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1 Nov 2007

* Ian Rankin's choice Idlewild and The Twilight Sad Yes, we could have picked a number of other homegrown treats of early November, but instead, we are going for the final night of this tour, a band at the top of their game, joined by arguably the…

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18 Oct 2007

• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Thursday Night Series Not long back in Glasgow from a tour to Prague, the orchestra stays in Czech mood for Dvorak’s richly melodic Symphony No 7. Nationalist sounds from closer to home are heard in Eddie McGuire’s…

Hitlist - The best rock, pop, jazz & folk

18 Oct 2007

• LCD Soundsystem James Murphy (pictured) is no stranger to these parts and this welcome return visit comes hot on the heels of their Stateside tour supporting Arcade Fire . . . Barrowland, Glasgow, Mon 22 Oct. (Rock & Pop) • Arcade Fire . . . who…

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4 Oct 2007

The Scottish Ensemble: Passionate Romantics Starting their winter season with the fire of passion and romance, the SE play the luscious, but infrequently aired Chausson Concert for violin, piano and strings. A great success when first performed, its…

Hitlist - the best gigs

4 Oct 2007

Acoustic Ladyland Pete Wareham’s genius punk jazz quartet return with a breathtaking live album in tow. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Mon 8 Oct. (Rock & Pop, Jazz) Oxjam A whole month of fine music in aid of Oxfam including local heroes We Were…

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20 Sep 2007

• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Thursday Night Series The opening concert of the BBC SSO’s new series is inspired by heavenly bodies, centred on Holst’s everlastingly vivid portraits of The Planets, one of the most popular pieces of classical music…

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20 Sep 2007

• Dean Owens and the Whisky Hearts This masterful Edinburgh songwriter kicks of ten days of shows in Darvel with a full-blooded, full-band show of his beguiling Americana. Darvel Music Festival, Darvel Town Hall, near Kilmarnock, Wed 26 Sep. (Folk…

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6 Sep 2007

] Devon Sproule Beguiling, understated country filled with quirks and an old fashioned sensibility from this 24-year-old from Charlottesville, Virginia. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh 9 Sep; ABC, Glasgow, Mon 10 Sep. (Rock & Pop) • Operator Please…

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23 Aug 2007

The Black Lips Atlanta, Georgia may be hoaching with hip hop stars for the most part but there’s also lowdown rock’n’roll dogs like this bunch. Come feel their twang. Optimo, The Sub Club, Glasgow, Sun 2 Sep. (Rock & Pop) Connect Festival Hopefully…

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16 Aug 2007

• Slint They may have only produced two albums but without them PJ Harvey would be Katie Melua and Mogwai would be Linkin Park, such is their influence. Come hear the bittersweet majesty of Spiderland, performed in all its glory. ABC, Glasgow, Mon 20…

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16 Aug 2007

Thomas Truax and Paul Vickers & The Leg American eccentric Truax, who does his own one man pop thing, is unequal parts Syd Barrett, Aphex Twin, Frank Sidebottom and Frank Zappa. A real trip. Underbelly, 0870 745 3083, 22 Aug, 9pm, £8. Tom Tom Club…

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9 Aug 2007

• Ari-Up She’ll always be best known as the lead singer of seminal grrrrl punks The Slits but now, club night Pretty Ugly welcomes her back witha new band The True Warriors, who will be playing new material plus the songs of The Slits with a heavy…

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17 Jul 2007

• A Band Called Quinn, Maxi Geil! and Playcolt Glasgow’s very own up and coming indie kids Quinn are joined by Brooklyn’s finest arch-camp art-rockers Maxi Geil and Playcolt, who are playing in Scotland for the first time. Classic Grand, Glasgow, Tue 24…

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16 Jul 2007

• Cut the Carbon rally Soweto Kinch, local hobbit Billy Boyd, Harry Potter snogger Katie Leung (pictured) and musician Amy MacDonald are part of a star-studded line-up at the Edinburgh leg of this Christian Aid-run rally to raise awareness of…

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3 Jul 2007

• T in the Park 80,000 folks have over 100 reasons on stage to get down this weekend, from Arctic Monkeys to Wu-Tang Clan (pictured) and all in between. See full running order . Balado, Fri 6-Sun 8 Jul. (Rock & Pop) • The Skids After Green Day and…

