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Sugababes, The Feeling And Gnarls Barkley to play Princes Street Gardens

9 May 2008

Sugababes, The Feeling And Gnarls Barkley are to perform in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens on Sunday June 1st. The Sugababes, with a line up now consisting of Keisha, Heidi and Amelle, have sold five million albums (including 3 triple-platinum…

Girls Aloud to broadcast concert live to UK cinemas

8 May 2008

Girls Aloud are to broadcast their London concert to 50 Vue cinemas across the UK.

Willard Grant Conspiracy

8 May 2008

Willard Grant Conspiracy, the disparate alt.country band led by the gravel-voiced Robert Fisher numbers in excess of 40 musicians from all over the world. Since Fisher started it all off in 1996, the group’s output has been prolific: seven full albums…

Mark E Smith with Austin Collings - Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E Smith

8 May 2008

MUSIC BIOGRAPHY (Viking) The real joy of Mark E Smith and The Fall has always been expecting the unexpected. His music has always stuck to a rigid formula but is somehow never formulaic, and he’s survived every British musical subculture since punk…

O2 Undiscovered

8 May 2008

Tell ya, kid. These days, everybody wants to get into showbiz. O2 Undiscovered, which lands in Glasgow this fortnight, is the latest in a fast-growing succession of hands-on networking events offering the public a chance to meet and get advice from…

5 Reasons To Go See - King Creosote

8 May 2008

1 He’s royalty Kenny Anderson (aka King Creosote) is a local legend responsible, along with his label Fence Records, for a renaissance of Scottish folk, lo-fi, electronica and rock. All done from a bolthole in the East Neuk of Fife. Clever, eh? 2…

Also Released - Music

8 May 2008

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (4AD) This was recorded in a remote cabin in the wilds of Wisconsin and it sounds like it. A gloriously minimal and spectral solo debut from Justin Vernon. Jack Marchment - Corydon and Manjrekar (Benbecula) Inspired…

Cadence Weapon and J-Live

8 May 2008

HIP HOP Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Mon 19 May; The Ivy, Glasgow, Tue 20 May In the space of two albums, Rollie Pemberton (aka Cadence Weapon) has cut a compellingly maverick path across the hip hop landscape. His first record, Breaking Kayfabe, set…

Exposure - No Age

8 May 2008

Set to be the breakthrough band from Los Angeles arts space The Smell, No Age have unleashed a scuzzy noise-pop masterpiece in their Sub Pop debut Nouns. Guitarist Randy Randall and drummer/singer Dean Spunt crank out a joyous racket that suggests a…

Feist

8 May 2008

One of the founding members of Canadian supergroup Broken Social Scene and former flatmate of Peaches, Leslie Fiest is now best known for that video ‘1234’ as featured so ubiquitously in the iPod advert. However this takes nothing away from the simple…

Gregory Isaacs

8 May 2008

REGGAE Citrus Club, Edinburgh, Tue 20 May Born in Kingston Jamaica in 1950, five years after Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs’ musical trajectory offers a fascinating counterpoint to the beloved Rastafarian musician. While Isaacs’ early inspirations came…

Hey You Get Off My Pavement! announces line up

8 May 2008

The best-monikered music festival in Scotland - Hey You Get Off My Pavement! - returns to Glasgow’s King’s Court on 29 June.

Indómitos

8 May 2008

ROCK Nice’n’Sleazy, Glasgow, Sat 19 Apr From the moment they take the stage with a dry ‘goodnight, we are Indómitos’, to when they amble off the stage having delivered a pitch-perfect set of rattling, rumbling and reverb-drenched garage punk, it’s…

Jay Haze - Love & Beyond

8 May 2008

TECHNO SOUL (TurningSpork Records) Jay Haze aka Fuckpony is one of few producers providing something unique in the minimal scene besides Ricardo Villalobos. Love focuses on the sci-fi house sound ‘of the now’. The standouts on the double vinyl version…

