Hot Ticket of the Month: Errors
By Mark Shukla. Published 03 February 2012
It’s one thing to be a great band but it’s quite another to make a great record. Definitive statements can become something of an albatross around the neck if they...
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster @ The 13th Note, 5 February
By Bram E. Gieben. Published 01 February 2012The works of Philip K. Dick interpreted as post-rock art metal: Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster bring some heavy conceptual rock to Glasgow's 13th Note.
GFF 2012: Sound and Vision
By Chris Buckle. Published 01 February 2012We preview another quality lineup from the Glasgow Music and Film Festival
Hot Ticket of the Month: Celtic Connections
By Mark Shukla. Published 05 January 2012Beginning on 19 Jan, Glasgow's annual folk, roots and world music festival isn't just about forcing school kids into concert halls and bigging-up fiddle music; it's actually a pretty great...
Arab Strap discuss the motivation to reform for one-off show
By Chris Buckle. Published 16 November 2011"There's absolutely no commerce involved, it's purely from love," says Aidan Moffat
The Metal Column – November 2011
By David Bowes. Published 27 October 2011To Mexicans, November is a time to honour the departed. For Accident & Emergency workers, it’s a time to stifle a giggle as another hapless chap is wheeled in after...
Live Music Highlights – November 2011
By Mark Shukla. Published 27 October 2011King Creosote & Kid Canaveral play a slew of dates this month in support of their forthcoming collaborative 7" single. Perky indie-pop vibes and top-drawer songwriting chops together at last....
Hot Ticket of the Month: 20 Years of Sleaze
By Mark Shukla. Published 25 October 2011We're not usually big on birthdays, but Nice N Sleazy turns 20 this month, and it seems like an appropriate moment to get a little misty eyed about a venue...
Stop the Presses: October
Published 03 October 2011Artists & Designers: Fruit Tree Foundation Needs You! You may recall that last year the Fruit Tree Foundation brought together a stellar array of Scottish songwriting and recording talent to make an...
Live Music Highlights – October 2011
By Mark Shukla. Published 30 September 2011Taking place over the weekend of 30 Sep/1 Oct, the Eastern Promise two-day festival returns to Glasgow's Platform this year. Arty electronic two-piece Tarwater top the bill on Friday before...
The Metal Column – October 2011
By David Bowes. Published 30 September 2011Metal's most impressive asset has always been the vast range of styles, talents and personalities that lie under that simple catch-all term. It caters for all races, creeds, ages and...
Hot Ticket of the Month: The Horrors @ The Liquid Room, 19 Oct
By Mark Shukla. Published 30 September 2011Right now, they're a band you can't afford to miss
Live Music Highlights – September 2011
By Mark Shukla. Published 31 August 2011Music is the Music Language is a promising new festival dedicated to showcasing the diversity of Scotland's underground music scene. Taking place on 3/4 Sep at Glasgow's SWG3 Studio Warehouse,...
The Metal Column – September 2011
By David Bowes. Published 31 August 2011While last month’s unsightly bouts of civil disobedience were indisputably deplorable, one of the more overlooked effects was what it meant for Britain’s longhair contingent. Metal is no longer seen...
Hot Ticket of the Month: Electric Frog Live @ SWG3, 11 Sep
By Mark Shukla. Published 31 August 2011Following on from the house/techno-centric gathering taking place on Saturday (headlined by Jeff Mills no less), day two of the Electric Frog Carnival keeps things experimental but ups the human...
Hot Ticket of the Month: Warpaint @ Queen’s Hall, 23 Aug
By Mark Shukla. Published 01 August 2011If rock shows embody the idea of paying to see other people be free (to paraphrase Kim Gordon), then there are few things more dispiriting than watching a band plod...
Live Music Highlights – August 2011
By Mark Shukla. Published 29 July 2011Get your motherfucking chakras aligned Edinburgh, because polysynth polymath Dan Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never) is getting ready to remix your consciousness into the fifth dimension. Not content with being...
The Metal Column – August 2011
By Mark Shukla and David Bowes. Published 29 July 2011In case you’ve been off dwelling with Norwegian cave metaller Mortiis, last month saw the timely demise of News of the World and it’ll be sadly missed – going to...
Live Music Highlights – July 2011
By Mark Shukla. Published 30 June 2011Taking place on the weekend of the 2nd/3rd of July and marketing itself as a ‘boutique festival’, the Kelburn Garden Party provides a tantalising alternative to the larger summer festivals,...
The Metal Column – July 2011
By David Bowes. Published 30 June 2011Roots, Bloody Roots...
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