Pronto Mama

Pronto Mama

Dec 23

A PRONTO MAMA CHRISTMAS AND ANY JOY TO ALL! Where: King Tut’s When: 21 December Support: Fiskur Glasgow band playing a sold-out show at a venerated Glasgow venue just before Christmas – what more could you want? Maybe being pick of the week in The Guardian – check! (‘Between a rockier Fleet Foxes and a jazzier Phantom Band, the Glasgow six piece play around with styles and speeds (not unlike...

Idlewild

Idlewild

Dec 22

HOPE IS IMPORTANT Where: O2 ABC When: 20 December 2017 Support: Scribe Pederson and Owl John One of the best gigs I have ever attended was Idlewild at the Hammersmith Palais in 2007 and so was very excited about this evening and while this show did not quite hit the 2007 heights I was not disappointed. This was the second of two shows at the ABC to commemorate the 15th Anniversary of The Remote...

Eliza Carthy and The Wayward Band

Eliza Carthy and The Wayward Band

Dec 21

BIG BAND JOY Where: Saint Luke’s When: 19 December 2017 Support: Duotone Towards the end of the main set EC jumped down from the stage and ran around the room to demonstrate that there was plenty of room to dance neatly illustrating the only thing wrong with this gig – a dissonance between the boisterous joy on stage and the seated audience. EC’s urge to dance did get a few people up on...

The Cribs

The Cribs

Dec 10

GARAGE ROCK SHAKES AT THE WAH WAH HUT Where: King Tut’s When: 6 December 2017 Support: Paws; Canshaker Pi This gig is part of a ‘residency tour’ by The Cribs whereby they play several nights at smaller but important venues – including four nights at King Tut’s, of which this was the last. It is a band of brothers – twins Gary (voc +b s) and Ryan (voc + gui) plus Ross (dr) – who have been...

Destroyer

Destroyer

Dec 07

BEJAR, BEJAR, BEJAR – DAN CANUCK SHIVA Where: Centre For Contemporary Arts When: 5 December 2017 Support: Nicholas Krgovich Destroyer is the musical project of Canadian Dan Bejar – over the last 20 years he has produced a dozen albums covering a variety of musical styles, the one constant being Dan’s abstract lyrical content. He had a breakthrough of sorts with 2011 album Kaputt – helped...