Lennon and McCartney go head-to-head yet again.
Ram was McCartney’s second solo album, released in 1971, and is a prime example of how popular music, on its release, is adjudged by so many factors other than music. Macca was in disfavour in 1971, regarded, wrongly, as the man who broke up The Beatles and also as the politico-spiritual lightweight of the quartet (Ringo has always been given a pass on these matters!). 50 years later, disconnected from all such blather,
Ram is a jolly thing, scrappy but fun, with an unpretentious thrown-together quality, songs such as lo-fi Beach Boys pastiche “Dear Boy” rubbing up against the entertainingly silly, music hall rockin’ ode to marjuana “Monkberry Moon Delight”. It does, indeed, sound like a man decompressing after the monumental, generational expectations placed on his previous band. In gatefold, it also comes half-speed mastered so sounds great. Lennon’s first solo effort, the
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Scottish new music round-up: April 2021
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It s one of the country s most important new music hubs.
On Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street lies what many people in the music scene perceive as the heart of the city’s punk scene,
The Priory. Its unassuming entrance juts out just above ground-level, sporting minimalist advertising oblivious to most staggering their way south towards club giants Firewater and The Garage. Once inside, one can sink into a tattered couch and adopt a milky, vampirish pallor, thanks to sparsely lit candlesticks worked into baroque holders.
Since its inception in 2014, the bar has hosted some of Glasgow’s biggest up-and-coming punk and indie rock artists, whilst opening its arms to many small bands trying to make it in a music industry that is becoming increasingly over-saturated. Gerry Cinnamon hosted regular open-mic sessions back in the day; Glasgow legends Baby Strange hold regular Club Sabbath nights and now Liam Gallagher has stepped in to support the venue during its Cov
Liam Gallagher Steps In To Aid Vital Glasgow Venue The Priory
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