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ReviewsTherapy? The Garage, Glasgow, 7 April
While the same old talking heads romanticise Britpop’s worst b-sides and exhaustive Nirvana nostalgia draws to its ugly conclusion as pictures of Kurt ... Read more »| 10 Apr 2014 -
ReviewsManic Street Preachers / The Twilight Sad @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 4 April
In June, the Manics will bring their studio album tally up to an even dozen – impressive considering their one-time pledge to release a doubl... Read more »| 09 Apr 2014 -
FestivalsThe SxSW Diaries: Casual Sex vs Texas
Co-starring Gus Fring, an irate Russian taxi driver and a couple of dutiful canines, Casual Sex drummer Chris McCrory underlines the band's South by Southwest debut with a full and frank account of their collective experience Read more »| 04 Apr 2014 -
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Tim Hecker / Julianna Barwick @ RNCM, Manchester, 1 April
For a festival concerned with all things digital, the organisers of FutureEverything couldn’t have put together a more innovative pair of musicians tha... Read more »| 03 Apr 2014 -
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Evian Christ / Koreless / Lorenzo Senni / Visionist / TCF @ RNCM, Manchester, 29 March
Despite little being known about upcoming producer TCF, his lush acousmatic composition juxtaposed by gravelly digital decay has stunned audiences and got cr... Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
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Wild Beasts @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 26 March
Anyone would think it were a homecoming, as almost 2000 people join the swell of Lion’s Share: “Boy, what you running from?”, they implore,... Read more »| 28 Mar 2014
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The Notwist / Jel @ Mono, 16 March
Watching Anticon founder, Themselves and cLOUDDEAD beatmaker Jel play the MPC and sampler is like watching a gifted classical pianist attack the ivories &nda... Read more »| 20 Mar 2014 -
ReviewsEagulls / Autobhan @ Nice N Sleazy, 7 March
Performing in a half-empty basement venue in Glasgow on a Friday night could intimidate some raw bands from out of town, but Autobahn display no sign of nerv... Read more »| 20 Mar 2014 -
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The SxSW Diaries #3: Beyond Tartan and Shortbread
As our Texan adventure hurtles to a close, the away team knock it clean out the park Read more »| 20 Mar 2014 -
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The SxSW Diaries #2: Insomnia Afterhours
The Skinny is already firmly in the grip of sleep deprivation’s hallucinogenic effects by day two; did we really help Kurt Vile over a fence last night? Read more »| 15 Mar 2014 -
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The SxSW Diaries #1: Keeping Austin Weird
In search of the indie super bowl, we report back from SxSW 2014 Read more »| 13 Mar 2014 -
ReviewsClaudio Simonetti's Goblin / Golden Teacher @ Òran Mór, 27 February
Glasgow's Golden Teacher haven't been given enough time to showcase their wares in this support slot. Each slab of their Afro-futurist house, filtered t... Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra @ Òran Mór, 25 February
A Silver Mount Zion travel from Canada to channel musical splendour and poetic insight, only to be let down by a gammy volume knob Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
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Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, Gorilla, Manchester, 26 February
“And on keyboards… Claudio Simonetti!” Not many musicians would finish their band introductions by then introducing themselves, but then, ... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
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Eagulls @ The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool, 27 Feb
It's over too quickly. That's the general consensus in the Shipping Forecast tonight, as a raucous set slaloms to a sudden end. But that's Eagulls for you. T... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014