Reviews
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ReviewsFriends of Manchester Festival 2010
Friends Of Manchester returns for 2010 to boast a line up of 80 acts over 7 stages of hibernation-ending guitars, drums and whispers of ‘next big thing’ Read more »| 05 Feb 2010 -
ReviewsBiffy Clyro @ Corn Exchange, 21 Aug
Mancunian quintet Oceansize and their self-proclaimed progressive death indie live up to their name. It takes a good four songs of predominantly new material... Read more »| 26 Aug 2009 -
ReviewsPitchfork 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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A Love Letter from Latitude
Although I was tempted by the Speed Dating- the closest thing I have had to a date lately is a death threat from a burlesque dancer- I hauled myself back int... Read more »| 20 Jul 2009 -
Festivals
The T Diaries: Bronto Skylift
When we first got the phone call asking us to play at T in the Park it was like something out of a David Lynch film (before he got shit then good again then ... Read more »| 17 Jul 2009
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FestivalsT in the Park 2009 - Sunday
Savvy that their back catalogue might as well exist only in ‘best of’ form these days, Squeeze are quick off the mark with the hits. As the only ... Read more »| 15 Jul 2009 -
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T in the Park 2009 - Saturday
The contrast between too-cool-for-school M83’s Anthony Gonzalez (leather jacket, nonchalant je ne sais quoi) plus touring members Mikala Taylor (glitte... Read more »| 15 Jul 2009 -
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T in the Park 2009 - Friday
T in the Park 2009 was largely pre-billed as "the year T went pop", as if it was totally something else before. Bands that write their own songs and play gui... Read more »| 15 Jul 2009 -
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The T Diaries: Dananananaykroyd
So... It's probably safe to say that most Scottish bands would generally be really chuffed to get the chance to play T in the Park, right? Well we DID... Read more »| 14 Jul 2009 -
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The T Diaries: The Twilight Sad
Sunday, 9am - Get up, have a shower, decide not to pack the catsuit for the gig.10am - It's my mum and dad's first T in the Park experience so they're drivi... Read more »| 13 Jul 2009 -
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T in the Park 2009 - Sunday: Part III
Snow Patrol still playing well beyond their allotted time, and Albarn's lot nowhere to be seen, with no explanation offered as to what had happened to the ni... Read more »| 13 Jul 2009 -
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T in the Park 2009 - Sunday: Part II
After sadly missing out on Regina Spektor, it was a choice between vagabond poets The Streets, London hipster (but still really quite good) duo The Big Pink,... Read more »| 12 Jul 2009 -
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T in the Park 2009 - Sunday: Part I
It was a hard start to the day, as we arrived on site to devastating news. Hip-hop star, and all round gangster bad ass, The Game had dropped out of his afte... Read more »| 12 Jul 2009 -
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T in the Park 2009 - Saturday: Part III
There was plenty of choice for the evening's penultimate performance, with Bronto Skylift, Jane's Addiction and Glasvegas all playing some stage or other. A... Read more »| 12 Jul 2009