Reviews
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ReviewsBroken Records @ Summerhall, 20 Aug
Like returning comets, Broken Records shows don’t come around so often these days. Perhaps it’s the lesser-spotted nature of their live appe... Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsHOPELESSNESS @ The Playhouse, 17 Aug
There's a deep rumbling shaking the Playhouse's listed foundations. The house lights fade, and a forest of dry ice clears to reveal a cinema-sized screen dom... Read more »| 22 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsYoung Fathers @ The Hub, 14 August
Call it nepotism, call it bias, call it a home-town advantage... call it what you will, but let's be honest. For the 400-strong, sold-out crowd packed into T... Read more »| 19 Aug 2016 -
ReviewsBilly Bragg and Joe Henry @ Summerhall, 15 Aug
When Tory premiership, austerity and xenophobia are the order of the day, artists like Billy Bragg have never been more relevant, or indeed, needed. The left... Read more »| 18 Aug 2016 -
ReviewsWillis Earl Beal @ Summerhall, 11 Aug
Willis Earl Beal is a star. A timeless voice and an unnerving stage presence could have seen Beal conquer the mainstream mountain – but in small p... Read more »| 16 Aug 2016 -
ReviewsShow Me The Body @ Soup Kitchen, 12 Aug
New York City trio Show Me The Body aren’t afraid to embrace the rot in the core of the Big Apple. Their debut album Body War’s thrilling mixture... Read more »| 16 Aug 2016
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ReviewsDessa @ Soup Kitchen, 10 Aug
Just a few songs into what eventually develops into an epic and euphoric event, Dessa pauses to check in with a full and expectant house. "It's always hard t... Read more »| 15 Aug 2016 -
ReviewsGodspeed You! Black Emperor @ Playhouse, 10 Aug
The drone has been playing quietly in the background long before anyone realises it’s part of the show. Indeed, two of Godspeed’s eight-strong co... Read more »| 12 Aug 2016 -
ReviewsKathryn Joseph @ Summerhall, 6 Aug
Stepping in at the last minute for expected opening act The Anchoress, Siobhan Wilson reveals herself to be a more than capable substitute. Her songs eb... Read more »| 10 Aug 2016 -
ReviewsFalse Advertising @ The Castle Hotel, 5 Aug
Manchester: so, so many bands to answer for right now. Is that really the rapidly changing means of distribution and access, or simply an increasingly commit... Read more »| 10 Aug 2016 -
ReviewsBlossoms @ Gorilla, 7 Aug
“It’s better than watching Sunday afternoon shit on the TV.” Blossoms frontman, Tom Odgen has got a point – matinée ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2016 -
ReviewsThe Fall @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 30 July
In 1988 Mark E Smith joined fellow maverick songwriters Nick Cave and Shane MacGowan for a drink in a south London boozer. The occasion was a magazine interv... Read more »| 05 Aug 2016 -
ReviewsWild Beasts @ Brudenell Social Club, 26 July
The days of Wild Beasts taking a kind of 'Martin Amis novel', public-schoolboys-up-to-no-good approach to being sexy are long gone. Tonight’s home... Read more »| 03 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsBluedot Festival 2016: The Review
We reflect on a weekend of science and sound at the Bluedot festival at Jodrell Bank Observatory Read more »| 28 Jul 2016 -
ReviewsDJ Shadow @ O2 ABC Glasgow, 20 July
The rumble of floor-quaking bass announces Joshua Paul Davis, aka DJ Shadow, to the gloom of the O2 ABC. Barely visible on the dimly lit stage, our maes... Read more »| 25 Jul 2016