Reviews
-
ReviewsFuck Buttons / The Haxan Cloak, SWG3, 10 Sep
SWG3 is packed to the gunnels. Having played here with Liars, The Haxan Cloak is tuned in to the system and the space. His live set, performed on analogue ge... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
ReviewsJimmy Eat World @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 9 September
There’s a pattern to Jimmy Eat World’s setlist tonight: a handful from their most recent three albums to open, followed by a much longer set of s... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
Festivals
Spinning Coin / The Yawns / Orzelda @ Music Language Festival, 7 Sep
Reminders of Glasgow’s fading industrial heritage are not hard to find. Disused warehouses are plentiful in this city, which is handy if – l... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
Reviews
Discopolis / The Little Kicks / Miaoux Miaoux @ Electric Circus, 30 August
Tonight, good things come in threes. No, not the £3 cocktails; the Circus is spoiling us with an adroitly curated trio. Julian Corrie opens confidently... Read more »| 05 Sep 2013 -
ReviewsDavid Byrne & St. Vincent @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 29 Aug
The suit’s closer fitting and his hair’s long silvered over, but otherwise the David Byrne standing on the Concert Hall’s stage tonight is ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Reviews
Thundercat @ The Poetry Club, Glasgow, 24 August
Marrying the far-flung explorations of cosmic jazz with contemporary innovation in electronica is an ambitious project, but that’s what Stephen Bruner ... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013
-
Reviews
Ducktails @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 23 Aug
Though Ducktails were brought into the world as a solo project, Real Estate's Matthew Mondanile hosts tonight's show with a full band. The already intimate s... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
FestivalsSummercamp festival, Liverpool, 24-25 Aug
It's a bank holiday weekend, and Liverpool International Music Festival and everything else that's going on seem perfectly aligned as the sun beams down on t... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013 -
Reviews
Blondes @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 24 Aug
In an age where electronic music is saturated by bar after bar of aesthetic perfection, the mounting exposure that Brooklyn electronic two-piece Blondes &nda... Read more »| 26 Aug 2013 -
ReviewsAllah-Las @ Leaf, Liverpool, 21 Aug
“Out on the water, where you gonna find me,” sings Miles Michaud, evoking the dreamy shores of California, from where this Los Angeles quartet ha... Read more »| 23 Aug 2013 -
Festivals
Beacons Day Three @ Heslaker Farm, Skipton, 18 Aug
We round off our three days of coverage from Beacons festival with waves of psychedelia courtesy of Moon Duo and Hookworms, star turns from Fatima, Theo Parrish and Andres, and a transcendental set from James Holden. We got the post-festival blues Read more »| 20 Aug 2013 -
Reviews
Swans / 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 -
Reviews
Cold 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 -
Reviews
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