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ReviewsOFF! / Trash Talk @ King Tut's, 21 June
Trash Talk open up a night of quickfire hardcore with the menacing dissonance of Hash Wednesday – a sludgy, doom-laden number far removed from the res... Read more »| 27 Jun 2012 -
ReviewsSuzanne Vega / Mike Doughty @ Òran Mór, 18 June
Since disbanding Soul Coughing in 2000, Mike Doughty has continued along a similar path: writing songs by turns wry and impassioned, and firmly rooted in a... Read more »| 21 Jun 2012 -
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Chris Cornell @ O2 Academy, 15 June
“I’m only here for the Timbaland era,” barks a man in the Academy's gents room. A dozen patrons lining the urinal shoot the perpetrator a... Read more »| 20 Jun 2012 -
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Com Truise @ The Captain's Rest, Glasgow, 12 Jun
Whichever Gods oversee electronics and connector cables are not smiling kindly on support act Cru Servers tonight, although hints of squelchy acid bass and s... Read more »| 18 Jun 2012 -
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The Field / Konx-om-Pax @ Glasgow Art School Union, 9 June
In theory, Glasgow’s Konx-om-Pax is a fitting opener for The Field’s hypnotic, loop-based minimal electronica; Tom Scholefield’s mixture... Read more »| 12 Jun 2012 -
Reviews100% Silk Showcase @ Nice N' Sleazy, 7 June
Los Angeles label 100% Silk are key players in the new wave of synth music currently sweeping the hipsterverse, and tonight's showcase gig sets out to demon... Read more »| 12 Jun 2012
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Papa M @ King Tut's, 28 May
As a key member of both Slint and Tortoise, David Pajo can claim to be perhaps the single most influential figure in the post-rock world; and the myriad... Read more »| 06 Jun 2012 -
ReviewsWalls @ Sneaky Pete's, 27 May
Despite glowing album plaudits and back-slaps from the likes of Caribou and Battles, London duo Walls remain a cult concern. Tonight’s shallow gig tu... Read more »| 06 Jun 2012 -
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Stag & Dagger 2012: Glasgow
This year's Stag & Dagger Festival features stunning performances from the likes of Bear In Heaven, Conquering Animal Sound and Django Django. Three reporters, more than forty bands and DJs, over seven venues, in a little over twelve hours. Easy! Read more »| 24 May 2012 -
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Errors / Mermaids / Mother Ganga @ The Arches, 11 May
Though he’s appeared on many a bill in one guise or another, tonight is Lewis Cook’s first ‘proper’ Mother Ganga show. He’s off... Read more »| 17 May 2012 -
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Perfume Genius / Cate Le Bon @ Captain's Rest, 8 May
Cate Le Bon has a clarification to make: contrary to received Twitter wisdom, she is neither German, nor a Viking. We don’t know the context to these m... Read more »| 14 May 2012 -
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Grimes @ The Berkeley Suite, 7 May
Grimes combines experimental electronica with staggeringly infectious pop in a way which is completely unique Read more »| 11 May 2012 -
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Holy Mountain / Happy Particles / Body Parts @ Mono, 5 May
From the divine to the ridiculously heavy, as Holy Mountain kick out jams straddling the vintage and the envelope-pushing. Read more »| 10 May 2012 -
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Graham Coxon @ The Garage, 17 April
Betatone Distraction look rather pleased with themselves tonight, as well they might: for each stop of his tour, Mr Coxon has sought nominations for support ... Read more »| 20 Apr 2012 -
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Meshuggah @ The Garage, 15 April
Devout fans of tonight's headliners give We Are Knuckle Dragger a hard time for their rawer, relatively less technical sound, but they sure as hell get the ... Read more »| 20 Apr 2012