Ladytron

8 May 2008

Cool electronic pop as Ladytron once more stride into the live arena, testing the waters before the release of new album Velocifero in early June. Effortlessly crossing the club/live divide they’re in demand as DJs and musicians, even going on to remix…

Leith Festival announces line up

8 May 2008

Leith provided further evidence of its status as one of the city's most vibrant areas with the launch of its annual festival. Organisers revealed that the Leith Festival would showcase its trademark brew of home grown talent, alongside big name…

Madonna - Hard Candy

8 May 2008

POP (Warner Bros) While acts much younger than her construct entire careers around trading on former glories, Madonna clearly doesn’t give two figs for nostalgia. Eleven albums on and pop’s most famous magpie and queen of reinvention is as sonically…

Mark Ronson working with Kaiser Chiefs

8 May 2008

Music producer of the moment Mark Ronson - best known for his collaborations with Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen - has confirmed plans to work with the Kaiser Chiefs, on the band's upcoming album, with two songs already in the bag.

MGMT

8 May 2008

PSYCHEDELIC ROCK The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Fri 9 May A lot of bands take themselves too seriously, but not MGMT. For evidence, get yourself to YouTube and check out the video for fantastic recent single ‘Time to Pretend’, a song satirising the…

New social networking site targets Scottish talent and fans

8 May 2008

Ooizit.com, a new online social networking site purely dedicated to exposing and supporting unsigned local music talent, is scouting for the very best new music, artists and fans that Scotland has to offer. Users can upload their music, videos…

New social networking site targets Scottish talent and fans

8 May 2008

Parka - Attack of the Hundred Yard Hardman

8 May 2008

BAGGY (Jeepster) One day, that baggy comeback is going to arrive, and will a band like Parka be leading the charge? Probably not. For all their verve and enthusiasm, the Glaswegian group (now based in London) sound just like the times they emulate…

Rachel Unthank and the Winterset

8 May 2008

FOLK Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Fri 9 May; ABC, Glasgow, Sat 10 May It’s a decidedly domestic vibe at chateau Unthank when Rachel comes to the phone. ‘I’ve just been doing a bit of gardening and I had to go into town to pick up a new cello case,’ she…

Scottish Opera: Falstaff

8 May 2008

OPERA Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Tue 13, Thu 15, Sat 17, Wed 21 & Sat 24 May; Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Wed 18, Sat 21, Thu 26 & Sat 28 Jun Long before any government directives on obesity, Shakespeare’s Sir John Falstaff knew all about the challenges…

Session A9 - Bottlenecks and Arm-Breakers

8 May 2008

FOLK (RAJ Records) Session A9 are not the only four-fiddle ‘supergroup’ on the Scottish folk scene, but like both Blazin’ Fiddles and Fiddlers’ Bid, they have evolved their own distinctive approach to the format. That sense of individuality is down to…

Singles & Downloads

8 May 2008

Get ready, kids, it’s New Morrissey Single of the Fortnight time! And this one’s a stormer, all taut and driving, and laced with that familiar austerity which, you suspect, hides a well of uncertainty somewhere just below the surface. And it’s got these…

Sonic Boom Six

8 May 2008

PUNK Barfly, Glasgow, Sun 18 May Less than ten years ago, bassist/vocalist Barney Boom’s only audience were the people who showed up to parties he was MCing at. These days, he’s touring internationally, as part of the Manchester-based quartet, the…

Televised Crimewave

8 May 2008

GARAGE ART-PUNK Fast @ the Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Fri 18 Apr No band of skinny-jean art-punk terriers wants to appear like they’re trying too hard, but that doesn’t work when your audience are simultaneously reclining away from looking like they give…

The Heavy Circles - The Heavy Circles

8 May 2008

ROCK/POP (Dynamite Child) Twenty years after the funky quirks of ‘What I Am’, Edie Brickell’s voice retains its girlish appeal: dreamy soaring, slacker tantrums and all. This time round, though, it’s her husband Paul Simon’s son Harper who is setting…

The Phantom Band

8 May 2008

ROCK Is This Music? @ 13th Note, Glasgow, Thu 17 Apr Back in early 2005, few people were shouting about Mother and the Addicts, ditto De Rosa in early 2006, yet both of these bands went on to promptly release cracking debut albums through Chemikal…

