Tricot 2018

Tricot 2018

Nov 26

ON THE BOOM When: 16 November 2018 Where: Stereo Support: Band Previously Seen: 21 August 2017 Tricot delivered possibly my favourite gig of last year and tonight they gave one the best gigs I have seen in 2018. They are one of the best bands around at the moment: their recorded output is great and live there are not many bands who can currently touch them for musicianship and sheer verve....

We Were Promised Jetpacks

We Were Promised Jetpacks

Nov 20

DREAMING, NOT SLEEPING When: 15 November 2018 Where: Saint Luke’s Support: Fiskur WWPJ are one of the many very good Scottish indie rock bands and one of the best – if only we had more than four albums in ten years to enjoy. Not surprisingly the show is sold out. The setting is dramatic: the band are dwarfed by the huge WWPJ banner hanging behind them and which the lighting...

Sigrid Nov18

Sigrid Nov18

Nov 17

High Five Ms. Raabe! When: 7 November 2018 Where: O2 Academy Support: Oli Fox Band Previously Seen: 21 March 2018, Saint Luke’s   A relatively quick return to Glasgow for Norwegian songstress Sigrid – and as I predicted in my review of her March gig she is playing a much bigger venue moving up from the 350 person venue to (almost  sold out) 2,500 O2 Academy. One of the...

The Decemberists

The Decemberists

Nov 12

I’ll Be Your Whale When: 5 November 2018 Where: O2 Academy Support: Hop Along Band Previously Seen: 16 March 2011, Hammersmith Apollo, London The latest album from The Decemberists, I’ll Be Your Girl, continues the band’s move away from their folk influenced indie rock (along with a historical bent to many of their lyrics) to a more ‘mainstream’ indie rock sound and...