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ReviewsSam Beam & Jesca Hoop @ RNCM, 31 Aug
Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop take to the stage of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester as if burnished with gold. It might be a subtle effect achieve... Read more »| 05 Sep 2016 -
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Grandaddy @ Summerhall, 22 Aug
It’s with an air of quiet calm that Jason Lytle walks on stage. No build-up, no fanfare, barely even a sense of occasion. So sporadic have Grandaddy&rs... Read more »| 01 Sep 2016 -
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Electric Fields 2016: Saturday 27 August
Blue skies for the newly expanded Electric Fields' debut second day; The Skinny takes in C Duncan, TeenCanteen, Fat White Family & more Read more »| 31 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsElectric Fields 2016: Friday 26 August
The music festival may take place in one of the grandest country estates in Scotland, but Electric Fields has a surprisingly egalitarian feel Read more »| 31 Aug 2016 -
FestivalsLowlands 2016: Festival Review
Situated about an hour’s drive east of Amsterdam, Lowlands Festival takes its name from its location near The Netherlands' low-lying coastline. Though ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2016 -
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Kevin Morby @ Summerhall, 24 Aug
Like the mountains, fire, willows and coyotes that pop up time and again on his latest record, Kevin Morby has the appearance of a timeless literary symbol. ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2016
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The Garden @ Electric Circus, 24 Aug
Somewhere beneath the paper-white face paint, red lipstick and dress shirts are Californian twins Wyatt and Fletcher Shears. The Garden remain mysteriou... Read more »| 30 Aug 2016 -
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The Parrots @ The Magnet, 27 Aug
The Parrots' trademark rock posturing more than matches the red velvet-bedecked environs at underground dive bar The Magnet. Celebrating the launch of t... Read more »| 30 Aug 2016 -
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Julianna Barwick @ The Deaf Institute, 23 Aug
When The Deaf Institute has all its audience sitting down in chairs, you know you’re in for a dignified evening. That’s exactly what we can expec... Read more »| 29 Aug 2016 -
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Green Man 2016: Festival Review
We brave the downpour in the Brecon Beacons to take in the splendour of another triumphant Green Man... Read more »| 25 Aug 2016 -
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Sigur Rós @ Edinburgh Playhouse, 15 August
As ever with Sigur Rós, the group's ethereal performances are as much about the visual as the aural. The gilt and plush scarlet surrounds of Edinburgh... Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
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Broken 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 -
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Young 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 -
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Billy 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