Music Festivals
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T In The ParkT 2008, Episode VIII: Doing Justice to The National
The problem with Sunday's impressive T in the Park line-up was always going to be how to condense a normal six month's worth of gig going into the space of e... Read more »| 13 Jul 2008 -
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T 2008, Episode VII: BJM Delays The Inevitable
As the biggest roar I've heard all weekend goes up over my shoulder heralding the unexpected arrival of her from the ward, Amy Winehouse, I figure it's as go... Read more »| 13 Jul 2008 -
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T 2008, Episode VI: Glasvegas have arrived
Every festival has at least one - a band that blows up just before the weekend arrives so that their stage draw is underestimated - and T in the Park 2008's ... Read more »| 13 Jul 2008 -
T In The ParkT 2008, Episode V: Bringing angry back
Rage Against the Machine rolled back the years and brought down the curtain on day two of T in the Park in typically explosive style tonight (Saturday, 11 Ju... Read more »| 13 Jul 2008 -
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T in the Park: the blog o' death episode II
The first full day of T In The Park is underway and The Skinny - rested, fed and watered, has had a chance to reflect on the night that went before. After so... Read more »| 12 Jul 2008 -
T In The ParkT in the Park: the blog o' death episode IV
Damian Lazarus (who, despite appearance, name and sonics, isn't French - the man's a broad Cockney) proved a fitting early booking for the Slam tent. His set... Read more »| 12 Jul 2008
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T in the Park: the blog o' death episode III
Reggae. Surely the ideal musical genre to kick-start your summer festival. So as soon as I had been slapped with my wristband and directed through the muddy ... Read more »| 12 Jul 2008 -
T In The ParkT in the Park: the blog o' death
It's Friday evening and The Skinny is at T in the Park, along with 70,000 or so Scottish music fans. The bars are just opening, but there's a mile-long queue... Read more »| 11 Jul 2008 -
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Five to Jive to at T in the Park
From Will Young to Holy F**k, the line-up for this year's annual shindig in Balado certainly can't be accused of one-dimensionality. Here's five acts from a ... Read more »| 10 Jul 2008 -
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Hot Chip: Bombarding the Senses
Hot Chip shouldn't be a high-charting pop group. Just look at them. But they are, and that's something to be celebrated, Nick Mitchell says, after a chat with beats man Felix Martin Read more »| 10 Jul 2008 -
T In The ParkVampire Weekend: Hot, then not...now what?
Can New York's favourite preppy kids find a way to belie their Zack Morris appearance and step out of Paul Simon's shadow? Ally Brown corners Vampire Weekend in the desert to pose the question personally Read more »| 09 Jul 2008 -
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Primal Scream @ ABC 2, 7 Jul
This intimate 'secret' gig highlights the sheer charisma of one of the finest bands we’ve known Read more »| 09 Jul 2008 -
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Battles Park it in Balado
It's been a tough 14 months for Brooklyn's chief spasmodic melody makers, but shit's about to get ten times heavier when Battles share a tent with Will Young in a field just outside Kinross. Dave Kerr asks Ian Williams whether he thinks he'd better leave right now Read more »| 08 Jul 2008 -
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Latitude Festival @ Henham Park, Suffolk, 17-20 Jul
When one stops to think about the UK summer music festival scene – the sheer number of events, the stages and attractions, the amount of talent trekkin... Read more »| 08 Jul 2008 -
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Still Primal (After All These Years)
Ahead of their headline set at T in the Park, RJ Thomson speaks to Mani, the near-legendary bassist who has come to be a lynchpin of one of the greatest live bands around, Primal Scream Read more »| 07 Jul 2008