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PreviewsTacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster @ The 13th Note, 5 February
The works of Philip K. Dick interpreted as post-rock art metal: Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster bring some heavy conceptual rock to Glasgow's 13th Note. Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
PreviewsLive Music Highlights – February 2012
Comprised of Travis Stewart (Machinedrum) and Praveen Sharma (Braille), Sepalcure did a pretty good job of consolidating the countless splinters of modern da... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
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The Metal Column – February 2012
When you think about it, it's a pretty exciting time for metal: the Scottish scene's in rude health and 'hip' blogs are wisening to the fact that the term is... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
FestivalsWee Dub Festival @ Various Venues, Edinburgh, 3-5 February
Dub takes over Edinburgh for a second year and, like any good sequel, everything just got a whole lot bigger – to the extent that the ‘Wee’... Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
PreviewsLive Music Highlights – January 2012
Combining electro, pop and house may be about as revolutionary as beans on toast but Edinburgh's Discopolis have arrived at a uniquely energising and euphori... Read more »| 06 Jan 2012 -
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The Metal Column – January 2012
Aye, aye – so a new year means new beginnings, the kicking of old habits and the setting of goals, but let's just put the unrealistic stuff aside for t... Read more »| 06 Jan 2012
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Hot Ticket of the Month: Celtic Connections
Beginning on 19 Jan, Glasgow's annual folk, roots and world music festival isn't just about forcing school kids into concert halls and bigging-up fiddle musi... Read more »| 05 Jan 2012 -
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Wee Dub Festival @ Various Edinburgh Venues, 3-5 Feb
The Wee Dub Festival is back: this time it's a whole lot bigger and it has a Mad Professor at the controls Read more »| 31 Dec 2011 -
PreviewsThe Metal Column – December 2011
The Skinny likes its metal like we don't like our weather – harsh, uncompromising, brutal – and although we're unlikely to be kept pleased by the... Read more »| 29 Nov 2011 -
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Hot Ticket of the Month: A Phestive Phantomime @ Stereo, 16+17 Dec
In case you hadn’t heard, The Phantom Band have good taste and ambition in spades and this month they threaten to outdo themselves with the unveiling o... Read more »| 28 Nov 2011 -
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Live Music Highlights – December 2011
The month kicks off with a blistering double-bill courtesy of Nigerien psych-rock/drone-funk rebels Group Inerane and the incredible Flower/Corsano duo. Grou... Read more »| 28 Nov 2011 -
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Arab Strap discuss the motivation to reform for one-off show
"There's absolutely no commerce involved, it's purely from love," says Aidan Moffat Read more »| 16 Nov 2011 -
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Festival Column: The Falls Festival, Tasmania
To me, New Year's Eve is a rubbish night. I almost inevitably find myself switching between the extreme heat of a sweaty party and the extreme cold of Scot... Read more »| 16 Nov 2011 -
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The Metal Column – November 2011
To Mexicans, November is a time to honour the departed. For Accident & Emergency workers, it’s a time to stifle a giggle as another hapless chap is... Read more »| 27 Oct 2011 -
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Live Music Highlights – November 2011
King Creosote & Kid Canaveral play a slew of dates this month in support of their forthcoming collaborative 7" single. Perky indie-pop vibes and top-draw... Read more »| 27 Oct 2011