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ReviewsArctic Monkeys @ The SSE Hydro, 21 November
You can take the boy out of High Green… and, given nearly a decade of writing guitar hits and amassing a crowd big enough to fill Glasgow’s 13,0... Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
ReviewsBaths / Swallows Fly Low @ Sneaky Pete's, 25 November
A Krakow native now residing in Edinburgh, Swallows Fly Low graces the stage first of all tonight, quickly proving how suitable a support act he is. Oth... Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
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Daughn Gibson @ East Village Arts Club, Liverpool, 24 November
“Tonight seems like a good night for us to just fuck around; that’s alright with you guys, right?” asks Daughn Gibson with the rhetorical a... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
ReviewsDean Blunt @ Blade Factory, Liverpool, 30 November
For all the talk of ex-Hype Williams man Dean Blunt's fickle stage manner – there's a palpable air of trepidation in tonight's cold, minimally lit Blad... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
ReviewsThe Pixies / The Jezabels @ Barrowlands, 22 November
In a Glaswegian musical weekend boasting The Pixies, Shellac and noise-rock throw-backs Metz, you could be forgiven for thinking that you had tumbled, ripped... Read more »| 29 Nov 2013 -
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Gold Panda @ East Village Arts Club, Liverpool, 23 November
Following the release of his second album Half of Where You Live in June, Berlin-based, Essex-born producer Gold Panda takes to the stage in Liverpool for th... Read more »| 28 Nov 2013
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METZ @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 22 November
The last time Toronto trio METZ were in town, they were at the other end of a three-band bill, opening up for Meat Puppets and Mudhoney at Academy 2. To... Read more »| 26 Nov 2013 -
ReviewsJulia Holter / Ela Orleans, CCA, 20 November
A support slot from Ela Orleans is an astute choice for Julia Holter: this Glasgow-based Polish solo artist explores a similarly dreamlike world, driven by a... Read more »| 25 Nov 2013 -
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Queens of the Stone Age @ The SSE Hydro, 16 November
Since making their modest Scottish debut at The Cathouse in 2000, through several memorable nights at the Barras and an enduring habit of returning to T in t... Read more »| 24 Nov 2013 -
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Julia Holter @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 13 November
In her recent interview with The Skinny, Julia Holter was disarmingly honest about her expressionist, observational narratives. Laudably self-deprecating, sh... Read more »| 21 Nov 2013 -
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The Reflektors @ Barrowlands, 16 November
The cat is well and truly out the bag long before Arcade Fire, sorry, The Reflektors, arrive in Glasgow for a duo of Barrowland dates. The pseudonym couldn&r... Read more »| 19 Nov 2013 -
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Mount Kimbie / oOoOO @ SWG3, 8 November
Californian producer oOoOO took some bold risks on his debut album Without Your Love, contributing vocals to his own tracks for the first time, alongside col... Read more »| 14 Nov 2013 -
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MONEY @ The Dancehouse, Manchester, 9 November
The last time this reviewer saw MONEY play it was in an unusual venue – the centuries-old, borderline dilapidated Platt Chapel in Fallowfield &nda... Read more »| 14 Nov 2013 -
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Thom Yorke, Four Tet + Daphni @ The Warehouse Project, Manchester, 2 November
A combination of Victoria Warehouse's 5000 capacity, the necessary stepping up of security with the venue move from beneath Piccadilly railway station i... Read more »| 07 Nov 2013 -
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Future Of The Left @ Broadcast, 2 November
Visibly startled by the sweltering, heaving, meat-patty of bodies, unceremoniously crammed into tonight's capacity show at Broadcast, Future Of The Left join... Read more »| 06 Nov 2013