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...
La Luz
Oct 07
NO MEAN DREAM – WE’R ALL LA LUZERS NOW When: 25 September 2018 Where: Mono Support: Peggy Sue Peggy Sue get the night off to a great start with a set the crowd enjoyed – even if all the songs are about the breakup of a relationship. Wiki categorises La Luz’s music as ‘surf music, doo wop, neo-psychedelia’ and elsewhere I have seen them described as ‘surf...
Tokyo Taboo
Sep 12
Bubbilicious! When: 11 September 2018 Where: Broadcast Support: Freakwave; Yung KP Another grey wet Glasgow evening, another evening in the dingy sparsely populated Broadcast basement. But the ten punters who stayed around for main act Tokyo Taboo were treated to a dayglo show of bright, glitzy uplifting pop punk rock. Front and centre was vocalist Dolly Daggerz who, from her 70s silver...
Deerhoof
Aug 19
NOT THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIOSHIPS When: 8 August 2018 Where: Stereo Support: Quodega; Banana Oil It is an eclectic line-up of bands tonight with the main link probably being the word ‘independent’. Both supports go down well: Banana Oil are a trio of modern contemporary jazz players (sax, bass, drums) who blast away with joyful abandon; Quodega were excellent but with their own distinctive take on...
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...
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