Gary Sullivan

Edinburgh lad based in Leith. Live music junkie. Penchant for writing, painting ceramics, playing drums and watching football. Will work for food.

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saved at zoo

ZOO Southside

Saved

Retro instruments deconstructed and repurposed for a pleasingly kitsch show

Opal Fruits

Pleasance Courtyard

Opal Fruits

Cross-generational struggle on a London council estate told through puckish humour and UK Garage

Rubber Oh
Strange Craft

Disturbance in the force sees the Geordie psych-smiths bounce back to Earth

Dana Gavanski When It Comes

Dana Gavanski
When It Comes

Canadian-Serbian’s second LP reveals her creative potential

Goat Headsoup

Goat
Headsoup

Scandinavian shamen’s career-spanning compilation is an intoxicating concoction

Big Thief Two Hands

Big Thief
Two Hands

Brooklyn band’s second of the year is earthy and raw

Chastity Belt

Chastity Belt
Chastity Belt

Four-piece’s eponymous fourth could use some variation

Pleasance Courtyard

Wireless Operator

A gripping and unflinching exploration of the mental and emotional cost of war

Pleasance Courtyard

Murder On The Dancefloor

A strong start gives way to an overwrought and muddled narrative

Pleasance Courtyard

Electrolyte

A breathless, exhilarating and heart-breaking piece of theatre

Lucy Dacus

Voodoo Rooms

Lucy Dacus

Virginian leaves the Voodoo Rooms swooning

Fontaines DC

Fontaines DC
Dogrel

Ireland’s new heroes aren’t pissing around

Rozi Plain What A Boost

Rozi Plain
What A Boost

Moments of free-spirited beauty on latest solo effort

White Denim at SWG3

SWG3

White Denim

Technical Texans thrill but leave you wanting less

Rustin Man Drift Code

Rustin Man
Drift Code

A rag-bag of different musical textures from ex-Talk Talk man

CYHSY

The Caves

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!

Brooklyn band wheel out Some Loud Thunder for its 10th anniversary

Natural Rebel

Richard Ashcroft
Natural Rebel

Rebel yell turns into rebel hell for ex-Verve frontman

Lovely Eggs

The Bongo Club

The Lovely Eggs

New album entertains and eggcites at The Bongo Club

Kurt Vile Bottle It In

Kurt Vile
Bottle It In

Far from vintage Vile that should’ve remained firmly corked

Julien Baker

St Luke's

Julien Baker

Memphis singer fills St Luke’s with songs of self-belief and heartbreak

Beak album

Beak >>>

Bristol trio featuring Portishead’s Geoff Barrow back with rich, doomy third album

Barrence Whitfield

Voodoo Rooms

Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

Sexagenarian soul star slays the Speakeasy at the Voodoo Rooms

Teen Creeps

Teen Creeps – Birthmarks

Belgian trio wear their 90s influences too obviously on debut album

Cocoa Sugar

Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar

Choco-block rocking beats as Edinburgh trio make a break for the light.