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3 Jul 2007

• Mendelssohn on Mull Festival Whether heard in the beautiful setting of Iona Abbey, or the Aros Hall in Tobermory, music at this nearly 20-year-old festival takes on an almost magical quality. String players of international renown come together on…

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2 Jul 2007

• Misbehavin’ Great fun night of glam infused, bootlegs and electro sleaze courtesy of Dolly Daydream and Drewcifer. The Cathouse, Glasgow, Thu 5 Jul. • Luvely You never know it might actually be sunny by the time this Luvely party rolls round, but…

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21 May 2007

Sparklehorse The Smokey Mountains are home to Mark Linkous (pictured) a wayward music force whose magical sound invokes thoughts of Robert Wyatt and Syd Barrett. Oran Mor, Glasgow, Tue 5 Jun. (Rock & Pop) Nouvelle Vague Who would have though covers…

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8 May 2007

Patti Smith More than 30 years after her debut ‘Piss Factory’ helped ignite the flames of punk, Smith is older, wiser but her passion live remains unabated. The intimate poetry shindig she hosted last year was just a taster for this, a full band show.

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26 Apr 2007

The Sixteen: Music from the Sistine Chapel The seventh choral pilgrimage of this outstanding group of 16 singers takes the Renaissance music of the Papal chapels as its inspiration. The sumptuous sounds of Allegri’s famous Miserere forms the centrepiece…

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23 Apr 2007

Maria McKee (pictured) Her new album Late December has finally arrived, featuring skilfully drawn, unassuming alt.country nuggets. Oran Mor, Glasgow, Sat 28 Apr; Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Mon 30 Apr. (Rock & Pop)

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9 Apr 2007

Mark Eitzel The erstwhile American Music Club lynchpin wears his heart on his sleeve and can write a love song that would break your heart clean open on one listen. Not a dry seat in the house guaranteed. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Thu 19 Apr.

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27 Mar 2007

Sugababes This is not secret indulgence or guilty pleasure, the greatest hits of Sugababes is one of the truly all-killer-no-filler albums of recent memory and one of the few things that keeps The List’s office manager from shouting at the staff and…

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28 Feb 2007

LCD Soundsystem Wee James Murphy might not look like a rock’n’roll star but when his jackhammer electronica hits the live stage he could out do the Kaiser Chiefs for sheer civil disobedience. See preview . Barrowland. Glasgow, Fri 9 Mar. (Rock…

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12 Feb 2007

The Gossip So what is this, the third time here in as many months? The Gossip seem to love Glasgow almost as much as Glasgow loves The Gossip. ABC, Glasgow, Tue 27 Feb. (Rock & Pop)

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29 Jan 2007

NME Indie Rock The View, The Automatic (pictured), Mumm-Ra and The Horrors are this year’s would-be contenders for global rock stardom. Or a toddle back to indie obscurity. The choice is yours. Carling Academy, Glasgow, Thu 1 & Fri 2 Feb. (Rock & Pop…

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15 Jan 2007

The best classical & opera BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Afternoon Performance Definitely worth blagging an afternoon off to recharge the batteries in the company of favourite Russian maestro Alexander Titov, who tells Stravinsky’s colourful…

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15 Jan 2007

The Kerrang! Tour featuring Biffy Clyro, The Bronx, The Audition and I Am Ghost The bible for the rockingmost draws together some new faces headed up with our finest exponents of wilful, joyful noiseisms. Barrowland, Glasgow, Tue 23 Jan. (Rock & Pop)

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3 Jan 2007

National Youth Orchestra of Scotland: New Year Concert What a way to start the year. Almost 100 of the cream of the country’s young musical talent show what can be done after their winter residential course. Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Thu 4 Jan.

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20 Dec 2006

Celtic Connections With Capercaillie’s Donald Shaw taking over at the helm, the remit to cross-pollinate and unsubtly twist the very definition of what is ‘celtic’ to make way for even more excellent music from around the globe is as revered as ever.

