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Seventeen years ago today. A TIOB all-timer.

Gig poster for Algernon Cadwallader, Teenage Cool Kids, Kaddish and Carson Wells at the 13th Note in 2009.

This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 03/10/2026

Ace ep launch gig for Moss, Scotland’s premier bryophyte hardcore band, at the Audio Lounge last night. Listen and buy: mossglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/moss

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This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 22/09/2026

Twenty years ago last week: the first TIOB gig. So long ago we had a MySpace link on the poster. Only Avast!, who went on to be TIOB regulars, are still going (going again?). Sleazies remains a crucial Glasgow venue. (The posters got better later when other people started to help with them.)

a This Is Our Battlefield presentation
Mercury Tilt Switch
Piano Bar Fight
Avast!
Nice n Sleazy
Saturday 16th September, 2006
£4, 18+, 8.30pm
tiob.co uk: myspace.com/tiob

Text is just overlaid on a black and white of a moody sky with some trees at the bottom.

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This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 11/09/2026

“What’s your favourite gruff punk album?” The kitchen in my work:

A sign above a sink that says

CAUTION
HOT WATER

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This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 08/09/2026

Big fan of this smashing photo by the splendid Jake Lewis of the delightful Nico of the superlative Avast!, for some reason. (Get all up in my DMs if you would like to be a follower of Nico's fashion.)

Nico from Avast! rocking out while clad in a black TIOB tshirt.

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This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 07/09/2026

We don't have a contract because this is DIY but Kaddish and I wrote an agreement on how we'll do stuff based on the things we think are important. Here's what we've called the 'values of DIY' for the purposes of putting out their next album together.

The Band and The Label make this agreement in line with the values of
DIY, which for these purposes are:
- To value music for music's sake, and over profit
- To value the community of which music is part, and to which it contributes
- To use music to help to foster solidarity, inclusion and social connection
- That the use of AI in the writing, playing or development of music, lyrics and art is antithetical to DIY
- To keep the price of The Record and any related merchandise or gigs reasonable; and
- To treat each other, any others involved in the creation, promotion or celebration of The Record, and anyone who buys or wishes to buy The Record fairly and well.

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This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 05/09/2026

Kaddish Episode 4: The Final Mix Listening Party. The album exists and with a few last tweaks, some final vocals and massive thanks to the endlessly patient Ross Middlemiss, it's ready to go for mastering. More chat on release logistics in the not too distant future.

John taking a picture of Ross’s mixing screen as Dom looks on.

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This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 08/06/2026

TIOB tshirt in the wild, courtesy of Kevin from Wrong Life.

Wrong Life. Kevin is wearing a black TIOB tshirt. It looks great.

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This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 22/05/2026

Very excited to get my lugs round this. These lovely lads played a TIOB gig back in 2013 which was... decent.

Raein, Crash, Kaddish and Carson Wells at the Note in January 2013.

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This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 07/05/2026

Pals, its the worst-kept secret in the world… The new incarnation of TIOB is a record label. It will exist to help document and amplify DIY music in Scotland. TIOB01 will be the 4th LP from your friends and mine, Kaddish. More details - release date, pre-order, and the like - to follow soon. Ta.

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This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 20/04/2026

Twenty years ago today I put this gig on, which was the direct inspiration for TIOB coming together as a gigs collective.

Gig poster for Latterman at Nice n Sleazy on Thurs 20 April 2006. £5 in! Alpacinos, I Stand Alone and 15 Minutes supporting. Poster is Mattie Jo Canino from Latterman singing birds.

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This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 31/01/2026

This has been an exciting development for me.

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This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 19/01/2026

One of the saddest sights in Glasgow. I don’t know why City Property refused the former workers’ bid to take it over but surely any plan to bring it back is better than letting it decay like this.

The 13th Note Cafe from across the street. It looks manky and it's increasingly covered in posters and general clattiness.

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This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 13/01/2026

The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that new TIOB has a slightly different logo. Originally designed by Sean Leahy back in 2006 (!), it has been refreshed for TIOB 2.0 by DIY punk rock stalwart and player in many good bands, Gone Wishing. Thanks, GW! www.gone-wishing.com

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This Is Our Battlefield @tiob.diy · 02/01/2026

Hiya pals. TIOB v1 - the gigs collective - is over. TIOB v2 is coming soon(ish). Visit www.tiob.diy to sign up for the mailing list and find links to other socials, and you will be the first to know more.

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