Reviews
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FestivalsT in the Park 2009 - Saturday: Part II
After a couple of pros of the music business, in the shape of The Hours, it was time to see what the young ones were doing today. Katy Perry was an enticing ... Read more »| 11 Jul 2009 -
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T in the Park 2009 - Saturday: Part I
It was a foreboding atmosphere that began the day, with dark clouds and a cool bite in the air, not to mention bleary eyes and sore head. Some would have tho... Read more »| 11 Jul 2009 -
FestivalsT in the Park 2009 - Friday: Part II
Unfortunately missing out on the sweet and playful Pearl and the Puppets, and forgoing the massive throngs worshipping at the indie altar of Franz Ferdinand ... Read more »| 11 Jul 2009 -
FestivalsT in the Park 2009 - Friday: Part I
The sounds of Maximo Park are blaring through from the main stage as I sip on a compliment Irn Bru and contemplate the day so far. And beginning with bright ... Read more »| 10 Jul 2009 -
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Stag & Dagger (Glasgow), 23 May
After a successful inaugural run-through in London’s East End in 2008, Stag and Dagger – a one-ticket, multi-venue music festival – decided... Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
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The Great Escape Festival @ Brighton, 14-16 May
They've said it's the UK's answer to SxSW, but is it any kop? We sent Finbarr Bermingham and Alexis Somerville to find out. Read more »| 21 May 2009
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Diary of a Great Escape - Day 3 (v2.0)
In the cold light of day, the inevitable festival analysis ensues. With Great Escape it’s a little different. Its structure distances it from the likes... Read more »| 17 May 2009 -
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Diary of a Great Escape - Day 3
Another day of the Great Escape; another day filled with sonic dilemmas. Where to go? Who to see? I set off in the afternoon, enjoying the sunshine after w... Read more »| 17 May 2009 -
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Diary of a Great Escape - Day 2
I should have known better than to have made even the slightest reference to the sunshine that beamed down on Brighton as I blogged yesterday. For no sooner ... Read more »| 16 May 2009 -
ReviewsDiary of a Great Escape - Day 1
UK festival promoters have spent recent years trying to come up with a British counterpart to Austin’s SxSW, but have strangely failed to hit the nail ... Read more »| 15 May 2009 -
ReviewsHinterland Festival 2009 - The Review
From the outset Hinterland has an air of excess, the product of pre-recession economy multiplied by a post-recession target audience. There are bonuses (boni... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
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Celtic Connections: Martha Wainwright @ Old Fruitmarket, 27 Jan
As Teddy Thompson (**) kicks off tonight's festivities, most of the largely middle-aged crowd inside the Old Fruitmarket seem attentive and fairly satisfied ... Read more »| 05 Feb 2009 -
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Celtic Connections: Jamaican Burns Night @ The Old Fruitmarket, 25 Jan
Inspired by Robert Burns’ almost-move to Jamaica, tonight’s Caribbean-infused Burns celebrations remain staunchly traditional in some respects, w... Read more »| 29 Jan 2009 -
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Celtic Connections: Edwyn Collins @ ABC, 23 Jan
There's only one man everyone's here to see tonight. The packed-out ABC greets Edwyn Collins with nothing short of adoration; to paraphrase Darius Danesh, yo... Read more »| 28 Jan 2009 -
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Celtic Connections: The Burns Unit @ ABC, 16 Jan
Few bands making their official debut could hope for a rapt full-house in the cavernous ABC, but The Burns Unit aren’t some wet-behind-the-ears whipper... Read more »| 27 Jan 2009