These New Puritans
Apr 14
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT When: 11 April 2019 Where: SWG3 Warehouse Support: Snack Villain These New Puritans are an art/experimental rock band – you can tell they are experimental because they do not have a guitarist but do have a metallophonist (which is like a xylophone). And tonight they also have an excellent light show. There are about 100 punters in the SWG3 Warehouse (which despite is...
lcd soundsystem
Jun 05
THANK YOU MR. BOWIE When: 28 May 2018 Where: SWG3 Galvanizer’s Yard Support: Young Fathers It was one of those beautiful, balmy sunny days Glasgow occasionally delivers, with the sun not dipping until after 10pm. James Murphy was surprised that our city could deliver such a bucolic setting for his band’s open air gig. And the weather was matched by the joyous music. A...
Sparks
May 28
THERE’S A RON AND A RUSS IN MY POOL When: 22 May 2018 Where: O2 Academy Support: Finiflex Band Previously Seen: 29 June 2015, Troxy, London (as FFS) I don’t think I have seen a crowd as enthusiastic and ecstatic as tonight’s for quite some time and all for a couple of pensioners who have been making quixotic, idiosyncratic pop for more than 50 years. This was the first...
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...
Public Service Broadcasting
Oct 21
See how they wheel and bank and glide – perfect Where: Barrowland When: 18 October 2017 Support: Palace PSB on paper seem to be the epitome of nerd music – their albums and EPs are based around historical events (Second World War, The Race For Space, the rise and decline of the South Wales coal industry) and use extensively historical recordings, including propaganda and public information...
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