Category: Reviews
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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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Gig Review – Pete Doherty – La Belle Angelè – 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Junior Brother opened the night, and I’ll be honest, it was a slightly strange start. His wiry, experimental Irish-folk style clearly aimed for raw authenticity, but in reality it often felt scratchy is how I could describe it. His voice…
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Gig Review – Sam Fender – Edinburgh Summer Sessions 22/08/25 – 4.5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨
Words: Toni Faulds Photos: Ryan Buchannan The night opened with Olivia Dean, who came onto stage with such confidence, she had a great energy coming on stage and managed to maintain that during her show. She opened with her hit…
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Fringe Review – Moon Pact Trial – Banshee Labyrinth – 3/5 ⭐⭐⭐
Words: LM (Editor) A last minute decision, and being drawn in by the flyer I was handed while walking past, I decided to give this show about the Occult, a try. Pete Mitchelson plays an actor who joins a theatre…
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Fringe Review – I was a Teenage She Devil – The SpaceUK – 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I Was a Teenage She Devil is a 95-minute musical following nerdy Nancy Nelson and her friend Debbie in a campy 80’s nondescript American High School. Nancy yearns for popularity and love after being made a fool of by muscle-bound…
