Reviews
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ReviewsJoanna Gruesome @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 23 September
Definitely not a band for Daily Mail readers, The Spook School’s forthcoming opus Try To Be Hopeful is a treatise on the politics and practicalities of... Read more »| 02 Oct 2015 -
ReviewsLiverpool Psych Fest 2015: The Review
“Everywhere they played people would be asking them 'are you playing The Psych Fest this year?' It wasn't 'Liverpool' Psych Fest, it's almost like it g... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
ReviewsGwenno / H Hawkline @ Soup Kitchen, 20 Sep
As September Sunday nights go, a co-headlining show from Heavenly Recordings’ Welsh label-mates Gwenno Saunders and H Hawkline, aka Huw Evans, sounds l... Read more »| 30 Sep 2015 -
ReviewsGirlpool / Dean Engle / Cop Graveyard @ Manchester Deaf Institute, 8 September
Sometimes it’s the crowd that makes the evening. There’s an encouraging atmosphere as soon as local lo-fi pairing Cop Graveyard take the stage to... Read more »| 17 Sep 2015 -
ReviewsOught @ Manchester Deaf Institute, 2 September
Even a cursory listen to last year’s breakthrough record, More Than Any Other Day, should be enough to bring home the peculiar, contradictory niche tha... Read more »| 16 Sep 2015 -
ReviewsFuture Islands / Dope Body / Du Blonde @ Glasgow Barrowlands, 9 September
It would take a formidable soul indeed to upstage a leading man as uniquely theatrical as Samuel T Herring, but tonight Future Islands' comrades are rising t... Read more »| 15 Sep 2015
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ReviewsFoo Fighters @ Murrayfield, Edinburgh, 8 September
“We might do some stupid shit now and again," Dave Grohl confesses of that onstage tumble in Gothenburg, the broken leg and subsequent three month dela... Read more »| 11 Sep 2015 -
ReviewsTame Impala @ Barrowland, Glasgow, 8 September
A sold-out Barrowland crowd will rarely disappoint, but the barrier-pushing, clamouring audience on Tuesday night is declared “best of the tour” ... Read more »| 11 Sep 2015 -
ReviewsMac DeMarco @ O2 ABC Glasgow, 7 September
Glasgow may have just killed Mac DeMarco. The rambunctious singer has launched himself above the eager masses pressed against the barrier of the O2 ABC stage... Read more »| 09 Sep 2015 -
ReviewsThe Garden Party 2015: The Review
With Dutch Uncles, LoneLady and many more in tow, Leeds Garden Party is an end-of-summer excursion, one wistful look back before the autumn arrives. Read more »| 08 Sep 2015 -
ReviewsNatalie Prass @ Electric Circus, Edinburgh, 2 September
There’s a Venn diagram somewhere that overlaps folk-rock with that tedious signifier of overly-tasteful coffee-tableism known as ‘AOR’. On ... Read more »| 08 Sep 2015 -
ReviewsSufjan Stevens @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 30 August
From Illinois and Michigan to the Edinburgh Festival, Sufjan Stevens delivers a truly unforgettable performance. Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
FestivalsElectric Fields 2015: The Review
Electric Fields returns for its sophomore year, boasting a glorious lineup in equally glorious scenery Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
ReviewsThe Waterboys @ Ross Bandstand, Edinburgh 28 August
By the time the Waterboys take the stage a thick crowd huddles for warmth, stretching almost back to the railings of Princes Street Read more »| 03 Sep 2015 -
ReviewsRatking @ Manchester Deaf Institute, 26 August
As the jazzy and soporific opening strains of Snow Beach announce Ratking’s arrival, it’s clear that in a live context, the NYC trio's unique son... Read more »| 03 Sep 2015