Music Festivals
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MusicCold War Kids @ Stag & Dagger Festival, Glasgow, 23 May
Formed in California in 2004, Cold War Kids released their debut album Robbers and Cowards in 2006. Heavily inspired by Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan, Nat... Read more »| 01 May 2009 -
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Inaugural Hinterland Festival Kicks Off Tomorrow
As previously announced, Glasgow is to be hit by a musical maelstrom of the cream of today’s indie/rock/electro finest. Hinterland Festival takes place... Read more »| 29 Apr 2009 -
MusicMeursault @ Stag & Dagger Festival, Glasgow, 23 May
Albert Camus' Meursault is a man persecuted, and eventually executed, for his distinct inability to react with the same expanse of emotions as the rest of us... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
MusicOutsider Festival: Now There's An Idea...
(SINCE THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN THE OUTSIDER FESTIVAL HAS SADLY BEEN CANCELLED) Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
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A Wee Return (For the Wee Chill Festival)
The Wee Chill makes a very welcome return to Glasgow's Southside at the end of this month. Colin Chapman looks at what's in store within the newly renovated Glasshouse. Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
T In The ParkPitted in the Throes of Passion
Amidst the hyperbole and throwaway soundbites, Billy Hamilton discovers Boston-born electro-poppers Passion Pit are a band who're having to grow up quickly... Read more »| 20 Apr 2009
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MusicStill in the Mode
Following their sell-out night at The Arches and release of Happy Birthday! Remixed pt 3, Rosie Davies meets up with Modeselektor deep underneath The Arches. Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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Exclusive: Full Details of Glasgow's Stag & Dagger Festival Announced
As previously announced, the 'one-ticket-gives-access-to-all' Stag & Dagger festival is coming to Scotland this May after enjoying inaugural success on t... Read more »| 31 Mar 2009 -
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Foxface @ Hinterland Festival, Glasgow, 1 May
One welcome trend in Scottish music of late has been the demise of the affected transatlantic warble in favour of genuinely native brogues. Some bands &ndash... Read more »| 20 Mar 2009 -
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First Acts Announced for Stag & Dagger Festival
With performances from over 120 artists (including the likes of Diplo, Jay Reatard, Hot Chip and Duke Spirit), the 'one-ticket-gives-access-to-all' Stag &... Read more »| 11 Mar 2009 -
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Cutting some rug on the cutting room floor
Not content with projecting moving images onto every single flat surface in Glasgow, this year the festival promises to infiltrate the underbelly of the town, with events taking place in the Sub Club and The Arches. Read more »| 11 Feb 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