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ReviewsM83 / Porcelain Raft @ The Arches, 19 January
Like post-Fromageau M83, Porcelain Raft is effectively one man’s nom de plume, but, also like M83, Mauro Remiddi is not performing alone, with live dru... Read more »| 24 Jan 2012 -
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Cymbals Eat Guitars / Milagres @ ABC2, 8 January
Conjuring enthusiasm among a disappointingly thin crowd, on a Sunday night in early January, is a test for any band, and New York’s Milagres are too me... Read more »| 13 Jan 2012 -
FestivalsAwake On Foreign Shores: Trans Musicales 2011
In search of an alternative winter festival, our Music editor heads for Les Recontres Trans Musicales to find out how the French get down Read more »| 10 Jan 2012 -
ReviewsMalcolm Middleton / Human Don’t Be Angry @ Òran Mór, 15 December
Providing some self support, Malcolm Middleton sets this evening’s gathering in motion under his Human Don’t Be Angry guise, with a collection of... Read more »| 19 Dec 2011 -
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Galoshins / Mr Peppermint / The Cosmic Dead / Battery Face @ 13th Note, 18 December
Thank goodness for The 13th Note. In the last decade this ragged, unpretentious little bar has been an enduring champion of the Scottish underground as other... Read more »| 19 Dec 2011 -
ReviewsPlastikman @ Barrowland, 3 December
There is, inevitably, plenty of hype preceding Plastikman’s appearance at the Barrowlands tonight: one of only three UK dates, it represents a rare opp... Read more »| 12 Dec 2011
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The Lemonheads @ Òran Mór, 5 December
There’s always been something appealingly incongruous about Evan Dando’s approach: simultaneously an angst-ridden college rock icon, and the lova... Read more »| 09 Dec 2011 -
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Group Inerane & Flower/Corsano Duo @ Kinning Park Complex, 2 December
The Kinning Park Complex, a recently-established community/arts centre in a former late-Victorian school, tonight boasts one of the more eagerly-anticipated ... Read more »| 09 Dec 2011 -
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Lanterns On The Lake @ Electric Circus, 30 November
Newcastle duo Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell offer up some sparse yet evocative odes to fickle relationships as tonight’s opening act. From the plainti... Read more »| 09 Dec 2011 -
ReviewsThurston Moore @ The Arches, 28 November
A flustered arrival onto The Arches stage after being disoriented by the Glasgow streets brings Thurston Moore to a discerning, and disconcertingly polite, s... Read more »| 09 Dec 2011 -
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Muscles of Joy @ Òran Mór, 27 November
Having separated from Divorce, it seems Palms have full custody of singer Sinead, and anyone only familiar with the caterwauling dervish schtick she deployed... Read more »| 09 Dec 2011 -
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Robert Redford / Django Django / She'S Hit @ Nice N Sleazy, 26 November
Tonight’s line-up is a riddle alright, with Hollywood royalty atop a bill of curiously monikered support. First up, the erratically capitalised SHe&rsq... Read more »| 09 Dec 2011 -
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Josh T. Pearson @ Òran Mór, 22 November
Those who have encountered Josh T. Pearson’s solo debut Last of the Country Gentlemen – or, indeed, the psychedelic apocalypticism of his previou... Read more »| 28 Nov 2011 -
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Gillian Welch @ Clyde Auditorium, 20 November
With each successive visit to Glasgow, Gillian Welch’s fanbase has increased exponentially; and given the eight-year gap between 2003’s Soul Jour... Read more »| 21 Nov 2011 -
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Death Cab For Cutie @ O2 Academy, 19 November
As forms of protest go, three young guys getting their penises out as evidence of their indifference to Death Cab's tour support is unlikely to catch o... Read more »| 21 Nov 2011