Review
Andrew Chadwick: In a recent posting on his blog, David Byrne lambasted U2 for their ridiculously extravagant stage sets and for the silly money—upwards of &poun...
Music | Live Review
Paul Mitchell: At first, the dance routines aren’t quirky, merely irritating, superfluous, technically average and maybe just a tad pretentious. Suddenly, perh...
Music | Preview
Nick Mitchell: The tenuous homecoming feel of Dumbarton-born David Byrne’s recent Glasgow show can’t feasibly be extended to Edinburgh. This month the na...
Gillian Watson: The organisers of Edinburgh's Edge festival have started well by securing several big-name revival acts: ex-Talking Head David Byrne, post-punkers Mag...
News | Music | Preview
T on the Fringe may be a distant memory, but the second year of The Edge Festival promises a veritable smörgåsbord of local and internation...
Records | Album Review
Ally Brown: Picture the scene: two well-connected but unsung DJs meet at a Hollywood Hills party and find they share an ideological vision of, like, peace and lov...
Music | Feature
John Carlin: Prior to the release of Dark Was the Night, Red Hot founder John Carlin explains the ever-present need to be vigilant about HIV and the ways that the ...
Paul Mitchell: Dark Was The Night is the fifteenth collection from the Red Hot Organisation, dedicated to fighting Aids through pop culture. Paul Mitchell looks at f...
Paul Mitchell: Aaron and Bryce Dessner of the National, and John Carlin of Red Hot Organisation, describe the process of creating one of the most anticipated compila...
Lifestyle | Music | Heads Up | Feature
Paul Mitchell: This month sees the launch of Ten Tracks, a new platform for the marketing and retail of music for which ten bands provide a track each per month. Al...