Music
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Live MusicArab Strap discuss the motivation to reform for one-off show
"There's absolutely no commerce involved, it's purely from love," says Aidan Moffat Read more »| 16 Nov 2011 -
FestivalsFestival Column: The Falls Festival, Tasmania
To me, New Year's Eve is a rubbish night. I almost inevitably find myself switching between the extreme heat of a sweaty party and the extreme cold of Scot... Read more »| 16 Nov 2011 -
Live Music
Los Campesinos! @ Òran Mór, 10 November
With low slung guitars and double denim uniform, Strange News From Another Star resemble a rockabilly-flecked Future of the Left (with whom frontman Jimmy Wa... Read more »| 16 Nov 2011 -
Live MusicSmashing Pumpkins / Ringo Deathstarr @ O2 Academy, 13 November
All photography by Alex Woodward Read more »| 14 Nov 2011 -
Live Music
Arctic Monkeys @ SECC, 8 November
All photography by Euan Robertson Read more »| 14 Nov 2011 -
Live Music
Ghostface Killah @ The Liquid Room, 9 November
Eight months after his Cuban Linx co-host claimed The Liquid Room, Ghostface Killah shows up to mirror Raekwon’s inebriated triumph – tonight&rsq... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011
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Live Music
Acid Mothers Temple / Vars of Litchi @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 9 November
The brilliance of virtuoso post-rock duos like Hella and Lightning Bolt has waned of late, stymied by its own frantic complexity, but Glasgow’s Vars of... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
Live MusicTori Amos @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 6 November
One could be forgiven for expecting a rigidly structured 'play the album in full' style show to support Night Of Hunters, Tori Amos' recent boundary crossing... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
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Dananananaykroyd @ O2 ABC, 29 October
It’s in no way a slight to suggest United Fruit are pretty peripheral to tonight’s euphoric highs. They hurl out riff after riff with dependable ... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
Interviews
Ugly Duckling: Still Rocking The Gold Chain
Long Beach, CA legends Ugly Duckling are back with a new album that recaptures the energy and passion of hip-hop's golden era Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Reviews200 Years – 200 Years
Wild White and West Hartford, the stripped down laments that introduce 200 Years, exemplify the chemistry between Ben Chasny (Six Organs Of Admittance) ... Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Reviews
The Cubical – It Ain't Human
Whether it’s due to shame or ambition, there’s little to link the The Cubical's bluesy swagger to their Scouse homesteads. No, this is more Lou... Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Reviews
Herman Dune – Strange Moosic
Herman Dune can be a difficult band to get into. Their kitsch ‘quirky’ sound is a factor for some, and for others there can a question of where ... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
Reviews
Simian Ghost – Lovelorn EP
With Simian Ghost, Sebastian Arnström of Swedish post-rockers Aerial swaps out sprawling guitar epics for frothy electronic pop sheen with impressive re... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
Live Music
The Dead Man's Waltz @ The Old Hairdressers, 27 October
A relatively new haunt in Glasgow’s gig-going community, The Old Hairdressers is, for want of a better term, low-key but for tonight’s evening of... Read more »| 04 Nov 2011