Girl Ray
Feb 24Just My Cup of Earl Grey When: 20 February 2020 Where: Stereo Support: Vanity Fairy Loved the set – bringing a bit of the tropics to the rain and wind swept city Support tonight was provided by the singular Vanity Fairy Great vocals, great shapes (enjoyed the banter too!) – the many early punters were given a treat Most reviews of Girl Ray’s second album, Girl, have commented...
Julia Michaels
Sep 21
It’s Different For Girls When: 15 September 2019 Where: SWG3 Galvanizers Support: New Rules New Rules got the female dominated crowd in the mood with a bunch of catchy pop tunes The colourful set for JM was then revealed JM has written songs for several top pop acts (Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, Gwen Steafani etc) but has also released 5 well received eps, as well as many singles. Tonight,...
Joan As Police Woman
Jul 15
THE MAGIC When: 9 July 2019 Where: Saint Luke’s Support: none Band Previously Seen: 15/4/14 Village Underground, London Just the singer and her piano or her guitar (with a couple of songs bolstered by minimalist beats) – and her silver boots with the 4 inch heels. But the almost full (seated) Saint Luke’s was treated to an evening of sophisticated pop/soul and JAPW’s...
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...
Bright Light Bright Light
Oct 07
A NON-SPOTTY SET When: 27 September 2018 Where: Stereo Support: Apache Darling; My Solo Piano Bright Light Bright Light is Rod Thomas (ably supported by keyboard player whose name, sorry to say, I didn’t catch). He not only provides tonight’s main entertainment but he also acts as his won support band – My Solo Piano. The latter is just him and keyboard and the songs are in the...
Sigrid
Apr 02
HAPPINESS WON ME OVER Where: Saint Luke’s When: 22 March 2018 Support: Fred Well Anointed the Sound of 2018 by the BBC there was a lot riding of the young Norwegian’s shoulders but she carried off tonight’s gig with panache and joy. And although the audience skewed towards late teens/young twenties there was actually a good age representation that suggests Sigrid’s fresh-faced pop will have...
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