Bastille
Apr 21
WITH ADDED EPIC APPEAL When: 11 April 20018 Where: Usher Hall, Edinburgh Support: To Kill A King; Charlie Barnes This sold out show was part of the eight date ‘Re-Orchestrated’ tour in which Bastille played their songs with added epic-appeal bolstered on stage by a gospel choir, a string section and a brass section. Of course, it is not very unusual for bands to tour with brass and...
Blitzen Trapper
Apr 19
FEASTING ON CURATE’S EGG ROCK When: 10 April 2018 Where: King Tut’s Support: Steve Grozier Will the real Bitzen Trapper please stand up? This Portland five-piece (voc/gui/harm – gui/bvoc/syn – kyb/bvoc – bs – dr/bvoc/voc) are great musicians and put on an excellent gig that covered many different rock styles: country rock, Stonesy rock, psychedelic rock, Dylan folk rock, Springsteen rock, folk...
Sigrid
Apr 02
HAPPINESS WON ME OVER Where: Saint Luke’s When: 22 March 2018 Support: Fred Well Anointed the Sound of 2018 by the BBC there was a lot riding of the young Norwegian’s shoulders but she carried off tonight’s gig with panache and joy. And although the audience skewed towards late teens/young twenties there was actually a good age representation that suggests Sigrid’s fresh-faced pop will have...
Mahalia
Mar 25
PROUD OF HER Where: King Tut’s When: 22 March 2018 Support: Iyamah First up tonight was Iyamah who was a wonderful surprise – soulful and sophisticated, echoes of Sade (and others have noted Lauryn Hill) but very much her own artist; with good support from her guitarist. One to look out for in the future. Mahalia was also only supported by a guitarist, and occasionally some beats, but her...
Elbow
Mar 07
“SORRY WE’RE LATE” Where: SSE Hydro When: 5 March 2018 Support: John Grant This gig was supposed to happen three days earlier on Friday night but snow intervened; however, the venue was free on Monday night, which as Guy Garvey pointed out was very lucky as normally you have to book a year in advance for the Hydro. So we gathered (or rather about, Guy estimated, three-quarters of the original...
Jhené Aiko
Feb 08
SWEET BIRD OF PARADISE Where: O2 ABC When: 7 February 2018 Support: IAMDDB; Avonlea Before this gig I did not know very much about Jhené Aiko – I just listened to a couple of her songs, liked what I heard and bought a ticket. Checking up on her online I discovered that she comes from a musical family and had originally signed to record label when she was only 13, although she first made a mark...
Alvarez Kings
Feb 05
THE KINGS VISIT THE KING Where: King Tut’s When: 30 January 2018 Support: Aivis; Gravelle; Tiny Murder Tiny Murder played a very short set and GG arrived a little bit late and only caught their last song of this trio (female voc/keys – gui – dr) – sorry guys – but liked it enough that I hope to catch them again sometime. [Later I realized I had seen their first ever gig – which was...
Eugene Kelly
Jan 30
Indian Summer on The Great Western Road Where: The Hug & Pint When: 29 January 2018 Support: Jared Celosse Eugene Kelly was a pivotal member of The Vaselines who disbanded before their first album appeared but who were then made world famous by dint of being one of Kurt Cobain’s favourite groups and three of whose songs Nirvana recorded. Eugene has since played in a reformed The Vaselines,...
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