More from the Reverend
So Reverend Dan got wind of our post about his excellent show ‘Music For Nimrods’ (on KXLU radio) and decided to do a tribute to Scotland!
After threatening to play McCartney’s Mull of Kintyre for a full hour he let loose some amazing vintage Scottish tracks from the likes of Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Rezillos, Johnny and the self abusers, The Valves and more! That’s right, in one 40 minute set a Los Angelean DJ played more credible Scottish music than our own commercial stations play in a month…
The Walkmen
One of my favourite gigs ever was The Walkmen’s first (I think) Glasgow gig at King Tuts in 2004. If i remember rightly they were lumped in with the post Strokes shit tsunami of the time, usually enough to put me off but The Walkmen had a lure I couldn’t deny. ‘The Rat’ was doing the rounds on MTV2 and that channel XFM used to do, and on the strength of that i bought the album Bows+Arrows, and 2 briefs for the Tuts gig. The two very last tickets available, how’s that for luck? The gig was a belter, and i can still see Hamilton Leithouser atop the monitors bellowing ‘yooooo got a nerve…’
They have a new album coming out, Lisbon, and it sounds terrific. Check ‘Angela Surf City’ below, and ‘The Rat’ in lo-fi b&w serenity.
The Walkmen play the Academy with The Black Keys on October 28