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ReviewsDartz! @ The GRV, 17 Sep
Dartz! can take their myriad reference points and distill it into two minutes of down-tuned punk funk. We came looking for little more Read more »| 22 Sep 2008 -
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Bon Iver @ The Queen's Hall, 17 Sep
If the wild acclamation of For Emma, Forever Ago has left you a little nonplussed, an explanation for the high praise perhaps lies in Bon Iver's live perform... Read more »| 19 Sep 2008 -
ReviewsShearwater @ Captain's Rest, 15 Sep
Shearwater's most recent two albums, Palo Santo and Rook, both benefit from a production aesthetic that values each quiet second equally with each loud secon... Read more »| 19 Sep 2008 -
ReviewsPPP @ The Voodoo Rooms, 15 Sep
A trilogy of contrasting acts make a Monday night excursion worthwhile Read more »| 19 Sep 2008 -
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Calexico @ The Queen's Hall, 11 Sep
Calexico and friends signal a marvellous return to their Tex-Mex flavoured roots Read more »| 18 Sep 2008 -
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Wire @ The Arches, 11 Sep
It's "Pink Flag!" over here and "Pink Flag!" over there—all through the night. Nostalgia is a delicate thing at a rock show. There’s a certain un... Read more »| 17 Sep 2008
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Meshuggah at The Garage Preview
Nobody likes it when a band cancels, not even the band. So when Meshuggah vocalist Jens Kidman tells a packed Garage how happy the Swedish experi-metal quint... Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
ReviewsDie! Die! Die! @ Captain's Rest, 9 Sep
If I know anything about Kiwi band managers - and having watched an awful lot of Flight of the Conchords, I’d say I'm pretty clued up - it’s that... Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
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Action Group / Velcro Quartet @ The Mill (Edinburgh) 4 Sep
A night of eclecticism to verify The Mill's grand mission statement Read more »| 12 Sep 2008 -
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Bowerbirds @ The Admiral Bar, 8 Sep
A virtually flawless showing Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
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The Autumn Defense @ Cabaret Voltaire, 4 Sep
American solo act Plush, AKA Liam Hayes, bumbles on stage with an electric guitar looking a tad confused. His set, selected from his current four albums, is ... Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
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The Dodos @ King Tut's, 3 Sep
About five seconds into San Franciscan duo The Dodos' opening number - Trades and Tariffs - things go wrong; the tambourine/snare drumbeat is nice and steady... Read more »| 11 Sep 2008 -
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Serj Tankian @ ABC, 1 Sep
"Who likes the Beatles?", asks an upbeat Serj Tankian halfway through tonight's set. The sweaty masses packed into the ABC roar with approval as Tankian and ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2008 -
FestivalsHydro Connect 2008 @ Inveraray Castle, 29-31 Aug
The Connect Festival – this year renamed Hydro Connect thanks to a sponsorship hook-up with Scottish Hydro Electric – has got everything going fo... Read more »| 08 Sep 2008 -
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Twee As Fuck @ Stereo, 24 Aug
Such a lack of daring may be the noose with which these acts hang themselves Read more »| 03 Sep 2008