The Vaselines and Emma Pollock

8 May 2008

INDIE Mono, Glasgow, Thu 24 Apr ‘We’re The Vaselines,’ chirps Eugene Kelly by way of introduction. And perhaps, given that he and Frances McKee are backed by four members of Belle and Sebastian, this is as much to prevent any confusion. The…

Tigerfest

8 May 2008

This year’s Tigerfest once again brings some of the most exciting Scottish acts to Dunfermline and Fife, but also branches out with gigs in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Names like Twilight Sad, Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and Paul Haig will all be gracing…

Tinariwen

8 May 2008

Formed in 1982 in Muammar al-Gaddafi’s camps of Tuareg rebels, Tinariwen mix their traditional music Tishoumaren (‘music of the unemployed’), with electric guitars to create world music at its most thrilling aided by a distinct 70s rock edge.

Wickerman Festival line up announced

8 May 2008

The line-up for this year's Wickerman Festival has been announced with KT Tunstall and The Fall among the star attractions, with Gary Numan, De Rosa, and Dean Friedman also appearing. The Festival takes place at the Solway Firth from 25–26 Jul.

Willie Nelson

8 May 2008

COUNTRY Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Thu 8 & Fri 9 May There is a certain evergreen enthusiasm about Willie Nelson that makes him unmistakably a country musician. They all have it, or had it: Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash. It’s the blinding…

Conor Oberst and Gutter Twins for Hydro Connect festival

7 May 2008

Bright Eyes head honcho Conor Oberst brings his new band The Magic Valley Band to Hydro Connect festival this summer. This will be Oberst’s first venture to Scotland in this new guise.

New gigs announced, 2 May - Paul Weller, White Lies and more

2 May 2008

Some more freshly-announced Scottish gigs to consider over the weekend: Paul Weller will be playing Glasgow SECC on 14 November. Tickets are on sale now. White Lies , who play the NME New Noise Tour next week, return to Glasgow with a date in…

GFT and O2 Wireless Weekender present a day of Glasgow music docs

2 May 2008

The Glasgow Film Theatre , in association with O2 Wireless Weekender, will present a day of short documentaries about Glaswegian pop music on Sunday 11 May. Each of the the three films to be shown - about The Sensational Alex Harvey Band , Franz…

Pete Doherty gets out on Tuesday

2 May 2008

Pete Doherty is to be released from Wormwood Scrubs prison next Tuesday, 6 May. The Babyshambles singer, who is serving a 14-week sentence for breaching probationary conditions relating to previous drug offences, will have been inside for 29 days…

Tina Turner to come out of retirement

2 May 2008

Tina Turner plans to end her retirement from the live stage, the singer has announced in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Having bowed out of live performance after a world tour in 2000, the 68-year-old Turner told Winfrey she will be embarking on a…

Dirty Pretty Things announce second album

2 May 2008

Details of Dirty Pretty Things ' second album have been unveiled. The follow-up to 2006's Waterloo to Anywhere, it will be named This Is Where The Truth Begins and released on 30 June. The band, fronted by ex-Libertine Carl Barat, also release a…

The Cure release four singles to mark the launch of their new album

2 May 2008

The Cure will release a new A and B-side single on the 13th day of the next four months, to mark the upcoming release of their 13th studio album. The tracks will be released in May, June, July and August, before the album's due date of 13 September.

Madonna to play Hampden?

