Music
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OpinionAlbums of 2015 (#7): Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too
Young Fathers have spent most of 2015 touring the world on the back of the success of their second album. But they've still found the time to plan a new base of operations back in Edinburgh Read more »| 01 Dec 2015 -
Live MusicNorthwest Gig Highlights – December 2015
Ho ho ho and a bottle of rum – get set for the Christmas shut-in with gigs from Courtney Barnett and jennylee, take a cinematic tour of witchcraft with Josephine Oniyama, and head to Fat Out's Christmas Party for a bonanza of local talent Read more »| 01 Dec 2015 -
OpinionAlbums of 2015 (#8): Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear
Although Father John Misty's biting sarcasm and unflinching honesty could make him seem larger than life, I Love You, Honeybear is irrefutably autobiographical, as its author explains Read more »| 01 Dec 2015 -
Opinion
Albums of 2015 (#9): Kurt Vile – b’lieve I’m goin down
Vile’s self-described ‘night-time record’ finds the young Philadelphian at ease Read more »| 01 Dec 2015 -
OpinionAlbums of 2015 (#10): Björk – Vulnicura
Vulnicura: cure for wounds. An exercise in fearless open-heart surgery, Björk's best album in years fused close-up confessionals, microbeats and chamber strings to overwhelming, uplifting effect. Read more »| 01 Dec 2015 -
Live Music
Scottish Gig Highlights – December 2015
Whether it's a Blanck Mass or a Neon Waltz you're after this Yuletide, our picks for the month ahead have all your festive whims covered Read more »| 01 Dec 2015
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Reviews
The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Rockin' Rudolph
This is more like it. As a multitude of half-cocked attempts at festive frivolity pay more attention to the cash till than genuine good cheer, the rockabilly... Read more »| 01 Dec 2015 -
Books
Carrie Brownstein on Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein goes beyond everyday musical memoir in Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl – as a biographical lyricist and writer on Port... Read more »| 30 Nov 2015 -
Live MusicThe Prodigy / Public Enemy @ SSE Hydro, 23 Nov
“This ain't Barrowlands but we sure as shit are about to wreck this motherfucker.” Read more »| 28 Nov 2015 -
Live Music
Bdy_Prts @ Bloc+, 24 November
Remnants of dry ice circulate behind The Skinny's eyeballs as we blink through the ethereal, ruby light of Bloc+. Read more »| 27 Nov 2015 -
Festivals
Liverpool Sound City announce first bands for 2016
Sleaford Mods and Young Fathers are among the initial clutch of artists to join the bill for next year's Liverpool Sound City festival. Read more »| 26 Nov 2015 -
Reviews
Jess and the Ancient Ones – Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes
Taking the 'does what it says on the tin' approach to album titles, the Finnish sextet’s second long player isn’t going to win many awards for st... Read more »| 26 Nov 2015 -
News
Hollie McNish, Eugene Kelly set for Liverpool show
Spoken word star Hollie McNish joins Eugene Kelly of the Vaselines, Pete Wylie and more on a bill mixing live poetry and music at Liverpool's LEAF in January, programmed by Edinburgh collective Neu! Reekie!. Read more »| 26 Nov 2015 -
Reviews
Yacht – I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler
YACHT (it stands for Young Americans Challenging High Technology) have punishingly cool credentials: describing themselves variously as an 'avant-garde karao... Read more »| 26 Nov 2015 -
Festivals
Field Day announces first bands for 2016
PJ Harvey, the Thurston Moore Band, John Grant and GOAT are among the first names on the bill for the Field Day festival in London's Victoria Park on 11 & 12 June 2016. Read more »| 26 Nov 2015