Music | Preview
Mark Shukla: There's a pretty good case to be made for Henry Rollins being the hardest-working man in the music industry. Whether you're talking about his brillian...
Records | Album Review
Chris Buckle: Compilations like Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas are vitally important. Their necessity will be emphasised repeatedly over the next few days:...
Lauren Mayberry: Following a successful all-day event back in May, Sick Kids Sunday returns with another jam-packed session of alternative indie, acoustic folk and Ame...
Records | Single Review
Chris Buckle: Meursault have had a good 2009: they’ve grown without losing lustre and garnered wide critical praise (including a place in our Scottish albums ...
Music | Feature
Ruth Moir: Indulge me as I hark back a decade (and no, this is not another end of the noughties article), to when I lived in the back of beyond with my tape ster...
Gordon Bruce: A few years ago, some would argue that Edinburgh’s music scene could be suitably represented by a stale bale of tumbleweed. But finally, creepin...
Gemma Lawrence: This September stimulate your auditory senses with the return of VERSUS to Edinburgh’s award-winning Voodoo Rooms. The evening promises live mus...
Music | Live Review
Milo McLaughlin & Lauren Mayberry: Lauren Mayberry got there early doors for the tea and toast. As soon as you arrive at Retreat, it’s clear just how gloriously twee much of the ...
Chris Buckle: Unlike their winged namesakes, the Moth and the Mirror initially find the bright lights of the Queens’s Hall less than attractive, not relaxing ...
Music | Review
Fergus Weir: Opening for Scots indie heroes Frightened Rabbit is a rather daunting thought, given the sons of Selkirk’s reputation for producing exhilarating...
Music | Preview | New Blood
Milo McLaughlin: This month in Edinburgh local DIY promoters Tracer Trails, The Gentle Invasion and Trampoline (as well as local independent music retailers Avalanche ...
Ally Brown: Strangely, but thankfully, the Wickerman Festival near Dumfries is a Friday-Saturday weekender, not a Saturday-Sunday affair. That's fortunate because...
Michael Hunt: One of the more distinctive – and fast becoming one of the most well-regarded – festivals on the Scottish circuit, Wickerman returns for a...
Music | Film | Preview
Michael Hunter: One of the more interesting shows at this year's international film festival, Playing With the Past is nothing less than a good rummage through the tr...
Milo McLaughlin: Amongst the 'bigger' songs on Meursault's debut album, A Single Stretch of Land showed that songwriter and vocalist Neil Pennycook can do pared-back a...
Music | Feature 
