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Review: The Japanese House at SWG3

28th October 2023

A shaky yet endearing start to The Japanese House’s UK tour The first night of a tour can go one of two ways for an artist — and for The Japanese House, the first night of their UK tour at Glasgow’s SWG3 seemed to be going badly. For those who don’t know, Amber Bain, the ...


Review: Luke Combs @ The OVO Hydro

28th October 2023

The day of the gig saw a few of my friends joking about how in attending a Luke Combs concert, a cowboy hat, boots and a buttoned-down shirt would be essential kit – My laughing-off of this turned out to be wildly misplaced as that night thousands of fans marched to the OVO Hydro sporting ...


Arctic Monkeys at Bellahouston Park: There will always be a mirrorball

2nd July 2023

Arctic Monkeys conclude their biggest UK tour to date at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow’s south side. Each entrance to Bellahouston Park was  flooded with fans, most reverting back to their 2014 Tumblr profiles as the audience for Arctic Monkeys’ last show congregated. Dr Marten boots tied up in band T-shirts and circular glasses, the crowd ...


Post-punk collective Shame play SWG3 as they tour their latest album Food for Worms

15th March 2023

Shame emerge from small gigs in Brixton pubs to Glasgow’s SWG3 on their headline UK/EU  tour. The environment of SWG3 is very fitting for a post-punk gig. The steel piping on the ceiling, grey walls and overall warehouse structure reverberates the noisy distortion and echoey vocals of post-punk appropriately in a slightly sinister, joyously decadent ...


Review: The 1975 at the OVO Hydro

30th January 2023

The 1975 at their very best, honouring old and new hits outside the social boundaries of British indie-pop The 1975 at their very best have a way of bringing together a diverse cast of people under one roof. A sense of community was already felt while queuing up outside the illuminated OVO hydro with groups ...


Review: Squid @ SWG3

12th October 2021

The Brighton five-piece electrify SWG3 with their uniquely angular brand of post-punk guitar rock. A sea of mullets and skinheads greeted the triumphant Squid as they played their first Scottish date since the release of their debut full-length album, Bright Green Field. Their debut dropped earlier this year via Warp Records, shooting the band to ...