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• Parklife: Sunday at West End Festival

  June 17, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Glaswegians lounge in the sun at Kelvingrove Park on Sunday after Mardis Gras, part of the West End Festival. Photo: Ron Reid.
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• Saul Williams @ Stereo, 21.5.08

  May 23, 2008 · Words: Andy Sharp · 1 Comment
  

  Gig photography by Ron Reid, review by Andrew Sharp.
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  In November 2007 Saul Williams released a new album “The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust” produced by Trent Reznor, which was released online allowing users to download the album for free or for five dollars for the first 100,000 downloads. 18 percent of [...]

  
  



• Surface Emp / Proto Post

  April 30, 2008 · Words: Martin S · 1 Comment
  

  “Left Right” by Surface Emp, taken from Proto / Post
  From the underworld of Glasgow’s hip-hop scene comes this highly unofficial release by Surface Emp, rescued from the broken computer of the group’s main emcee Sum Won. You might recognise some of the instrumental work as that of Warp noodler Hudson Mohawke, and the album also [...]

  
  



• Review: The Billy Bates EP

  July 13, 2007 · Words: Martin S · 0 Comments
  

  Billy Bates self-titled, self-released, debut EP is available now for those with a piqued interest in the deeper side of music. The Glaswegian’s intelligent music fuses middle-eastern guitar scales with highly sensitive vocals, which on opener Rawnda are quickly reminiscent of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s aerial improvs, and help make the serene raga [...]