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ReviewsStanley Odd / Tickle & Asthmatic Astronaut @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 21 November
The wonderfully named Tickle & Asthmatic Astronaut provide strong support tonight. The latter is a founder of the Black Lantern Music collective that has... Read more »| 28 Nov 2014 -
ReviewsBird @ Eagle Inn, Salford, 21 November
Oh so cruelly, just as it starts, it ends. After an extended prologue that saw them cycle through lineups, Bird's opening chapter exceeded expectations by so... Read more »| 28 Nov 2014 -
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Immix with John McGrath and Lucy Pankhurst @ Static, Liverpool, 19 November
In the concluding session of Immix’s highly commended collaboration series, composers John McGrath and Lucy Pankhurst provide a suitably engaging suite... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
ReviewsTim Hecker @ Camp and Furnace, Liverpool, 19 November
So when exactly did ‘ambient’ become conflated with ‘chillout’? Funny how such lazy approximation can be such a waste of effort: on t... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
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Ought @ Sound Control, Manchester, 18 November
Up-and-coming local psychedelics Kult Country are more introverted tonight than their kookily spelt moniker would suggest. With almost all their members hidd... Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
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The Jesus and Mary Chain @ Barrowland, Glasgow, 23 November
Sibling rivalry has powered many great bands, but few have matched the intensity of the Reids. Prowling front man Jim, with the piercing stare of Robert Patr... Read more »| 25 Nov 2014
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ReviewsBen Frost @ Gorilla, Manchester, 14 November
With his searing sci-fi effort A U R O R A, Aussie-Icelandic electronic composer Ben Frost is aiming to take us to a laser-scorched future. There’s an ... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
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Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 15 November
“I fucking love bingo!” The original rock god returns with a twist – acknowledging the Academy’s decades as a Mecca while welcoming h... Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
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White Lung @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 5 November
Fireworks schmireworks. The fifth of November it may be, but White Lung’s punka racket is far from short of explosive qualities. Take the scorching hea... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
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Sleaford Mods / Saint Max and the Fanatics @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 5 November
The Broadcast crowd don’t quite know what to make of Saint Max and The Fanatics. There’s a predictably enthusiastic response for a song called Gl... Read more »| 07 Nov 2014 -
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Claudio Simonetti's Goblin perform Suspiria @ SWG3, 31 October
Like so many of the best horror films, Suspiria doesn’t just inspire nightmares; it resembles one. As victims helplessly flee from unseen assailants, l... Read more »| 04 Nov 2014 -
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65daysofstatic performing The Fall of Math, Manchester Cathedral, 29 October
Joe Shrewsbury stalks the stage, gripping his guitar in combative fashion, a stance chiming with the defensive ruminations he adopts when discussing tonight&... Read more »| 03 Nov 2014 -
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Helmet @ The Cathouse, Glasgow, 29 October
Since an eleventh hour power cut delayed our chances of seeing Helmet’s '92 breakthrough Meantime brought to life in all its aggressive glory the last ... Read more »| 31 Oct 2014 -
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The Antlers, The Kazimier, Liverpool, 28 October
“I lost my voice yesterday,” apologises Peter Silberman, trying to make us all understand that his shots at the high notes may fall somewhat flat... Read more »| 31 Oct 2014 -
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Nils Frahm @ RNCM, 28 October
In the dappled dark, Nils Frahm takes one sock-footed step towards the brink of the stage; picks up a microphone, and speaks. His intake of breath could be t... Read more »| 31 Oct 2014