2 May 2008

Madonna is set to play her first ever Scottish date this year, it has been reported. The 49-year-old singer, whose single with Justin Timberlake '4 Minutes' is currently the number one UK single, has not officially announced the show yet. But it's…

More new gigs announced, 1 May - Emmylou Harris, The Aliens, Glasvegas

1 May 2008

Yet more fresh new gigging dates for your diary: Original country-rock matriarch Emmylou Harris plays Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 9 September. Ex-Beta Banders (and Lone Pigeon) The Aliens play Edinburgh Liquid Room on 16 June. In addition…

The Ex-Men bring back the Auld Alliance

1 May 2008

Following the recent controversy in France when it was announced the country's Eurovision entry ( Sebastian Tellier 's 'Divine') would be sung in English, Scots indie rockers The Ex-Men have offered to represent the country with a song they have written…

First ever Sauchiehall Crawl launches

1 May 2008

On Sunday 1 June, the first-ever Sauchiehall Crawl music festival will take place along Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street. Tickets will cost ú15, and allow fans to pick from 10 different live music acts playing throughout the night in 3 different…

T in the Park wins Green 'n' Clean award

1 May 2008

T in the Park 's status as one of the world's greenest festivals has been confirmed as Yourope , the European Festival Association, granted the event the first Green 'n' Clean award in Scotland. This international award is given to events which…

Scottish Arts Council funding shift causes controversy

1 May 2008

A redistribution of Scottish Arts Council funding, announced today, has readjusted the balance of financial power within the Scottish arts. Among those to benefit under the new plans are: Arika , who run experimental music festivals Instal and Kill…

LSD inventor Albert Hofmann dies

1 May 2008

Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann , who synthesised LSD for the first time in 1938 and accidentally first ingested it in 1943, has died. Hofmann was engaged in pharmaceutical research when he made his most famous discovery, whose use would influence…

Beggars Banquet and Too Pure to close

1 May 2008

Influential indie music labels Beggars Banquet and Too Pure are to close, with their rosters moving to fellow Beggars Group label 4AD . The labels, who between them release music by artists like The National , Stereolab , Scout Niblett and St Vincent…

Make Model show at Oran Mor cancelled

1 May 2008

Make Model and Land of Talk 's show at Glasgow's Oran Mor on 6 May has been cancelled. The gig is expected to be rescheduled. Keep checking www.oran-mor.co.uk for more information.

The Fratellis announce new album

1 May 2008

Glasgow rockers The Fratellis' second album will be called Here We Stand, and it's out on 9 June on Island Records. The first single from the album, the follow-up to 2006's Costello Music, will be 'Mabel', which is released on 26 May. The full…

Glasvegas new single details announced

1 May 2008

Glasvegas , who won the Philip Hall Radar Award at this year's NME Awards, will release their new single 'Geraldine' on Monday 23 June. The track precedes the Glasgow band's as-yet-untitled debut album, which is being co-produced by James Allan and Rich…

New gigs announced, 1 May - Ronnie Spector, Glasvegas and more

1 May 2008

It's a new month, and here are all the shiniest, most brand new shows announced for Scotland: Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes are making what's sure to be a highly popular visit to these shores in the autumn. They're playing Glasgow's Arches on 29…

Radiohead won't give their next album away

1 May 2008

Thom Yorke has hinted that the 'pay what you want' release strategy behind his band's last album 'In Rainbows' is unlikely to be repeated. 'I think it was a one-off response to a particular situation,' Yorke said. 'I don't think it would have the…

KT Tunstall and The Fall added to Wickerman Festival bill

28 Apr 2008

The line-up of this July's Wickerman Festival is almost complete, with the news that KT Tunstall and The Fall have been added to it. Over 100 other acts have already been confirmed for the Dumfriesshire festival, including Dodgy, The Hacienda Tour…

Agyness Deyn to release single

28 Apr 2008

Supermodel Agyness Deyn is to release a single with the band Five O'Clock Heroes on 23 June. Deyn sings on the track Who and also appears in the video, both of which were recorded in New York. The collaboration came about after Deyn heard a demo of…

New gigs announced, 24 April - Frankmusic, James, Teenage Fanclub and more

24 Apr 2008

Keeping you up to date with all the best new Scottish gigs announced in the last 24 hours: More shows have been announced for the 02 Wireless Weekender's Glasgow leg. Joining Sam Sparro as support for his Oran Mor gig on 9 May are Frankmusic and Jack…

