Jonny Sweet
@jonnyleesweet
After four years in the wanderlust wilderness, Jonny Sweet is back to the homeland to gorge himself on musical and cinematic catnip and scribble furiously in dimly lit rooms.
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Leif Vollebekk – Twin Solitude
Like a glass of wine by the fire or a favourite old jumper, Vollebekk is as comforting and constant as ever.
Hotel Juarez
Useful exercise in Spanish language, but unconvincing as an investigation of border town life.
Glass Animals
Onomatopoeic, energetic, incredible – Glass Animals are top of their game and top of the food chain.
March Gig Previews
Mad March season has well and truly kicked off, but not a hatter nor a hare in sight.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
A sublime, subversive and sub-zero performance of Tom Stoppard’s anti-classic play.
Granfalloon
A most meaningful album launch attended by a most meaningless assortment of humans.
Coulrophobia
A hilarious, innovative and boundary-pushing piece of clownish theatre.
Simon and Garfunkel – Through the Years
An uncannily accurate tribute to the music of one of folk rock’s biggest bands.
Picnic at Hanging Rock
An unsettling but ultimately incoherent adaptation of an Australian classic mystery.
Bowie Experience
Tribute acts don’t come much closer to the real thing than this Bowie look-and-sound-alike.
Blossoms
Blossoms hit all the right notes but fail to pull anything extraordinary out of their hats.
Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls
A high octane ramble through all of Frank’s considerable back catalogue.
Alice in Wonderland
A superb re-imagining of an old classic full of character, soul and wit.
Georgie and Blossoms come to Potterrow
21-year-old rock n soul singer Georgie provides ample support for Manchester band Blossoms
Alpines – Another River
A more focused step-up on earlier efforts with intermittent flashes of excellence.
The Devil in the Belfry
An incomplete but captivating attempt to bring Poe into the modern age.
As the Crow Flies
A thoughtfully playful musical collaboration between children from Scotland and Belgium.
Oxjam Edinburgh Takeover
Edinburgh hosts the 10th anniversary of the Oxjam festival with characteristic style.
100 Acts of Minor Dissent
A catalogue of defiant deeds that’s both heavily political and highly puerile.