Neil Renton, Author at SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland

Neil Renton

The Divine Comedy – The Usher Hall: Neil Hannon Scales the Heights of a Lofty Career 

The Divine Comedy are one of those bands that I had long admired from ...

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Belle and Sebastian delight with ‘If You’re Feeling Sinister’ Start to Finish in Kelvingrove Park

When it comes to a Scottish summer, you have two certainties.  The first is ...

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Happy Mondays at Glasgow’s Barrowland (gig review)

Me, Shaun Ryder, and Scotland’s biggest city all have history. I went to Glasgow ...

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5 Seconds of Summer – OVO Hydro:  – SEC Armadillo Glasgow: The Boyband Trying To Grow Up 

A lot has changed since 5 Seconds of Summer exploded out of YouTube and ...

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EMF @ The Caves, Edinburgh, 12th March: Indie ravers are no one trick pony

Back in 1990 EMF were all the rave. Quite literally. They sounded like they ...

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David Byrne at the Armadillo, Glasgow: Music veteran comes ‘home’ to show them how it’s done 

It was the week Harry Styles, in a funky Chanel suit and backed by ...

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The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free – The Corn Exchange, Edinburgh (Gig Review)

A Grand Don’t Come for Free, the concept album from The Streets, might have ...

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Cast at The Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh: Britpop legends, back in Edinburgh, support their claim to being far more than an opening act 

I know what you did last summer… You were at the Oasis reunion shows ...

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