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Hey Nas – Glasgow Hydro, 12/06/23
Despite the N.Y. State of Mind tour being named after one of his songs, you’d have been forgiven not knowing Nas was due to take the stage at the Glasgow show. The wee guys were trying hard to bring back Wu Wear, while the rap dads showed up kitted out in MF DOOM shirts and…
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Pick Three – the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack (1996)
Almost everything here seemed inescapable at the time but most of it is hazed by memory in 2023. Trying to listen clearly, it was hard to pick a trio of favourites. ‘You and Me Song’ is one of the two Wannadies tracks worth remembering, alongside the sugary wind-up of ‘Hit’. ‘#1 Crush’ is far from…
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Enter the Wu-Tang – Glasgow Hydro, 12/06/23
Going to this show was a reminder that they didn’t stop making wee guys in 2001 – the Wu-Tang Clan stopped recording hits after that, but the wee guy factory didn’t get the memo. Wee guys of all genders were out in force on Monday 12th June. They were getting chased through the crowd by…
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Pick Three – Bloody Noses EP
Richard Thompson’s last three studio albums have been a laugh – more Doom and Gloom From the Tomb, but with a focus on the joy of making a racket to match his late mid-2000s live shows. His Electric Trio has seldom went unaccompanied on record but the joy they take in each other’s playing is…
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Pick Three – Ekumen
Carrying on from yesterday’s Le Guin theme, the first in a series of posts where I pick my top three tracks from a random record, in this case the self-titled debut album from New Orleans hardcore band Ekumen. Every track on Ekumen is great, most of them are extremely short, and the band makes a…
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