Records :: Review :: Album Review 17 Jul 2008
Ally Brown: It’s hard to stay sympathetic to a band who sink to the depths Primal Scream sometimes hit; and again, on ninth album Beautiful Future, the effect of two particularly awful tracks makes me doubt everything about the rest. The contrived shoutalong...
Records :: Single Review 14 Jul 2008
Jason Morton: Returning to the studio after 2006’s straight-forward rock ‘n’ roll disc Riot City Blues, veterans Primal Scream have made a departure from the aesthetic of that record, judging by lead single Can’t Go Back. Kicking in with a re...
Music :: Live Review 09 Jul 2008
Paul Mitchell: It may actually be the case that news of an impending Primal Scream release is not greeted with the palpitations of old, such was their resonance and impact on a scene that was in dire need of (anything but Britpop) innovation throughout the nineties. ...
Music :: Feature 07 Jul 2008
RJ Thomson: “Right, this is Scotland, so let's fuckin' have it." This was the unforgettable opening line of what was quite possibly the best gig I've ever been to: Primal Scream at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh, touring their incendiary classic XTRMNTR. T...
Heads Up :: News 02 Jul 2008
Johnny Langlands: In the run up to the release of their 10th studio album – that’s the distinctly up-tempo and non-country sounding Beautiful Future - on 21 July, Bobby Gillespie and co. will make their live return by playing an intimate secret gig in Glasgo...
