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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Music :: Preview 01 Oct 2008
Chris Cusack: There's probably someone out there that hasn't heard about Mogwai. Some bearded, shuffling hermit, dragging behind him a shopping bag full of old newspapers. As for the rest of us, there's really no excuse to be in any doubt about the potential of any ...
Austin Tasseltine: October: the one month when resplendent devil horns carry added significance and a time to embrace your ironic appreciation for Satan and his vast collection of fallen rock and roll icons. Yet it also appears to be the one month when activity on the me...
Music :: Heads Up :: Preview 01 Oct 2008
Ted Maul: With a sound that is only slightly edgier than Bob Holness in oven gloves, much touted Sheffield lads Little Man Tate nevertheless look set to provide a polished set of crowd-pleasers at Fat Sam’s in Dundee on 3 Oct. Bouncy riffs, cheeky lyrics, ...
Ewen Millar: With the four major cities in Scotland blessed with vibrant music scenes, it's easy to assume that the quadrant that exists between The Lemontree, The Barrowlands, The Doghouse and The Liquid Room represents the nation-state for all that is currently i...
Ewen Millar: 11 years is an eon in musical terms: between the years 1997 and 2008 we have borne witness to the demise of Britpop, the stillbirth that was nu-metal, and the current obsession with early-80s post-punk, to name but a few trends that have come and gone....
Music :: Preview 30 Sep 2008
Ryan Drever: Sultry Canadian-American songstress Martha Wainwright makes her return to the capital to debut at the Picture House, Edinburgh's newest landmark on the musical map. Hailing from a rich musical lineage - the daughter of Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwr...
Music :: Preview 29 Sep 2008
Jaco Justice: Christmas did come early the first time I heard Arnalds last autumn. His haunting melodies have the ability to bring out childhood memories while easing modern strains like only your mother’s sweet lullabies could do. A suffocating comfort in mus...
Music :: Preview 26 Sep 2008
Jason Morton: An appearance by Lykke Li at Cabaret Voltaire brings with it the promise of sunny pop, even as summer becomes an obscure memory in Auld Reekie. Well-informed by the infectious melodies of musical and geographical neighbours El Perro del Mar and Peter...
Ryan Drever: Energised by a summer tour and a slot on the stage of damn near every festival in Scotland (including T in the Park and goNORTH), Glasgow foursome Jocasta Sleeps are back on the road and set to expose their joyous melodic rock gems to the capital. Havi...
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Music :: Preview 25 Sep 2008
Lauren Mayberry: With a uniquely melancholic but jubilant southern-gothic sound, honed through years of intensive touring, Brooklyn-based quintet O’Death grace the stage of Glasgow’s Nice ‘n’ Sleazy this Sunday to promote third LP Broken Hymns, ...
Jason Morton: Sans Watson Twins, sans Rilo Kiley, ginger indie-pop dream Jenny Lewis breezes into Glesgie in October, hot on the heels of her new LP Acid Tongue, welcoming the back-to-uni crowd. Though starting out as the lead singer of the latter L.A-based quartet...
Music :: Preview 22 Sep 2008
Simon Hay: Time to put the beer down and take it all in. Former Arab Strapper Aidan John Moffat, however, will not be spilling a drop; the Falkirk born poet and multi-instrumentalist could be described as a modern day Rabbie Burns, accompanied by a record player ...
Music :: Heads Up :: Preview 19 Sep 2008
Euan Ferguson: Fife has always been on the map. It's that little bit between the Central Belt and the Highlands, and was once, as Fifers never tire of pointing out, the site of ancient Scotland's capital. On the musical map, however, it took a bit longer to make its ...
