Live Review
Mogwai, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
At this volume and in these surroundings it can’t help but achieve grandeur but never becomes grandiose.
9th March 2014, 1:56pm
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At this volume and in these surroundings it can’t help but achieve grandeur but never becomes grandiose.
9th March 2014, 1:56pm
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The essence of her music cannot easily be captured unless it’s experienced.
14th February 2014, 3:12pm
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Malkmus and co de-contextualise riffs and change time signatures with alarming regularity.
16th January 2014, 11:59am
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There are moments when it appears that Deep Purple are alive and well and this particular musical TARDIS has pulled in at 1973.
26th November 2013, 12:08pm
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It’s a sweat-tastic basement gig in Glasgow for the pair.
9th October 2013, 11:10am
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The near perfect sound balance, vocals audible over the forceful brass, is a credit to both their crew and the symphonic acoustics of the hall.
1st September 2013, 10:25am
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Norman Blake might have moved away but with songs like these he’ll always be welcomed back warmly.
18th July 2013, 12:52pm
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Sweet, messy, noisy and enjoyable.
15th June 2013, 1:34pm
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The focus on sonics at the expense of lyrical clarity is something that pertains throughout NAO’s songs.
10th June 2013, 2:03pm
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Tonight they need more guitars and more textures to recreate the record’s variety.
15th May 2013, 10:48am
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A contained and measured, if chilly, performance.
8th May 2013, 12:30pm
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Edwyn Collins’ status as a hero is assured.
23rd April 2013, 9:40am
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Something just doesn’t quite click tonight.
11th April 2013, 12:04pm
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Sparse and minimal, these songs don’t really have the chance to get going tonight.
10th April 2013, 5:04pm
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The atmosphere in the room is hushed and reverential, you can literally hear every squeak of his chair and every breath in the mic.
3rd April 2013, 5:31pm
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In a move indicative of their singularity, YLT forego a support band, instead playing two sets.
25th March 2013, 2:40pm
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These songs are dark but mainly positive.
19th March 2013, 10:32am
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This gig feels both oddly intimate and vastly impersonal at the same time.
12th March 2013, 1:50pm
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Here are two musicians who have got together to do the thing they like to do best, to write and play, for no other reason than that they’re passionate about it.
11th March 2013, 9:34am
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Hypnotic, metronomic, absorbing, at times downright Dadaist, Clinic can turn their hands to almost any genre and still sound distinctly themselves.
7th March 2013, 12:08pm
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Calexico are still a great, talented band but perhaps they have become a little too comfortable.
18th February 2013, 6:03pm
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There is nothing polite about this pounding instrumental band.
28th November 2012, 1:01pm
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Memorable tunes keep on coming for a tight half hour.
19th November 2012, 4:18pm
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They look and sound like escapees from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop hiding out in a Bletchley bunker.
25th October 2012, 3:40pm
With Bob Vylan, St Vincent, girl in red, Lizzy McAlpine and more.