Lewis Wade

Edinburgh

Writer at Freelance

Writer and Music Editor at The Skinny

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Articles

Earth - The Wee Review

2 weeks ago | theweereview.com | Lewis Wade

Maud the Moth is the alter-ego of Amaya López-Carramero, a Spanish-born, Edinburgh-based singer and composer. Her scorched anthems build to crushing intensity and screaming crescendo despite often starting life akin to the gothier recesses of Regina Spektor’s back catalogue. López-Carramero’s a master at looping voice, piano and miscellaneous effects to construct whole worlds that she duly destroys by a song’s finale.
Jenny Hval on perfume passion and new album Iris Silver Mist – The Skinny

1 month ago | theskinny.co.uk | Lewis Wade

The Skinny: The concept of fragrance is integral to Iris Silver Mist, informing its composition and some of its most resonant images. What sparked your interest in perfumes? How did the influence manifest during the development of the album? Jenny Hval: I got into fragrance after the pandemic lockdowns, while the world was coming back to life.
Father John Misty @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh: gig review

1 month ago | theskinny.co.uk | Lewis Wade

The ornate surroundings of the Usher Hall are perfectly suited to Josh Tillman's current Father John Misty iteration; open-collar suit and a vibe that's more lounge Sinatra than adrenalised drama, eight-piece band that are just as comfortable delving into lithe funk or stadium-filling soft rock.
Joni - Things I Left Behind - The Wee Review

1 month ago | theweereview.com | Lewis Wade

As debuts go there isn’t anything particularly novel about this one from the London-based singer-songwriter: a break-up album with a slight twist in that our mononymous star had just moved to LA, so the feelings of loneliness and abandonment were compounded by the unfamiliar surroundings.
Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE

2 months ago | theskinny.co.uk | Lewis Wade

Album title: SABLE, fABLE Artist: Bon Iver Label: Jagjaguwar Release date: 11 Apr Using last year's dour SABLE as its prologue, the first full length in six years from Justin Vernon and friends bounds blissfully into the light. There are sonic snapshots of his career to date peppered throughout, allowing the listener to bask in those warm memories, but there's never a sense that this is a static exercise in nostalgia.
billy woods - The Wee Review

2 months ago | theweereview.com | Lewis Wade

Rising rapper psweatpants has the unenviable job of rousing the shrinking violets that make up the audience tonight, a task he more or less accomplishes despite the repetitive stage banter and a bit of lingering sickness. London-born and Glasgow-based, his foundation is the trad-grime of two decades ago, which is surprisingly refreshing when considering the current state of UK rap, but there’s top-class variety in the beats and samples that keep things engaging throughout.
Lucy Dacus - Forever is a Feeling

2 months ago | theskinny.co.uk | Lewis Wade

Album title: Forever is a Feeling Artist: Lucy Dacus Label: Geffen Records/Polydor Release date: 28 Mar This is Lucy Dacus's first album following the meteoric rise of the festival-headlining, Grammy-winning juggernaut boygenius, of which she is one third alongside Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker. It's hard to imagine she'll be playing venues like the Voodoo Rooms again anytime soon.
Interview: Shinlifter

2 months ago | theweereview.com | Lewis Wade

“Last time we played Leith Depot, we came here beforehand for a herbal tea – that’s how rock ‘n’ roll here we are,” ranter-in-chief Olivia Furey admits as we catch up at Argonaut Books. Along with Matt (guitar), Calum (drums) and Henry (bass) they make up Shinlifter, a band that mix heavy dissonance and lo-fi scrappiness, yelping mundanity with poetic absurdity. But are they rock ‘n’ roll?
Nubya Garcia @ Oran Mor, Glasgow: live review

Mar 10, 2025 | theskinny.co.uk | Lewis Wade

Tonight's show gets off on the most serene footing possible courtesy of Marysia Osu's ethereal harp-playing. But as she starts to loop her playing and layer in beats (heavy on the bass), her arrangements grow in intensity and intricacy. For a few songs she's joined by YUIS on flute, a perfectly complementary pairing, especially on songs like memento mori. Good thing she managed to recover her harp after leaving it on the train over from Edinburgh...
Dewey Lester & The 6:03 - Summer ’72 - The Wee Review

Mar 7, 2025 | theweereview.com | Lewis Wade

Kevin McGachy (Dewey Lester – his psych-country alter ego) and Craig McNally (The 6:03 – a train???) are kindred spirits with a shared love of sun-dappled nostalgia and toe-tapping melodies. This debut collaboration is pitched as a love letter from one West Coast to another (Scotland to the USA) and despite the ostensible setting of Summer ’72, the naively optimistic and psychedelic ’60s are a more apt touchstone.