// BIFFY CLYRO

Reading Rooms. Dundee, Fri 28 Feb oooo

Full of meaty goodness ~~ :

Scotland’s awash with skinny laddies thrashing angular shite outta their instruments, but none do it with as much chaotic style as Biffy Clyro. The

Kilmarnock threesome are always spectacular live, and in a gig-starved Dundee they put on a frantic and frenetic display to rival any band around. For all the bowel-shaking riffage and blood-curdling screams Biffy Clyro

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