Tag: Liam Menzies
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Touche Amore, ANGEL DU$T & Departures @ Glasgow Stereo – 20/02/2017
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) As the queue to the only Scottish date of Touche Amore‘s tour stretched around onto Union Street, it was obvious that tonight’s gig was going to be pretty special. Taking place at the intimate and claustrophobic Stereo venue, which in itself is a total juxtaposition of the lovely and well-kempt vegan cafe above,…
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VISTAS @ KING TUTS -08/02/2017
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) When your band is currently accumulating upwards of 90,000 listeners per month in addition to being added to countless Spotify playlists, it would be no surprise if your ego was to take over. However, as Prentice Robertson, frontman of Edinburgh rock-pop outfit Vistas, revealed last night, the lucky lads are just as humble…
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PUP + TRASH BOAT @ QMU – 04/02/2017
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Seeing as both Canadian punk act PUP and British pop punkers Trash Boat had an amazing with 2016 with the release of The Dream Is Over and I Know That Nothing I Write You Can Change What You’ve Been Through respectively, it was a no-brainer that The Wonder Years would invite the…
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TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB @ BARROWLANDS- 03/02/17
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Having been in hiding for what seemed like a lifetime, which in reality was only four years but a few months can feel like a year in the music world, Irish rock outfit Two Door Cinema Club returned to Scotland with a whole new sound and, for frontman Alex Trimble, a whole…
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TRNSMT Just Announced Their Lineup And The Internet Is Happy
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) In stark contrast to the sub-par reception to the Reading and Leeds announcement, the reveal of the very first TRNSMT festival line-up has been received with sheer positivity. With the festival being hyped up as a replacement to T In The Park, more on that later, TRNSMT have one-upped the long…
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So far, so good? New Mac DeMarco tracks REVIEWED
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Having appeased the appetite of hungry fans with his Another One mini album in 2015, Mac DeMarco has announced details for his course. This Old Dog, the peculiar lo-fi rocker’s follow up to 2014’s critically lauded Salad Days, is set to drop on May 5th via Captured Records and DeMarco has…
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TRACK REVIEW: Vistas – Feel Alive
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) It seems like one of Scotland’s hottest up and coming acts has taken on the mantra of “new year, new me” with their latest single. Yes, Vistas, who just a few months ago delivered their first EP Medicine that I said cements their bright future, have come out with Feel Alive which,…
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Reading And Leeds Just Announced Their Lineup and the Internet Isn’t Happy
Could one of the largest UK festivals face the same fate as T after another lukewarm announcement? By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) 2016 is all but a distant memory for most, in no small part due to how much of a hellish year it was, though it was thankfully redeemed by the quality music that was on…
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The XX – I See You ALBUM REVIEW
Incorporating all the talents each member brings to the table with new innovations to their well established bittersweet formula, The XX return from their hiatus sounding just as refreshing as they did back in 2009. By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Soft spoken and introverted, the international success of The XX back in 2009 was somewhat an anomaly…
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