(updated, minor corrections only though)

OK, after finally getting a good night's sleep, I might as well write my own thoughts about The Fans Strike Back. Obviously I can only talk about things I actually watched, and I've pretty much covered all of those, even the ones that didn't really make much of an impression. So here we go, in chronological order:

Friday:

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone: Aww, he was so cute! Seriously, he was like an oversized teddy-bear. Anyway, the pleasant tunes and the whole self-deprecating attitude made for an entertaining show, and I'll make sure…

I went to see These Arms Are Snakes / Russian Circles tonight (they were co-headlining I think), and it was fucking ace. Here's the low-down of how it went:

I arrived to Glasgow just in time; went into Stereo and the support band, Tropics, came out like ten minutes afterwards. I'd never heard of them before, but I quite liked them; their tunes were cool, the songs were well-structured, and their skill level was decent too. I especially liked the drummer. They had a fairly small set, only five songs, with the best one being the third one in…

So I was one of the (many!) people that went to see Sons and Daughters yesterday at the Queen's Hall. Apparently the tickets must have sold out only a couple of days before the gig, which is unfortunate because, when the friend that was visiting me and his girlfriend decided to join me, there were no tickets left. :^(

Fortunately I didn't get there too early, and I say fortunately because apparently there was a fire alarm and everyone was taken out and back in. I must have arrived just after that, and when Broken Records had just started playing.…

I went to the Okkervil River gig in Edinburgh last night. This was the first time I've seen them live; I'm not a big fan or anything, but when I saw they were coming to Edinburgh I listened to the last couple of records (The Stage Names and Black Sheep Boy) and I liked what I heard, so I got myself a ticket.

Luckily these days I live a stone's throw away from Cab Volt, so I didn't even bother wearing a jacket on the way (less to worry about during the gig). I got there at around…