Dundee is pretty shit. It's smelly, dank, holds a steaming amount of council estate families, and has about one decent record shop. I once waited 2 hours for a fucking Megabus to Aberdeen from Dundee. The train station didn't let me use the toilets because, "Uve gotta ba travlin oon the tran ta use tham, ken?". So, you wouldn't grudge me throwing up the idea that Dundee hasn't got much going for it, right? Well...you'd be right. One thing, however, that keeps me returning to that foul city is the music. Oddly enough, the best screamo in Scotland seems to be orientated around Dundee in some way. While all the pregnant bucky drinking 14 year old unleash Friday's curry onto the road, your conservative group of friendly 'the town really isn't my forte', kids hitch up in a parents garage and play some rock and roll. And when i say rock and roll i really mean brutal as fuck hardcore. My first real experience of this phenomenon was at the start of 2006 when i witnessed one of the four UK A Day In Black And White shows. What i want to know is, how in holy hell did they end up playing Dundee. Glasgow? Edinburgh? Aberdeen? No. Dun fucking Dee. I was, no exaggeration here, the only human being in venue/hole that knew who A Day In Black And White were. I don’t even think the promoter knew. They blew the place apart. The kids however, came for something different. LOCAL SCOTTISH SKRAMZ. Allergo, The Fall Of Boss Koala and Kaddish. Fuck listening to Belle and Sebastian. Listen to Kaddish. The ferocity and pure power of this band astounds me. They've been together as a band for over 5 years and are barely known out of the central belt. It's a disgrace. I tried to write about how i feel when i listen to their track 'More Awkward than Silence'. It was terrible (much worse than this piece of writing). It is, without a doubt, one of the best hardcore tracks i have ever heard.
Listen here;
It's pointless giving you any websites for Kaddish as they only have one to my knowledge. It was last upldated in 2004 or something.
The other bands mentioned;
Allergo;
The Fall Of Boss Koala;
Also, my favourite Glasgow band Mesa Verde;
Support your local scene.
But only the good ones.
