Reviews
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ReviewsThe xx @ secret space, Manchester International Festival, 6 Jul
She breathes; we breathe. The quick sting of her plectrum against steel – it reaches us before its amplified echo finds its way out of the speakers. Li... Read more »| 09 Jul 2013 -
ReviewsPrimavera Sound 2013: 10 Reasons We Went
As the new school mixed it up with the old guard on a bill with too many highlights (and clashes!), Primavera Sound 2013 offered a world class banquet for music nerds and casual observers alike. These are just ten of the reasons we got on the plane... Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
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Salford Sonic Fusion Festival, University of Salford, 21-24 Mar
Following its debut in 2012, Salford Sonic Fusion Festival returns for a four day celebration of cutting-edge experimental composition and leading contempora... Read more »| 28 Mar 2013 -
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Celtic Connections: Aimee Mann / Amelia Curran / Ted Leo @ O2 ABC, 30 January
Despite having been on the road with Aimee Mann for 3 months already, a solo Ted Leo finds himself short-changed tonight, relegated from chief tour support t... Read more »| 05 Feb 2013 -
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Wickerman 2012: Saturday
Given the sodden, grey-skied summer that Scotland has endured this year, it seems almost a miracle that the second day of Wickerman begins exactly as the f... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
ReviewsWickerman 2012: Friday
In a year when other music festivals have fallen by the wayside, killed off by a mixture of public apathy, a diminishing roster of artists deemed to be hea... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012
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Festivals
T in the Park 2012: Sunday
As the weekend draws to a close, a detour to the smaller stages draws out a few hidden highlights Read more »| 17 Jul 2012 -
FestivalsT in the Park 2012: Saturday
The zenith of the weekend festival proffers a smorgasbord of talent and wet earth Read more »| 12 Jul 2012 -
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T in the Park 2012: Friday
The annually devastated Balado fields rang in a mud fiesta for the 19th year of T in the Park, with a weekend of relentless rain and a typically genre-spa... Read more »| 12 Jul 2012 -
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Sunday: Latitude Triumphant
The last day, and I am feeling my age. I’ve collected more than a few reviews, and decide to wander between events, catching nothing properly but letti... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
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Saturday: Latitude Ahoy
I am not here to see music, but The Waterboys are playing. They were the first band I went to see back in the day, and sentimentality drags me across the fes... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
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Friday: Latitude Lost
Paloma Faith sounds good across the meadow. It’s hot. I tried some networking in the press tent. I linger in the film shed, before doing exactly what a... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
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Thursday: Latitude Found
It takes me some time to acclimatise to a festival. Accustomed as I am to fine living and the comfort of a padded theatre seat, straining over the heads of a... Read more »| 01 Aug 2011 -
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Insider Festival, Aviemore, 17-19 Jun
And so to Inshriach House, a beguiling bastion of all that is charming Highland eccentricity, and The Insider Festival. A Festival of Pimms and Penny Farthin... Read more »| 21 Jul 2011 -
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Glasgow Jazz Festival: Zu @ Platform, 1 July
If there’s one thing Glasgow does well, it’s throwing festival curveballs. Last month we had a screening of Night of the Living Dead as part of t... Read more »| 04 Jul 2011