Elbow
Mar 07
“SORRY WE’RE LATE” Where: SSE Hydro When: 5 March 2018 Support: John Grant This gig was supposed to happen three days earlier on Friday night but snow intervened; however, the venue was free on Monday night, which as Guy Garvey pointed out was very lucky as normally you have to book a year in advance for the Hydro. So we gathered (or rather about, Guy estimated, three-quarters of the original...
Jhené Aiko
Feb 08
SWEET BIRD OF PARADISE Where: O2 ABC When: 7 February 2018 Support: IAMDDB; Avonlea Before this gig I did not know very much about Jhené Aiko – I just listened to a couple of her songs, liked what I heard and bought a ticket. Checking up on her online I discovered that she comes from a musical family and had originally signed to record label when she was only 13, although she first made a mark...
Alvarez Kings
Feb 05
THE KINGS VISIT THE KING Where: King Tut’s When: 30 January 2018 Support: Aivis; Gravelle; Tiny Murder Tiny Murder played a very short set and GG arrived a little bit late and only caught their last song of this trio (female voc/keys – gui – dr) – sorry guys – but liked it enough that I hope to catch them again sometime. [Later I realized I had seen their first ever gig – which was...
Eugene Kelly
Jan 30
Indian Summer on The Great Western Road Where: The Hug & Pint When: 29 January 2018 Support: Jared Celosse Eugene Kelly was a pivotal member of The Vaselines who disbanded before their first album appeared but who were then made world famous by dint of being one of Kurt Cobain’s favourite groups and three of whose songs Nirvana recorded. Eugene has since played in a reformed The Vaselines,...
Ikari
Jan 22
POST HARDCORE FOR YOUR MUM Where: King Tut’s When: 16 January 2018 Support: Take Today; Painting Rockets; Brothers Another evening which is part of the ‘King Tut’s New Year’s Revolution 2018’ where the venue showcases the Scotland’s best emerging artists’ over 16 days. Again, there are 4 bands. And again, the crowd, other than a small core, changes with each band as family and friends turn up to...
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