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...
Eden
May 07
WONDER/FULL When: 25 April 2018 Where: O2 ABC This was an impressively controlled and sophisticated gig: from the glitchy electronica of the music, and the excellent band, to the impressive lighting and smoke show that throughout bathed the stage in dense colours and strobes, to the presence of Irishman Jonathon Ng (Eden himself) who was partially, and at times fully, hidden by the lights and...
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...
The xx
Sep 01
We See Them Where: SWG3 Galvanizer’s Yard When: 29 August 2017 Support: Perfume Genius; Nilufer Yanya Outside gigs in Glasgow, even in August, are always a weather gamble but tonight, the first of two nights at SWG3’s Galvanizer’s Yard for the South Londoners, remains dry. The band are anything but dry and the set ignites from the first bars of the first song, ‘Crystalised’, and just keeps...
Lambchop
Aug 12
Do The Hustle! Where: Saint Luke’s When: 9 August 2017 Support: Roxanne de Bastion Kurt Wagner, Lambchop’s heart and soul, is the antithesis of the music star image with his ordinary clothes, always present truckers cap, and subdued vocal manner. But his band’s music is rarely ordinary or subdued and tonight is no exception – the gig was a triumph, often deeply soulful and emotional, and...
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