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FestivalsWickerman 2012: Saturday
Given the sodden, grey-skied summer that Scotland has endured this year, it seems almost a miracle that the second day of Wickerman begins exactly as the f... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
FestivalsWickerman 2012: Friday
In a year when other music festivals have fallen by the wayside, killed off by a mixture of public apathy, a diminishing roster of artists deemed to be hea... Read more »| 31 Jul 2012 -
ReviewsSchool of Seven Bells / Chvrches @ Stereo, 22 July
One song, one official gig – it’s been an economical route to the top of the hype pile for Churches. Lies proves to be just the tip of an alread... Read more »| 26 Jul 2012 -
FestivalsFence Records Presents... The Away Game 2012, Isle of Eigg, 20-22 July
If you live in a flat, you can have a flat party. If you live in a caravan on an island: well, you have two options. If the island is Eigg: step outside, you... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
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Bis / We Are the Physics @ Mono, 19 July
When not recording solo or infrequently gigging with Bis, Manda Rin likes to paint. Tonight’s show launches her Cover Versions and Other Hits exhibitio... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
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Wu Legends @ O2ABC, 12 July
If there’s one glaring factor that might stand to soil the Wu-Tang Clan’s legacy, it’s a no-show. Here tonight under the ‘Wu Legends&... Read more »| 23 Jul 2012
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Tune-Yards / Muscles of Joy @ Òran Mór, 11 July
Muscles of Joy’s art-folk melange isn’t one for dipping into half-heartedly: for best results, immersion is recommended. This puts them at a disa... Read more »| 16 Jul 2012 -
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Baroness @ Stereo, 10 July
Tonight's been a long time coming; when Baroness last rolled through Glasgow some two and a half years ago, Sleazy's patrons stood witness to their progressi... Read more »| 16 Jul 2012 -
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Meursault @ The Queen's Hall, 7 July
The ornate Queen’s Hall is more usually host to choirs and string ensembles. Tonight, Sparrow and the Workshop's Jill O'Sullivan and Strike the Colours... Read more »| 16 Jul 2012 -
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Nas @ HMV Picture House, 26 June
“Where all my Bravehearts at?” Nas tasks this sleepy school night crowd from the get-go, arriving with a full band (simply known as ‘Z&rsqu... Read more »| 29 Jun 2012 -
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Adam Stafford / Rick Redbeard @ The Captain's Rest, 22 June
The small basement stage at The Captain’s Rest makes a perfect setting for solo performers; tonight we have three of them. Each has no problem in cap... Read more »| 29 Jun 2012 -
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OFF! / 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