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Iceage - Broadcast, Glasgow, Mon 25 Feb
27 Feb 2013
Occasionally brilliant but otherwise juvenile and unimpressive show from the Danish punks
Whether deliberate or not, the looped screening of Don Letts’ entertaining documentary Punk: Attitude upstairs tonight is pretty apt. After thirty years of evolution in aggressive, rebellious music, it’s always going take an impressive level of effort…
Clubbers' Decktionary: IDM aka Intelligent Dance Music
26 Feb 2013
Trouble's DJ Hobbes gives us a guide to the myriad genres of clubbing
IDM aka Intelligent Dance Music, proper noun, myriad styles and tempos; abstract electronic music designed more for listening and/or a home environment than the dancefloor. Much like its bastard offspring, EDM, this much-maligned term has always been…
Alex Horne presents The Horne Section
26 Feb 2013
Horne takes his jazz/comedy hybrid to the airwaves of Radio 4
For some onlookers, musical comedy is still perched on the lowest rung of the funny ladder despite the sterling efforts of Bill Bailey, Tim Minchin and Flight of the Conchords in changing those perceptions. Known mainly for hi-tech stand-up that hinges…
Interview: Conquering Animal Sound's James Scott and Anneke Kampman
25 Feb 2013
'We like that place where experimental and pop music meet'
A few things you might not know about Glasgow’s beautifully skewed electronic pop duo, Conquering Animal Sound. One: they only had one pint of milk to hand when taking this press photo (above). ‘The pressure was definitely on to get it right’, says…
Singles and downloads February 2013
25 Feb 2013
Conquering Animal Sound, Steve Mason, Sparrow and the Workshop and Jonnie Common
Conquering Animal Sound - The Future Does Not Require (Chemikal Underground) Gloriously g-g-g-glitchy exponents of machine music with a human heart, CAS are readying a doozy of a second album in On Floating Bodies, and here’s the first proof. It’s got…
Johnny Marr - The Messenger
25 Feb 2013
Strong solo album from influential guitarist sticking to what he knows best
It seems fitting that in the same month as being crowned Godlike Genius by the NME (not to mention last year’s Q Hero Award), Johnny Marr takes his first crack at a truly solo solo album to see whether such sparkling claims are justifiable. In the 26…
Christopher Owens set for 2013 UK tour
25 Feb 2013
Ex-Girls member solo singer-songwriter project
‘Oh yeah, Lysandre is a real person. She knew a while ago that I was making this record -- thankfully she was really excited to hear it,’ admits Christopher Owens, albeit reluctantly, on the subject of his latest album. Over its 28 minutes, Owens…
My Bloody Valentine UK tour 2013
25 Feb 2013
Shoegaze legends release first album in 22 years
The unexpected surprise comeback is a devalued currency in music these days, what with The Stone Roses and David Bowie having crossed the rubicon and The Smiths’ return feeling more like an inevitability waiting to happen. In which case the stealth…
The Twilight Sad - Electric Circus, Edinburgh, Sat 23 Feb 2013
25 Feb 2013
Pounding, pensive, semi-'stripped back' show from the Kilsyth trio
The Twilight Sad’s James Graham is relieved that no one took their ‘stripped-back’ tagline too literally. He’s early to praise the full, fan dominant crowd for showing up on such an ambiguous premise, one of a couple of warm up dates in advance of the…
Suuns - Images Du Futur
25 Feb 2013
Psychedelic, experimental rock combines droning vocals with fuzzy melodies
Suuns first grabbed attention from music critics in 2011 with their debut album Zeroes Qc. Now, they set off on an exploration of their sound with a psychedelic, experimental rock album. The combination of smooth, droning vocals (occasionally akin to…
BA Roberston discusses his first acting role in Living Apart Together
22 Feb 2013
The 1982 film, soon to be given a new lease of life, is screening at the Glasgow Film Festival
Glasgow Film Festival annually revives a classic film made in Scotland, with previous galas including Bill Forsyth’s Gregory’s Girl and Bertrand Tavernier’s Death Watch. This year it’s writer/director Charlie Gormley’s 1982 film Living Apart Together…
The History of Future Folk
22 Feb 2013
Charming but slight sci-fi music comedy in the vein of Flight of the Conchords
Cosmic-folk twosome Future Folk started life on the underground New York music scene, playing acoustic guitar-and-banjo tunes with sci-fi lyrics to crowds of bemused punters. The gentle whimsy and a focus on music rather than jokes puts their foot…
Talk Talk - Natural History 1982 - 1988 / Natural Order 1982 - 1991
21 Feb 2013
'They sound like Duran Duran after receiving some very bad news'
Talk Talk were the born-again virgins of British pop. They spent almost a decade as a conventional commercial entity, producing several albums of post-New Romantic synth-pop that was wistful and angsty and sounded like Duran Duran after receiving some…
Deftones - Barrowland, Glasgow, Fri 15 Feb 2013
21 Feb 2013
Alt-rockers' refreshing approach and inspiring outlook makes for great live spectacle
The Sacramento based heavy alt-rockers are most definitely a resilient bunch. Seemingly unfazed by the changing landscape of the music industry, having been unfairly lumped in with the numb-skull nu-metal genre that plagued the early noughties, Deftones…
David Bowie: Why do we care so much about the ever-evolving artist?
