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A scrappy home for loud/crazy/weird music, for small Northern towns and for the weird people who love them!
Tim Loud at The Taphouse
Folky-punky-noisy fun on a Friday night.
For this gig, Tim kindly decided to be flyer buddies with us here at WSP (proof on the right), so I wanted to write a few words about the show.
It’s just a quick one though, because, you know, life… Overall, it was a very enjoyable night – with some surprisingly great pizza from the Old Abbey Taphouse too, so check that out if you are ever in the area.
The Skints with Bedouin Soundclash
Too much dancing, too much fun, the entirely correct amount of bass...
For the second of my weekend double-gig-athon (read the review of the first one here), I was back in Manchester once more, this time with tingling anticipation bubbling up inside me. After some appropriately spicy chips, myself and Josh found ourselves under the railway arches of Gorilla, ready for an evening of offbeat fun. Bedouin Soundclash
Gloryhammer Live (plus Beast in Black + Windrose)
Ridiculous future-goblin-pantomime-metal is brilliant
This might be a short one – brilliantly, I got to go to two gigs this weekend! – but Saturday night I was invited by my mate Josh to see the band Gloryhammer…
Now, I’d never heard of them before he asked, but over the last couple of months I’ve listened to their brilliant-if-odd mix of symphonic theatrical space metal with a rise sense of anticipation. With songs like “Questlords Of Inverness, Ride To The Galactic Fortress!“, and raging, hypermelodic guitar solos, you know you’re in for a treat. I was fairly sure I’d end up with neckache from too much head-banging, after many years without going to a proper Metal show.
Editorials
Record Store Day 2019… Part 3
Fight The System! Here's some legit independent punk and ska records instead!
This article is part three of three. The first talks about why I don’t love Record Store Day. This next will talks about the best of the Official RSD 2019 releases. And this final one bigs up some cool independent ska and punk releases you can also get this month…
Lewis: Dead Neck! #DeadGood, best EP since 2014
Interviews
Skaciety is dead! Long live The Long Game!
A quick chat with The Long Game about the fact you can actually pronounce their name now...
I had a chat yesterday with The Long Game. You’ve probably not heard of them before, but you will have heard of Skaciety. That particular well known Bad Granola act announced yesterday that they are officially changing name to The Long Game. So… it seemed like a good time to get in touch.
Hi, I’m Aiden. I’m the bassist/singer in The Long Game – formerly known as Skaciety.
Album Reviews
Bedouin Soundclash – MASS
Do these eclectic dub-poppers still have it? [Spoiler!] Yes. Yes they do.
I’ve been in love with Bedouin Soundclash since around 2004. Back then, I was in the habit of rolling into All Ages Records and asking Nick to recommend some new ska. He handed me “Sounding a Mosaic“, and said “You’ll love this one”.
Live Reviews
The Beths at Band on the Wall
Touring Auckland Band play fuzzy fun pop and make me feel nice!
I’ve been excited about seeing the Beths for about 6 months now, ever since listening to them on a whim on bandcamp and getting hooked. Having missed them earlier this year, it was with a bubbling joy I dragged my lovely wife off to see them at Manchester’s Band on the Wall. We had some Jamaican chocolate dumplings first in Pull Up Cafe, obviously, then headed into the venue… The Beths
Well. Did they live up to the hype in my quite easily-hyped brain? Yes. The Beths were fantastic.
EP Reviews
Done Days & A Solemn Man EP
I review a King Prawn EP I bought 5 years late by mistake
I was randomly browsing through Bandcamp the other day, and, reading about the new King Prawn album, I noticed a new double A side 7 inch had come out! So I gave it a punt. Looking at it now, it came out in 2013, so I got my wires totally crossed.