KT Tunstall to play homecoming show at Dunfermline's Alhambra Theatre

24 Apr 2008

Fife singer KT Tunstall is to play a T in the Park warm-up show at Dunfermline's new Alhambra Theatre . This will be only the venue's second show under its current incarnation. The venue, one of Scotland's finest on its opening in 1922, before being…

Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson marry

24 Apr 2008

Lou Reed and his long-term partner, the avant-garde composer Laurie Anderson, married earlier this month in Colorado. The couple, who have been together since 1995, were married on 12 April in Colorado, and threw a celebration in their home city of…

Nick Cave

24 Apr 2008

Nick Cave is in his car. It’s a big car, but no Chelsea tractor. He’s in the driving seat, howling madly along with the bombast blaring out of the speakers. This isn’t a cruise down endless stretches of autobahn, freeways of America or through the arid…

Ladyfest

24 Apr 2008

ARTS FESTIVAL Various venues, Edinburgh, Sun 4 May–Sun 1 Jun Ruby-red lips, set perms and Avon panstick. Not the traditional image of a feminist – certainly not the popular, laddish stereotype of a feminist. However, Ladyfest, Edinburgh’s first…

Vampire Weekend

24 Apr 2008

The Paul Simon revival, inexplicably, just might start here. Preppy New York quartet Vampire Weekend borrow elements of their sound from Afrobeat, post-punk and new wave, but the fact of four well-off white kids co-opting African rhythms can’t fail to…

Adele

24 Apr 2008

POP Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 26 Apr Nineteen-year-old South Londoner Adele has some big shoes to fill. Already being hailed as ‘the New Queen of British Soul’ and ‘the New Amy Winehouse’, she bagged the Critics Choice prize at the Brit awards…

Ulrich Schnauss

24 Apr 2008

ELECTRONICA Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Sun 4 May Without British Forces radio, Ulrich Schnauss’ brand of transcendent electronica wouldn’t be quite so lovely. In early 90s small-town Germany, it was the only way quintessentially English bands such as…

The Xcerts

24 Apr 2008

INDIE Barfly, Glasgow, Tue 6 May Indie rock is the musical opiate of the masses. Recapture that first hit ecstasy with The Xcerts, a fresh-faced three-piece from Aberdeen and Exeter. Get Cape Wear Cape Fly liked their fully-formed, captivatingly…

Joy Division

24 Apr 2008

DOCUMENTARY (15) 96mins After last year’s Control, Anton Corbijn’s considered and stylish dramatisation of Ian Curtis’ life, it would be easy to think that everything you need to know about the legend and legacy of English post-punk outfit Joy…

Pendulum

24 Apr 2008

DRUM & BASS Carling Academy, Glasgow, Sat 3 May Pendulum, the drum & bass production trio from Perth, Australia shifted more than 200,000 copies of their debut album Hold your Colour. Like Roni Size, LTJ Bukem and a few others that had gone before…

5 Reasons To Go See - Willy Vlautin

24 Apr 2008

He’s an amazing singer, songwriter and frontman For the last 14 years, Vlautin has fronted Richmond Fontaine, the alt.country outfit based in Portland, Oregon. Eight finely crafted albums have seen him evoke the ghost of Gram Parsons in telling intimate…

Also Released - Music

24 Apr 2008

The Ossians - The MacPherson Tapes (45b) Akin to Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, this long lost Edinburgh quartet ‘coulda been contenders’ had they not ended up imploding in a hail of rock’n’roll misfortune. This is the recently uncovered album that…

Black Acid

24 Apr 2008

ROCK Nice’n’Sleazy, Glasgow, Tue 6 May Nice’n’Sleazy is an aptly titled venue for the debut of Richard ‘Death in Vegas’ Fearless’ new psychedelic scuzz rock outfit, Black Acid. The five-piece – a full band replete with Farfisa organ and Fearless on…

Capercaillie - Roses and Tears

24 Apr 2008

FOLK (Vertical Records) Capercaillie have done very nicely with their particular fusion of traditional music with more contemporary influences, and it is hardly likely that they are going to suddenly throw all that aside in pursuit of some radical new…

