Music Festivals
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ReviewsCeltic Connections: Shoeshine Showcase @ ABC, 17 Jan
Tonight's event showcases Francis MacDonald's (BMX Bandits, Teenage Fanclub) pick of the artists involved with his Shoeshine record label-cum-management/prod... Read more »| 21 Jan 2009 -
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Hinterland Music Festival @ Various Glasgow Venues, 30 Apr-1 May
Everyone knows Glasgow is a musical hubbub, an inked-in city for any band that wants a career. But there’s always that pesky business of buying individ... Read more »| 20 Jan 2009 -
PhotosCeltic Connections 2009
Drever, McCusker and Woomble and The Burns Unit (King Creosote, Karine Polwart, Emma Pollock, Future Pilot AKA) at ABC, Fri 16 Jan Attic Lights / BMX Bandit... Read more »| 19 Jan 2009 -
T In The ParkT in the Park Revs Itself For 2009
Winters in Scotland are tough. We all sometimes need something to help us through these miserable, wet months. So imagine this: waking up in rolling, unspoil... Read more »| 17 Nov 2008 -
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Oxjam Festival @ Ashton Lane, Glasgow, 26 Oct
Since its humble beginnings as a 19th century backstreet of stables, Ashton Lane has grown to be one of the coolest streets in Glasgow. This Sunday, there&rs... Read more »| 24 Oct 2008 -
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Cupar Arts Festival @ Various Venues, 10-26 Oct
Fife's miniature answer to SXSW? Find out at the inaugural Cupar Arts Festival this October. Read more »| 19 Sep 2008
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Hydro Connect 2008 @ Inveraray Castle, 29-31 Aug
The Connect Festival – this year renamed Hydro Connect thanks to a sponsorship hook-up with Scottish Hydro Electric – has got everything going fo... Read more »| 08 Sep 2008 -
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Connect 2008
Hydro Connect Festival 29-31 August, Inveraray Castle Read more »| 04 Sep 2008 -
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Connect 2008 Episode XII: The Epilogue
Hydro Connect is officially over for another year. The revellers have gone home to warm showers and washing machines, leaving the event staff to clear the di... Read more »| 01 Sep 2008 -
ReviewsConnect 2008 Episode XI: Karl Bartos
Despite seeing the very good Camera Obscura and We Were Promised Jetpacks since my last post, I simply have to finish tonight with a shout-out for Kraftwerk ... Read more »| 31 Aug 2008 -
ReviewsConnect 2008 Episode X: Young Knives and Santogold try to warm us up
Ally's already bemoaned today's conditions, so I'll refrain from any further mentions of 'rain', 'mud' or 'cesspool' - for the duration of this post anyway. ... Read more »| 31 Aug 2008 -
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Connect 2008 Episode IX: Frightened Rabbit
The Skinny's seen worse than the mud here today, but it's still difficult to keep spirits high when you're soaking wet with no central heating in sight. Thos... Read more »| 31 Aug 2008 -
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Connect 2008 Episode VIII: Glasvegas win over the doubters
Everything's been going pretty fast for Glasvegas recently. From a spot by Alan McGee, to a profile in The Skinny (the turning point, of course), to the cove... Read more »| 31 Aug 2008 -
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Connect 2008 Episode VII: Errors make no mistakes
It's Sunday lunchtime, it has been raining solidly for much of the night, the campsite has gone from a mudbath to a mudpool, so it's time to reminisce of a (... Read more »| 31 Aug 2008 -
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Connect 2008 Episode VI: The art of destruction
One of the most highly anticipated sets of this year's Connect is surely Spiritualized. They've toured their Acoustic Mainlines show to death, and prior to t... Read more »| 30 Aug 2008