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Gallows – Gallows
Instead of flickering out after the departure of intimidating frontman Frank Carter, Watford-based hardcore punks Gallows have decided to soldier on with the... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes
Indie success hasn't done anything to sway Ariel Rosenberg's unyielding dedication to kitschy, sex-obsessed synth-pop; Kinski Assassin – the bawdy... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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E.D. Sedgwick – We Wear White
Justin Moyer's (El Guapo, Antelope) E.D. Sedgwick project has undergone a number of makeovers, having changed from a duo to a solo act and now a fully fled... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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The Metal Column – December 2012
It's no lie: December's a tough one. Record releases begin to slow down, and a lot of touring bands tend to slip into hibernation. You're going to need som... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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My Dying Bride – A Map of All Our Failures
Best known for pioneering modern British doom alongside bands like Anathema and Katatonia in the 90s, My Dying Bride have softened their approach in recent r... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Kvelertak – Meir
Despite its stylistic allegiance to extreme metal sub-genres like hardcore and black metal, Kvelertak's self-titled debut back in 2010 was noticeably lacking... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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Rungs – I Don't Wanna Hug! I Just Wanna Cum!
This new band formed by the remaining members of Take a Worm For a Walk Week (and fronted by Project: Venhell vocalist Hines) will be instantly familiar to o... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats – Mind Control
Mt. Abraxis, the cinematic opener from Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats' second full-length, starts out with sorrowful guitar licks and steadily paced cymbal c... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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Church of Noise – April 2013
Whether it's a brutal assault of chugging riffs, skull-piercing synth-pulses or bowel-moving bass-throbs, Church of Noise has you covered for the month ahead... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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Megachurch – Megachurch 2: Judgment Day
There's plenty of bands out there adept at tight, fast-paced rock, but this Cleveland trio have a couple of notable quirks to separate them out from the cr... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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Funeral For A Friend – Conduit
Welsh post-hardcore outfit Funeral for a Friend aren't exactly known for their consistency; in tandem with multiple lineup changes, the band's track rec... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Danny Brown @ The Arches, 15 June
Danny Brown's hyper-exaggerated caricature is in full effect tonight. From his mad-haired, gap-toothed appearance to his comically high-pitched voice, i... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
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Halo Halo – Halo Halo
Halo Halo's follow-up to last year's 7” is a playful, adventurous listen. The clean, double-pronged chants on Djeddjehutyiuefankh (have a go at pronoun... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead pan for gold
Suicidal Tendencies – Cyco Style [from the album 13, out 6 May via Suicidal Records]Jason Reece: [rocking out] I used to listen to Suicidal Tendencies ... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
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Fucked Up / Titus Andronicus / METZ, SWG3, 28 May
“Can we kill these lights, please?” METZ guitarist / vocalist Alex Edkins asks bluntly, rejecting unnecessary theatrics as the Canadian... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
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Cold Cave / Natural Assembly / Naked @ Broadcast, 10 August
Naked's jarring, disorientating visuals and haunting VHS imagery creates a thick atmosphere from the outset this evening. The trio marry pounding industrial ... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Russian Circles / Chelsea Wolfe @ SWG3, 26 October
Chelsea Wolfe's rustic, goth-tinged dirge rewards a sizeable crowd for turning up extra early tonight; the shadowy image she's been harnessing over the years... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Water Liars – Water Liars
There's a burning passion comparable to the earlier recordings of My Morning Jacket scattered across Water Liars' third, self-titled full-length, but the air... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
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Murder Ballads: Dillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato unveils Killer Be Killed
With a membership boasting Troy Sanders of Mastodon, Sepultura co-founder and Soulfly pilot Max Cavalera, ex-Mars Volta drummer Dave Elitch and Dillinger Esc... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Killer Be Killed – Killer Be Killed
Killer Be Killed – a new collaboration featuring members of Soulfly, Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan and The Mars Volta – intelligently splic... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Thin Privilege – Thin Privilege
Already making a notable impression in Glasgow over the past few months for their tense, cathartic live shows, Thin Privilege's debut further proves they're ... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Anathema – Distant Satellites
Anathema have gotten their sound down to a fine art by this point, having gradually evolved from established doom harbingers into atmospheric rock titans. Di... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Fucked Up – Glass Boys
From their sprawling 75 minute debut to 2011's double LP David Comes to Life, Fucked Up have always presented themselves as an atypical punk band despite the... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Titus Andronicus – The Most Lamentable Tragedy
In 2010, Titus Andronicus released The Monitor, a record which took the concept of the American Civil War and used it as an allegory for modern life as an un... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
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HEALTH – Death Magic
If brooding, primal opener Victim is anything to go by, you'd be forgiven for thinking HEALTH are going back to their confrontational roots with their first ... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
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Deafheaven – New Bermuda
Deafheaven's critical acclaim off the back of Sunbather was one of the unexpected success stories of 2013. They gained fans outside of metal circles par... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
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Keep Calm and Carry On
This exhibition, featuring students from Edinburgh College of Art, never skips a beat, from Ross Christie’s amply stocked zine hut to Liam Crichton&rsq... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
Festivals
Stag and Dagger 2014 @ Various Venues, Glasgow, 4 May
Recent BBC reality show The Street painted a picture of Sauchiehall Street as a booze and piss-soaked wasteland peopled by confrontational buskers, refo... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Stag & Dagger 2012: Glasgow
The annual Stag & Dagger Festival is a delightfully chimeric beast: half music festival-cum-gig marathon and half pub crawl, it has firmly established it... Read more »| Updated almost 12 years ago -
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A Decade in Pictures: The Skinny at 10
Issue One: Our debut issue, released in October 2005 and featuring chats with Edwyn Collins' Orange Juice, and Chicago house legend DJ Funk. Our Glasgow Lau... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago