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PreviewsGig Highlights – Scotland, August 2013
Song, By Toad's inaugural Pale Imitation Festival offers respite from flyer dodging, plus gigs from King Creosote, Swans, Patti Smith, Tame Impala and The Twilight Sad, and an unmissable live outing for David Byrne & St. Vincent Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
PreviewsChurch of Noise – August 2013
From the return of the much-missed John Knox Sex Club to a cheerio show from Texas Is the Reason, we take a whirlwind tour of the more esoteric sounds to be found on the circuit this August Read more »| 24 Jul 2013 -
FestivalsSax and the City: Manchester Jazz Festival
Now in its 18th year, Manchester Jazz Festival returns to the city this month, with contemporary upstarts and crumhorns in tow Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
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Festival Season 2013: The Flock of the New
This month's T in the Park and Wickerman festivals are two prime opportunities to catch the finest up-and-coming artists this country has to offer. These are just 12 burgeoning bands we recommend Read more »| 10 Jul 2013 -
PreviewsNorthwest Gig Highlights – July 2013
It's festival season, but there are plenty of bands still plugging away in the Northwest, including garage rockers Sic Alps, New York duo MS MR and the not to be missed dream-pop of Youth Lagoon Read more »| 28 Jun 2013 -
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Gig Highlights – July 2013
As festival madness descends, we present some picks from T in the Park, Wickerman and Kelburn Garden Party, plus very special gigs from Mogwai, Adam Stafford, Ghostpoet, My Jerusalem, Stefan Blomeier and many more Read more »| 27 Jun 2013
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PreviewsO2 Love Music Column – July 2013
Aside from enigmatic front-man Billy Corgan, The Smashing Pumpkins are near unrecognisable as a line-up for those who first came to the band via th... Read more »| 27 Jun 2013 -
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Africa Oyé Festival @ Sefton Park, Liverpool, 22-23 June
Free and unfenced, Africa Oyé is a true community festival that this year marks its first couple of decades in action with a broad and stimulating line-up Read more »| 12 Jun 2013 -
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Scotland Gig Highlights – June 2013
A survey of the land's forthcoming live picks for June, including RockNess and Eden Festival; an epic closing party for the West End Festival featuring The Twilight Sad and Meursault; plus reunions a-go-go, with the return of Jurassic 5 and the Breeders Read more »| 31 May 2013 -
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Church of Noise – June 2013
As the solstice approaches, any of you tree-huggin' types out there might want to start the month with a bit of pagan folk-inspired post-metal from Edinburgh... Read more »| 31 May 2013 -
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O2 Love Music Column – June 2013
Trying to encapsulate the sprawling career of Todd Rundgren (O2 ABC, 6 Jun) is a particularly difficult task. Perhaps best known for eternal pop hi... Read more »| 31 May 2013 -
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Northwest Gig Highlights – June 2013
Big Deal's upcoming June Gloom album may seem appropriate to our clearly climate change-fucked surroundings, but your event horizons look decidedly sunnier with the likes of Splashh, Ólöf Arnalds and MONEY brightening up a venue near you Read more »| 29 May 2013 -
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Chorlton Arts Festival: On the Fringes
Among its art and performance programming, Chorlton Arts Festival offers a few tasty musical morsels. We 'ave a gander Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
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Scotland Gig Highlights – May 2013
May offers a diverse range of musical treats, from the intense post-punk of Savages to the lo-fi rock aesthetics of Dirty Beaches; not to mention outdoor and indoor festival fun at Kelburn Castle and Stag & Dagger Read more »| 30 Apr 2013 -
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Church of Noise – May 2013
From eerie folk to avant-punk, Scotland's underbelly is rife with esoteric treats in the coming weeks Read more »| 30 Apr 2013