27th March 2023
Ahead of his show as a part of the Glasgow Comedy Festival we caught up with a rising star of British comedy. In his new show “Wang In There Baby”, Phil Wang is getting sillier. That seems like a pointless ambition for a comedian, but Wang has had this idea for some time. “I just ...
28th February 2023
An exploration of the small-scale issues with BCNR’s Live at Bush Hall. “Look at what we did together, BCNR, friends forever.” Black Country New Road’s Live at Bush Hall has all the hallmarks of a final goodbye. The performance is framed like a prom, with its protagonists dressed in decaying school-dance garb, as if stumbling ...
1st February 2023
Post-art school or mid-2000 indie vibes? Cat Band Cat brings some stylish silliness to Glasgow. I’ll cut to the chase – the lead vocalist plays a ride cymbal with a recorder. This review is going to be more than one sentence, but if you’re only interested in reading one sentence, then that will do just ...
20th November 2022
An exploration of the album format as a fit-for-purpose focal point, in an industry increasingly based around singles and the allure of the algorithm. Speaking to Triple J, Spotify artist and label manager Jono Harrison says that as far as the masses are concerned, “people want albums just as much as they want singles, they ...
20th November 2022
Music Editor Otto Hampden-Woodfall witnesses the formation of a cult in a mosh pit. It was halfway through an extended jam at the mid-section of their song John L that I realised Black Midi had truly captured something special in the hearts and minds of mullet-clad 20-somethings everywhere. In anticipation of the song’s bruising, angular ...
16th October 2022
Alex G finds reference points for his experimental brand of folk in both the old and new, synthesising country and hyperpop in an endearingly erratic statement on spirituality. What’s most interesting about Alex Giannascoli is the mystique colouring his otherwise honest and confrontational style of folk music. Generally, his albums tend to adopt the outward ...
