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Pop / Shades of Berlin Bowie and Ian Curtis: Hamish Hawk, at Usher Hall, reviewed

Pop /					 													 						Shades of Berlin Bowie and Ian Curtis: Hamish Hawk, at Usher Hall, reviewed
04.03.2025 10

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Shades of Berlin Bowie and Ian Curtis: Hamish Hawk, at Usher Hall, reviewed

Shades of Berlin Bowie and Ian Curtis: Hamish Hawk, at Usher Hall, reviewed
27.02.2025 10

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The art of the anti-love song

13.02.2025 10

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The maudlin, magical world of Celtic Connections

30.01.2025 9

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A new solo album by a former Beatle that – astonishingly – demands repeated plays

16.01.2025 10

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What a remarkably bad electric guitar player Bob Dylan is

Finally, a taste of the authentic Bob Dylan live experience. On the two previous occasions that I’ve seen Dylan, in the early 2000s and again two...

21.11.2024 7

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Terrifically good value: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds reviewed

A few years ago, I received an early morning phone call from Nick Cave’s former PR, berating me for not crediting his band the Bad Seeds in an...

07.11.2024 2

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Chrissie Hynde remains outstanding: the Pretenders, at Usher Hall, reviewed

A few hours before the doors opened for the Pretenders’ Edinburgh concert, Chrissie Hynde posted a message on her social media channels. The gist...

24.10.2024 5

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Pop / I agree with pop’s war on iPhones – but King Canute might want a word

Before each show on the recent The The tour – reviewed in these pages last week – the pre-recorded voice of singer Matt Johnson politely asked the...

12.10.2024 4

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The ethics of posthumous pop albums

‘At the record company meeting/ On their hands – at last! – a dead star!’ Back when Morrissey was more concerned with writing a decent lyric...

26.09.2024 5

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Elvis Costello remains the most fascinating songwriter Britain has produced in the past 50 years

Song for song, line by line, blow for blow, Elvis Costello remains the most consistently fascinating songwriter Britain has produced in the past 50...

12.09.2024 3

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Fun, frenetic and only a little gauche: Declan McKenna, at the Edinburgh Playhouse, reviewed

Towards the end of Declan McKenna’s snappy, enjoyable 90-minute set at the Edinburgh International Festival, something quite powerful occurs. The...

15.08.2024 1

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Jack White’s new album will be of close interest to Led Zeppelin’s legal team

The ploy of releasing an album without any advance warning comes into play when an artist feels they are being paid either too much or too little...

01.08.2024 2

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Hard to love – but Shirley Manson is terrific: Garbage, at Usher Hall, reviewed

There’s nothing quite like the drama of a prodigal’s return. ‘I’ve been singing in this venue since I was ten years old,’ announces Shirley Manson,...

18.07.2024 1

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