Month: July 2012

One Last Plug - Gig Tonight!

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Just a couple of hours to go till kick off, so here’s one final attempt at wooing the undecided into coming along to The Captains tonight.

Come along from 8pm, pay me six pounds, and see:

Eddy & the T-Bolts: Bandcamp - Facebook

<p>&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=”http://eddyandthetbolts.bandcamp.com/track/john-mcclane-2″&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;John McClane by Eddy &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; the T-Bolts&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;</p>



FALLS: Bandcamp - Facebook

<p>&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=”http://falls.bandcamp.com/track/terrorfuckindactyl”&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;TerrorFuckin’Dactyl by F A L L S&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;</p>

A Fight You Can’t Win: Bandcamp - Facebook

<p>&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=”http://afightyoucantwin.bandcamp.com/track/shedding-skin-making-bones”&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;shedding skin / making bones by A Fight You Can’t Win&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;</p>

Please?

Another Aye Tunes Gig - One Week To Go

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I’m not good at quitting things. That’s why I’m sitting here with a cigarette in my hand, writing about yet another gig I’m putting on.
As the post title says, there’s one week to go till the next Aye Tunes gig. As usual I’ve picked a trio of bands from far and wide, booked them for a gig, and given myself something to panic about.

Eddy & the T-Bolts fill the “Glasgow band” slot. They are an energetic bunch, doing punk tinged rock and/or roll, with big riffs and even bigger choruses. All that, and a song about everyone’s favourite wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Eddy & the T-Bolts: Bandcamp - Facebook

<p>&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=”http://eddyandthetbolts.bandcamp.com/track/john-mcclane-2″&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;John McClane by Eddy &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; the T-Bolts&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;</p>



FALLS make up the “far” contingent, coming as they do from North Wales. See, we don’t just like Scottish bands here at Aye Tunes, we also apparently like bringing Welsh ones to Glasgow. This is their first trip up here, so do come along and marvel at the strange Welsh men making noise. Bring friends! As for their music, imagine pop and metal had a torrid affair, this would be their offspring. Loud, brash, heavy but harmonious and fucking wonderful.
FALLS: Bandcamp - Facebook

<p>&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=”http://falls.bandcamp.com/track/terrorfuckindactyl”&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;TerrorFuckin’Dactyl by F A L L S&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;</p>

A Fight You Can’t Win come from Edinburgh, by way of Northern Ireland and Holland, so that makes them the “wide” selection for the evening. This is starting to resemble a weird UN day trip. AFYCW are a gentle, acoustic band, with a fine line in tender ballads. Of course they aren’t, they even got a SAMA nomination for Best Metal Band for goodness sake. AFYCW are a sexy slap in the face, allied with a scream in your ear. Grungey, punky, shouty, sweary, y’know, all the good things.
A Fight You Can’t Win: Bandcamp - Facebook

<p>&lt;a href=”http://afightyoucantwin.bandcamp.com/track/shedding-skin-making-bones”&gt;shedding skin / making bones by A Fight You Can’t Win&lt;/a&gt;</p>

So there you go then, an evening of multi flavoured rock. What better are you going to do on a Tuesday night?

Everything takes place at The Captains on Tuesday, 24th July. Doors open at 8, and it’ll only cost you £6 to get in. Ask me nicely and you can get two folk in for a tenner, so bring a pal and save money.

#EuroBAMS - The Final Round

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Slightly late, but here’s the final run down on the EuroBAMS fantasy league.
There was late drama once again.

Despite it looking like Stephen from Birdhead had the tournament in his pocket from pretty much day one, his gamble on Italian defenders instead of Spanish ones, along with a bad choice of changing his captain, saw him slip up at the last minute.
Claire from Catthouse, whose name I always manage to spell wrong even when it is written down in front of me, picked her team well and eliminated the eleven point gap going into the last match to take the trophy.
Just like we did at the World Cup two years ago, Aye Tunes battled hard to claim a respectable third place in the league.
There was heartbreak for AFYCW, as Campfires In Winter notched up a remarkable score in the final game to rocket into third position, knocking Sander’s side out of the top five.
Further down kudos once again goes to Last year’s Girlymen for their climb up the league, but Lisa-Marie’s final standing was to prove no consolation for the actual football result.

Throughout the whole Knockout stages the real victors were the womenfolk. Claire and Lisa-Marie were the top scorers once we passed the group stages, with me in third. I’ve been called a big girl plenty of times too.