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7 Dec 2006

Snow Patrol and Elbow Who would have thought that they’d end up packing out this joint? Not them, that’s for sure. Couldn’t have happened to nicer fellas. SECC, Glasgow, Fri 15 Dec. (Rock & Pop)

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27 Nov 2006

James Yorkston, Popup and Yellow Bentines Launching a season of gigs called VERSAcoustic, three damn fine pop practitioners get acoustic on our asses. The Goat, Glasgow, Wed 6 Dec. (Rock & Pop) More details

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27 Nov 2006

Mozart in the Jungle Blair Tindall Given the passion that runs through classical music, maybe it’s not surprising that American oboist Tindall should be able to write Mozart in the Jungle, a story of what might happen when young musicians find…

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27 Nov 2006

Pet Shop Boys Catalogue Philip Hoare and Chris Heath (Thames & Hudson) Popists, design heads and PSB completists alike will drool at this visual documentary of the output the greatest pop duo ever to have walked God’s clean earth.

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22 Nov 2006

Reed Between the Lines As part of a drive to promote and celebrate the oboe and bassoon, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra gives a series of Glasgow concerts with these two instruments taking pride of place. Complementing the starry players, such as…

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11 Nov 2006

DJ Shadow (pictured) His considerable rep may outweigh his recorded output but the hope is that this real live hip hop party will showcase his third, The Outsider, like it deserves. Carling Academy, Glasgow, Wed 29 Nov. (Rock & Pop)

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11 Nov 2006

Katherine Jenkins She used to be a school music teacher and now she is the fastest selling female opera singer since Maria Callas. As the ‘Forces Sweetheart’, Jenkins has been entertaining the troops in Iraq and Kosovo and she’s also the official mascot…

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30 Oct 2006

The best rock, pop, jazz and folk CSS, 1990s and The Rogers Sisters Wild, electro-charged Brazilians. ABC, Glasgow, Tue 7 Nov. (Rock & Pop) Read feature The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band The great unsung 60s comic-pop madrigals return led by urban…

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26 Oct 2006

Classical hitlist Hebrides Ensemble and Scottish Dance Theatre: The Soldier’s Tale As part of the Scottish Arts Council’s Tune Up programme, Scotland’s foremost chamber group has joined with its dance equivalent to create an exciting tour of venues…

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17 Oct 2006

King Creosote It may have been last year that his incredible KC Rules OK album came out but there’s still plenty who haven’t had the chance to catch Kenny Anderson’s joyous sound live. Now here’s the perfect chance. ABC, Glasgow, Sat 21 Oct. (Rock & Pop)

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12 Oct 2006

Mr McFall’s Chamber Tribute to piper and fiddle player Martyn Bennett, who was a great friend of the group up until his death a year and a half ago. His hallmark combinations of electronic bass lines and beats with folk tunes, whether original or…

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12 Oct 2006

King Creosote It may have been last year that his incredible KC Rules OK album came out but there’s still plenty who haven’t had the chance to catch Kenny Anderson’s joyous sound live. Now here’s the perfect chance. ABC, Glasgow, Sat 21 Oct. (Rock & Pop)

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28 Sep 2006

Paragon Ensemble: Loony Tunes (pictured) Another first for Paragon as they give the UK premiere of Lyell Cresswell’s Of Whirlwind Underground which depicts Prometheus’ efforts to steal fire from the gods and his resulting punishment at the hands of the…

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28 Sep 2006

New Order They may be heading towards gaining their free bus passes but they remain the most influential of bands. This two-night run represents the biggest indoor crowd they’ve enjoyed in Glasgow since 1989. Carling Academy, Glasgow, Wed 18 & Thu 19…

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18 Sep 2006

Jay Z Ignoring his own self-imposed retirement completely by appearing on everyone’s else’s records, the self-professed CEO of hip hop arrives for his first ever Scottish live date. See feature, page 20. SECC, Glasgow, Fri 22 Sep. (Rock & Pop) The…

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4 Sep 2006

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4 Sep 2006

Mark Olsen and the Creekdippers Wholesome and vibrant Americana from Olsen, his wife Victoria Williams and Ben Weaver all the way from Joshua Tree, California. ABC, Glasgow, Sat 10 Sep. (Rock & Pop) The Joyriders The Edinburgh-based pop-grungers…