Carol Kidd

24 Apr 2008

To say Carol Kidd is a well respected jazz vocalist is a bit of an understatement. The four-time British Jazz Music Award-winner counted Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennet among her fans and picked up an MBE for her services to music. Here she performs for…

dEUS - Vantage Point

24 Apr 2008

ROCK (V2) Belgian artrockers dEUS have a large cult following, but this fifth album deserves a wider audience. Expansive and eclectic, Vantage Point sees the fivesome refining their mix of powerfully emotive themes with leftfield, intelligent rock…

Eastern Conference Champions

24 Apr 2008

American indie rockers formed by Josh Ostrander and Greg Lyons after leaving their previous band Laguardia due to conflicts with their record label. Working as landscape gardeners during the day and writing tracks at night the band bolstered their…

Enrico Rava & Stefano Bollani

24 Apr 2008

JAZZ Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Tue 29 Apr With Assembly Direct planning no new activity at The Lot until after the Edinburgh Festival (a direct result of last year’s changes to the Scottish Arts Council’s distribution of jazz funding, although…

Exposure - NORAVE

24 Apr 2008

Nu rave? What a joke, it’s just a pity the East London scenesters don’t seem to get it. Here to show them the error of their ways and release some genuinely innovative new music in the process are Little Rock Records’ Niall and Boag. Their NORAVE…

Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight

24 Apr 2008

INDIE (FatCat Records) Graduating from underground heroes to a mainstream proposition often, unfortunately, requires a little softening around the edges. No signs of this where Frightened Rabbit are concerned, however. While the Glasgow-based foursome…

Future of the Left

24 Apr 2008

ROCK Stereo, Glasgow, Wed 9 Apr Heckling can make or break a gig. In this case, it’s all fuel to an explosion-in-waiting – this Welsh trio’s almost fanatical following know exactly which buttons to push, and Future of the Left are a band that operate…

Hotel Café featuring Tom McRae

24 Apr 2008

The son of not one but two vicars, unsurprisingly Tom McRae started off singing in the church choir, but soon began trying to emulate his heroes, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Paul Simon. Now a well respected singer-songwriter he heads this massive Hotel…

IAMX

24 Apr 2008

ELECTRO-GOTHIC POP King Tut’s, Glasgow, Mon 31 Mar ‘Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!’ The Deutsch kitsch musical number from Cabaret is the perfect aural backdrop for IAMX (the demonic brainchild of ex-Sneaker Pimp Chris Corner) to take to the stage.

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt

24 Apr 2008

COUNTRY/FOLK/BLUES (V2) Campbell and Lanegan’s Mercury-nominated debut was a one-trick pony, but it was a pretty cool trick. Campbell’s wispy whimper and Lanegan’s bourbon-soaked growl blended refreshingly over some old school folk and blues, but it…

Jonathan Harvey - Body Mandala

24 Apr 2008

CONTEMPORARY (NMC) Jonathan Harvey was Composer in Association with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra from 2005-7, and was a central figure in the recent IRCAM weekend in Glasgow. This CD includes two compositions written in his Glasgow residency…

Juno!

24 Apr 2008

BAGGY POP Limbo at the Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Thu 10 Apr The MySpace of this buoyant Caledonian quartet has them listed as originating in Glasgow, Fife and Tokyo – the first two are true – but the jokey addition at the end would be better changed to…

Kaiser Chiefs to hit the Highlands

24 Apr 2008

A picturesque pavilion in the Highlands is setting its stall for the arrival of two gigs by popular rockers the Kaiser Chiefs . The band, known for hits such as Ruby and I Predict a Riot, will play Strathpeffer Pavilion in Ross-shire on the 19-20…

Madonna to make an announcement?

