Music
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NewsErrors announce Lease of Life LP, UK tour
Glasgow trio Errors have announced the release date for their fourth album Lease of Life, along with details of a UK tour next March and April. The new LP, ... Read more »| 12 Dec 2014 -
Live MusicRun the Jewels @ The Garage, 10 December
A cancelled flight throws the fate of tonight's sold out show into jeopardy, but a panicked tweet from the duo's co-pilot / production-handler El-P confirms ... Read more »| 12 Dec 2014 -
NewsYoung Fathers announce 2015 UK tour dates
Edinburgh hip-hop trio Young Fathers are set for a major tour of the UK next May and June featuring dates in Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester. They'... Read more »| 12 Dec 2014 -
Videos
The Pleasance Sessions: The Phantom Band – 'Crocodile'
Watch The Phantom Band perform ‘Crocodile’, recorded live at The Pleasance Sessions in Edinburgh in association with EUSA. Read more »| 11 Dec 2014 -
News
TYCI announce line-up for Christmas All-Dayer in Glasgow
Female-led Scottish arts blog TYCI have revealed details of an all day festival of music, spoken word, arts and performance set to take place in Glasgow late... Read more »| 10 Dec 2014 -
Live MusicDeathcats @ Stereo, Glasgow, 5 December
This might not be Deathcats’ last ever show. It’s not even their final gig of the year. But it has the feeling of a farewell party all the same; ... Read more »| 10 Dec 2014
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News
Death Grips drop ‘Inanimate Sensation’ video
Death Grips have reemerged with a video for ‘Inanimate Sensation’, taken from the second half of their final double album The Powers That B. The... Read more »| 10 Dec 2014 -
Videos
Perfume Genius releases video for Fool
Perfume Genius, aka Mike Hadreas, has unveiled the video for Fool, as well as announcing plans for his biggest UK show yet to take place next June. The Seat... Read more »| 09 Dec 2014 -
Opinion
Albums of 2014: And the runners-up were...
You've read about our top ten favourite albums of the year – but who was floating under the radar? Read more »| 05 Dec 2014 -
News
Nick Talbot aka Gravenhurst dies aged 37
We're shocked and saddened to hear that singer-songwriter and journalist Nick Talbot – aka Gravenhurst – has died at the age of 37, as confirmed ... Read more »| 04 Dec 2014 -
Opinion
Albums of 2014 (#1): Warpaint – Warpaint (Rough Trade)
Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa on re-thinking and re-imagining Warpaint, the band's most effusively eclectic record to date Read more »| 04 Dec 2014 -
Opinion
Albums of 2014 (#2): The Twilight Sad – Nobody Wants to be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave (Fat Cat)
Down but far from out, The Twilight Sad have recovered from “tough times” and delivered their finest album to date. James Graham explains where things go from here Read more »| 04 Dec 2014 -
Playlists
Yo La Tengo's Hanukkah Playlist
Since 2001, indie veterans Yo La Tengo have hosted an annual series of Hanukkah shows in their home town of Hoboken. Here, frontman Ira Kaplan selects the songs that remind him of his favourite guest performers to light up the Maxwell's stage Read more »| 03 Dec 2014 -
Opinion
Albums of 2014 (#3) : The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream (Secretly Canadian)
They might've sounded like Dylan and Springsteen to many, but Adam Granduciel ensured the War On Drugs adopted classic tropes in order to ultimately do their own thing Read more »| 03 Dec 2014 -
Opinion
Albums of 2014 (#4): St. Vincent – St. Vincent
A confident fourth album, a fierce new visual style, a band that is – by one account – the best in the world... Annie Clark has had a pretty good year, all told Read more »| 03 Dec 2014