Random Reading List - Tuesday 17th November 2009
Above: random pic of the week, via WhiskeyandGoat'sMilkSo those who are in Scotland know about next year's Fence Homegame right? Tickets go on sale at www.fencerecords.com on 1st December and it's in March 2010. Oh, and last year's was amazing.

The Flaming Lips @ The Glasgow Academy, 15th November 2009
Guest Post & photo by Stuart Lewis Almost six years to the day after one of the greatest gigs we had ever seen, my good friend David I returned to the Glasgow Academy to see the band that gave us such a great night - the Flaming Lips. A lot has happened in six years, of course. We now have three kids between the two of us – clearly the lights of our respective lives, but also a major factor in restricting the amount of bands we now get to see together. And we’ve also lost t

The Cave Singers & Espers @ The Electric Circus, Edinburgh Nov 14th 2009
This was billed as the Shred yer Face III tour but luckily no facial injuries were incurred. I was casually aware of both of the main bands previously and had liked what I'd heard (we missed Woods who played first), but only ended up at the gig because my pals Stu and Chris won free tickets at the venue's music quiz. When we arrived it seemed no-one had thought to mention this to the doorstaff so we didn't quite get the VIP treatment we expected but we did get in eventually. Although we had an additional wait due to a barman with apparent short-term memory loss as he s

Scrobbling Off: Where's Your Favourite Place to Find Party Mixtapes?
  Scrobbling Off is a new series about music that you're not SUPPOSED TO ADMIT LIKING. So when your listening habits are recorded by the likes of last.fm or pandora, you turn scrobbling OFF so no-one knows just how many times you've listened to that Shakira song -  Products of a Gaseous Brain likes to do things a bit differently so we celebrates that shit. I love getting mixtapes from friends, and have discovered some of my favourite ever music from them. Of course they started out on actual tape cassettes, mo

Found Play Let Fidelity Break to the Kids in Central Park
Not content with winning a Bafta for their amazing creation Cybraphon, Found have also won over the U.S. as shown in this great video. Watch out for the twirly Umbrella man near the end.. Related posts: Video: Edinburgh band 'Found' provoke outbreak of crazy dancing Playing with the Past