, bass by Celia, and Fern on drums. I've been lucky enough to chat to them on a few occasions and they seem like such a genuine bunch of gals, so bubbly and full of energy, and it shows in their music and stage performance. I'm struggling to find any negatives here... they are such gems. They are Annie Macs hottest record with their newest single 'Formidable' which is available from midnight tonight(eek!!) While you're waiting for that to come out find them anywhere and everywhere, I guarantee you'll love them!!

Photo by me from the Maccabees gig-Glasgow (sorry for cutting out Fern)

iTunes :The Big Moon - iTunes
website : http://thebigmoon.co.uk














Mystery Jets

Album cover art - Curve of the Earth

So I've only recently got really into Mystery Jets, never too late, these guys are class, they're the type of band you stick on when you've had a really busy day and all you want to do is just sit and chill. Such a great live set too. The indie rock band consist of Blaine Harrison (vocals, guitar and keyboard) William Rees (guitars and vocals) Jack Flanagan (bass) and Kapi Trivedi (drums) They know how to fill a stage for sure, they have so much energy and so much effort and dedication goes into each and every song performed. They performed my personal favourite Telomere  off their album, Curve of the Earth, which came out at the start of 2016, another of them being Bubblegum. I have linked the VEVO video from youtube so you can check it out for yourself. You can also find them on all music apps so I would recommend adding Curve of the Earth to your playlist.

youtube: Bubblegum- Mystery Jets

Catholic Action - 01/10/16

wowowow I have not posted in years, feel like that should change. I need something to procrastinate over doing uni work so I'm going to try be more up-to-date with all this jazz


So October 1st, myself and my pal went along to The Mash House in Edinburgh where Catholic Action (plus guests) were playing.



The venue
OK so to start with, The Mash House as a venue is cracking! located on The Cowgate (gets my vote already) you go up some... creepy stairs round the back of an old brick building. The entrance is one of those doors where you have to, kind of sidewards hobble to get through, the door guy gave us our stamps and we were on our way. Now initially, its vibes struck me as 'Camp' (not what you think) - potato sacks covered the walls and they had that sort of khaki army mesh blanket hanging from the roof; the type you expect to see soldiers scrambling under, so yeah not the initial thought of camp. Bar was pretty steep for a pair of students but we weren't really complaining, after all... they did red stripe.

So, CA had some pretty tight support acts. The night was kicked off with Star Rover, a locally bred 4 piece band. They deem themselves Grunge/alternative-pop, and I agree, right up my street and thoroughly enjoyed them, will be keeping an eye out for their next gig. Find them on Soundcloud and
Bandcamp.com

Second up was Lost in Vancouver. Loved these guys so much. Another locally sourced Band wearing the indie/alternative logo. These guys were so tight and I can definitely see them playing bigger venues in the future, check them out here

please excuse my horrendous attempts at photography

Onto our 4th beer just before the guys came on (big mistake). Catholic Action started off with 'L.U.V' the song that really made me get into them and the one that has got them onto shows like Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1. The band from Glasgow consist of vocalist Chris McCrory; who is also drummer for 'Casual Sex' (ya, I know stuff) Jamie Dubber on bass, Ryan Clark on drums with Andrew Macpherson joining later to add a lead guitarist to the glam rock gurus (get the eyeliner out)

photo skills improving exponentially with drink- CATHOLIC ACTION

I first encountered these lovely lads last year at none other than Mumford and Sons' festival 'Gentlemen of the Road' held in none other than b-e-a-utiful Aviemore. They drew up a pretty decent sized crowd to the smaller stage, I knew straight away I had to keep my eyes on these guys! I saw them again the same year a couple months later at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival where they yet again proved themselves worthy.
Catholic Action released their newest single 'Rita Ora' days before the gig which was lovely, they also  played the B-side 'Breakfast' which is one of my personal favourites.
After the gig we had a chat to the guys and we've been promised an album in the new year (yeeeeeees!!)   So keep a look out for that, 1000% worth it!!
  In the mean time, you can find there singles on Apple music and Spotify.
But if you're too lazy for that --->  L.U.V - Catholic Action


To sum up:
 fabulous night, fabulous bands, fabulous booze, sore heads in the morning xxx

T in the Park 2016... Saturday

T on the Saturday was non stop! ( Hence the lack of photos )


Woke up to rain and drizzle but that didn't dampen my mood oh no! However Friday had got to me so it was time for a bit of glitter so hide those eye bags and a tinnie for breakfast to keep spirits high. The first band on in the morning was a 'TBC", intrigued as to who it was gonna be, I made sure I were to catch whoever they were, by this point in the morning wellies where already an essential, so so muddy!!
 Walked down to the festival site which seemed like an hours walk ( being a tad over dramatic)

TBC - The Struts

So I'm not going to lie I had never heard of The Struts before but I was pleasantly surprised. With Queen being an obvious influence, the band had really upbeat vibes about them with lead singer Luke Spillar giving us some amazing dance moves in a very impressive outfit that seemed to match his outgoing personality. They later played the T break stage which I missed as TLSP where on at the same time, but I'm sure it was such a great atmosphere for a party.

photo from 'MailOnline' -Alex Matthews

Jack Garratt

Saturday held a lot of treats, one of the first of them being the mighty Jack Garratt who does not need a write up from me - he is incredible!! Such an amazing solo artist, the way he manages to play drum, synth, keyboard AND Guitar and does it all so flawlessly. I first saw him last summer at the Gentlemen of the Road festival (hosted by the lovely men of Mumford and Sons) where he was just as phenomenal.

