Welcome to Livingston Music Scene's myspace page. Livingston is a small town slap bang in the middle of a region of Scotland's central belt known as West Lothian. Due to it's location very nearly directly in between the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh this is a very well populated area and thus has a wealth of creative minds from all areas of the arts.
www.livims.co.uk is a small but very functional website including news items, gig listings and a forum all relating to the music, bands and solo artists writing, rehearsing, performing or genrally just milling around having a laugh with each other in West Lothian. The forum allows for everyone and anyone to post up information about what they have been doing or when their next show or release will be. There's also generally a lot of humourous chat on the forum too in the "Off Topic" section. The site was constructed entierly by hand (it did not come pre-assembled) by Kevin Morrison (a local guitarist) and despite being a busy man indeed is continually maintained by him very dilligently.
Although most people who post the information about their shows do so on the "Announcements" sub-forum, there is a Gig Listing page that an unknown lone hero updates to the best of their abilities to allow people to find out about whats happening in the near future without digging through the forum.
You will also find within the site a section where any bands or artists from the local area can list themselves in a "directory of bands" as such and have a small space for information about their material and band members etc.
Another main function the site offers the local music community is the regular (if by regular you understand that there have been a bunch of them and there will be more, but they might not necessarily happen for a while...) LiviMS Radio Show hosted by local behemoth Uncle Doogsie (he's kinda big) and recorded and engineerd by Kevin Morrison. The shows generally feature new material from whichever local bands happen to have something new in the works at the time and music from bands that have come and sometimes gone in the past in the local area. I believe all but the very first radio show can be accessed from within the radio show section of the site in mp3 format but since I happen to be a genius and a miracle worker I have the very first LiviMS Radio Show here on this page so you can download it for an hours worth of your enjoyment. The rest might appear here sometime too if Kev lets me put 'em here.
SOUNDS OF SWAMI Insane scientists bring their new-fangled formula of harcore(ish) punk/fractured dubby moments/eccentric experimentalism and anarcho conscience back to the capital. www.myspace.com/soundsofswami
RODENT EMPORIUM Music hall comediens gone punk - the stupidest band in the world? Toy Dolls meets Half Man Half Biscut. www.myspace.com/rodentemporium
THE BEGRUDGERS Denizens of the gin halls let loose a full punk rock barrled knees up - complete with scarlet bloomers. www.myspace.com/thebegrudgers
ROUGHMUTE Dickenzien workhouse brats break out the geetars, kill Mary Poppins and gorge on her liver - everything Oliver Twist should have been. www.myspace.com/roughmute
THURSDAY APRIL 2ND HENRYS CELLAR BAR 8PM FOUR QUID
El Guapo have now changed their name to...Turnbull Fury.
We have new tracks up so please have a listen when you get the chance. Also, we have demos which we are selling for £4 so if you would like one just get in touch or come along to one of our upcoming gigs where we will be selling them.
The running order on the poster is a wee bitty screwy: SUPER ADVENTURE CLUB! RODENT EMPORIUM! THE VAIN SONGS! and just added to the bill - JED POTTS & THE HILLMAN HUNTERS!
£4 - 7.30 - Dec 12th Henrys Cellar Bar - Edinburgh
Rocknrollzombies presents a bit of a heavy one fer Edinburgh...
JACKIE TREEHORN Intricate, tripped out, gargantuan, dirty. Balancing armfulls of riffs while teetering on the brink of the prog-abbys. myspace. com/jackietreehornmusic
THROUGH SOLACE Thoughtful, melodic, hard, growling. Waves of textured guitars crashing on jagged rythm-rocks... gnarly like yer mums pmt. myspace. com/throughsolace
IMMANIS Loudness, aggressive, stomping, malice. Perverse metal, pregnant with blastbeats and atmospheres. myspace. com/immanismusic
Henrys Cellar Bar, Edinburgh October 28th 2008 AD 8pm 4 squidoos
And yes... we realise its a Tuesday and you have work in the morning and that its the end of the month, but thats NO EXCUSE! Choose now - come out and rock or stay home and suck. Dont make us chap on yer door now ;)
www. myspace. com/kasheeopeiah Dirty metalic hardcore made from concrete slabs, gravel and steel girders with some rude southern riffology thrown in. www. myspace. com/zillahnoise Noisy progressive dissonance with liberal screams intelligently put together. www. myspace. com/soundsofswami Eclectic hXc influenced punk bursting with quirky ideas. www. myspace. com/hitchermusic Big ol' ambient post metal riffs.
Yes, yes.... we know its a bit small but if you get the magnifying glass out you will clearly be able to read:
SATURDAY JUNE 22nd THE ARK, EDINBURGH:
PAPER BEATS ROCK (ex-Idlewild sleaze grunge) AUDIO SAFARI (melodic grunge) COHOLIC (anthemic indie rock) THE MUNCHKINS (frantic alt rock with psychedelic explosions) VOICE OF THE MYSTERONS (chaotic rapid-fire Beefheart prog-punk) £4 @ 7.30pm
or words to that effect. Anyway, you should like, come or something..
These young bucks are trying to get some cash to get on their American tour in 3 weeks. We think you should come and bring all your family. Pets get in for free.
