The Happening: w/e 24th July
Jenny Hval (pictured) promotes her Apocalypse, Girl album at a series of UK dates in November: 5th – Glasgow, The Hug & Pint 7th – Leeds, Brudenell Social [...]
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The Happening: w/e 17th July
Arcade Fire release their first feature film, The Reflektor Tapes, to cinemas from September 24th for a limited time only. Directed by 2013 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for [...]
The return of Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson returns with his first new album in twenty years. Only The Now was made with award-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist Gerry Diver and will be released [...]
Robert Forster has Songs To Play
It’s been seven years since Robert Forster’s last album The Evangelist but he’s been keeping busy with production work for acclaimed albums by Brisbane bands [...]
Do you remember the last time?: Sleater-Kinney and the limits of memory
If you follow a football club, especially online, you will soon encounter the phenomenon of perfect recall – fans who seem to have an almost photographic memory for [...]
Peak interest: the return of February 24
Way back when, I published a little Twin Peaks/David Lynch newsletter/fanzine called February 24. It was, as these things often are, more a labour of love than runaway [...]
The Sisters of Mercy – Glasgow ABC, 7th July 2014
The queue is pleasingly young. With their stack boots, piercings and Fall-Out Boy shirts, the torch of goth is safely in the hands of a new generation. My mistake; [...]
Courtney Love – Glasgow, 15th May 2014
I don’t know if it’s a particularly Glaswegian phenomenon, but spend some time on Argyll or Buchanan Street and you’ll become familiar with the odd breed [...]
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