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Live Review: Grimes the the 02 ABC @Grimezsz

02 ABC, 13/03 Usually, it’s pretty disappointing if a gig only lasts an hour. Grimes’ set, though, is so energetic that any more might be too much to handle. Grimes (real name Claire Elise Boucher) bounded around like a Duracell bunny at a rave – if she wasn’t jumping between instruments, she was high-kicking her way across the stage. The (pretty gorgeous) crowd, decked out in light-up trainers,…

Angel Haze and the Exquisite Art of Giving a Shit about Your Fans @AngelHaze

Angel Haze at 02 ABC, 14/1/16 The phrase “all about the fans” can sound pretty trite and meaningless. What artist playing a gig doesn’t want to give the impression that their music is 100% for you guys, in the crowd; without whom they’d never be standing where they are today? In the heat of the moment, some manage to convince us and some don’t. But if you want to witness an artist with…

Dir. Nicholas Bone, The Arches, 24th-26th February

There’s something very appealing about plays with only one actor. The dark intensity of a sustained interior monologue has an undeniable glamour to it, and there’s an always an expectation that the energy of the performance will be cranked up a few notches. Sam Rowe’s dramatization of a would-be playwright’s tussles with loneliness and isolation…

22/2/15 – 02 ABC

Some of the slickest, finest and wackiest talent came to Glasgow for the NME awards tour, which is the official build up for one of the more honest music awards ceremonies. (more…)