Fri 03 Feb 2012 by Tom Collins | Read more »
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Already tipped to be the ‘sound of 2012’, recently nominated for a Brit as well as winning the Critic’s Choice award, Scot Emeli Sandé is enjoying an enviable start to the new year. Having achieved chart-topping success in her...
Thu 02 Feb 2012 by Tom Collins | Read more »
For a band I often associate with shoegaze, a genre named due to its purveyors’ supposedly static and detached live performances, the Horrors sure put on an energetic show. Entirely ignoring their debut album, their set skips between the best of ...
Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Sukey Scorer | Read more »
A self-proclaimed hybrid of PJ Harvey, Peaches and Kurt Cobain I was unsure of what to expect of FOE, the 22 year old from Hampshire with a penchant for coloured wigs and weirdness. I have no idea who thought to compare her to the goddess that is Poll...
Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Sophie Alexander | Read more »
It was with considerable envy that I heard about Laura Marling’s Cathedral Tour, which began in October. She was set to play in some of Great Britain’s most magnificent cathedrals, and I was quite indignant that she had left Edinburgh, and ...
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Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Fiona Greenshields | Read more »
Cryptic, the art house responsible for the production of Little Match Girl Passion, are described as a company that ‘ravish the senses, with performances that fuse music, dance, sonic art and multimedia.’ Indeed, this production incorporate...
Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Anna Hafsteinsson | Read more »
Sitting on a plush red seat in the midst of a horde of silver-haired season holders I'm wondering whether this might not be what I'd been expecting. But I spot a few familiar hippies to my right and, with a sigh of relief, begin to melt into the whirli...
Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Rory Woodroffe | Read more »
Resurrected for the third time since their 1960s beginnings, the Zombies embark on a 50th Anniversary tour, visiting the Caves to showcase their new album Breathe in, Breathe Out. Bad leather jackets donned and dentures in, the elderly rockers eagerly ...
Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Antigone Johnstone Burt | Read more »
Despite the unbearable heat in the basement of Glasgow’s Stereo, Annie Clark, the stunning focal point of St. Vincent, appears cool and comfortable. Annie Clark is touring behind her critically acclaimed third LP, Strange Mercy. Her past experie...
Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Bryce Lucas | Read more »
There is a sense of intrigue and curiosity among the Sneaky Pete’s crowd as Django Django climb onto the compact stage. Much hype has been pushed onto these lads but they seem to take it in their stride in front of the impatient audience. Many s...
Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Adam Terris | Read more »
It seems to be the fashion nowadays to give cheap titles to concerts in order, one imagines, to make them more marketable. The last Scottish Chamber Orchestra, ‘Romantic Love Stories’, was no exception to the rule. Fortunately, the title pr...
Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Alexandre Charles Johnstone | Read more »
Saturday night saw London’s melodic skuzz quartet, Yuck, play a powerful set to a smoke filled room of noise lovers spanning every decade. The intimate cave setting of Cabaret Voltaire provided the perfect backdrop for Yuck’s sound; they p...
Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Rebecca O' Malley | Read more »
Mark E. Smith: the man, the myth, the mess. Wednesday 3rd November saw Smith and friends bless the stage of HMV Picture House and gift the audience, with at least two songs... It’s well known that Smith sells his gigs on crossed fingers. Will he...
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