20 Feb 2013
As a new album is released and a V&A retrospective opens, we look back on the pop legend's career
There’s a telling scene in Shut Up and Play the Hits, the recent documentary of the last days of LCD Soundsystem, following James Murphy’s decision to split the band at the height of their success. US talk show host Stephen Colbert gives him a playful…
Randolph’s Leap - The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 16 Feb
20 Feb 2013
Catchy and lighthearted set from the Leap, supported by Jo Mango and Snowgoose
‘Are you all prepared for the worst voice of the evening?’ comes the playful opening gambit from Randolph’s Leap singer Adam Ross, his seven bandmates settling into position behind him. It’s a point prudently made in light of the intimate evening’s…
Local Natives - Electric Circus, Edinburgh, Sat 9 Feb
20 Feb 2013
An hour of beautifully executed melodies from the LA four-piece
Twenty minutes of sound-check in between Balthazar’s – way better than most support acts’- performance and the start of Local Natives’ gig turned out to be more than worth it. The indie band walk on stage, hint a smile towards the audience, and begin to…
The best David Bowie tracks you've never heard
20 Feb 2013
Some of the Thin White Duke's best lesser-known tracks, including 'Amsterdam' and 'Crystal Japan'
1 ‘Crystal Japan’ (1979) This melancholic electronic instrumental was only ever a single in Japan, where it also featured alongside a suave Bowie in a sake advert. It didn’t make the cut for Scary Monsters where, given the crazy abrasive guitar…
My Bloody Valentine - m b v
19 Feb 2013
An in-depth review of Kevin Shields and co's long-awaited third album
Maybe it was a looming landmark of middle-age that finally did it. With his fiftieth birthday approaching this May, Kevin Shields’ sudden relinquishing of that obsessive compulsive guardedness and perfectionism with which he treats his music has been…
Interview: Georg 'Goggi' Holm from Sigur Rós on departures, arrivals and getting heavy
19 Feb 2013
Could the soft, ethereal sounds of Reykjavik post-rock giants really be about to go aggres
Fans of Iceland's greatest post-rock outfit haven't had the easiest of times. 2010 saw the near disintegration of Sigur Rós as lead singer Jón Þór Birgisson embarked on his own very successful solo project as Jónsi, and other members took time off to be…
NME Awards Tour 2013 - O2 Academy, Glasgow, Mon 11 Feb
19 Feb 2013
Django Django, Miles Kane, Palma Voilets and Peace head up the annual UK tour
People of Glasgow,’ whoops Vincent Neff, Django Django’s representative on earth today, ‘are you gonna come up with us?’ And we do, making a self-fulfilling prophecy of Neff's declaration early in the band's NME Awards Tour-headlining set that ‘Monday…
The Colin Currie Group: Steve Reich – Drumming
19 Feb 2013
The Proms percussion group will perform the composer's piece as part of Minimal: Reich in Glasgow
Billed recently by the New York Times as ‘our greatest living composer’, Steve Reich is one of the most influential composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. An artist who breaks down genre-specific music boundaries, Reich is the subject of Minimal…
Eat, sleep and breathe - Caitlin Rose
19 Feb 2013
The 25-year-old country singer shares her tour habits, including a weakness for tapas and crisps
What time is breakfast? Whenever Shep (tour manager) starts yelling at everyone. Gotta get to the lobby in time for that complimentary continental! Tea or coffee? Usually tea. Coffee makes me jittery. I don't deal well with a caffeine jolt…
Desaparecidos - The Arches, Glasgow, Sat 9 Feb 2013
19 Feb 2013
Solid performance from Conor Oberst's post-hardcore band, despite bad sound
Desaparecidos are arguably most famous for featuring fellow Nebraskan, Conor ‘Bright Eyes’ Oberst in their ranks. After only one album - 2002’s Read Music, Speak Spanish - and a short run of shows, Desaparecidos (Spanish for ‘disappeared ones’) soon…
Caitlin Rose - The Stand-In
19 Feb 2013
The country singer's second album is a mix of Sexsmith-style bluesiness and Nu-Nashville by numbers
Does a name get any more C&W than Caitlin Rose? It’s tempting/lazy to view any young female Tennessee-based female singer as some kind of Swiftian monster, but Rose feels more like an authentic musician than a determined fame-hunter, having already got…
