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The Cribs: Nirvana wouldn't be signed today
30 Dec 2012
Music gossip
The Cribs don't think Nirvana would get signed today. Frontmen Ryan and Gary Jarman don't think the iconic 90s grunge band - comprised of the late Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic - would be able to get a record deal in 2012, as they…
All day gig-crawl Haddowfest is a crowd-pleaser, with The Cribs as headliners
13 Nov 2012
Broken Records, The Gold Lions, The Stagger Rats and Meursault also perform
With an extra hour in bed and an earlyish start to the Sunday, you could have forgiven many of the Haddowfest goers for deciding to turn up a little later than expected for this year’s event. Thankfully that wasn’t the case, as a bright-eyed bunch…
The Horrors and The Cribs announce JD Roots shows
27 Mar 2012
Music Gossip
The Horrors, The Cribs and Twin Atlantic are playing exclusive sets in their hometowns for Jack Daniel's. The bands are part of the JD Roots shows, which see them perform small gigs in the places where they started. The shows kick off in Glasgow…
Johnny Marr leaves The Cribs
12 Apr 2011
Music Gossip
Johnny Marr has left The Cribs. The guitar legend - most famous as a member of The Smiths - has left the group ahead of this summer's live shows so he can concentrate on his solo projects. He said in a statement: "I'm working on new solo songs.
RockNess / T in the Park line-ups announced
3 Mar 2011
Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, and Foo Fighters for T; Groove Armada, Kasabian and Chemical Bros for RockNess
The great and good of the music world are set to arrive in style this summer with both T in the Park and RockNess dishing up the goodies for their June and July festivals. At TITP in Balado, the mighty Pulp join Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay and Foo Fighters…
Kasabian, The Chemical Brothers, Paolo Nutini and Glasvegas set for RockNess 2011
24 Feb 2011
Line-up also includes DJ Shadow, Frightened Rabbit, Magnetic Man
Rockness, Scotland's fastest growing festival, returns for 2011 with some of the hottest new acts in guitar music, while simultaneously remaining true to its electronic roots. Looking at the line-up, combined with winning NME's 'Best Small Festival…
Edwyn Collins tours UK to remote recent Coals To Newcastle box set
2 Nov 2010
Recent Losing Sleep album features The Cribs and Franz Ferdinand
The legendary Edinburgh pop-rocker has defied the odds and made a comeback after suffering a stroke in 2005. Since then, he’s completed 2007 album Home Again (begun at the end of 2004, then suspended due to his illness), and released the critically…
The Cribs confused by new LP
26 Aug 2010
Music Gossip
The Cribs are "torn" over what direction to go in with their new album. The British indie rockers - who are set to perform at this weekend's Reading and Leeds festivals - are suffering from an "identity crisis" and haven't decided what they want to…
T in the Park 2010: Running order
7 Jul 2010
If you're heading to Balado this weekend you'll want to see this - the full running order for Scotland's mightiest music festival. Please note that the running order is subject to change, so we'll try to keep it as up to date as possible.
The Cribs take new direction
24 May 2010
Music Gossip
The Cribs' new album will be keyboard-driven. The group are currently in the studio working on the follow-up LP to 2009's 'Ignore the Ignorant' and guitarist Johnny Marr is impressed by how hard frontman Ryan Jarman is pushing himself to create a new…
The Cribs cancel Coachella
16 Apr 2010
Music Gossip
The Cribs have cancelled their appearance at the Coachella festival in the US this weekend. The British band had to concede defeat in their bid to appear at the Californian festival - which takes place this weekend - after volcanic ash from an…
Muse, Eminem and Kasabian are T in the Park 2010 headliners
23 Feb 2010
The Prodigy, Jay-Z and Vampire Weekend also on Balado festival bill
Muse, Eminem and Kasabian will headline the main stage at T In The Park 2010. Other major acts on the bill include Black Eyed Peas, The Prodigy and Jay-Z. The festival dates are Friday 9th. Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th July 2010. The campsite is…
Singles and downloads
21 Aug 2009
Your tunes for the week
Sugababes are sexy and, bless ‘em, they want us to be sexy too, so they’re imploring us to ‘Get Sexy’ (Island) ●●. Strange, then, with all that sexy-talk in the air, the single should be an insipid rehashing of that deeply unsexy Right Said Fred song…
Singles & Downloads
14 Feb 2008
The trouble with being trendy and much touted is that, at some point, you’ve got to produce the goods. Indie ugly mugs The Cribs singularly fail to do so with ‘I’m a Realist’ (Wichita) •, a tuneless, insipid, po-faced sub-Razorlight jangle. Ditto for…
