Triptych

The Pastels and Tenniscoats - Two's company

21 Aug 2009

It was a marriage made in indie heaven: the dreamy ponderings of Glasgow’s Pastels with that of Tokyo’s industrious Tenniscoats. David Pollock takes up the story

Triptych Club Nights

Living for the weekend

24 Apr 2008

For the last ever Triptych, performance is more crucial than ever. It’s nothing new to declare bands who find their natural habitat in clubs as a developed and established trend over the last couple of years. What does seem worth commenting on, however…

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…

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…

Alter Ego play last minute Glasgow show

21 Apr 2008

German techno duo Alter Ego are to play Glasgow's Sub Club on Sunday night, 27 April. The last-minute show, held by the Subbie's Optimo night, sees Alter Ego replace Chrome Hoof, who were forced to pull out of their Triptych date at the club last week.

Triptych - RZA

10 Apr 2008

After eight years of blowing minds with wild weekends of brave new sounds, Triptych will soon be no more. To celebrate the final instalment of the music festival, we talk to some of the most exciting acts on this year’s bill including soul brother Jamie…

Triptych - Eight Ball

10 Apr 2008

Chris ‘Beans’ Geddes DJ, and one seventh of Belle & Sebastian Candi Staton played Renfrew Ferry and ended a triumphant show by passing the mic into the audience as her band played endless choruses of ‘Young Hearts Run Free’. It gets passed between…

Triptych - Jamie Lidell

10 Apr 2008

Jamie Lidell ‘I was awakened by Matthew Herbert really, in a magic kind of moment.’ Just how much credit Herbert can take is open to debate, but only a quirk of fate could have led to the doggedly leftfield technocrat Jamie Lidell’s staggering…

Triptych - Correcto

10 Apr 2008

Correcto They don’t do many gigs, so the fact that the Triptych bigwigs have managed to ensnare this Glasgow-based art rock gaggle for three in a row is really quite an achievement. Not to be outdone, The List tracked down hard-to-get-hold-of frontman…

Triptych - Model 500

10 Apr 2008

Model 500 There are few living artists in the pantheon of contemporary music who can claim to be as influential as Juan Atkins. Growing up in 1970s Detroit, the young musician was inspired by the cosmic funk of George Clinton’s Funkadelic and…

Triptych - Annie Nightingale

10 Apr 2008

Annie Nightingale Last month, Annie Nightingale was giving a lift home to Slyde, two breakbeat DJs who she’d just showcased on her BBC Introducing Tour. She got a weird pang of pride when they started talking about their cover of ‘Sex and Drugs and…

Triptych - James Blackshaw

10 Apr 2008

James Blackshaw In only five years, James Blackshaw has earned a reputation as Britain’s most brilliant young composer-guitarist, wowing the avant-garde and folk underground with his acoustic 12-string reveries. Like contemporary US pickers Jack…

Triptych - RememberRemember

10 Apr 2008

RememberRemember The Royal We and Sexy Kids bassist, Multiplies synth wiz, Mogwai auxiliary, Flying Matchstick Men axe-smith, Graeme Ronald’s musical CV is impressive to say the least. But it’s as RememberRemember that Ronald has come into his own…

Triptych - Sebadoh

10 Apr 2008

Sebadoh In mastering the lo-fi aesthetic at the turn of the 90s, Sebadoh did their part to keep the four-track recorder industry flourishing with a host of sparse, barely tuned DIY albums. Plus, in shaggy-haired Lou Barlow they had an unlikely style…

The Charlatans, The Whip and Paul Weller announce live dates

New gigs

21 Feb 2008

The Charlatans are to play their first headline Scottish dates in several years in support of their new album You Cross My Path, which is free to download via the XFM website. They play Carling Academy on 20 May. The Whip are the latest group to…

James Chance

The contortionist

23 Apr 2007

James Chance is coming to Scotland for the first time in his career this fortnight. Like one of his alter ego namesakes, it might as well be the second coming of Jesus. Post-punk’s messiah, James Chance, of Contortions infamy, aka James White (& The…

Triptych - The Originals

The Originals

10 Apr 2007

Triptych festival returns for five days of mind-expanding music, DJing and film. As always, the weighty bill is sprinkled with some of the visionaries of modern music. Here we highlight five of the pioneers performing and reveal just how much worse off…

News Extra

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…

News extra

16 Jan 2007

Terry Riley is to make three rare appearances at the Usher Hall this year as part of Triptych. The minimalist pioneer will perform his groundbreaking composition ‘In C’ at the Edinburgh Usher Hall on Wednesday 25 April and a reworking of his electronic…

Surface Noise - music news

Surface Noise

15 Jan 2007

Triptych announced more names! CCS and Terry Riley have both confirmed gigs for the last weekend in April. Click here for more details.