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The Vaselines »

The Vaselines Live

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“Perhaps we should tone down the smut?” suggests Frances McKee - an unlikely task for the proud creators of Sex with an X. Five minutes into their intimate set at Bongo Club and alternative supremos The Vaselines have already bantered aroun...

Thu 30 Sep 2010 by Rebecca Monks | Read more »

Nightlife, deconstructed »

It’s Freshers' Week again, so here we present a night-life overview for the young faces about to reinvigorate our own jaded hearts and minds. These are staples of the Edinburgh club scene, loved to a near-sexual fervour by many. Read on, young pe...

Wed 15 Sep 2010 by Caroline Bottger | Read more »

Kris Drever »

Kris Drever

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Folk music has witnessed something of a revival over the course of the last two years. Fuelled by the rising popularity on both sides of the Atlantic of artists like Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Laura Marling, Frank Turner and Mumford & Sons, the genre, ...

Wed 21 Apr 2010 by Ryan J. Gallagher | Read more »

The View »

The View

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Bands need a strong frontman; one who can engage with and entertain the audience at gigs. A commanding singer who can hold the audience in the palm of their hand is, more often than not, the making of the most memorable live acts. The View, in this res...

Tue 16 Mar 2010 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Los Campesinos! »

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As the eight members of Los Campesinos! stroll onstage, lead singer Gareth Campesinos!—all eight have adopted the eponymous surname—looks strikingly familiar. Ricky from Eastenders could hire a doppleganger if business gets good again. And...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Sophie Alexander | Read more »

Jungle Dub @ Bongo Club »

A dancefloor, as settings go, is a pretty absurd arena for subversive commentary. Jungle Dub, The Bongo Club’s weekly Wednesday foray into dubstep, jungle, reggae and dancehall welcomes wind-lashed punters through its doors to the sight of a disc...

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by Ray Philp | Read more »

Come [Perform] »

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Sixth in a line of zany spectacle and improvised presentation, Come [Perform] provides its cult following with the fundamental agenda of art school mayhem and underground cool that underpins every one of their events. For Come’s cameo at the Bong...

Mon 23 Mar 2009 by Rachael Cloughton | Read more »

DJ Format @ Bongo Club »

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Those funk-lovin’ beat meisters down at Headspin promotions were understandably delighted to bring the one-and-only DJ Format into town to ‘blow the roof off the bongo club’. Format has garnered widespread appeal for his back-in-the-d...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Paddy Loughman | Read more »

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