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Five reasons to head to Electric Circus' Big Day In
16 Apr 2013
Dutch Uncles, Discopolis, Dems, Jonnie Common and more head up the indoor mini-festival
1. It’s in, not out Worried about the shameful 'spring' weather we’ve been having? Wishing you could get away from it with some antipodean (autumn) sunshine and a bunch of bands in a field? Well, tough. But if you couldn’t afford the flight to Oz and…
A guide to Scotland's best bands and gig venues in 2012
31 Oct 2012
Bands include Hostage, Siobhan Wilson and We Are the Physics
The Scottish music scene’s most exciting prospects and venues are picked out by DJ and promoter Ally McCrae and List music editor Claire Sawers
A guide to Edinburgh and Glasgow music venues
31 Aug 2012
The radio DJ and gig promoter Ally McCrae brings you the best of the cities’ music mayhem
OK, so if you’ve chosen to come to Glasgow for four years of solitude, hard study and early nights then that is cool, but be warned, you will be looking a very large musical gift horse in the mouth. There are too many live venues to list. You’ll no…
Detour's Ally McCrae on late-night Festival music series Circa
29 Jul 2012
The gigs will feature performances and DJ sets from Twilight Sad, Lady North, Churches and more
There are many locals who could see the Edinburgh Festival far enough, and don’t need another unicycle with ukelele cabaret act. But many do like the fact that August brings with it extended opening hours. Gigs can go on til 5am if they like, a detail…
Hot 100 2011 - No. 23: Ally McCrae's 5 upcoming bands to look out for
16 Dec 2011
Hector Bizerk, Bwani Junction, Teklo, Discopolis and United Fruit
1 Hector Bizerk. One MC (Louie) and one drummer (Audrey). No one epitomises Scotland’s raw hip hop talent more than Hector Bizerk. Check out their Livin Off Rhyme EP and their Loosely Speaking battle gigs. 2 Bwani Junction. These Edinburgh…
T in the Park - True of False?
28 Jun 2011
Festival regulars share their favourite Balado memories. And two lies
Laurie Corlett-Donald - Discopolis At T in the Park 2008 I lost my best friend during The Prodigy. I spent the rest of the night trying to find him with no success. I eventually staggered back to the campsite at an unearthly hour in the morning and…
Wee Jaunt features musicians performing in the most unlikely places in Edinburgh
23 May 2011
Detour's one-day festival from David Weaver and Ally McCrae
We at List HQ take great pride in our ability to give you all the details you could possibly need to pack your lives chock-full of top-notch, culturally-fulfilling activities every month. So imagine our confusion when we tried to write about something…
