Rock & Pop
In the 26 years since the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain was formed, while remaining esoteric, it has…
If you’ve got country music in your soul then this is the show for you – it has all the hand-clapping and…
Not just shaken, stirred but most definitely rocked!
There is no faulting the music to American Idiot.
It’s Sunday night and the Picture House is fit to bursting with hollering friends and families out to support…
The African Soul Rebels tour is now an annual fixture at the Usher Hall, but this year the format is slightly…
Authentic sound makes it an easy day’s night.
Tindersticks suit the opulent yet slightly faded grandeur of an auditorium such as the Usher Hall.
I sometimes feel I could measure my life out in Tindersticks shows.
George Lucas's 1971 feature debut THX 1138 has never felt more prescient in its depiction of a future…
As the Edinburgh International Festival tackles the “thundering hooves” of rival UK festivals (notably…
“Where’s Hookay?!” goes up the lone cry near the start of tonight’s performance in a packed Usher Hall. …
I am having a weird altered states flashback to an evening in Sativa circa 1995. My states altered purely by…
Mark E Smith is unwell. Rumours of his illness circulate the bars and hostelries around Lothian Road in the…
The ageing shoe-gazers are out in force tonight.
Question: Why are TV talent shows so popular? From Pop
A robed figure wanders across the Usher Hall stage, surrounded by cosmic paraphernalia and alien effigies,…
It’s been a long road for Lee “Scratch” Perry, The Upsetter at the pulsing centre of dub, and at the age of…
Presenting the music of Captain Beefheart without the man himself could seem a thankless task, such was his…
San Francisco’s Girls seem to be so named after their unreachable objects of desire that just might make them…