He is playing  Glasgow's O2 Academy- Sat 5th of November which I am very excited about!
   If you have not yet listened to him... what the hell are you doing with your time?!?!? get on it!!!

Jack Garrat/Fire - T in the Park 2016 <-- there ya go, now check him out!

The Last Shadow Puppets.... WOW

I'm sorry for the lack of photos in this post, but I was having way too much fun to get my phone out. So yeah Alex Turner and Miles Kane back at it again, they were fabulous. So they've been cool before, but the pair have just reached a whole new level, I mean Miles was wearing a white tracksuit and slip ons and Alex was wearing navy and black and they still looked like they could rule the world if they wanted. I love their sound its so... mature! 

TLSP showing us style is EVERYTHING
Photo by - Andy Buchanan

There new album Everything You've Come to Expect - released this year, 8 years after The Age of Understatement. They have kept the strings going for their second album. 

 You can watch their T in the Park set right here - The Last Shadow Puppets - 2016

Catfish and the Bottlemen

OK, so if you know me personally ( or follow me on social media...) you will know how obsessed I am with these guys, like its bad, I just think they are the best thing since sliced bread, and there seems to be many others that feel the same way; the amount of people I saw walking round in Catfish tops and with inflatable alligators was crazy, I knew it was going to be a busy one!

needed a photo of him on here.. mmm - photo creds to Carrie Davenport

they played Saturday night on the Radio 1 stage just before The 1975. I managed to get to the front which I thought was going to be an impossible task! There set was ace they opened with 'Homesick'. Their set included all the massive tunes from their first album; The Balcony, like 'Kathleen' and 'Cocoon' and also a few from their second album that came out in May of this year; The Ride - including 'Soundcheck', ' Red' and one of my favourites off the album 'Twice'. They seemed to be slightly taken a back by the massive crowd- which they really shouldnt be as they totally deserved it!

They are in Glasgow SECC 4 on the 13th of November and i'm so excited!

heres the link to iplayer to watch the full set :D  Catfish and the Bottlemen - 2016

The 1975

The 1975 were headliners of The Radio 1 stage on the Saturday night. Their stage presence is fabulous they put on a great show and the lights are just beautiful.
So Matty said they chose the setlist simply by choosing their favourite songs they've written which I think is so lovely and also must be such a wholesome feeling being able to do that and not singing what they think people want to see them sing (even though the setlist was perfect and the crowd loved it!)
It included 

The 1975 headlining Radio 1 stage - Photo by me

They have just realised tickets (today!!!) for their UK Tour and they are hitting up Glasgow 19th December for the SSE Hydro which will be a magical gig.

Didn't spend much time at T Break/BBC introducing on the Saturday as there were so many main bands I wanted to see. However, this meant I did miss The Van T's!!

The Van T's- a four piece from West Scotland,  consisting of twins; Chloe and Hannah Van Thompson (hence the name) on vocals and guitars , Joanne Forbes(bass) and Shaun Hood (drums). I had the pleasure in seeing them late March of this year as they supported Catholic Action at Nice n Sleazy in Glasgow, such a great gig and great venue!

I look forward to seeing them again soon!

Soundcloud: The Van Ts

T in the Park 2016... Friday

hellllooooo,

So I've just got back from what was an amazing weekend at T in the Park. Spending most of my time at the T break and BBC introducing stage my weekend was full of fabulous up-and-coming, flawlessly talented acts!

Courteeners on the very sunny Friday afternoon

The Ninth Wave

My weekend started at the T Break stage where The Ninth Wave where about to kill it. The Glasgow based foursome; comprised of Haydn, Ronan, Elina and Finlay, kicked off Fridays line-up with their unique noise-pop sound.  

Their newest EP 'Only the Young' was an instant like for me, such a chilled-out, summery tune, you can listen to it and watch their new video here; TheNinthWave-OnlytheYoung

The Ninth Wave- (excuse the terrible photo quality)

Bloodlines

So, Friday night's headliners of T break were Bloodlines. I had heard some good things about them so I  was eager to check them out, however I was not ready for what was in-store...

Bloodlines Headlining Friday

From the pretty ordinary, everyday town of Fort William, comes the not so ordinary modern rock gods!

These guys were incredible!! Jamie (X2), Andrew and Steve absolutely owned the stage on the Friday night, it was quite a small crowd due to most people watching the Stone Roses on the main stage but if only they knew what they where missing out on! I gave them the honorary title of 'Band of the Day', I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot more of them in the near future.  

My personal favourite is 'skeletons' which was released on Itunes on the 16th of May this year so go get it!! here it is in all its glory.   Skeletons

Start of an Era

Hi there I'm Elspeth, and this is my new blog (tah dah!) I'm a student in Edinburgh where I fulfil my needs of live music and gigs! I live for them, so this is why I'm starting a blog, I thought I could put my experiences (and money) into one little neat webpage and write up about the gigs I go to. I have strong opinions on music swell so will probably tell you about my latest finds. My music taste is mainly within alternative and indie but I'm very open to all genres. Right now I'm at home for summer, on the coast in North East Scotland; where it never seems to be sunny. I've got plans to start radio at some point so I'll keep you posted with that.


But yeah, here's to a decent blog 🍾