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ReviewsVic Galloway presents... Remember Remember @ Electric Circus, 17 November
Looking resplendent like Oor Wullie on kirk day, Adam Stafford takes stage for the second of Vic Galloway’s hand-picked nights at Electric Circus. Havi... Read more »| 21 Nov 2011 -
ReviewsStephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ The Arches, 11 November
With their impeccably-crafted, Beach Boys-inflected brand of sunkissed indie, London’s Weird Dreams make sense as openers for a Stephen Malkmus set; ch... Read more »| 18 Nov 2011 -
ReviewsConquering Animal Sound / Sleepingdog / FareWell Poetry @ CCA, 15 November
An arts centre is surely a fitting stage for the roster of Gizeh Records, as the first date of the label's Silent Bells Tour soon proves. Opening a... Read more »| 17 Nov 2011 -
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Los Campesinos! @ Òran Mór, 10 November
With low slung guitars and double denim uniform, Strange News From Another Star resemble a rockabilly-flecked Future of the Left (with whom frontman Jimmy Wa... Read more »| 16 Nov 2011 -
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Ghostface Killah @ The Liquid Room, 9 November
Eight months after his Cuban Linx co-host claimed The Liquid Room, Ghostface Killah shows up to mirror Raekwon’s inebriated triumph – tonight&rsq... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
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Acid Mothers Temple / Vars of Litchi @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 9 November
The brilliance of virtuoso post-rock duos like Hella and Lightning Bolt has waned of late, stymied by its own frantic complexity, but Glasgow’s Vars of... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011
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ReviewsTori Amos @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 6 November
One could be forgiven for expecting a rigidly structured 'play the album in full' style show to support Night Of Hunters, Tori Amos' recent boundary crossing... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
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Dananananaykroyd @ O2 ABC, 29 October
It’s in no way a slight to suggest United Fruit are pretty peripheral to tonight’s euphoric highs. They hurl out riff after riff with dependable ... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
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The Dead Man's Waltz @ The Old Hairdressers, 27 October
A relatively new haunt in Glasgow’s gig-going community, The Old Hairdressers is, for want of a better term, low-key but for tonight’s evening of... Read more »| 04 Nov 2011 -
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Kono Michi @ The Caves, 27 October
As a virtuoso violinist and regular collaborator with Yo Yo Ma, there is an expectaiton amongst the small audience in The Caves this evening for Michi Wianck... Read more »| 03 Nov 2011 -
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds @ The Usher Hall, 27 October
Six years ago, a guitarist walked off this very stage with the band he will forever be synonymous with. Since then he has become a husband again and a father... Read more »| 02 Nov 2011 -
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Yann Tiersen @ O2 ABC, 23 October
Should anyone still be attending Yann Tiersen shows solely on the back of the Amelie soundtrack that broke his name outside France, the absence of an accordi... Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
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Ugly Duckling @ King Tut's, 28 October
Ugly Duckling take the stage after rousing support slots from local hip-hop heroes, beatboxer Bigg Taj, a stalwart of the local scene, and Hector Bizerk. Taj... Read more »| 31 Oct 2011 -
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Envy @ Stereo, 24 October
Tonight, Envy are awesome in the truest sense of the word. Their set isn’t exactly varied, but it is consistently soul-stirring: guitars start out icy ... Read more »| 26 Oct 2011 -
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Bon Iver @ The Usher Hall, 22 October
Dwarfed and surrounded by the overwhelming array of instruments belonging to the nine piece Bon Iver, Canadian singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards confronts t... Read more »| 25 Oct 2011