24 Apr 2008

Madonna fans await the widely-speculated announcement that the singer is planning a world tour, culminating in a performance at Wembley Arena. Whispers began after a gig listing for the Southeast Conference Theatre in Florida appeared on the AOL…

Miyagi - Lucky Face

24 Apr 2008

RETRO ROCK (Miyagi Music) Some of us demand originality in these days of ‘same-old, same-old’. Edinburgh’s Miyagi (a quartet with only one sold-out EP – Dragonfly – behind them) fall into many categories, none of them standardised pop. To pigeonhole…

National Museum of Scotland to celebrate start of renovations

24 Apr 2008

The National Museum of Scotland will celebrate the start of the £46.4m Royal Museum Project renovations with a weekend of entertainment. The Red Hot Chilli Pipers will headline the event, which runs from Sat 26–Sun 27 Apr. See www.nms.ac.uk/celebration

Neil Cowley Trio - Loud . . . Louder . . . Stop

24 Apr 2008

JAZZ (Cake Music) Pianist Neil Cowley and his cohorts, bassist Richard Sadler and drummer Evan Jenkins, appear in Scotland this month as part of the last Triptych festival, and rate among the hipper items on the current UK jazz scene. Lauded for…

Phil Harding - The Story of Beginners

24 Apr 2008

SINGER-SONGWRITER (Wb Records) Over 30 years in the making, prolific pop producer Phil Harding finally marks the release of his debut solo album. From working with the likes of Stock, Aitken & Watercrap during the nauseating 80s, The Story of…

Portishead - Third

24 Apr 2008

ELECTRONICA (Island) No one ever really expected Dummy MkII did they? For trip hop – the smoky sub-genre Portishead inadvertently helped create – is a distant, smouldering ember but Third is glorious, odd and timeless, a record of clanking, throbbing…

Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Finale! Brilliant Benedetti

24 Apr 2008

Playing the Szymanowski concerto (and look out for his opera King Roger at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival) that shot her to fame as winner of the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year in 2004, violin prodigy Nicola Benedetti (pictured) is top…

Singles & Downloads

24 Apr 2008

Independents, ie self-released records and downloads, are the current music industry trailblazers, but talk of ‘independence’ may account for the broad Scots accents on at least some of the current local releases. Comrade Down – 1/3 of former John Peel…

Skeletons & the Kings of all Cities

24 Apr 2008

Leftfield weirdo popsters who have drawn comparisons to everyone from Sonic Youth to Boyz II Men. Matt Mehlen has drawn together a mixed bag of talents including classical horns, punk drummers, multiple guitars and more for a truly unique bombastic…

Tartan Heart Festival returns in August

24 Apr 2008

Following its success last year, the Tartan Heart Festival returns to Beauly in Inverness-shire on 8–9 Aug. Among the acts confirmed thus far are Scouting for Girls, The Waterboys, Idlewild, Edwyn Collins and Nouvelle Vague.

Tennent's Mutual promises a more inclusive approach for Scots music fans

24 Apr 2008

Following the announcement that this year’s Triptych festival will be the last, Tennent’s lager has revealed its latest venture, The Tennent’s Mutual. In a move to make music fans active participants in the all-new project, interested parties will…

The Duke Spirit

24 Apr 2008

INDIE King Tut’s, Glasgow, Wed 2 Apr They should be well practiced at this. Following their well-received 2005 debut Cuts Across the Land, London’s Duke Spirit flew across the pond to play the odd gig or 285. Their follow-up, Neptune, is consequently…

The Zutons

24 Apr 2008

Liverpool’s current top indie export, The Zutons’ sax-heavy tracks will get an airing at this MTV Spanking New Music Tour as they gear up for the release of album number three, You Can Do Anything, which is set for a June release later this year.

Tindersticks - Hungry Saw

24 Apr 2008

SOUL (Beggars Banquet) Tindersticks have always understood that the essence of great soul music was a tall (occasionally tragic) tale set to something grand sounding and have amassed a back catalogue of heartbreaking, often breathtaking…

Various - Bugged Out presents Suck My Deck Mixed by Boys Noize

24 Apr 2008

ELECTRONICA (New State Music) Boys Noize is the wholly apposite nom de plume of Berlin native Alex Ridha who, for his first ever mix CD has set ticking a whole crate of techno smart bombs for our delight. He mercilessly cuts up tracks by Kitsune…

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