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Edinburgh to get major new city centre live music venue

7 Mar 2008

Gig, the venue on Edinburgh’s Lothian Road, is be refurbished and reopened as a major live music space. It was announced that MAMA Group have purchased the freehold on the space from Luminar Limited who had run the space as Gig during 2006. It has been…

Duffy is top of the pops

7 Mar 2008

After topping tipsters’ polls for potential hotness in 2008, husky pop chanteuse Duffy has delivered in spades and has done the double this week, topping both the singles and album charts. Her debut album Rockferry (no we still don’t know what a…

Devendra Banhart becomes virtual clothes horse

27 Feb 2008

Genius American alt-folk troubadour Devendra Banhart has never been backward in coming forward when it comes to parading his musical musings but now he’s showing even more than before by turning himself into a web fashionista with his own personal…

Vampire Weekend and Michael Franti announce Scottish dates

26 Feb 2008

New York’s most sartorially astute indie kids Vampire Weekend capitalise on the success of their new self-titled debut album with a pair of dates this spring. They will play Liquid Room, Edinburgh on 3 May and Oran Mor, Glasgow, 3 May. Less dapper but…

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Middleton makes moves on Christmas number 1 spot

13 Dec 2007

In a chart awash with X Factor pap and Cliff Richard cast offs, a small unassuming ginger chap from Falkirk has given us a reason to watch Top of the Pops on Christmas Day again. Malcolm Middleton’s festive musical foray, the senstively titled ‘We’re…

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FESTIVAL FRENZY

28 Feb 2007

Words: Mark Robertson and Allan Radcliffe Just when you thought it was safe to go back to your local ticket outlet, several festivals unveil their wares at once. Triptych celebrates a triumphant seventh year of esoteric eclecticism with 79 reasons to…

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