Day: 26 August 2018

Live Review: DMA’s join Catfish and the Bottlemen, Twin Atlantic and more at Glasgow Summer Sessions

The sun was beaming down on the tens of thousands of punters in Glasgow this weekend who descended on the city’s Bellahouston Park park to see North Wales outfit Catfish and the Bottlemen and guests, as part of the city’s Glasgow Summer Sessions series. With the likes of Kings of Leon and Kendrick Lamar with…

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Photo Gallery: Luca Brasi + Tiny Moving Parts + Eliza And The Delusionals – Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne (24.08.18)

Luca Brasi hit the Croxton Bandroom in Melbourne on Friday night, impressing with a spectacular headline set, supported by two of our favourite acts right now – Tiny Moving Parts and Eliza And The Delusionals. Rebecca Houlden was there and brings back these photos from the show:

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Film Review: The Happytime Murders (USA, 2018) could spark your interest if vulgar and unkempt comedy is your thing

Before Melissa McCarthy’s involvement essentially fast-tracked The Happytime Murders into production, the dark comedy had languished in development limbo for the good part of decade with both Cameron Diaz and Katherine Heigl attached at various moments as potential headliners.  With the final product now upon us, McCarthy’s penchant for vanity-free comedy feels like the most…

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Edinburgh Fringe Review: Norris & Parker – Burn The Witch (Performances to August 26th)

I ended my Edinburgh Fringe with the Iate night sketch comedy show from English duo Norris & Parker, Burn The Witch. The show, which saw the pair accompanied by a deadpan keyboard player (with his own songwriting, werewolf related dreams), featured a number of skits and songs as the pair jumped through a number of…

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Edinburgh Fringe Review: Alex Edelman – Just For Us (Performances to August 26th)

“This show only works if you live in New York and are Jewish”, warns New York comic Alex Edelman, as he brings his third fringe show Just For Us to a packed Cabaret Bar in Edinburgh. But being neither, it’s fair to say that these warnings prove unfounded; Just For Us delivering one of the…

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Edinburgh Fringe Review: Terry Alderton – The Musical (Performances to August 27th)

Following his award-winning show All Crazy Now at the 2017 Fringe, English comedian Terry Alderton has returned with his new show Terry Alderton – The Musical, featuring music by Grammy nominee Owen Parker and a talking mannequin that may  lead you to call the show “what would have happened if Craig Ferguson totally lost his mind on an…

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