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ReviewsMark Lanegan Band @ O2ABC, 9 March
Loping into town on the back of the excellent reviews bequeathed to latest long player Blues Funeral, Mark Lanegan and his grizzled band are in no mood to di... Read more »| 13 Mar 2012 -
ReviewsEarth / Mount Eerie @ The Caves, 8 March
The Caves' tall arches provide stellar acoustics for an Earth gig, and Mount Eerie do a solid job of demonstrating the venue's sound enhancing properties. Ph... Read more »| 13 Mar 2012 -
ReviewsFuture Islands @ Captain's Rest, 7 March
Sacred Paws start proceedings with an exuberant, pulse-raising set of afrobeat-influenced lo-fi pop; consisting of Eilidh of Golden Grrls on drums and Rachel... Read more »| 13 Mar 2012 -
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We Can Still Picnic Presents: Mao Disney @ CCA, 3 March
Nearly eighteen months into its existence, arts collective We Can Still Picnic remains difficult to pin down, with club nights, radio shows and pamphleteerin... Read more »| 12 Mar 2012 -
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Django Django @ Stereo, 29 February
As a slow-burning proposition over the last few years, Django Django's reputation as a 'next big thing' band is well-deserved; they've reportedly sold out th... Read more »| 12 Mar 2012 -
ReviewsCry Parrot Presents: Umberto @ SWG3, 25 Feb
We ascend SWG3’s stairs to the strains of Badalamenti, and find a Black Lodge stage mock-up (red curtains et al) at the summit. It’s a serendipit... Read more »| 07 Mar 2012
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Arika 12, Episode 2 @ Tramway, 24–26 Feb
After a weekend of intellectual argument about the intrinsic horror of the universe – it's hostile, it's too big, and the individual self is either a d... Read more »| 05 Mar 2012 -
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GZA/Hector Bizerk @ The Arches, 13 February
The Arches is already near capacity, with a crowd in boisterous mood when Hector Bizerk take to the stage. It's the kind of environment where many support ac... Read more »| 16 Feb 2012 -
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Justice @ O2 Academy, 12 February
A brightly lit cross, two French guys whose haircuts bob like violent metronomes, and faux-Marshall amps that double as strobes piercing an otherwise Spartan... Read more »| 16 Feb 2012 -
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Mastodon/The Dillinger Escape Plan @ Barrowlands, 7 February
It's safe to say that The Dillinger Escape Plan have played a significant part in selling out tonight's show; a touch of anxiety lingers before the inevitabl... Read more »| 14 Feb 2012 -
ReviewsThe Twilight Sad @ Grand Ole Opry, 9 February
The Grand Ole Opry makes an unlikely venue in which to see The Twilight Sad. With confederacy flags and neon lighting adorning each wall, a neutral observer ... Read more »| 13 Feb 2012 -
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Mull Historical Society / Washington Irving @ O2ABC, 3 February
Tonight is Washington Irving’s second visit to ABC as part of Celtic Connections 2012. The first occupied the smaller ABC2, but the band seems undaunte... Read more »| 09 Feb 2012 -
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Wild Flag / Peggy Sue @ Òran Mór, 30 January
Both of tonight’s acts, while ostensibly steeped in well-trodden approaches to rock, manage to infuse their music with bursts of startling vitality. ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2012 -
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Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 29 January
A raucous troupe of misfit musicians specialising in frenzied polkas, gypsy-punk, “vulgar jazz” and such like, playing to an all-seated venue sta... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012 -
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ SWG3, 28 January
Last year, Hysterical exploded the myth that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s introductory hype was blogger folly. The myth was already shaky – Some Lo... Read more »| 01 Feb 2012