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Live photos: St Deluxe, Bronto Skylift, PAWS at King Tut’s 23/4/11
So, I couldn’t manage to get along to this, but Mishelle Milne has kindly contributed some photographs if anyone cares to throw in some words that would be lovely. Here’s some shots (PAWS above) : St...
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Record review: PAWS – My Parents Said We Can’t See Each Other Anymore (Mermaid)
Easing in with summery, chiming guitars closely followed by hazed, hypnotic vocals, PAWS gently uncover the sounds of their new EP, My Parents Said We Can’t See Each Other Anymore. Opening track...
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Live review: PAWS, Edinburgh School For The Deaf at Sleazy’s, 4/11/11
Having travelled back from Edinburgh, where I had been lambasted and left half deaf by my companion for not having played trombone in a successful band (a story which I won’t flesh out here), it’s...
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Record review: PAWS – Misled Youth [Fat Cat]
The rise and rise and rise of Glasgow three-piece PAWS is no mistake, the band has been slogging away for the past couple years, but have always rewarded audiences with really enjoyable performances....
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Live review: PAWS (album launch), North American War at CCA, 4/10/12
The last time Rave Child reviewed PAWS live was a bit of a shambles… let us just say the reviewer let us down, PAWS frontman Phil Taylor kicked him out the Sleazy’s fire escape and the bouncers kicked...
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Live review: T in the Park – Day two, 13/7/13
By the time day two arrives the festival is still bathing in sunshine, having quite probably its best weather on record; to be fair it was probably due it after last year’s washout. Today’s line up...
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Live Review: We Are Scientists, PAWS, The Yawns at Oran Mor, 29/7/13
It has been quite a while since we have heard from Brooklyn’s most raucous of sons We Are Scientists. During the mid noughties the trio released a plethora of feel good indie hits that would launch...
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Live review: Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival, 26-29/8/13
The Cardross Estate, folded neatly into the lolling green hills of Stirlingshire, is one that is normally associated with tranquillity and even antiquity, but this year the estate has shooed off its...
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Live review: PAWS Halloween Ball with Black Cop, Halfrican, Secret...
An all local line up decked out for Halloween starts with Sharptooth – dressed as destroyed beauty queens – like the cover of Hole’s ‘Live Through This’ – diving headlong into Courtney Love’s ‘Miss...
View ArticlePAWS – ‘Tongues’ [Fat Cat]
Glasgow alt-rockers PAWS caused quiet an impact with their Scottish Album Of The Year nominated debut album Cokefloat! and since its release have won over the hearts of thousands worldwide. Ahead of...
View ArticlePAWS – Youth Culture Forever [FatCat]
'Poor Old Christopher Robin' tied up 2012's debut LP release in a way that made it hard to not be excited for this – Youth Culture Forever tends to live up to the expectations that these punk-rock...
View ArticlePAWS at The Art School, 6/6/14
PAWS are back, on their “like eightieth night of tour”, but the fatigue does not hamper the live show. Having released second LP Youth Culture Forever in the States while touring with We Are...
View ArticleSAY Award: Not Quite the Most Important Decision in Scotland this Year
2014 is a year of great importance for Scotland, years and generations from now we will look back and ponder the decisions made — it is therefore vital that the choices we make are well informed, and...
View ArticleWe Are Scientists, PAWS at Bloc 12/7/14
Bloc is crammed; most of my reviews tend to start this way but an hour or two before the gig and the place looks like it’s reached its capacity, yet people still somehow manage to get in, nobody cares...
View ArticleOwl John, Phillip Taylor at Cottiers, 23/7/14
The addition of Phillip Taylor of PAWS to tonight’s show was more than welcomed, we’ve watched PAWS grow from playing support slots in empty venues to touring with some of indie’s biggest names, and...
View ArticleTracks of 2014
19 Atom Tree – ‘Sinner’ [Hotgem] The opening track of the Glasgow electronic trio’s latest EP, Clouds, introduced us to vocalist Julie Knox, who’s powerful and emotive voice slides brilliantly into...
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17 Andrew Pearson & Lovers Turn To Monsters – Everything We Miss [Common] A combination of two endearing singer-songwriters, brought together under the umbrella of Common Records in the dismal...
View ArticleUnder The Covers Valentines Compilation [Fuzzkill]
Fuzzkill Records are becoming a force of nature on the Glasgow music scene, putting out releases by a wide array of great local bands, throwing the odd party of a show and generally just enjoying the...
View ArticlePAWS, Polarnecks at The Poetry Club
Fresh from being nominated for the Scottish Album of the Year Award, Glasgow based trio PAWS play a sold out show in The Poetry Club. Support for the evening comes from Polarnecks; it’s a very lively...
View ArticleDoune The Rabbit Hole, 22/8/15
A curing tea, a rather hefty haggis roll and some cute bunnies later and we’re just about ready to go on day two at Doune, after sleeping in a tent proved a much more difficult task that it had been...
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