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Another Dream monsterpop EP

Monsterpop – Another Dream EP review

August 25, 2020 By neilho27@sky.com

Monster /ˈmɒnstə/ (noun)

a thing of extraordinary or daunting size.

Pop /pɒp/ (noun)

a light explosive sound.

“there were a few pops, perhaps from pistols”

(noun)

Commercial popular music. In particular accessible, tuneful music of a kind popular since the 1950s. Sometimes contrasted with rock, soul, or other forms of popular music.

Based on these definitions and to coin an old phrase. Monsterpop does exactly what it says on the tin. And I intentionally left in the example sentence used under the definition of pop.

The new EP (available now on Bandcamp) Another Dream amplifies the explosive pop sound to daunting proportions.… Read the rest

Duncan Reid Live in Scotland

Duncan Reid & the Big Heads Live in Scotland

November 15, 2018 By neilho27@sky.com

Reservoir Droog

Live music fans in Glasgow and Edinburgh are in for a treat this weekend as one of the highlights of the live music calendar comes to both cities. It also marks the beginning of the end of an era for one promoter.

Arch Droog and all-round gentleman Alex “Mainy” Main is the promoter for this weekend’s gigs in Glasgow’s Nice n Sleazy on Friday and Bannermans in Edinburgh on Saturday. These are two of the last few gigs he will be promoting, but what a way to bow out. Whatever you do, if you love live music, do yourself a huge favour, don’t miss this weekend’s gigs.… Read the rest

Duncan Reid & the Big Heads – Nice n Sleazy, Glasgow 6th October 2017

October 9, 2017 By neilho27@sky.com
Duncan Reid & the Big Heads

I’d been looking forward to this gig since the 3rd of December last year. Well, technically this gig hadn’t been announced then, but it was the day after the last Duncan Reid gig and I was still pumped. If anyone has followed previous posts they’ll know I rated it as one of my gigs of 2016.

On that occasion the support bands were Mercury long-list nominees The Media Whores and fast rising Scottish punks with a masterplan, Heavy Drapes.

That night saw all 3 bands put in top class performances so the last gig had a lot to live up to.… Read the rest

Duncan Reid & the Big Heads – Glasgow preview

September 28, 2017 By neilho27@sky.com
Duncan Reid & the Big Heads – Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, Glasgow 6th October 2017

Duncan Reid returns to Glasgow with his Big Heads this October to play a hotly anticipated gig. I say hotly anticipated as anyone who has seen the band play before will know that those with a ticket for this are in for a treat.

Last year they played in Audio with support from Heavy Drapes and The Media Whores and, in my opinion, was one of the top gig of 2016. Apologies for anyone who has read previous blog posts, I may have mentioned this several times…

Anyway, that night saw 3 sterling sets, each band was totally on form.

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