THE SUNDAY POST

This week's live gigs were dominated by Edwyn Collins, so I've nowt to add on that front. Thanks to Misery Guts for a full set-list (details can be found by clicking on the comments link to the Queen's Hall review from the other day)

I got my hands of a bundle of new 7" singles the other day. On first impressions, I'm a bit disappointed with The Hungry Saw by Tindersticks. The band have long been one of my favourites, but they sort of broke-up a few years back. Some, but not all of the band have reformed, but I'm sad to report that something sounds lost.

Malcolm Middleton has released Blue Plastic Bags as a single, and even if you've already got it courtesy of the LP Sleight of Heart, it's still worth picking up the 7" to catch the b-side which is King Cresote covering Choir (one of Malcolm's songs on Into The Woods).

I saw a band called Copy Haho a few weeks back - they're from Stonehaven in north-east Scotland. I now have a single of theirs that was released back in 2006 - a double A side called Bookshelf/Desert Belle. It's a fine bit of work - some parts of Bookshelf remind me in some ways of early Go-Betweens with its understated vocals over some lovely guitar work, while Desert Belle is a perfect pastiche of the great early-80s indie pop that was coming out of Liverpool and Manchester. I thoroughly recommend this single to anyone who considers they have good taste, and you can pick it up via mail order right here at this myspace site. (where you'll also be able to hear a more recent version of Bookshelf among other tracks)

I got an anonymous request for a couple of re-posts, and as ever, I'm happy to oblige:-

mp3 : PiL - This Is Not A Love Song (12" remix)
mp3 : PiL - This Is Not A Love Song (version)

The latter is the one that appears on the PiL greatest hits thingy that came out in 1990 or thereabouts.

The other day I posted up Johnny Cash by Sons & Daughters at #26 on the 45 45s at 45 chart, but mentioned that as and when I got a hold of the original single, I'd post the b-side. So here it is:-

mp3 : Sons & Daughters - Hunt

Its a different version from that which later appeared on the LP The Repulsion Box.

Finally, here's something rather fine from a guest contributor, a friend of mine called John Greer:-

mp3 : The Lanterns - High Rise Town

"This is a band formed in 1997 by Jim Sutherland and, sisters Gina and Sylvia Rae who both grew up in the council housing estates of Livingston and Sighthill area of Edinburgh.

They were signed to Columbia Records, by A&R man ex-Teardrop Explodes drummer David Balfe.

Sutherland had a varied musical background, before he formed The Lanterns, he performed on the iconic BBC Scotland TV show Beechgrove Garden's theme tune, worked on a single by the McClusky Brothers, She Said To The Driver and toured with them and Billy Bragg and played on his album The Internationale.

This excellent first single reached No.50 in the UK charts in January 1999, with its poignant anti-drugs message sung with Scots accent/attitude. It was also Mark and Lard's Radio One record of the week.

Their sound synth- pop sound was once described as the 'The Corrs meets Irvine Welsh' on a sunny day in Sighthill. After releasing one album Luminate Yer Head, they split up.

Jim Sutherland went on to produce Aberfeldy’s first album Young Forever."

And just a reminder that #20 in the 45s rundown will appear tomorrow. If Nick Cave copped a bit of flack at #21, I'm certain there will be disparaging remarks about the next lot...