Music, Paul Little

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Rick Redbeard - Electric Circus, Edinburgh, Tue 12 Mar 2013

15 Mar 2013

Honest and traditional material from versatile Phantom Band singer

’I don’t know if any of you have been to Glasgow before?’ asks Rick Anthony with tongue in cheek, having a laugh at the expense of his genteel east coast fans. But sometimes, when your other group the Phantom Band is known for a retro-futurist strain of…

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…

Orbital - Picture House, Edinburgh, Sun 2 Dec 2012

18 Dec 2012

A timeless performance from the legendary electronica duo

Those arriving at the venue minutes after the Hartnoll brothers Paul and Phil have gone onstage will note reverberations ringing off the buildings around them, the sound of a whispered warehouse rave up an alley or the distant thump of a bass drum in…

Chvrches - Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Fri 28 Sep

10 Oct 2012

Electro-pop gems in an artistic setting

In an unexpected development, the Scottish National Galleries’ Friday evening ‘Picasso By Night’ event played host to one of the most talked-about bands to come out of Scotland in recent years. While art lovers upstairs listened to curator’s talks and…

Twonkey’s Kingdom

7 Aug 2012

Absurdist and ramshackle entertainment from Paul Vickers

‘We’ve all taken a bag of ecstasy and tried to book a skiing holiday, haven’t we?’ If you say so, Paul Vickers, renowned Edinburgh musician and maverick, and key-holder to the frankly baffling kingdom of Twonkey (it rhymes with ‘wonky’), who is a small…

Bloc Party - Garage, Glasgow, Tue 19 Jun

18 Jul 2012

Glasgow gig marks band's return to live performance

‘This is the best possible start to the return of Bloc Party I could ever imagine,’ gushed Kele Okereke as his band made their first official appearance on a stage since October 2009, with rumours abounding that they’d called it a day more than once…

Guns n’ Roses - SECC, Glasgow, Fri 25 May 2012

15 Jun 2012

Late and overly-long, but a good value showbiz reenactment of the glory days

Good old Axl Rose. Anyone concerned that his famous ability to rub people right up the wrong way has evaporated as he enters his 50s would have found their faith restored during this leg of Guns n’ Roses’ latest arena tour. As he’s done at every other…

The Horrors - O2 ABC, Glasgow, Tue 15 May, 2012

22 May 2012

Charming and mesmerising set that avoids sharp pop aesthetic

For Essex boys The Horrors, surely redemption has arrived at last. Yes, there were those of us who enjoyed the spooky frightwig garage rock of their debut album Strange House, but it left the sense that here was a band who are overstylised and blessed…

The Futureheads - Oran Mor, Glasgow, Mon 9 Apr

25 Apr 2012

Stripped down acoustic and a capella show from the indie-rock group

For a band who made one of their very earliest trips around the UK a tour of working men’s clubs, there was a certain sense of having come full circle here. Billed as an acoustic and a cappella tour, it was more than just a stripped-down version of…

Florence and The Machine - SECC, Glasgow, Mon 12 Mar

27 Mar 2012

Stunning show from the 21st century diva

Has Florence Welch ever told you about the time she flew up to Glasgow on a whim to visit a friend who lives in a castle in the Highlands? The four-hour bus journey that followed – still in her pyjamas – took her through Lochgilphead, where her Scottish…

A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Oran Mor, Glasgow, Sun 15 Jan 2012

27 Jan 2012

Minimal classical configurations building a truly hypnotic form

The collaboration of Stars of the Lid’s Adam Wiltzie and Devics’ Dustin O’Halloran might sound like a dream ticket for devotees of string-abetted US independent music, but this live performance was no occasion for ego or for taking individual bows.