Too Rough, directed by Sean Lionadh, is a short film centred around Nick (Ruaridh Mollica) and Charlie (Joshua Griffin), who, after a drunken night out, wake up in Nick’s bed. Paralysed by the fear that his homophobic and dysfunctional family will discover his sexuality, Nick plots a way of sneaking Charlie out of the house […]
Yo La Tengo have returned with This Stupid World, their first LP of new songs since 2018’s There’s a Riot Going On. Released on Matador Records, this collection of songs is an artfully constructed hotchpotch of material that grew out of jam sessions conducted by the trio over the past two years. Largely recorded live, […]
Bill Callahan seems to have existed as a quiet enigma on the peripheries of the mainstream for several decades. Prolific in his years as lo-fi noise-rocker Smog, since 2007 he’s just been going by ‘Bill.’ More recently, the man himself took to the stage at Queen Margaret University’s student union in Glasgow. Callahan’s music is […]
Formed at North Oxfordshire College & School Of Art in Banbury in 1988, Ride quickly cemented their importance as a pioneering band of the Shoegaze genre with the release of Nowhere in 1990, which they followed soon after with Going Blank Again in 1992. Both these albums are remarkable fusions of pop and noise-rock; sonically […]
The past year has seen a rapid rise for Edinburgh band Swim School. The four-piece haven’t been around for long, but they’ve been making rapid inroads into the public consciousness of the United Kingdom. Their first EP was released during a global pandemic that forced listeners to retreat from the electric immediacy of the gig and […]
In conversation with GRDN, the collective responsible for the festival’s success. Edinburgh is not known for its electronic music. There exists only a handful of independent venues across the city that promote local DJs, artists and creatives. A large student population means that there is high demand for regular and affordable club nights. Subterranean Sound, […]
Ascend the steps of the double decker bus just off Bristo Square, emerge into its celestial light and you might hear the voice of “perhaps Britain’s greatest-living anti-comedian” (Guardian, 2010) speak to you. “Oh, look. Another one.” Take your seat, and the voice repeats itself to another latecomer. Funny how we are all just ‘another-ones’ […]
On the opening track of Big Thief’s latest outing, ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’, singer-guitarist Adrianne Lenker poses a question: “Would you live forever, never die / while everything around you passes? Would you smile forever, never cry / while everything around you passes?” In whimsical tones, she users her listeners into […]