Music :: Live Review 06 Aug 2008
Nick Mitchell: A Google of tonight's support act - Dead Boy Robotics (*) anyone? - returns no MySpace, but maybe it's better that this emo-tronica duo remain anonymous. Their oh-so-ironic yelping and synth-prodding wankery is head-splitting to say the least. So how ...
Music :: Preview 29 Jul 2008
Ted Maul: Edinburgh Ratatat kick things off in Edinburgh on 1 Aug with a gig at Cabaret Voltaire. Those who are wondering how well this twosome will translate their lush, processed sound into a live setting could well be in for a pleasant surprise – these...
Music :: Preview 24 Jul 2008
Billy Hamilton: With T On The Fringe a distant memory, Edinburgh has a new musical mainstay on its festival calendar. Picking up where T left off, The Edge Festival will be supplying the city’s culture-soaked droves with a smorgasbord of tune-churning local and ...
Music :: Feature 02 Jul 2008
Nick Mitchell: Ratatat may still be a lesser-known name on this side of the Atlantic, but it's one you're unlikely to forget after a first introduction. That introduction may have arrived via a whimsical purchase of their 2004 self-titled debut, or 2006's cockily n...
Records :: Album Review 01 Jul 2008
Nick Mitchell: During their four-year-old recording career, Ratatat have proven themselves true explorers; not always striking gold, but taking risks nonetheless. For the creation of LP3, the intrepid duo decamped from their native Brooklyn to the Old Soul studio in ...
Heads Up :: News 05 Jun 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: Life after Tennents begins this August for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as The Edge steps, for the first time, out of the not inconsiderable shadow of T On The Fringe. Details have been announced today of the inaugural line-up for The Edge, and by all...
Music :: Live Review 12 Mar 2007
David Winton: Ratatat play well enough on your stereo. With layered guitars, well-crafted beats and riffs that straddle the indie and electronic fence, all of this performs well as your flat party's background music. Live at the Arches, all of this energy shines wit...
