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ReviewsFour Tet @ The Bongo Club, 13 March
Rocketnumbernine are comprised of brothers Ben and Tom Page, providing a real treat for punctual gig-goers tonight. Their consistently laconic demeanour beli... Read more »| 17 Mar 2010 -
ReviewsThe Unwinding Hours @ Stereo, 5 March
Push the stylus down during your favourite Fucking Champs number and you’ll damn near hear Holy Mountain. Drummer Pete Flett’s limbs flail faster... Read more »| 16 Mar 2010 -
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Grizzly Bear @ Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, 9 March
This billing is surely an indie purist's dream. And tonight's purists could be forgiven for leaving daytime reality at the door as Beach House cast their int... Read more »| 11 Mar 2010 -
ReviewsPicore @ 13th Note, 4 March
If the lo-fi noodling of last single Pick Up Sticks was your introduction to Super Adventure Club, their presence on such a noisy bill might raise eyebrows. ... Read more »| 09 Mar 2010 -
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Mastodon @ Barrowlands, 19 Feb
Packing an abridged recital of the set they played at the ABC last summer – even if they are on stage for nigh on 90 minutes – Atlantan sludge be... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
ReviewsYeasayer @ Òran Mór, 17 Feb
Having shed their ‘Enya with bounce’ mantra to become ‘Depeche Mode on peyote,’ as facelifts go Yeasayer have undergone more than a l... Read more »| 22 Feb 2010
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ReviewsVampire Weekend @ HMV Picture House, 14 Feb
Vampire Weekend’s preppy chic was always going to go down a treat on a school night in Edinburgh, but the ecstatic cheers from teenaged girls suggest t... Read more »| 21 Feb 2010 -
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Spoon @ King Tut's, 14 Feb
It pays to have influential friends. First White Rabbits acquire the production skills of Britt Daniel for second album It’s Frightening, then the Spoo... Read more »| 16 Feb 2010 -
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Hot Chip @ HMV Picture House, 13 Feb
Hot Chip attract an unusual Saturday night audience blend: part muso, part fashionista, part clubber. So credit to support band Casiokids for appealing to al... Read more »| 16 Feb 2010 -
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The Prodigy @ Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 30 Jan
Guaranteed to knock it out of the park every time, Prodigy gigs have unquestionably become a bankable night out since they first tumbled onto the fledgling a... Read more »| 12 Feb 2010 -
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St Deluxe @ Stereo, 6 Feb
It's always a shame when an audience is tardy, leaving a band like Licker (***) to play to the walls. However, the band themselves don't seem too fazed and m... Read more »| 09 Feb 2010 -
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Lou Barlow @ Stereo, 1 Feb
Despite a somewhat underwhelming visit with Sebadoh in 2008, Lou Barlow returns to Glasgow tonight in considerably more triumphant fashion with a sol... Read more »| 08 Feb 2010 -
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Chemikal Underground @ ABC, 31 Jan
There is a warmth to be found in the busy ABC tonight which is not simply the cumulative effect of bodyheat. Chemikal Underground are 15 years old and are th... Read more »| 05 Feb 2010 -
Festivals
Friends of Manchester Festival 2010
Friends Of Manchester returns for 2010 to boast a line up of 80 acts over 7 stages of hibernation-ending guitars, drums and whispers of ‘next big thing’ Read more »| 05 Feb 2010 -
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Nikaido Kazumi and Shugo Tokumaru with The National Jazz Trio of Scotland @ Classic Grand, 28 Jan
Presided over by the Hitchcockian Bill Wells, Celtic Connections tonight invites its first Japanese contributors to collaborate with The National Jazz Trio o... Read more »| 02 Feb 2010