Doves
Jun 11
M8 SONGS [BUT NO ‘M62 SONG’] When: 8 June 2019 Where: SWG3 Galvanizer’s Yard Support: Man of Moon Band Previously Seen: 1/5/09 Brixton Academy; 6/5/10 Troxy, London Some Native Americans believe that a Dove can call the rain from the skies -fortunately, after weeks of rain, the arrival of these Doves did the reverse and Glasgow was finally dry – a relief as this was a...
Peter Perrett
May 25HEAVENLY NIGHT When: 22 May 2019 Where: King Tut’s Support: Happy Families; Holiday Oscar Band Previously Seen: 28 March 2008 [The Only Ones], Koko, London Peter Perrett will always be an icon of indie/new wave rock as lead singer and writer for The Only Ones. I last saw him playing with the band in 2008 – they had started touring again the previous year. That touring in turn seems...
Sleeper
Mar 30
NO SLEEP TIL SAUCHIEHALL STREET When: 21 March 2019 Where: The Garage Support: Catholic Action This was the first gig on Sleeper’s tour to promote their new album The Modern Age, although I suspect most of the mainly 40 year olds in the audience were here to hear the songs from the 90s albums that made the band’s name. Having said that, the songs from their first album in 22 years...
KT Tunstall
Mar 11
LIVE AT BARROWLANDS! When: 9 March 2019 Where: Barrowland Support: $au$age$; Laurel Band Previously Seen: 30 Oct 2007 Roundhouse, London; 8 Mar 2011 Forum, London This was a good-natured gig – the band seemed relaxed and happy and the audience were here to enjoy themselves and pay homage to one of their own. We had been buoyed up by two good but contrasting support acts. And then came the main...
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...
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...
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