25th June 2024
What happens when a fully involved act meets a half empty arena? Entering the Hydro on a mild Thursday night, it’s a far cry from the usual concert fanfare. The out-of-bounds upper bowl seating and slack standing crowd juxtapose the towering pyramid stage. The house lights soon go down and a three-sided spotlight intensifies on ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
22nd April 2024
One of the best bands in the world meets one of the best crowds in the world – what could possibly be better than that? Two years on from their Mercury Prize-nominated debut, The Overload: a record that shines through its raw instrumentals and witty lyrics that satirised post-Brexit Britain, Yard Act continue to surprise. ...
7th March 2024
A curated experience showcasing independent talent – Glasgow’s newest festival is simply unmissable. Taking place this summer, Big City is the freshest festival due to hit Glasgow’s music scene. Highly anticipated by gig goers across the country, a special day-long, music-packed spectacle will take place at Queen’s Park in the Southside on Saturday 29 June. ...
15th February 2024
A trip into the alternative reality of unreleased music. While leaked music isn’t anything new, the digital age has made sharing it much easier, making artists much more vulnerable to musical theft. This can have detrimental effects on the artist, as it is often work that is unfinished, being ruined as a result of being ...
15th February 2024
Our culture editor, Morgan, delves into the depths of music for a list of insane recommendations. Just look at that album cover. What are you expecting to hear when you press play? This is the last studio album by cult prog/punk heroes Cardiacs, who started in the 1970s and remained for over 20 years the ...
