Previews
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PreviewsGrails @ Nice 'n' Sleazy, 14 May
From their early self-financed EPs to the release of The Burden of Hope onwards, the lush instrumental rock of Grails has been revered by fans of Dir... Read more »| 15 Apr 2010 -
PreviewsFoals @ O2 ABC, 2 May
Remember nu-rave? Four posh white boys with keyboards come to save us all from other white boys with guitars? Yeah, it’s a bit hazy for me too,... Read more »| 15 Apr 2010 -
PreviewsBook Now: Primavera Sound
Face it: the weather can make or break a festival. You and your friends can spend almost £200 each on a ticket, plus more on camping gear, petrol and b... Read more »| 01 Apr 2010 -
FestivalsThe Secret Garden 2010
Double Whammy headlines electronic summer at idyllic Croatian setting. Read more »| 01 Apr 2010 -
PreviewsDundee Blues Bonanza @ Various Venues, 23-25 July
Strong echoes emanating out of Chicago and the Mississippi Delta will reverberate through Dundee's city centre come July as the city readies itself once agai... Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
PreviewsThe Metal Column - April 2010
In April of 1999, a handful of bands gathered for a showcase gig that grew from an online music zine. Known simply as Roadburn, this annual event takes place... Read more »| 28 Mar 2010
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PreviewsLive Music Highlights - April 2010
Poet, provocateur and bona fide cultural icon Gil Scott-Heron plays Edinburgh's HMV Picture House on 21 April and The Warehouse in Aberdeen the following night. Don't sleep. Read more »| 26 Mar 2010 -
PreviewsRufus Wainwright @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 15 April
This time last year, a production called Sonette by avant-garde stage director Robert Wilson and the Berliner Ensemble was premiered, based on twenty four of... Read more »| 22 Mar 2010 -
PreviewsHinterland 2010 @ Various Venues (Glasgow), 3 April
It may only be heading in to its sophomore year, however Glasgow’s one-day, multi-venue Hinterland festival has already made its mark on Scotland&rsquo... Read more »| 12 Mar 2010 -
PreviewsCopy Haho @ Captains Rest, 6 Mar
Stonehaven quartet embark on a three-date Scottish mini-tour. Read more »| 26 Feb 2010 -
PreviewsThe Metal Column - March 2010
The fact that heavy metal can concern itself with any number of themes is a testament to its cultural longevity and musical dominion. Death, war, hatred and ... Read more »| 25 Feb 2010 -
PreviewsLive Music Highlights - March 2010
You probably don't need me to spell it out to you but The Phenomenal Handclap Band really want you to have a good time. Don't get me wrong, there's a time an... Read more »| 25 Feb 2010 -
PreviewsThe xx @ Studio 24, 9 Mar.
South London band are down a member but up a whole load of compliments. Read more »| 22 Feb 2010 -
PreviewsFour Tet @ The Bongo Club, 13 Mar
Given his messianic status, it’d be fair to hail Hebden’s appearance as something of a must see. Read more »| 22 Feb 2010 -
PreviewsCharles Hayward @ CCA, 25 Mar
As one-third of influential vangardists This Heat, drummer/composer/singer Hayward reconsidered the experimentalism of krautrock by way of punk’s unequ... Read more »| 16 Feb 2010