Previews
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PreviewsSunn 0))) @ Stereo, 6 Dec
The presence and popularity of drone-based music has grown considerably over the last decade in an assortment of disparate genres, and these robe-cla... Read more »| 17 Nov 2009 -
PreviewsDeerhoof @ The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, 8 Dec
Over the course of ten albums and countless tours, this band still sounds as unique and singular as they did in the beginning. Their stylistic gambits contin... Read more »| 17 Nov 2009 -
FestivalsSound Festival & IMP present Chemikal Underground Records
Chemikal Underground’s fifteen year reign as a certifiable, yet humble, giant of Scottish indie is clearly apparent through the imprint’s... Read more »| 12 Nov 2009 -
PreviewsBowerbirds @ Sneaky Pete's, 30 Oct
North Carolina's Bowerbirds hit both Glasgow and Edinburgh on their latest UK tour. Read more »| 28 Oct 2009 -
PreviewsThe Metal Column - October, 2009
For some reason, autumn seems to bring out the grim hordes like no other season. This November, the pagan buzz of Halloween oozes perfectly into a month full... Read more »| 28 Oct 2009 -
PreviewsLive Music Highlights - November, 2009
Death is the only acceptable excuse for non-attendance of Jay Reatard's upcoming sweat festival at King Tut's on 11 Nov Read more »| 27 Oct 2009
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PreviewsThe Mill Highlights @ Òran Mór and Cabaret Voltaire
If you're gonna release a single called Candy Girl, chances are high you're going for weighty Sixties revivalism. The Valkarys (12 Nov, Cabaret Voltaire) pro... Read more »| 22 Oct 2009 -
PreviewsThe Graham Coxon Power Acoustic Ensemble @ Queen's Hall, 12 Nov
On a personal note, my 2009 Graham Coxon interactions have been mixed. Positive: sneaking into an in-store performance on the day of seventh solo LP The Spin... Read more »| 19 Oct 2009 -
PreviewsCymbals Eat Guitars @ Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, 16 Nov
With Pavement set for a reformation, Cymbals Eat Guitars couldn’t have timed their breakthrough any better. That’s not to say that the young New ... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
PreviewsGrizzly Bear @ ABC, 2 Nov
So will Veckatimest be in your top ten for 2009? That depends whether you can stomach arch indie austerity, sparse, loping, minor-key chamber pop, or yet ano... Read more »| 15 Oct 2009 -
PreviewsArchitects @ The Cathouse, 2 November
Metalcore climbers Architects headline 2009's Never Say Die! Tour. Read more »| 10 Oct 2009 -
PreviewsFrank Turner @ QMU, 15 Oct
Former Million Dead vocalist tours in support of third solo LP Read more »| 05 Oct 2009 -
PreviewsLive Music Highlights - October, 2009
Carpet-bombing Scotland in early October, Cats and Cats and Cats deploy super-inventive post-rock(ets) that explode with punk energy on impact. They aren't a... Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
PreviewsThe Metal Column – October, 2009
There must be few better ways to celebrate Hallowe'en than listening the the tongue-in-cheek gore metal of Cannibal Corpse Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
PreviewsOxjam Glasgow Takeover, 24- 25 Oct
Last year Oxjam commandeered Ashton Lane and scored an impressive lineup including Skinny faves Meursault and Eagleowl. For 2009’s Glasgow Takeover the... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009