Edinburgh gets a new venue
The 1500-capacity Picture House officially opens its doors tonight (Thursday) with a Travis gig. Shows coming up include Dirty Pretty Things, Martha Wainwright and Ryan Adams.»
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Will HaveN ot got their singer with them
A family crisis left Will Haven without a front man earlier on today. They were about to cancel tonight's show at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut when they found out two local fans were eager to take on Grady Avenell's role for one night only.»
Nightmare Of You - The Days Go By Oh So Slow
It doesn't really make sense They sound like the Smiths tribute band Brandon Flowers sometimes wishes he fronted (when NOY singer Brandon Reilly sings “and now the days go by, they go by oh so slow”, Morrissey's face appears in your head along with it) but somehow simultaneously Nightmare Of You sound like a semi-acoustic emo band. »
Shout Out Louds - Please Please Please
Perhaps this is a desperate call for help, since their first two singles made about as much impact on the UK music scene as a fly on a windscreen, or maybe they've just finally got the idea and decided to put out the most obvious hit from their debut album 'Howl Howl Gaff Gaff' and stop with the pussyfooting around.»
EXCLUSIVE: No show for OK Go in Glasgow
OK Go were forced out on to the streets last night in Glasgow due to a power cut at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, where they were scheduled to play. Power was lost in a small section of St Vincent Street at around 8pm and electricians were not able to resolve the problem in time for the gig to go ahead.»
"we're obsessed with clashing patterns right now"
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Kulash shares the same quirky kookiness that is so apparent in OK Go's music and lyrics. The Semiotics graduate also has a penchant for making up words, like “balladiful”, “superdifficult” and “soppy-pants”, not to mention using plenty of words we don't believe are real but the consultation of a dictionary reveals they do actually exist. He oozes intelligence, gets enthusiastic about everything, and he talks like it's going out of fashion.»
"We're all very interested in food."
DiS chats Swedish indie-pop quintet Shout Out Louds on a bench, in a courtyard, outside a venue and up a road in London's fashionable east end.»
AKA The Fox, Thee Comrades, Drive By Argument, The Very at Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, Scotland, Sat 20 Aug
Saxophonists. Who'd have them? The rest of tonight's headlining band, AKA The Fox, must be wishing they didn't. The crowd are begging and screaming for an encore, but baldy saxophone man shakes his head. Crazy, tie-wearing front man tries to convince him but sax man has had enough and stomps off.»
Fans Of Kate at Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Tue 16 Aug
With shows so delightfully captivating, foot-tapping and jaw-dropping, someone's sure to offer the lads a proper deal sooner or later. Until then, does anyone know of any decent bootlegs doing the rounds?»
Dogs at London 100 Club, Tue 26 Jul
Dogs make it quite obvious that they don't really care what the indie elite think of them. They might not be breaking any musical barriers, but there's a room full of sweaty and battered people with massive grins on their faces that love this band to bits. And what's integrity anyway when you can make people happy instead?»