Reviews
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ReviewsKilling Joke @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 3 Nov
Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke stands before us, his eyeliner seeping into the pores of his former years as he prances across the stage of the ABC. He haunts ou... Read more »| 09 Nov 2015 -
ReviewsEast India Youth / PIXX @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 28 Oct
Hannah Rodgers, recent 4AD signing operating as PIXX, opens our Wednesday escape with her dreamy, folksy psychedelia. Backed by a guitarist and another singe... Read more »| 04 Nov 2015 -
ReviewsJosh T Pearson @ Liverpool Music Week, 28 Oct
Four years on from his own second coming, Josh T Pearson is launching another resurrection in the unlikely but strangely apt surroundings of Liverpool’s Scandinavian Seamen’s Church. Read more »| 04 Nov 2015 -
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Joanna Newsom @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 31 Oct
At first glance, the Albert Hall’s stage is looking awfully bare tonight. The harp sitting dead centre is enough to remind us who’s in town, but there’s no backdrop – just the wood-paneled wall of the old chapel’s altar. Read more »| 04 Nov 2015 -
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HEALTH / Apostille @ Stereo, Glasgow, 26 Oct
It’s just gone quarter to eight in a half packed Stereo on a dreary Glasgow night, but looking at the hyperactive Michael Kasparis it might as well be ... Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
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Liverpool Music Week Opening Party @ The Kazimier, 23 Oct
In comparison to the Autumn calendar's other big Liverpool music gathering, Psych Fest, Liverpool Music Week's curation policy eschews concept beyond simply booking the acts they like. Read more »| 29 Oct 2015
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Prehistoric Friends @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 23 Oct
“Well, some say we turn into ghosts/or that we become one of the stars,” intones singer/keyboardist Liam Chapman, at the helm of the surging pop ... Read more »| 29 Oct 2015 -
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Son Lux / Barbarossa / Olga Bell @ Summerhall, 22 Oct
It’s not the busiest of nights that Summerhall’s Dissection Room’s seen lately, certainly not for the first of tonight’s trio of elec... Read more »| 27 Oct 2015 -
ReviewsSpeedy Ortiz / Trust Fund / Pinact @ Stereo, Glasgow, 22 Oct
Fresh off the plane from their CMJ excursions in New York, Pinact waste little time fucking around: they tear into their set with the sort of brio you’... Read more »| 26 Oct 2015 -
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The Tallest Man On Earth @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 20 Oct
Swedish troubador The Tallest Man On Earth brings his folk-styled fare to Glasgow Read more »| 23 Oct 2015 -
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Rudi Zygadlo / William Arcane @ Sneaky Pete's, 13 October
A lone, smokily backlit William Arcane haunts the support slot tonight, faceless over his cables and dials. Favouring the increasingly popular combination of... Read more »| 22 Oct 2015 -
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Low @ The Art School, Glasgow, 8 Oct
The Minnesota trio return to Glasgow with latest album Ones and Sixes in tow Read more »| 13 Oct 2015 -
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Psych Sunday @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 27 September
Six bands, six hours, and all for a tenner. And whilst tonight’s international contingent are fresh from the more celebrated Liverpool Psych Fest, this... Read more »| 13 Oct 2015 -
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Tenement Trail, Glasgow, 3 October
Like a rather grown up, booze-assisted urban scavenger hunt, the team from Tenement TV's one-day mini festival leads punters on a merry dance through six of ... Read more »| 09 Oct 2015 -
Festivals
Sensoria Music & Film Festival 2015: The Review
Sheffield has long been at the vanguard of dynamic and radical music-making. The Skinny ventures to the city’s excellent, immersive Sensoria festival to witness firsthand the staggering effect a single city can have on its artistry Read more »| 09 Oct 2015