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White Lies

White Lies @ King Tut's, 3 Oct

Music :: Live Review 10 Oct 2008

Chris Buckle: They may say that the clothes maketh the man. but ‘they’ aren’t clear on whether women, or indeed bands, are similarly made by their clobber. A sartorial glance at guitarist/singer Ritzy of tonight’s support The Joy Formidable (...

Behind the Light II

Behind the Light II @ The Ark, 31 Oct

Music :: Preview 10 Oct 2008

Rab Haddock: Halloween is one of the most fun celebrations on the calendar – no crass commercialisation and no mass marketed mascots – just one night where all the ghosts, ghouls and goblins get to come out and play while us humans get to embrace our da...

De Rosa

De Rosa @ Rubix, The GRV, 2 Oct

Music :: Live Review 09 Oct 2008

Darren Carle: Despite their gruff beards, burly physiques and trucker hats, Woodenbox (***) clearly know a good-time country pop tune when it rears its toothy face. A relatively meek looking saxophonist stage-left initially seems gimmicky but when forthcoming single...

Foals

Foals @ Barrowland, 5 Oct

Music :: Live Review 09 Oct 2008

Jason Morton: Whilst watching Dananananaykroyd's (****) contagious brand of jitter-punk unfold onstage, a fellow concertgoer asks me what their name is. “I really like their enthusiasm,” she says. Maybe this is precisely why Foals picked them as support ...

Bodies of Water

Bodies of Water @ Captain's Rest, 3 Oct

Music :: Live Review 09 Oct 2008

Jorge Marticorena: “We’re really interested in meeting some neds,” jest married front-couple David and Meredith Metcalf. “Yeah, we’ve watched them on youtube and stuff. We love them.” Oh, Bodies Of Water, if only you knew. Thankfully, ...

Kim Cascone

Sound 2008, various venues over North East Scotland

Music :: Heads Up :: Preview 08 Oct 2008

Dave Hynes: Sound 2008 is a festival dedicated to new music based in various parts of North East Scotland (although it is concentrated around Aberdeen University) and is one of Scotland's true hidden gems in terms of exciting contemporary events. Now in its fourt...

Mr North ponders whether he switched the cooker off before leaving for the stadium.

A Muso's Top 10: Aaron North

Music :: Feature 08 Oct 2008

Dave Kerr: As well as procuring the usual track list for a desert island mix-tape, this month we asked former Icarus Line and Nine Inch Nails axe man Aaron North to envisage a post-apocalyptic future where he chooses the opponents and selects the conditions for c...

Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke @ Cabaret Voltaire, 3 Oct

Music :: Live Review 08 Oct 2008

Darren Carle: The immediacy of the Futuristic Retro Champions (**) puts a smile on the Skinny’s mug as we enter Cabaret Voltaire tonight. This local quintet of fey-yet-hyper pop kids with songs about strutting your stuff on dance floors whilst looking good (ha...

The Streets

The Streets @ Barrowland, 4 Oct

Music :: Live Review 08 Oct 2008

Jason Morton: “I want to try something out,” Mike Skinner declares. He wants the crowd to wait for the appropriate moment, then – basically –‘Vogue’. The stunt works well for the crowd and they all whoop and bounce after it’...

FAT CAT

FatCat: The Purr-Fect Label

Music :: Feature :: Label 07 Oct 2008

Billy Hamilton: If variety is the spice of life then FatCat Records are piquant enough to have even the most resistant tastebuds burning. Established almost 20 years ago by Dave Cawley and Alex Knight, the label has developed into one of the UKs finest purveyors of m...

Pivot

Pivot @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 3 Oct

Music :: Live Review 07 Oct 2008

Jason Morton: When Australian math rockers Pivot take the stage at Nice ‘N' Sleazy, it’s almost a challenge to the audience. Addressing an assembly of hipsters, without words, the band throws down the gauntlet with a cut that screams (and imagine an Auss...

Kurt Wagner

Kurt Wagner of Lambchop: The Dude Abides

Music :: Feature 06 Oct 2008

Finbarr Bermingham: A conversation with Kurt Wagner is a lot like listening to him sing. His voice wavers between a deep throaty growl and a gentle higher pitched whisper, depending on how interested he is in the question. From time to time he'll get excited, but since un...

Noah and The Whale

Noah and the Whale @ Fat Sam's, 24 Oct

Music :: Feature :: Preview 06 Oct 2008

Jason Morton: Judging them on a purely cosmetic level, one could make the mistake of thinking Noah and the Whale had somehow crossed into the third dimension from a classic kids cartoon: The group consistently dress in similar outfits - eye-catching blue-and-yellow ...

DeSalvo

Desalvo @ Mono, 28 Sep

Music :: Live Review 06 Oct 2008

Chris Cusack: Lit strikingly from beneath, a heavy-set man in a butcher's apron and pig mask lurches into the midst of the swaying audience and a sweaty path is cleaved through the mess of limbs. A mic cable traces his progress, intermittently vibrating like the acc...

Black Kids

Black Kids @ ABC, 26 Oct

Music :: Preview 06 Oct 2008

Paul Neeson: Arriving earlier this year amidst a furore of hype, Reggie Youngblood and his Jacksonville cohorts’ debut E.P. Wizard of Ahhhs mixed up Robert Smith styled sad-eyed pop with some dastardly dance floor moves, and set hearts racing with its fresh p...

Ladyhawk

Ladyhawk @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 26 Sep

Music :: Live Review 03 Oct 2008

Austin Tasseltine: In Person, Ladyhawk reflect many of the appealing idosyncracies of their sound on record. There's something faintly 60s and San Franciscan about the quartet, as well as a pervasive sense of unpretentious approachability. Performing to a disappointingly...

Zoey Van Goey

Go Zoey, Go Go Go

Music :: Feature :: New Blood 03 Oct 2008

Ally Brown: Like the eligibility rules for international football that see Nigerians playing for Poland, Englishmen playing for Scotland, and Brazilians playing for just about everyone, the conventions for deciding where a band originates from are haphazard at bes...

Jenny Lewis

Jenny Lewis: Born to Do It

Music :: Feature 02 Oct 2008

Dave Kerr: “People always call into question your authenticity,” sighs Jenny Lewis. “I refer them to the great tradition of bands like the Stones doing country songs. Fuck it, you just have to sing the songs that come from your heart and soul. I...

Frank Turner

Frank Turner @ Oran Mor, 23 Oct

Music :: Preview 02 Oct 2008

Chris Buckle: Formerly of hardcore upstarts Million Dead, Frank Turner has spent the last three years touring and refining his punk-folk sound across the UK. And while songs with titles like Thatcher Fucked the Kids suggest a potty-mouthed Woody Guthrie, Turner hims...

Seasick Steve

Seasick Steve @ The Music Hall, 23 Oct

Music :: Preview 02 Oct 2008

Rachel Loxton: Dodging a beer cup thrown from the T in the Park crowd, Seasick Steve barked in his deep southern drawl: “Anyone throws any more shit at me and I’m gonna come down there and pound his ass… unless it’s whiskey.” A roar of...

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