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Mermaid - Inspiral Carpets from The Beast Inside album.

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The news last night didn't half underline her divisive nature and the north/south divide. Where there is discord may we bring harmony, aye that'll be right. Suffice to say North of Hadrian's Wall and in various de-industrialised areas of the north-east and north-west, the news was not greeted by a 5...

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Going to see Inspirals in Edinburgh and The Stranglers at Glasgow in March. Before that, there's Glasvegas playing down my neck of the woods so will get ticket for their Kilmarnock gig. Quite fancy going to see Black Rebel Motorcycle Club too.

Listening to Human League greatest hits earlier on. Went to see them live in Glasgow last week and it was a great gig and put me in the mood for a bit of 80's synth pop.

The Raveonettes new album, Observator, very impressed by it too.

Wild horses couldn't drag me to a Bon Jovi gig, but credit where it's due, they've got the pricing right. They've made a packet over the years and don't need to fleece their fan base one last time, unlike The Stones who are extracting the urine at those prices. The most reasonably priced act I've se...

Got my ticket for the Inspirals Back to Life Tour. Can't believe that both Glasgow shows have sold out already. Fair do's King Tuts is a pretty small venue but I wasn't expecting them both to be sold out so soon. Had to get a ticket for The Liquid Room in Edinburgh gig.

I must confess to being a sad Retro man. Most of the cd's I own are by bands not in the 1st flush of youth and I tend to buy new albums by bands I've already listened to and liked, the last album I bought was The Raveonettes Raven in the Grave. The only current act I've bought an album of would be F...

Fantastic live act, with or without Tom Hingley. Saw them 3 times at ABC, twice with Tom Hingley and the last time with Steve Holt back on vocals, and had a great time at each gig.

Skidoo, song that didn't make it onto Inspirals Beast Inside album, I've no idea why as it's one of the best things they ever did.