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The Twilight Sad @ Grand Ole Opry, 9 February
The Grand Ole Opry makes an unlikely venue in which to see The Twilight Sad. With confederacy flags and neon lighting adorning each wall, a neutral observer ... Read more »| 13 Feb 2012 -
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Mull Historical Society / Washington Irving @ O2ABC, 3 February
Tonight is Washington Irving’s second visit to ABC as part of Celtic Connections 2012. The first occupied the smaller ABC2, but the band seems undaunte... Read more »| 09 Feb 2012 -
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Wild Flag / Peggy Sue @ Òran Mór, 30 January
Both of tonight’s acts, while ostensibly steeped in well-trodden approaches to rock, manage to infuse their music with bursts of startling vitality. ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2012 -
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Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 29 January
A raucous troupe of misfit musicians specialising in frenzied polkas, gypsy-punk, “vulgar jazz” and such like, playing to an all-seated venue sta... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ SWG3, 28 January
Last year, Hysterical exploded the myth that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s introductory hype was blogger folly. The myth was already shaky – Some Lo... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
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RM Hubbert & Friends / Tattie Toes @ Stereo, 27 January
If Glasgow’s indie scene feels somewhat fragmentary at the moment, it’s all the more healthy for that: lacking a unifying narrative, perhaps, but... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012
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Explosions in the Sky @ O2 Academy, 23 January
The influence of tonight's headliners on Lanterns on the Lake is readily apparent: the sextet's music oozes with prettiness, and although there's definitely ... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
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The Horrors / TOY @ The Liquid Room, 16 January
From the ashes of Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong, London quintet TOY are more in thrall to the magpie-like sensibilities of their current tour mates than ... Read more »| 25 Jan 2012 -
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Clutch @ Bar Bloc, 20 January
Clutch successfully grafts its big sound to the small stage of Bar Bloc. Chaos ensues... Read more »| 24 Jan 2012 -
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United Fruit @ King Tut's, 16 January
After an acoustic warm-up session in the downstairs bar from Jonathan Snee (Flood of Red), Kings Tut's New Years Revolution series continues with a set from ... Read more »| 24 Jan 2012 -
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A Winged Victory for the Sullen @ Òran Mór, 15 January
“You can keep chatting – Dustin’s just having a meltdown,” explains A Winged Victory for the Sullen’s Adam Wiltzie as their exp... Read more »| 24 Jan 2012 -
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M83 / Porcelain Raft @ The Arches, 19 January
Like post-Fromageau M83, Porcelain Raft is effectively one man’s nom de plume, but, also like M83, Mauro Remiddi is not performing alone, with live dru... Read more »| 24 Jan 2012 -
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Cymbals Eat Guitars / Milagres @ ABC2, 8 January
Conjuring enthusiasm among a disappointingly thin crowd, on a Sunday night in early January, is a test for any band, and New York’s Milagres are too me... Read more »| 13 Jan 2012 -
Festivals
Awake On Foreign Shores: Trans Musicales 2011
In search of an alternative winter festival, our Music editor heads for Les Recontres Trans Musicales to find out how the French get down Read more »| 10 Jan 2012 -
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Malcolm Middleton / Human Don’t Be Angry @ Òran Mór, 15 December
Providing some self support, Malcolm Middleton sets this evening’s gathering in motion under his Human Don’t Be Angry guise, with a collection of... Read more »| 19 Dec 2011