Reviews
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Triptych Farewell @ Tramway, 26 Apr
Darren Carle finds that Mogwai, Errors and Frightened Rabbit rule the waves in Glasgow as he goes for a surf at the last ever Triptych hoe-down Read more »| 13 May 2008 -
Festivals
The Skinny @ Coachella 2008
A festival in the Californian sun starring Prince, Portishead and 'Dark Side of the Moon' in full, you say? Ally Brown takes one for the team at Coachella 2008... Read more »| 12 May 2008 -
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds @ Carling Academy, 4 May
True to form, The Seeds leave us as a sweaty mass Read more »| 09 May 2008 -
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Sebadoh @ The Classic Grand, 25 Apr
Gaffney’s opening gambit is slurring, lost, terminally tragic, and deflating Read more »| 09 May 2008 -
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Clinic, Errors, RememberRemember @ Cabaret Voltaire, 27 Apr
RememberRemember's (***) Graeme Ronald chose his new musical moniker wisely, because by the end of every 'song' (in the loosest possible sense) the minimalis... Read more »| 07 May 2008 -
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Andrew Bird @ The Classic Grand, 28 Apr
Given the challenge of warming up for the irrepressible Andrew Bird are Baltimore post-rockers Human Bell (***). Appearances are deceiving as these Hell's An... Read more »| 07 May 2008
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Portishead @ Corn Exchange
The core style of the old Portishead now informs the 'filler' of the new Read more »| 03 May 2008 -
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Jamie Lidell @ The Liquid Room, 26 Apr
Jim might have received mixed reviews from critics thus far, but the general consensus is that Lidell truly shines as a live performer Read more »| 01 May 2008 -
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Dirty Projectors @ Cabaret Voltaire, 25 Apr
Not a band you’d want to listen to on an empty stomach, but tonight they offer just enough sustenance Read more »| 01 May 2008 -
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RZA (as Bobby Digital) @ The Arches, 26 Apr
The normally cavernous walls of the Arches were fit to burst tonight, as the RZA took to the stage and set off the crowd like a mortar in a bus shelter. Desp... Read more »| 01 May 2008 -
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Joe Acheson Quartet @ The Jazz Bar, 25 Apr
Despite being one of the strangest Triptych line-ups yet, there was still some magnificently forward thinking music in the program this year, though not strictly limited to it Read more »| 26 Apr 2008 -
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Wake the President, Glasgow School of Art, 5 Apr
Tonight’s New Breed night delivers exactly what it should Read more »| 22 Apr 2008 -
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Bulleit Sessions @ Maggie May's, 10 Apr
It is in the way that each act veers between the functional and the dysfunctional that the drama is created, and the contrast between each of their styles only heightens the effect Read more »| 13 Apr 2008 -
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The Mars Volta @ Academy
Epic? Too right. Genius? In league with Hendrix, mate. So it's a major frustration that they also dabble in 'bloody tedious' Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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Future Of The Left @ Stereo
Violence solved everything, apparently Read more »| 01 Apr 2008