Reviews
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The Phantom Band @ Electric Circus, 19 Aug
Perhaps fittingly, Glaswegian motorik-prog rock bastards The Phantom Band are tonight playing a venue mere feet away from some of the world's most haunted ba... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
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Camille O'Sullivan @ Assembly Halls, 9 Aug
Camille is known for her cabaret style renditions of Nick Cave and David Bowie, as well as traditional favourites. If the Dark Angel lacks her stunning versi... Read more »| 20 Aug 2009 -
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Fest Review: Unicorn Kid / Young Fathers
Glasgow scenesters, prepare to flinch. The next sentence is going to cause you pain. Edinburgh has stolen your crown as Scotland's most exciting city for mus... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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David Byrne @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 8 Aug
At first, the dance routines aren’t quirky, merely irritating, superfluous, technically average and maybe just a tad pretentious. Suddenly, perhaps dur... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Mumford & Sons @ Cabaret Voltaire, 8 Aug
Playing the second of two nights, Mumford and Sons are bristling with stubbly energy tonight. Awake My Soul opens as a real spinetingler; awash with pitch-pe... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009 -
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The ID Parade @ The Admiral, 31 July
When a band choose ukulele-strumming, chalk-faced Beckettian ghouls as their main support act, you know they’re aiming for something a little out of th... Read more »| 07 Aug 2009
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Nile Rodgers & Chic @ The Picture House, 25 July
'See the guy in the hat? That's Pop Music.' And so it proved to be, as Chic, and Nile Rodgers in particular, take to the stage at the Picture House for one ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2009 -
Festivals
Pitchfork Music Festival 2009
Jamie Scott heads Stateside to Chicago, the home of the internet generation's most notorious music critic for the Pitchfork Music Festival. Read more »| 03 Aug 2009 -
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Wickerman 2009
Strangely, but thankfully, the Wickerman Festival near Dumfries is a Friday-Saturday weekender, not a Saturday-Sunday affair. That's fortunate because when T... Read more »| 30 Jul 2009 -
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Benicassim 2009 - Day Four
Not many festivals are four days long. Not many festivals enjoy blistering heat. But then not many festivals are like Benicassim. There's always a danger of ... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
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Benicassim 2009 - Day Three
The crowds of the Benicassim camp emerge from ragged tents post-Hurricane 'Beni' to meet a crystal clear sky. At the semi-collapsed showers, what looks lik... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
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Benicassim 2009 - Day Two(ish)
Let´s recall day one shall we? Just a day before, Benicassim played host to some titanic offerings. Some were expected to fill stadiums, some weren&a... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
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Benicassim 2009 - Day One
The day begins at 9am with a sudden surge of panic that you may incinerate in your tent if you don´t rip yourself out of it. Down at the beach, every s... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
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Benicassim 2009 - The Warm Up
Finally. Touch down. One thousand miles courtesy of the wallet-friendly Ryanair. As we hit the tarmac the speakers let out a fanfare which sounds more like a... Read more »| 22 Jul 2009 -
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The Bouncing Souls @ The Cathouse, 21 Jun
An unknown rapper supporting punk rock legends seems like a bad joke. Those fears materialise when several punk elitists begin chanting insults. P.O.S. defie... Read more »| 13 Jul 2009