Gig: Young Gods – Barfly, Glasgow, 4/12/2007

The basics of a Young Gods show have remained unchanged for nearly twenty years. Franz Treichler sings, leaps about and generally provides the spectacle, Bernard Trontin provides a solid percussive backline and everything else emanates from the keyboards of Al Monod. But it’s a successful recipe for a righteous racket that combines elements of hardboiled [...]

Albums of the year: #23

PIANO MAGIC: Part Monster
Piano Magic make consistently good albums which get equally consistently ignored – at least in the UK. In Europe they have a much higher profile, which is kind of weird since one of the band’s strongest suits is their lyrics. Part Monster was another quality missive from the band. It included at [...]