Music
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Live MusicGrimes @ Glasgow ABC, 13 Mar
"If you're looking for your dream girl / I'll never be your dream girl," Claire Boucher sings, beaming, on mid-set track Butterfly. There's no mistaking her ... Read more »| 15 Mar 2016 -
VideosCGIV – Repetition: Video Premiere
Watch the video for Repetition by Edinburgh psych-popster CGIV, aka Clean George IV Read more »| 15 Mar 2016 -
ComedyAdam Buxton to present a BUG David Bowie special
The music video output of David Bowie will be celebrated at a special edition of Adam Buxton's BUG in April. Read more »| 15 Mar 2016 -
PlaylistsUnder the Influence: Clint Mansell
From Coventry to California, Clint Mansell has steadily emerged from the ashes of Pop Will Eat Itself to become one of the most widely acclaimed film composers of his generation. Here, he offers an insight into 10 of the most pivotal records in his stack Read more »| 14 Mar 2016 -
FestivalsLiverpool Psych Fest announces 2016 line-up
The Super Furry Animals will headline Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia 2016, with the initial line up for this year's Psych Fest unveiled toda... Read more »| 14 Mar 2016 -
Live MusicWolf Alice @ Manchester Academy, 9 Mar
Sometimes the good guys win. Not as often as good sense and good taste demands, but in this cruel and crackpot world you pick your battles. As Wolf Alice ret... Read more »| 14 Mar 2016
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FestivalsCaribou, Underworld for new Jodrell Bank festival
A new festival at Jodrell Bank, bluedot, has announced Caribou, Underworld and Jean-Michel Jarre as headliners, as well as an appearance from Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince with The Infinite Monkey Cage. Read more »| 14 Mar 2016 -
ReviewsNew Albums This Week: Adam Stafford, K-X-P + more
The best new albums hitting the shelves this week, featuring the return of former Y'All is Fantasy Island frontman Adam Stafford, Finnish visionaries K-X-P and Derbyshire composer Richard J Birkin Read more »| 11 Mar 2016 -
Live MusicErrors / Bossy Love @ La Belle Angele, 5 Mar
It’s a brave band that allows Bossy Love to open for them. Pure heat from the very first bar, the Glaswegian trio transform a sparse, early doors crowd... Read more »| 11 Mar 2016 -
PlaylistsUnder the Influence: The Cosmic Dead
Hailing from Glasgow's premier psych crusaders, The Cosmic Dead's Julian Dicken meditates on a few inspirational tracks that made him want to play Read more »| 11 Mar 2016 -
NewsStream Iggy Pop and Josh Homme's 'Post Pop Depression'
The punk progenitor and desert rock godfather release their collaborative LP, which Pop claims may be his last Self-financed and recorded in secrecy with Qu... Read more »| 10 Mar 2016 -
InterviewsThese Important Years: Bob Mould on Patch the Sky
Having triumphantly ridden the comeback trail in recent years, Bob Mould's personal life suddenly cracked open in 2014. He tells us how a traumatic year informed new album Patch the Sky, and why those pesky Hüsker Dü reunion rumours won't go away. Read more »| 10 Mar 2016 -
FestivalsSounds from the Other City festival reveals lineup
Salford's Sounds from the Other City festival has announced its full lineup for 2016, featuring Gwenno, Laura Cannell, Ex-Easter Island Head and many more Read more »| 10 Mar 2016 -
FestivalsElectric Fields unveil more bands for 2016
Steve Mason, Factory Floor and Tuff Love are among the latest batch of acts confirmed for this year's two-day event in the grounds of Drumlanrig Castle. For... Read more »| 09 Mar 2016 -
Live MusicThe Coral @ O2 ABC, Glasgow, 5 March
The Coral were so prolific in the 2000s that no one could begrudge them a break when they announced their hiatus. The Hoylake group released six albums and 1... Read more »| 09 Mar 2016