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Cabaret Voltaire

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Pearl and The Puppets »

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Friday 14 February, Valentine's Day: paradigm-shifting journalism here as we report the presence of couples at Cabaret Voltaire. Everywhere you look, it’s an orgy of gazing, hand-holding and gratuitous public displays of affection. It’s not...

Sat 27 Feb 2010 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

Sweet as a beat »

For many, Cabaret Voltaire and the underground bowels of Blair Street are a familiar haunt, and not simply thanks to the ghostly insinuations. For those sufficiently acquainted to affectionately render it Cab Vol, club nights are renowned as midweek ge...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Rebecca Monks | Read more »

The Void »

The Void

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The Mill, by its very name, lends itself to an unfortunate (not to mention weary) turn of phrase, and is thus at the perennial mercy of a cynical critic. Just as well, then, that it bears little relation to form; The Mill’s weekly showcase of eme...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Ray Philp | Read more »

Miike Snow »

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Miike Snow are a music industry paradox. Andrew Wyatt, all beard and studied indifference, squints into his mic-stand looking every inch the reluctant rock star. And yet, a rudimentary Google search will reveal that of the trio, Christian Karlsson and...

Wed 11 Nov 2009 by Ray Philp | Read more »

Villians fail to steal vault »

Presets at Cab Vol

Normal 0 0 1 250 1425 11 2 1750 11.1282 0 0 0 How can it possibly be that until recently I never knew the Speakeasy at Cabaret Voltaire existed? The upstairs lounge has been open for three years, and given that I once thought of Cab V...

Wed 14 Oct 2009 by Jane Maddison | Read more »

Wild Beasts »

Wild Beasts

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Critical acclaim and popularity do not always make easy bedfellows. Despite being responsible for Two Dancers, the highly-acclaimed follow-up to their debut longplayer Limbo, Panto, Wild Beasts take their place onstage at Cabaret Voltaire to a smaller...

Wed 14 Oct 2009 by Jennifer Johnson | Read more »

Emmy The Great »

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The name suggests ego, the lead singer of a punk band perhaps, or a rap queen in the mould of Missy Elliott. Female with attitude, however, couldn’t be further from the truth; Emma Lee-Moss plays twee, modern folk, watches ITV and loves New Kids ...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Matt Oldfield | Read more »

The Spinto Band »

The Spinto Band

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The Spinto Band are a bit like one of those cans of beans you get from the joke shop. A small, unassuming tin that looks as tame as a TV supper on the outside, but prise open the lid and a big, garishly-coloured slinky hits you in the face. The band c...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Natasha Bird | Read more »

Little Boots »

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Despite being too young to ever have bought an album on tape, it is nonetheless unsettling for me that Victoria Hesketh, aka Little Boots, should have been voted Sound of 2009 by BBC Radio 1 listeners and appeared on Later with Jools Holland on the bac...

Sun 08 Mar 2009 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Duke Special »

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Having stood in ninety minutes of awe, there is one fact of which I am certain. Peter Wilson chose his stage name correctly, Duke Special is indeed something rather special. And for this self described "fucked up ringleader of a broken down circus," Ca...

Sun 25 Jan 2009 by Rebecca Monks | Read more »

Flamboyant Bella »

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To hear the news that Flamboyant Bella are playing at Cabaret Voltaire, you could be forgiven for falling victim to the power of semantics. Images of flashing lights, eccentric showmanship and the general incline towards the carnivalesque should be con...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Rebecca Monks | Read more »

Nizlopi @ Cabaret Voltaire »

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Pop fans of a certain vintage will have fond memories of Nizlopi. In 2004, the plucky indie upstarts stormed to the top of the UK charts with the surprise hit, 'JCB Song'. For a while it even looked like they would steal the inexplicably important Chr...

Sat 08 Nov 2008 by Ben Judge | Read more »

City scheme slashes crime in nightclubs »

Clubbing in Edinburgh

A revolutionary new safety scheme, set up in Edinburgh to improve communication between bars and nightclubs, has been hailed as a success by owners across the city as it approaches its first anniversary, with the decline in criminal incidents reaching ...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Ladyhawke »

Ladyhawke

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In the crushingly mediocre 2006 romantic comedy, Just Friends, actress Anna Faris (a graduate of the Scary Movie School of Drama) plays a Britney Spears-inspired, up-and-coming pop princess with misguided pretensions of her own artistic importance. Lon...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Ben Judge | Read more »

Finding a New Sound »

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Derick Mackinnon has a keen ear for a good upcoming artist; his New Found Sound project has been instrumental in showcasing some of the best groups in the country. Tonight is no different, with those in attendance at Cabaret Voltaire treated to three d...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Chris Hammond | Read more »

The Man Don't Give A Funk »

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Sub-Opt are an international band with a truly international sound. Fronted by Rodrigo Braga, Edinburgh's very own FunkSoul Brother and a pretender to the throne of the guitar-god Hendrix, their music is a mosaic of complex rhythms and Latino guitar l...

Tue 01 Apr 2008 by Chris McCall | Read more »

Clear as Glass »

Smoked Glass

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Tonight Cabaret Voltaire is sold out, it has been for weeks. This is largely down to the evening’s headliners Smoked Glass and their impressive following. Ostensibly Smoked Glass could be any young band on the make. They’ve got very obviou...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 by Chris Hammond | Read more »

This monkey could swallow the universe »

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Anyone who has indulged in a wholesome rock & roll crush – whether Debbie Harry or Courtney Love, Nina Persson or Shirley Manson – will find Monkey Swallows the Universe in concert hard going. It isn’t just that Catherine Tully on...

Mon 18 Feb 2008 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Cranking the dial »

The Dials

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The Dials are hitting way above their weight. At a sell out, headline set supported by Little Green Machine and Epic 26, the levels of energy coaxed from the crowd by the Dials tonight are usually only mustered by far more established acts. Indeed, the...

Thu 14 Feb 2008 by Gemma Pirnie | Read more »

Just The Right Side of Quirky »

Laura Viers

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When a performer’s first words are “I don’t feel like playing that….I think I need a drink!” a show can go two ways. Either you are set to be held in the confident throes of artistic abandonment, safe in the knowledge tha...

Thu 14 Feb 2008 by Alexandra Randall | Read more »

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