Reviews
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ReviewsRob Zombie / Marilyn Manson @ SECC, 28 November
The spooky kids adore Marilyn Manson – they mouth the words to every song as the God of Fuck goes through several costume changes and stage sets. Dis... Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
ReviewsShearwater @ Broadcast, 27 November
With Animal Joy ranking amongst their best work, Shearwater feel like one of 2012’s great overlookeds, their seventh album receiving only a fraction ... Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
ReviewsMenomena / Empty Pools @ Nice N' Sleazy, 23 November
With their slightly off-kilter approach to indie rock songwriting, Bristol's Empty Pools are right at home on tonight's bill. With a sound that's less predi... Read more »| 06 Dec 2012 -
ReviewsChrist. @ Pivo Pivo, 25 November
On record, one of the most engaging things about Christ. is his masterful keyboard playing. His extended, hypnotic improvised synth lines and spiralling, int... Read more »| 04 Dec 2012 -
ReviewsPurity Ring / Doldrums @ Stereo, 27 Nov
The Canadians have cottoned on to something – if you're going to play electronic instruments, particularly MIDI devices, the possibilities for technica... Read more »| 29 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsDirty Three / Zun Zun Egui @ Òran Mór, 25 November
Upstairs at Òran Mór can be a difficult venue in terms of atmosphere: the cavernous spaces of the church tend to absorb energy and create awk... Read more »| 29 Nov 2012
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ReviewsThe Fall / Red Stars @ The Arches, 21 November
Mark E Smith's choice of support act – fellow Salford band Red Stars – is execrable tonight. Performing to a backing track, the duo consist of a ... Read more »| 26 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsFranz Ferdinand @ Mono, 16 November
Ten years ago, a former Mexican restaurant located beneath a disused railway line was turned into Glasgow’s newest live venue. Mono was the vision of C... Read more »| 26 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsBEAK> / Thought Forms @ Stereo, 17 November
Fellow Invada signings Thought Forms kick off proceedings with a distortion and reverb-drenched squall of grungy, post-rock noise. With their dual guitars an... Read more »| 22 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsSwans / Sir Richard Bishop @ The Arches, 16 November
Michael Gira's ambitions for this particular live incarnation of Swans are not modest: the set clocks in at around two hours and from the gentle opening &nda... Read more »| 21 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsBuck 65 / The Levee Strollers @ King Tut's, 11 November
Tonight's support act are a downhome (although Glaswegian) country and western band called The Levee Strollers. Their enthusiastic but wholly incongruous per... Read more »| 14 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsBill Wells & Aidan Moffat / Rick Redbeard @ Cottiers, 7 November
After several years of performing solo with next-to-nowt to line his merch stand, Rick Anthony’s Rick Redbeard guise is picking up pace. Debut album Th... Read more »| 13 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsAriel Pink's Haunted Graffiti @ Stereo, 8 November
Ariel Pink has come a long way from making music in his bedroom. Hailed as a lo-fi pioneer and championed by the likes of Animal Collective, the Beverly Hi... Read more »| 13 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsAnimal Collective @ O2 ABC, 7 November
In the past we’ve witnessed Animal Collective wing it with a man down as well as push brand new material on the back of an already shrink-wrapped fre... Read more »| 12 Nov 2012 -
ReviewsPoliça @ SWG3, 2 November
It has been observed that Poliça is a band having to go through its adolescence on the road. Started as a studio project by singer Channy Leaneagh a... Read more »| 05 Nov 2012