I love these two bands, absolutely love ‘em, so tonight was a bit of a special day in the gig calendar of Toad.
Down the Tiny Steps are a sort of folky, electro, Scottish almost-hip-hoppy-at-times group based around the fantastic songwriting of Johnnie Common. The group has had a rough time recently, losing the drummer [...]
(Image pinched from Gregory Nolan)
I’d heard all sorts about Kid Harpoon’s much-vaunted live performances, so I was really looking forward to this gig and for the most part he didn’t disappoint.
Support came from new Scottish group We See Lights who seemed decent, although I didn’t get there in time to catch enough of their set [...]
Well you should’ve. It was a splendid show featuring a handful of Toad favourites, and a four song section introduced by my good self. I thought I’d throw up a quick post of a song DC played, which I think you deserve to hear.
I was emailed this ages ago and, even though I always intended [...]
This is a truly hilarious story: Maxim have been rumbled writing a review of an album they’ve never even heard. Superb!
What happened was that they printed a review of the new Black Crowes album, and weren’t especially generous, and they did it before the actual album was sent out to anyone for review [...]
Well folks, tonight I get my revenge. You all know DC -One Half of Drunk Country - the foul-mouthed miscreant who is forever coming on this site and ruining my thoughtful and sophisticated analysis with vulgar outbursts and showers of obscenity and invective? And the one who did THAT!!–> to my lovely drawings? [...]
Song, by Toad is the future of music.
So are Fence Records. So is Welcome to Our TV Show.
This is neither as serious nor, actually, as facetious a statement as it seems. Song, by Toad? The future of music? Ah hah hah haaa, what vainglorious hubris! Well actually I’m not being [...]
