Ikari
Jan 22
POST HARDCORE FOR YOUR MUM Where: King Tut’s When: 16 January 2018 Support: Take Today; Painting Rockets; Brothers Another evening which is part of the ‘King Tut’s New Year’s Revolution 2018’ where the venue showcases the Scotland’s best emerging artists’ over 16 days. Again, there are 4 bands. And again, the crowd, other than a small core, changes with each band as family and friends turn up to...
Sway
Jan 15
FOUR TO THE FLOOR Where: King Tut’s When: 14 January 2018 Support: Plastic Poetry; Pretty Villain; The Vanities This was part of the ‘King Tut’s New Year’s Revolution 2018’ where the venue showcases the Scotland’s best emerging artists’ over 16 days. Tonight there were 4 bands. The nature of these night is that the crowd, other than a small core, tends to change with each band as family and...
Pronto Mama
Dec 23
A PRONTO MAMA CHRISTMAS AND ANY JOY TO ALL! Where: King Tut’s When: 21 December Support: Fiskur Glasgow band playing a sold-out show at a venerated Glasgow venue just before Christmas – what more could you want? Maybe being pick of the week in The Guardian – check! (‘Between a rockier Fleet Foxes and a jazzier Phantom Band, the Glasgow six piece play around with styles and speeds (not unlike...
Idlewild
Dec 22
HOPE IS IMPORTANT Where: O2 ABC When: 20 December 2017 Support: Scribe Pederson and Owl John One of the best gigs I have ever attended was Idlewild at the Hammersmith Palais in 2007 and so was very excited about this evening and while this show did not quite hit the 2007 heights I was not disappointed. This was the second of two shows at the ABC to commemorate the 15th Anniversary of The Remote...
Eliza Carthy and The Wayward Band
Dec 21
BIG BAND JOY Where: Saint Luke’s When: 19 December 2017 Support: Duotone Towards the end of the main set EC jumped down from the stage and ran around the room to demonstrate that there was plenty of room to dance neatly illustrating the only thing wrong with this gig – a dissonance between the boisterous joy on stage and the seated audience. EC’s urge to dance did get a few people up on...
The Cribs
Dec 10
GARAGE ROCK SHAKES AT THE WAH WAH HUT Where: King Tut’s When: 6 December 2017 Support: Paws; Canshaker Pi This gig is part of a ‘residency tour’ by The Cribs whereby they play several nights at smaller but important venues – including four nights at King Tut’s, of which this was the last. It is a band of brothers – twins Gary (voc +b s) and Ryan (voc + gui) plus Ross (dr) – who have been...
Destroyer
Dec 07
BEJAR, BEJAR, BEJAR – DAN CANUCK SHIVA Where: Centre For Contemporary Arts When: 5 December 2017 Support: Nicholas Krgovich Destroyer is the musical project of Canadian Dan Bejar – over the last 20 years he has produced a dozen albums covering a variety of musical styles, the one constant being Dan’s abstract lyrical content. He had a breakthrough of sorts with 2011 album Kaputt – helped...
Nina Nesbitt
Nov 23
SCOTISH SUNSHINE Where: The Art School When: 22 November 2017 Support: Goody Grace NN’s best known song, ‘Stay Out’ was a minor hit four years ago but in the last year she seems to have got a new lease of life after signing with independent label Cooking Vinyl. The new album has not yet arrived but the new songs you can catch online show her new confidence and showcase her developing skill as a...
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