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Manic Street Preachers @ O2 Academy, 29 Sep
A boa wrapped around a mic stand, a white Gibson being tuned by a roadie, and an empty space to the left of the stage: the Manics don’t have to be perf... Read more »| 01 Oct 2010 -
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MGMT @ Barrowlands, 20 Sep
Scrutinise reactions tonight and a pattern emerges. Electric Feel – recorded for posterity on a sea of mobile phones. Siberian Breaks – chatter. ... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
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Wilco @ Barrowland, 16 Sep
There are presumably few more comfortable bed-rocks from which to launch a solo project than having Radiohead listed as a current employer. To make things si... Read more »| 22 Sep 2010 -
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Wolf Parade @ Cabaret Voltaire, 8 Sep
When Wolf Parade played Glasgow back in May, third album Expo 86 had yet to be released and they were just starting a new tour. Four months and many more sh... Read more »| 21 Sep 2010 -
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Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan @ O2 ABC, 8 Sep
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan are a picture as they take to the stage, she in white and he in black. The angel-devil binary is so explicit they would look... Read more »| 13 Sep 2010 -
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The New Pornographers @ Òran Mór, 7 Sep
For Freelance Whales, Postal Service is a name that will surely haunt any review. The whirring keyboard is there, and the unashamedly North American, adolesc... Read more »| 10 Sep 2010
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Fever Ray @ O2 ABC, 6 Sep
Wisconsin based Nika Roza Danilova – known tonight as Zola Jesus – takes to the stage for her third Scottish show in only 48 hours, yet the trans... Read more »| 08 Sep 2010 -
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Mogwai @ Stereo, 29 Aug
There are things in life that you really need to have been there to appreciate; tonight’s low-key Mogwai show is undoubtedly one of those occasions. Op... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
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Jónsi @ O2 Academy, 5 Sep
Tonight’s backdrop animations – woodland creatures; a wolf prowling the forest – make compelling viewing, affirming what television produce... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
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Minus the Bear @ Cabaret Voltaire, 31 Aug
The Bear is slow to emerge from hibernation this Tuesday night, but the high octane combo of My Time/Secret Country from the Seattle group's latest collectio... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
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Doves @ Òran Mór, 2 Sep
Back in April, off-hand comments from Jimi Goodwin suggested Doves’ then impending Greatest Hits tour would be their last. Though apparently misquoted,... Read more »| 07 Sep 2010 -
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Detour's Wee Jaunt 2
Live music at a new level Read more »| 02 Sep 2010 -
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Eels @ O2 Academy, 24 Aug
Mark ‘E’ Everett has the blues, it’s no secret, with the untimely deaths of his father and sister, and the loss of his mother to cancer, it... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
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Bad Religion @ O2 ABC, 25 Aug
Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin perfectly epitomise the differing tolls that time can take on your ageing rock star. Mr Brett has the rugged, gracefully-grey... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
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We Were Promised Jetpacks @ The Liquid Room, 21 Aug
To the uninitiated, We Were Promised Jetpack’s set tonight will likely come across as a bit ‘samey’. To those accustomed to last year&rsquo... Read more »| 25 Aug 2010