Kenza Marland

Having spent the last month trying to wash off the mud from their Kelburn Garden Party performance, we catch up with a finally-clean Jack Elliot and Dave Lloyd – two members of Edinburgh band Slow Karma. The band have, in just a year and a half, sold out their first headline show at The Voodoo Rooms, bagged a headline slot at The Liquid Room next March, been invited to play monthly slots at The Jazz Bar, and released nearly ten singles.

It’s easy for Austinites to become jaded, always looking back at what we’ve lost and worrying the Violet Crown will lose its charm. Good news: It hasn’t! Give the gift of a tourist’s eyes on our little gem of a city with items that’ll help locals fall back in love with it like a total newbie dork (or help total newbie dorks get acquainted).

Watching the rise of London’s Ezra Collective over the past several years has been a joy. As the group made the rare shift from alternative to mainstream without compromise, their felt like well-deserved flowers given to a collective of hyper-talented jazz musicians. This Friday night, sold-out show is at the Barrowlands in Glasgow’s East End.