Category: Reviews
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Fringe Review – Back in Business – 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: Clíona McCann Georgia Tasda: Back in Business is a delightfully foul hour of spreadsheets, pie charts, musical numbers and general tomfoolery. After a 5-year break, the monstrous business mogul has returned ready to share all her tricks of the…
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Album Review – Siula ‘ Night Falls on The World’ – 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: @Jessica Kerr Photo Credit: @Sam.ffoto Cardiff duo Siula step into the light with their debut album Night Falls on the World, a record that treats memory and loss less as themes than as landscapes to inhabit. Formed by producer…
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Single Review – The Sun Day ‘Now You’re Gone’ – 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: Tyler Murphy 2024 gave us two major releases from Aberdeen’s own ‘The Sun Day’; A five track EP titled ‘Spacial Awareness’ and the candid live album ‘Live at Café Drummonds’. Cementing themselves as an alt-rock inspired Indie band just…
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Gig Review – Men Without Hats – La Belle Angelè – 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: Tony Quilietti Photos: Simon Wootton Men Without Hats, a group of indubitable masters of the synthesizer, emerged from the vibrant and audacious Quebec New Wave scene of the late 1970s, propelled into the global spotlight through their intricate and…
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Gig Review – Chappell Roan – Summer Sessions – Royal Highland Centre – 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: Niamh Leiper It’s 11am in Glasgow, and I’m wearing chainmail at the bus station. I’ve been wearing it all morning at this point, but I take it off before going into Greggs because I don’t quite fancy explaining to…
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Gig Review – Throwing Muses plus Support – La Belle Angelè – 3/5 ⭐⭐⭐
Words: Toni Faulds The evening kicked off with “Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water” a support act whose name already hints at a sort of poetic ambition. Their sound was drenched in reverb, leaning on a moody sounding guitar and…
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Album Review – The Gaffer ‘The Gaffer’ – 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: Kenny Ross I listened to The Gaffer as it was sent to me to review for Qulture Magazine, and after a few plays, I can honestly say this debut is definitely something special. Sam McGaff, under the name The…
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Fringe Review – Mother, Maiden & Crone – The SpaceUK – 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: Clíona McCann Mother, Maiden & Crone is an offbeat queer reimagining of Macbeth from the witches’ perspective. Set in gay Club Limbo, a jaded drag queen, bimbo shot boy and kleptomaniac DJ are faced with a tyrannical (and deeply…
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Fringe Review – Bill Bailey ‘Thoughtifier’ – 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: Jessica Rose Kerr Bill Bailey’s latest Fringe outing at the Edinburgh Playhouse is a sharp, confident performance that balances quick-fire wit with moments of genuine thoughtfulness. Having seen Bill Bailey on Strictly, I was eagerly predicting this show –…
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Album Review – Apna ‘Kintsugi’ – 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: Madi Briggs Album Artwork: Brain Soup Art Following along from previous releases such as ‘Wake Up Call’, ‘Kintsugi’ is the latest project from Glasgow based band Apna. Deriving its name from the Japanese art tradition of repairing broken objects…
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