Reviews
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ReviewsSwans / Buke and Gase @ The Liquid Room, 13 August
Hearing protection at gigs is a common enough sight among the more safety conscious. For Swans though, day-glo foam ear plugs are considered a pre-requisite ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
ReviewsCold Cave / Natural Assembly / Naked @ Broadcast, 10 August
Naked's jarring, disorientating visuals and haunting VHS imagery creates a thick atmosphere from the outset this evening. The trio marry pounding industrial ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
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Bosnian Rainbows, @ Broadcast, 4 August
Despite his legendary status as a leading figure of both At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta, Bosnian Rainbows guitarist Omar Rodríguez-Lóp... Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
Festivals
Beacons Day Two @ Heslaker Farm, Skipton, 17 Aug
In the second of our live reports from Beacons, a riotous set from Gold Panda proves the stealth highlight of Saturday, while Bicep and Bondax bring the party, and Local Natives soothe frayed nerves with their calming brand of swoon-gaze Read more »| 18 Aug 2013 -
FestivalsBeacons Day One @ Heslaker Farm, Skipton, 16 Aug
Our five intrepid reporters are broadcasting live – well, as live as you can get allowing time for sleep and gin – from this year's Beacons festival. Here's the lowdown on Friday's events, from a sputtering Ghostpoet to a spluttering Fucked Up Read more »| 17 Aug 2013 -
ReviewsOwen Pallett @ Band on the Wall, 12 Aug
“I might have to insist on this track being the walk-on music for all my future gigs, can you imagine?” Owen Pallett smirks, frantically motionin... Read more »| 14 Aug 2013
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Scott & Charlene's Wedding @ The Shipping Forecast, 7 Aug
“Hope you know that I got no bitterness,” sings Craig Dermody during one of tonight’s rare tender moments. It’s difficult not to hear... Read more »| 08 Aug 2013 -
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Wickerman 2013: Saturday, 27 July
With temperatures soaring, Book Group keep their cool to deliver an accomplished set in the GoNorth tent. The ringing guitars and witty – but ofte... Read more »| 01 Aug 2013 -
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Wickerman 2013: Friday, 26 July
The impact of the July heatwave can be seen everywhere. Behind the bar in one pub near Partick Cross there’s a chalkboard proclaiming that staff will n... Read more »| 01 Aug 2013 -
Festivals
Slottsfjell Festival, Tunsberg Norway – 18-20 July
Vic Galloway reports back from the front-lines of Norway's esteemed annual gathering Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
ReviewsMogwai perform Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait @ Albert Hall, 19 July
It's impossible to question Manchester's heritage when it comes to either football or music, so it always seemed a sensible choice for Manchester Internation... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
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Stealing Sheep / All We Are / Prides @ East Village Arts Club, 17 July
It’s hot. Everyone in this sweltering Victorian loft knows it’s hot. Right now, a gig is a tiring proposition, but we soldier on because it&rsquo... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
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The New Mendicants @ International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 13 July
Supergroups are a risky business. For every Gutter Twins-style success, there’s a Broken Bells – a set of mouthwatering ingredients that just tas... Read more »| 25 Jul 2013 -
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Clang Boom Steam @ MelloMello, Liverpool, 20 Jul
The launch of Liverpool-based Clang Boom Steam's self-titled debut album proves diverse and intense in equal measure, with the audience treated to an evening... Read more »| 23 Jul 2013 -
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Shangaan Electro @ The Kazimier Garden, Liverpool, 20 Jul
One! Eight! Seven! One! Eight! Eight! One! Eight... NINE! It's a sweltering day's dusk and Shangaan Electro's Nozinja is hyping a crowd decked... Read more »| 22 Jul 2013