Bronto Skylift

Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival 2011 - Beauly, Inverness, 5-6 Aug

Newcomers prove themselves at summer festival highlight

30 Aug 2011

Selling out in record time once again, this year's Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival put up a good fight against the weekend's floods to deliver arguably its best instalment to date. Mule-packed with a dizzying array of arts performances, from the…

The Phantom Band and Lucky Me pick 2011 music festival highlights

Modeselektor, Bronto Skylift, Ango and Machinedrum among picks

30 May 2011

Found We toured with them recently and they blew me away every night I saw them. Great music by a great bunch of lads, I’ll be around singing my heart out to this. T in the Park Echo and the Bunnymen I stole my brother Joe’s tape of Songs to…

Twin Sister - All Around and Away We Go - Single of the Fortnight

Singles and Downloads - 30 Nov 2010

30 Nov 2010

Wow. Whisper it, but we might just have stumbled upon one of the most half-decent months of Singles & Downloads in recent memory. Where to start? How about in the most unlikely of places, with Plan B ’s ‘Love Goes Down’ (679) ●●● and the continuing…

Exposure: Bronto Skylift

5 Nov 2009

For some reason duos can conjure more volume and power than traditional groups of twice the size can manage. Think The White Stripes, The Black Keys, Lightning Bolt, The Carpenters. OK, we can’t think of any more. No, hold on, here come Glasgow-based…

Upcoming gigs in Scotland: Autumn 2009

10 Sep 2009

Scotland, as we all know, is a hub of great music, great venues and great live audiences. Which is why so many of the world’s great acts forget about the poor weather and poor diet and play here. Add to that list alt-country sorts, and favourites of…

Music hitlist

21 Aug 2009

Belle Orchestre, Bronto Skylift, Fleet Foxes, Hank Williams III, Retrofest, Tenniscoats, Terry Reid, The Fortunate Sons, The Pastels, Tori Amos,

Bronto Skylift and The Gap Year Riot

23 Jul 2009

Two-piece bands are an irregular find these days, especially ones who can make this much noise. With a simple set-up of drums, guitar and one hell of a screeching set of lungs, Glaswegian duo Bronto Skylift easily cram this modest venue with their…

T in the Park – Saturday

13 Jul 2009

The List’s music editor Mark Robertson gives his verdict on some of the big names at Scotland’s biggest music festival.