Hello and welcome back to the Toad Sessions. I was a little drunk when I noticed that Alela Diane was playing in Edinburgh as part of the Triptych Festival, so the idea of emailing her label and inviting her to do a Toad Session didn’t seem quite so preposterous. In the morning, I thought [...]
Hannah from Modernaire rather kindly sent through this George Orwell essay which I rather like, especially the bit about the Toad (I assure you there is no such thing as a ‘common’ Toad, whatever George may think).
Maybe we should all step away from these pernicious computer machines, and go and lark about, carefree in the [...]
It’s been a great year for The Young Republic. They’ve gone from three years of constant gigging through their university years, to being signed to a small but fairly upwardly mobile record label in End of the Road Records, to a well-received debut release, to touring across the States and the UK.
But despite the shiny [...]
Forever Ago seems like an apt title for this review, given how long I’ve had this album. In terms of critical froth, this has been about as well received as anything for a long time, with five star reviews and breathless exclamations of otherworldly beauty and so on, but I just didn’t get it. Honestly, [...]
Yes indeed it is finally that time, and we are about ready to kick off Song, by Toad Records. Click on the flyer (right) for more details.
Basically we’re going to have a silly great party at the Meridian in Leith (basically head down towards the Foot of the Walk, and it’s on the left in [...]
Fucking YESSSSSS! Get in! Result! Cover me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians! Your favourite inebriated amphibian has been working the refresh key on his computer harder than even during last night’s porn festival, but Tom Waits tickets have been scored for his July gig in Edinburgh.
I’ve seen Tom once before, [...]
