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Tommy Lefroy live at Assai Records review – a little too precarious
Performing for the first time in nearly two years, Tommy Lefroy sounded a little rusty for this low-key set in Edinburgh. Still, given the content of their promising new album The Precariat, maybe human imperfection was the whole point.
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Madra Salach live at The Grove review – Irish sextet seek pleasure and pain
Irish folk merchants Madra Salach delivered on the promise of their excellent debut EP with an evening of age-old songcraft and atmospheric experimentalism, adept at finding beauty in the midst of adversity.
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Eleanor Moss live at SWG3 Poetry Club review – crystalline classical guitar songs dazzle up close
Eleanor Moss’s quietly fascinating songs about tenderness and violence inspired a stunned silence in the crowd for this powerfully intimate set at the Poetry Club. A full backing band is all that’s needed to elevate her already transfixing compositions.
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Curiosity Shop: Bound For The Sky EP review – delightful debut is full of promise
After relentless touring built up an impressive following for the Edinburgh folk band before they even released their first single, Bound For The Sky confirms Curiosity Shop as one of Scotland’s most exciting new songwriting talents.
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Glasgow gig watch: October 2026
Autumn is approaching in Glasgow, and with it one of the busiest months of the year for live music fans. In a new monthly series, Undertone picks out the hottest tickets in town you won’t want to miss.
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Beabadoobee: Pylon review – electrifying grunge rock is her best yet
The British-Filipino singer sounds more confident and impactful than ever on her hard-hitting sixth album, which sets the loneliness of life on tour to a series of blissfully melodic tunes.
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Wednesday live at O2 Ritz review – embattled country rockers leave it all on the mosh pit floor
She may have been “sick as a dog” and visibly shaken by the fresh news of Dolly Parton’s death, but Karly Hartzman and her band still summoned a laudably committed performance in Manchester, masterfully shifting gear from glorious country crooners to vicious smash-and-grab punk in a flawless final 20 minutes.
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Westside Cowboy: It Goes On review – it goes on… repeat
The hottest band in UK indie are on a tear; having finally released their first album, Westside Cowboy have delivered, somehow upgrading on what they had before. Matthew Rowe explains what makes It Goes On so great.
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Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Weekend review – blockbuster return will make you believe in magic
Phoebe Bridgers’ third album improbably lives up to the hype generated by her ingeniously orchestrated return to earth: a high-budget, detail-oriented showpiece about grief and hope packed with spectacular twists and turns. When it comes to indie folk, Bridgers really is on a planet of her own.
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Vulfpeck live at the O2 review – panto funk collective have the key to your heart
Performing a vanishingly rare UK arena show, the lovable funk group offered plenty of light-hearted musical delights for a bouyant O2 crowd, even in the absence of founding member Theo Katzman.
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Indie pop rising star Leah Nawy on making it in New York, last minute sax solos, and leaning in to the distortion
A graduate of The New School and BerkleeNYC, Leah Nawy is now ready to make a splash in New York’s indie pop scene. She talks to Undertone about her dynamic new EP, and what it means to be in bloom.
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Imogen Cooper/Lewis/RNS live at the Glasshouse review – a fitting send-off
Returning to the same composer that started her career over five decades ago, Imogen Cooper’s farewell concerto was an uplifting Mozart masterclass. A nuanced 27th Concerto highlighted Cooper’s talent as one of Britain’s finest concert pianists.
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