21st April : Record Store Day @ Mono/Monorail

(Thanks to James Cadden for the use of the picture!)

Not long now till Record Store Day 2012 and the fine, fine folks behind Monorail Music have assembled quite a list of entertainment.  From their recent mailout:

We will be opening at 9am prompt for brisk business but we'll be promoting a friendly, family vibe with home baking, children's activities, an art show, and live music from


Edwyn Collins (pop genius and Liberty approved illustrator/designer)
Linden (feat. Joe McAlinden formerly of Superstar and Groovy Little Numbers etc.)
Dead Flamingos (like Linden signed to Edwyn Collins' AED Records)
Organs Of Love (on Optimo's label)
Snowgoose (feat. Jim McCulloch formerly of The Soup Dragons, Dave McGowan from Teenage Fanclub etc. - their debut lp is launched on Record Store Day)
Human Don't Be Angry (former Arab Strap chap Malcolm Middleton's new guise)

Djs will be:

Keith McIvor (Twitch),
Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai),
Gerard Love (Lightships / Teenage Fanclub)
Adele Bethel (Sons & Daughters)
The Brogues (Not Unloved)

Come on down, it's going to be amazing!

Monorail Music
12 Kings Court
King Street
Glasgow G1 5RB

www.monorailmusic.com

It's gonna be grand!  Thanks to everyone at Monorail for giving me the chance to drop some carefully selected vinyl on their turntables.  I feel like I've been capped at international level :)  If I'm on early doors when people will be excitedly chatting about their lovely purchases, this is almost certain to get a spin as its giddiness perfectly embodies the excitement of buying a new record:

(There's a Facebook event for the day here)

Vic Godard and Subway Sect in Scotland (soon!)

11th March: Glasgow @ The Accies Club (with The Sexual Objects & Wake The President)
12th March: Edinburgh @ The Citrus Club (with The Sexual Objects)
13th March: Dundee @ Dexter's (with Spectorbullets and Edinburgh School for the Deaf)

 (there are a bunch of English dates, too. Information here)

Not long now!  If Vic and co.'s recent album "We Come As Aliens" (cd via Overground / vinyl self-released and available at shows and Monorail in Glasgow) tells us anything, it's that these shows are going to unmissable.  It's scarcely imaginable how "We Come As Aliens" could have turned out any better: Vic is in wonderful, wayward voice, the current Subway Sect sound committed and cohesive (if only these guys could be recruited to help Lawrence of Felt/Denim realise something similarly brilliant) and the songs made it onto tape with the bulk of the energy and feeling intact.  Looking back on it, 2010 was a landmark year for that little group of kindred spirits comprising Vic, Davy Henderson and Edwyn Collins, with all three - Davy with his group The Sexual Objects - releasing vital and relevant lps.  It's genuinely exciting to have them all active and producing such great work.  I'd be letting myself down if I didn't make at least one of the Scottish shows!