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Fuck Buttons @ The Arches, 24 April
The giant leap that Fuck Buttons boldly took with last year's Tarot Sport is in full evidence tonight at the Arches. Previously the Bristol duo’s live ... Read more »| 27 Apr 2010 -
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Inspector Tapehead @ Roxy Art House, 18 April
The Japanese War Effort, aka Jamie, Martin Moog, HRH The King of Poland, that tall male one out of Conquering Animal Sound etc. etc. is proving to be one of ... Read more »| 26 Apr 2010 -
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Three Blind Wolves @ Stereo, 10 Apr
“Who’s that writin’?” wails frontman Sean Cumming of the John Knox Sex Club, leading the four chanting a capella voices in their insp... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
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These New Puritans @ Cabaret Voltaire, 16 Apr
The dark, cavernous Cabaret Voltaire is an apt setting for a Friday evening in the company of These New Puritans, short of a forest clearing at midnight. Ini... Read more »| 20 Apr 2010 -
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Rufus Wainwright @ Usher Hall, 16 Apr
A first half where the more extreme examples of Mr Wainwright's pretensions were explored –request for complete audience silence, an overwrought entran... Read more »| 19 Apr 2010 -
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Wooden Shjips @ Stereo, 17 April
Another sold-out Saturday night at Stereo, and a nice way to launch a short European tour, notwithstanding volcanic ash and aviation after-effects. This San ... Read more »| 19 Apr 2010
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Meursault @ Cabaret Voltaire, 10 April
Conquering Animal Sound spend half of their time on-stage crouched, and if you're at the front you can see why: pedals and knobs, wires and cables, gizmos an... Read more »| 13 Apr 2010 -
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Eyehategod @ Ivory Blacks, 5 Apr
Prior to kicking off their downtuned set of dejected anthems, band members wholeheartedly encourage the crowd to both “smoke drugs now” and &ldqu... Read more »| 09 Apr 2010 -
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Hinterland @ Various Venues, Glasgow, 3 April
Squeezed from two days into one and scaled back from fifteen venues spread city-wide to a half-dozen proximate haunts, Hinterland have reformatted 2009&rsquo... Read more »| 06 Apr 2010 -
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The Twilight Sad @ ABC, 2 April
Take A Worm For A Walk Week have the reputation of perverted lions – unsettling, dangerous - but tonight they’re eccentric puppy-dogs. They&rsquo... Read more »| 06 Apr 2010 -
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WHY? @ Stereo, 18 March
“We’re from here,” chuckles Yoni Wolf as he climbs up on the pulpit of Stereo’s dank basement. The WHY? frontman belies his shy, nerd... Read more »| 24 Mar 2010 -
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Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra @ Glasgow School of Art, 19 March
With his left hand flowing over the fretboard while the right rattles his acoustic's wooden body and glances over strings, RM Hubbert is one hell of a guitar... Read more »| 24 Mar 2010 -
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Autechre @ Sub Club, 16 March
Sean Booth and Rob Brown aren’t ones to bask in limelight. As they are frequently wont to do, tonight they perform in darkness, turning the Sub Club in... Read more »| 18 Mar 2010 -
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Trivium @ Ironworks, Inverness, 11 March
It's not often that metal bands, let alone a band like Trivium, bother their arses to head this far north, so it's no surprise the Ironworks is rammed sidewa... Read more »| 17 Mar 2010 -
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Earl Grey and the Loose Leaves @ Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 13 March
Openers Fitzroy Soul jumpstart the evening with some high-gain blues and melodic hooks before throwing a soulful curveball that teeters on the brink of dub i... Read more »| 17 Mar 2010