Live Review: Julien Baker, Glasgow Saint Luke’s, 25/09/18
Baker walks onto the stage at Saint Luke’s, gives a timid wave which does little to calm the applause, grabs her guitar and bends down to adjust the loop station.…
Live Review: Death Grips @ Barrowland, Glasgow, 31/08/18
In the aftermath of 2018’s acclaimed Year of the Snitch, industrial hip-hop band Death Grips hit a new peak of relevance, with their increased use of punk and shoegaze alerting…
Counterflows Festival: a celebration of experimental and international creativity
5th-8th April Glasgow Counterflows is an annual festival held every April across a variety of venues in Glasgow. The festival’s focus is experimental music, but it also features film and…
Big Thief steal everyone’s hearts at La Belle Angele
2nd April 2018 La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh In less than two years Big Thief have released two LPs, Masterpiece and Capacity, both as magnificent as each other. Simultaneously classic and…
In its second year, Nightvision’s Terminal V festival is already becoming a stalwart of the Edinburgh house scene
1st April Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh The wired atmosphere is palpable from the minute we sit down on the shuttle bus in St Andrew Square. Glitter, mesh, unicorn colours and…
Anne-Marie’s talent far surpasses her endearing humility at a packed-out O2 Academy
27 March O2 Academy, Glasgow Anne-Marie’s show in Glasgow is the last destination on the UK tour before she moves further to Europe with her upcoming album Speak Your Mind.…
The Wombats deliver a night of good, solid fun in Aberdeen
19th March Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen Ah, The Wombats. I think it’s safe to say we’ve all zipped up our Jack Wills hoodies and lip-synced to ‘Let’s Dance to Joy Division’…
No fear here: Frightened Rabbit in Glasgow
17th March O2 Academy, Glasgow When Frightened Rabbit descended onto the stage at the O2 Academy Glasgow, it felt like a homecoming. Although originally from Selkirk, the band formed in…