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The Black Keys - Oceans and Streams
In 2007, The Black Keys announced they would collaborate with Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, Demon Days by Gorillaz) for a forthcoming LP. Given that the blue... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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Noah and the Whale @ Cabaret Voltaire, 15 Aug
If there's one thing to be realised at Cabaret Voltaire tonight, it's that the kids dig Noah and the Whale. Playing to this young assembly, the Whalers steam... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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Pelican @ Oran Mor, 14 Sep
If you happen to be in the west end of Glasgow on Sunday, 14th of September and feel the ground shaking, it's probably not the end of the world. More likely,... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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Isosceles @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17 Aug
With a night of fresh talent at Cabaret Voltaire, Sunday's installment of The Edge Festival delivers to us three distinctively different takes on pop-rock mu... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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The Go! Team - Milk Crisis
Milk Crisis is driving music, the relentless beat, electro-handclaps, squalling guitars and a stocatto horn riff that just won't quit. If you listened to thi... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
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Latitude 2008 @ Henham Park, Suffolk, 18-20 Jul
The road to Suffolk is a long one coming from Scotland, but that's not to say Latitude Festival, now celebrating its third year, doesn't merit the miles. Bil... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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of Montreal @ Òran Mór, 26 Jan
Pinning down an of Montreal gig isn’t as easy as telling your mates: “Yeah, I went to see a band tonight.” The costumed troupe plays their ... Read more »| Updated about 15 years ago -
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Foals @ Barrowland, 5 Oct
Whilst watching Dananananaykroyd's (****) contagious brand of jitter-punk unfold onstage, a fellow concertgoer asks me what their name is. “I really li... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
If you’re looking for a sonic documentation of schizophrenia (outside of Wesley Willis, RIP), you need look no further than Skeletal Lamping. In the mi... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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The Hold Steady - A Positive Rage
“A lot of people don’t believe that rock and roll can save your soul…I don’t think any one of these people have ever seen The Hold S... Read more »| Updated about 15 years ago -
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Steel Panther - Feel The Steel
One of the most interesting things about this record and band is sifting through its self-propagated mythology. The LA quartet not only claim to have been ar... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
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Golden Silvers - Arrows of Eros
With the likes of MGMT, Late of the Pier and countless others mining '80s synth-pop sounds, it was only a matter of time before a group pursued that period&r... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
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Mastodon - Oblivion
Mastodon remain a befuddling proposition; while crafting sounds that are increasingly more accessible to a non-metalhead audience, the group keep the concept... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
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Come In Tokyo: The Dynamic Duo
In many areas of life, great things come in pairs: for your dinner, you’ve got fish and chips; for an evening drink, maybe a gin and tonic; for the lat... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
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Jesus H. Foxx @ The Bowery, 12 Sep
It’s hard to find a common musical thread amongst the showcase at The Bowery tonight. First up, New York import Golden Ghost (***) – a plugged in... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
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Frank Turner @ QMU, 15 Oct
Hailing from hardcore heroes Million Dead, and with his recent album Poetry of the Deed adorned in punk rock iconography, one would expect Frank Turner to sh... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
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The Golden Hour
The Golden Hour is an event that takes place monthly at the Forest Café, combining literature readings, bad jokes, music, funny jokes, dancing and vis... Read more »| Updated almost 14 years ago -
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An Evening with Henry Rollins @ O2 Academy, 13 Jan
“I’m a maniac. And the older I get, the more pissed off I am,” growls Henry Rollins. With his fevered tones, and his bulky frame poised lik... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
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Crystal Castles Debut Album Review
There are two faces to Ontario’s Crystal Castles, both physically and musically. Comprised of show-stealing frontwoman Alice Glass and the seemingly re... Read more »| Updated almost 14 years ago -
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The Hold Steady - Heaven is Whenever
Returning with another slab of arena-ready rock come Brooklyn’s The Hold Steady. Craig Finn still expounds bittersweet life lessons over Tad Kubler&rsq... Read more »| Updated about 14 years ago -
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Of Montreal – False Priest
Credit the presence of Jon Brion (Kanye West) or cameos by pop singers, but False Priest is easily Of Montreal's most accessible album since 2004's Satanic P... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
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Dinosaur Pile-Up – Growing Pains
Growing Pains harks back to a pre-millennial indie rock sound, somewhere around when Ash were gonna be the next big thing. And, with Dinosaur Pile-Up’s... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
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Giant Sand – Blurry Blue Mountain
It’s been a common saying that most parents hope their progeny grow up to be more successful than they were. If that applies to godparents then Arizona... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
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PAWS: Smells Like Something Else
A raw combination of the ethics of punk rock and a bubblegum sensibility; a relentless touring, gigging and recording schedule; a distinct influence from the... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
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Does It Offend You Yeah? - Dawn of the Dead
Every once in a while, life hands you little reminders that those old proverbs we hear so often aren't completely hackneyed. In the case of Dawn of the Dead... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty
Sometimes, you’ve got to give a little credit for trying. On Loyalty to Loyalty, Cold War Kids try to build on their soulful, everyman’s rock sty... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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Kris Drever, John McCusker, Roddy Woomble - Before the Ruin
At a time when the term 'folk' is a promiscuous lover, shacking up with rock, pop, jazz, etc., it's surprisingly refreshing to hear a straight-forward, no-mo... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
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Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
With the hype surrounding Black Kids’ acclaimed four-track demo, Wizard of Ahhhs, the expectations surrounding the Kids’ debut full-length Partie... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
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The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next to Me
It may be a bit early in his career to describe Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner as having a Midas touch, but so far he’s done little to dispel such a... Read more »| Updated almost 16 years ago -
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Lykke Li @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9 Oct
An appearance by Lykke Li at Cabaret Voltaire brings with it the promise of sunny pop, even as summer becomes an obscure memory in Auld Reekie. Well-inform... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago