30th October 2014
Beatrice Cook Upcoming band Lower Than Atlantis recently played HMV Argyle Street on October 9th. Beatrice Cook managed to catch up with them before they took to the stage: Watford-based rock band Lower Than Atlantis are set for big things in the coming year. Alongside the release of their new self-titled album, which has been ...
30th October 2014
Liam Welsh If you have an interest in Glaswegian culture, the figure of Alasdair Gray is somewhat inescapable. Think you’ve somehow managed to avoid him? Think again. The mural as you enter Hillhead subway station? Gray. The ceiling of Oran Mor? Him again. Or perhaps you’ve heard of his seminal tome “Lanark”? It’s fair to ...
30th October 2014
Andrew McAllister Culture Editor When you pick up this paper one of Glasgow’s best and most colourful arts festivals will already be underway. As Scotland’s preeminent celebration of LGBT culture Glasgay! is one of the UK’s leading multi-art festivals focussing on LGBT people. This year’s objective is to explore ‘social, historical and contemporary taboos’ through ...
30th October 2014
Anna Ireland So Johnny Marr has returned. Second solo offering Playland (following 2013’s debut The Messenger) follows a stream of post-Smiths outputs from the guitarist and founding member. Recorded on the back of touring, and citing this as an inspiration, the album displays sparks of this electricity, almost palpably so in ‘Boys Get Straight’; possessing ...
