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ReviewsAngel Olsen / Jaye Bartell @ Mono, Glasgow, 9 Jun
Performing solo for the most part, yet blessed with the kind of oaken baritone that can enthral a crowd unaided, Jaye Bartell gently starts tonight’s b... Read more »| 13 Jun 2014 -
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PAWS / Tuff Love @ The Art School, 6 June
Punters who made the mistake of bringing a jacket on what is an unusually warm Glasgow evening must be envious of Julie Eisenstein from Tuff Love. The guitar... Read more »| 10 Jun 2014 -
ReviewsSon Lux @ Broadcast, 3 June
Local lads Kill The Waves draw a big crowd for their dream pop-inflected indie set – tracks Friend and Oak Tree showcase some serious songwriting chops... Read more »| 09 Jun 2014 -
FestivalsPrimavera Sound 2014
As we've been telling you for years now, the annual Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona brings a lineup featuring indie rock vets (real indie roc... Read more »| 06 Jun 2014 -
FestivalsSupersonic Festival 2014, Birmingham Custard Factory, 30-31 May
Festival programming at its most daring, Supersonic returns with Matmos, Swans, Evil Blizzard, Bill Drummond and Sly & the Family Drone leading the charge on Birmingham's Custard Factory Read more »| 04 Jun 2014 -
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Fat Out Fest @ Islington Mill, Salford, 23-25 May
What is it with Bank Holiday festivals and Islington Mill exactly? Piecing together another set of late, sleep-deprived nights, Fat Out’s latest festiv... Read more »| 02 Jun 2014
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ReviewsChain and the Gang @ Kazimier, Liverpool, 27 May
Oh, Ian Svenonius! He’s stood at the front of the stage, lecturing us on Jorge Pardo’s Penelope, a brightly-coloured and multitentacled sculpture... Read more »| 02 Jun 2014 -
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Dot to Dot @ Various venues, Manchester, 23 May
The funny thing about the Manchester leg of Dot to Dot festival – now in its fifth year – is that while the event itself has gone from strength t... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
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Toumani Diabaté + Sidiki Diabaté @ St George's Hall, Liverpool, 27 May
As one of the most famous griot clans from Mali, the Diabaté family have been bringing West African folk music and the kora to a wider audience for de... Read more »| 29 May 2014 -
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Prince and 3rdEyeGirl @ The SSE Hydro, 22 May
Whereas the first leg of this ‘Hit and Run’ tour arrived by stealth in the South, Glasgow was afforded a few more days to dust down its raspberry... Read more »| 28 May 2014 -
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Nine Inch Nails @ The SSE Hydro, 20 May
Slinking on stage through mist to the sinister strains of The New Flesh, Trent Reznor somehow has everything and nothing to prove here tonight. With a track ... Read more »| 27 May 2014 -
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Swans / Jenny Hval @ Academy 2, Manchester, 22 May
As two musicians with backgrounds in confrontational art, Michael Gira and Jenny Hval aren’t afraid to tackle the grubby desires of the body. Gira&rsqu... Read more »| 23 May 2014 -
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Trust @ Sneaky Pete's, 18 May
Air, when compressed, gets hotter and harder to contain. The same could be said for Toronto trio TRUST and their Sunday night crowd at Sneaky Pete’s. F... Read more »| 21 May 2014 -
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Speedy Ortiz @ The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool, 19 May
Looking for tonight’s watchword? Let’s go with LOUD. Speedy Ortiz are a beautifully complex tangle of interloping guitar freakouts, head-wrecking... Read more »| 21 May 2014 -
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Hauschka @ The International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester, 16 May
With the International Anthony Burgess Foundation intimately curtained off and laid out in the round with a piano in the centre adorned with oddities li... Read more »| 19 May 2014