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Malcolm Middleton

Malcolm in the Middle

Music :: Feature 01 Dec 2008

Darren Carle: As a recording artist, if you found yourself fronting a media onslaught to usurp the latest X Factor muppet from the Christmas top spot one year, then preparing to play a festive-themed gig at a working man’s social club in Govan the next, you&rs...

Fence Club @ The Caves, 17 Sep

Music :: Live Review 24 Sep 2008

Milo McLaughlin: Even though hipster’s fave Bon Iver is appearing up the road at the Queen's Hall, there are lengthy queues outside The Caves for tonight's Fence Club and a few unlucky souls are turned away due to a last minute sell-out. The subterranean den is a...

The Tennent's Mutual Announce 'Season One'

Music :: Heads Up :: News 09 Sep 2008

Dave Kerr: Following the recent announcement of warm up gigs to be headlined by LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy in mid-September, further details of The Tennent's Mutual's forthcoming 'Season One' live music programme have been revealed. Set to take place across ...

Have a word with Malcolm Middleton this Thursday (31 July)

Music :: Heads Up :: News 29 Jul 2008

Dave Kerr: Malcolm Middleton is set to participate in a rare online web chat this Thursday, 31 Jul at 8pm. The event will be hosted by the Tennent's Mutual (previously reported here) where fans are given control over deciding the line up for a string of dates to ...

Triptych Farewell @ Tramway, 26 Apr

Music :: Live Review 13 May 2008

Darren Carle: RememberRemember (**) start off today’s Triptych send-off promisingly enough, opening with Fountain Mountain, a woozy, daydream of a song, in sync with the early afternoon, lunch-satiated crowd. Utilising office stationery as percussion, they pro...

Malcolm Middleton - Sleight of Heart

Records :: Album Review 06 Mar 2008

Nick Mitchell: While former accomplice Aidan Moffat carries on hacking away at the Hallmark notion of romance, Malcolm Middleton presents his less bludgeoning but equally brazen thoughts on love with the aptly titled Sleight of Heart. Middleton deems this as an inter...

Malcolm Middleton @ The Liquid Room

Music :: Live Review 06 Jan 2008

Graeme Blaikie: The ever-upward trajectory of Malcolm Middleton's solo path so far has been well deserved and pleasing to witness, and tonight he and his band are on quietly confident form as the release of should-be Christmas Number One single We're All Going To Die ...

Malcolm Middleton @ The Liquid Room

Music :: Preview 07 Nov 2007

Ally Brown: Together as Arab Strap, Aiden Moffat and Malcolm Middleton were Scottish music's greatest duo (don't give me any of your Proclaimers nonsense). Now apart, they're proving just as irrepressible. We gave the latest of Middleton's three solo albums - A Br...

Malcolm Middleton - Fight Like The Night

Records :: Single Review 10 Jul 2007

Garry Thomson: Never one to be the life and soul of a party, Fight Like The Night nevertheless finds Middleton assuming the guise as some sort of dance-punk poet. The mournful introspective lyrics may still be there but, complemented by The Reindeer Section's Jenny R...

Malcolm Middleton - Fuck It, I Love You

Records :: Single Review 11 Apr 2007

Nick Mitchell: The Scottish male is not noted for its ability to convey emotion. Females of the species have been known to complain of stubbornness, misunderstandings and grudging romantic stuttering from their hopeless mates. Which is probably why Falkirk troubadour...

Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat

Records :: Album Review 10 Feb 2007

Milo McLaughlin: The title of this album isn't a misnomer: although it deals with similar themes to the previous two, Malcolm Middleton's third solo album is brighter, grander and lusher musically, and he seems to have realised that he's not alone in his misery. First ...

Malcolm Middleton - A Brighter Beat

Records :: Single Review 10 Feb 2007

Milo McLaughlin: This first single from Malcolm Middleton's excellent third album of the same name is an upbeat, jangly guitar anthem for angst-ridden agoraphobics: "We're an army around the country, we're all stuck in a room/It takes a lot of desperation, to make a mo...

True Confessions of Malcolm Middleton

Music :: Feature 10 Feb 2007

Milo McLaughlin: Malcolm Middleton is infamous for being a bit of a dour bugger. As if it wasn't enough being one half of the now defunct Arab Strap - perennially described by the media as Falkirk miserablists (despite being one of Scotland's most original and importan...