Reviews, Music 19 Aug 2008
Hamish Ferguson: With the Film Festival pushed forward to June, Edinburgh's best known cinema seems to have suffered a kind of identity crisis this August. The Cameo's iconic Screen One is playing host to live band...
Reviews, Comedy, Music 18 Aug 2008
Evan Beswick: Tim Minchin is, by now, somewhat of a rock star. And what goes better with rock stars than nostalgia? Well, here’s a big dose of it: Minchin’s show this year, Ready for This?, just isn&...
Music 17 Aug 2008
Chris McCall: What links the Chemical Brothers, the Prodigy and Aussie beat-masters Pendulum? The answer of course is 'Voodoo People', the Prodigy's classic rave generation anthem. Upon its first release in 1994...
Dave Knight: Chirpy, cheery and perhaps even a bit chavvy, Kate Nash waltzes back into Edinburgh for the inaugural Edge Festival, bringing her unique brand of mockney monologue-pop to the Corn Exchange on Monda...
Reviews, Theatre, Music 17 Aug 2008
Junta Sekimori: International Fringe tourists behold: here lies the quintessential Scottish experience you’ve been questing for. There’s tartan, there’s ceilidh, and there are authentic village f...
Music 13 Aug 2008
Chris McCall: Good people of Edinburgh! Are you tired of hearing about young whippernsappers playing in bands who couldn't spot a tune if it slapped them in the face? Does the very sound of Lilly Allen make you ...
Chris McCall: Broken Records have quietly been making a name for themselves this past year. Their unique brand of folk rock has won them many admirers, and led to them playing far and wide across the UK. Having ...
Reviews, Music 13 Aug 2008
Evan Beswick: I have often wondered how six men might get away with wearing matching lemon yellow suits, and red ties? I’m now pursuaded that, when six chaps rollick their way through a collection of swing...
Chris McCall: Those of us crammed into the tight rows of St Bride's church are here to pay homage to one of the greatest guitarists of the modern era. A man who not only revolutionised the way the acoustic guita...
Features, Music 13 Aug 2008
Chris McCall: Paul Smith, front man of Newcastle based popsters Maximo Park, is excited. “We're playing in a Roman amphitheatre tonight! I think its the oldest gig we've ever done, in terms of structures a...
Reviews, Comedy, Theatre, Music 12 Aug 2008
Junta Sekimori: Watching this the show on a Monday, it is hard to get a good sense of the atmosphere it might generate on peak nights, but with ten well-behaved people in the audience, and five disappointingly sam...
Reviews, Music 10 Aug 2008
Evan Beswick: Country music, guys ‘n’ gals, is alive and well and living in Kansas City, Missouri. While such a revelation might not come as an complete surprise, what might prove a little more confo...
Music 10 Aug 2008
Chris McCall: Kristen Hersh is a respected solo artist in her own right, but she's still most widely known as one of the founding members of cult US college rock heroes Throwing Muses. So it's little wonder that...
Chris McCall: In between songs, Patti Plinko knocks over her mic-stand, and a sudden crash rings around the small basement cabaret bar. Clutching her glass protectively she lets out a laugh; “it missed my ...
Features, Music 10 Aug 2008
Chris McCall: Don't let the name fool you. The Twilight Sad might sound an overly morose name for a band to some, but they are no grey miserabilists. When I meet the band a few hours before they are due to play ...
Paris Gourtsoyannis: From the outset, it’s clear that whatever anyone thought this was going to be, it isn’t. Award-winning author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Louis de Bernières and his co-s...
Reviews, Music 09 Aug 2008
Adam Knight: Florida's most exclusive “mobile home community” is a long way from the glamour of the Festival City. While The Great American Trailer Park Musical draws heavily on a subculture that mo...
Reviews, Music 07 Aug 2008
Chris McCall: The Scottish Scullery, the refectory of St John's Episcopal Church on Princes Street, is better known for its excellent high teas rather than its use as a live venue. For the next few weeks however...
Music 07 Aug 2008
Chris McCall: You might have thought the demand for bands that play radio friendly pop hits and whose members wear skinny jeans would be on the wane by now. After all, it's a full six years since the Libertines ...
Chris McCall: Camille O' Sullivan is a superstar. Forget the fact that her name is not as instantly recognisable as some of the other artists performing at this year's festival. A concept as fickle as fame is wa...
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