22nd May 2024 - The Glasgow Guardian



What does it mean to “sell out”?

22nd May 2024

What’s in a label? In 1965 Bob Dylan invoked musical Armageddon with the strum of a Fender Stratocaster—the feedback resonating like a Judas Kiss on the cheeks of orthodox folkies across America. It was a betrayal of his acoustic roots, of the dispossessed and repressed, of Woody Guthrie, of the anti-war movement, of the American ...


A retrospective for SOPHIE

22nd May 2024

There are a lot of people like Sophie Xeon, but there has also never been anyone like SOPHIE. I have a theory that only two albums in the past ten years have really mattered. Yes, I know, your favourite band is very influential, sure, but when it comes down to it – the landscape is ...


TikTok stole my favourite song

22nd May 2024

The influence of Tiktok is here to stay, and if you think you’re getting away from it, well, I will prove you wrong. “It’s murder on the dancefloor! If you think you’re getting away”… well, you know how it goes. Sophie Ellis-Baxtor’s hit single has re-rocketed to the top of the charts over twenty years ...


Review: Olivia Rodrigo at the Hydro

22nd May 2024

A rising star stops off in Glasgow on their hotly anticipated first arena tour – not a bad idea, right? As candles spelling out GUTS slowly wither on a stretching LED screen, anticipation is in the air. It is this type of audience expectation, alongside a prevailing assumption of being a one album wonder, that ...


Review: Vanderlye at St. Luke’s

22nd May 2024

Vanderlye’s careful curation and slick live performance highlight their position as a growing force in Glasgow’s music scene. For Glasgow-based guitar outfit Vanderlye, May 4 was a hugely significant date in the calendar. Not because it was Star Wars Day, but because it saw them play one of the East End’s elite music venues, St ...