6th November 2022
Featuring two fantastic leading performers, countless twists, and an unexpectedly entertaining skewering of the modern patriarchy, Do Revenge is one of the better teen movies of the last five years. Teenage girls are sociopaths, or so we’re told in Netflix’s latest offering, Do Revenge, a mostly successful retread of well-worn teen movie tropes that finds ...
2nd November 2022
Singer-songwriter BEABADOOBEE takes to the Barrowlands stage as part of her sold out tour; Beatopia. Singer-songwriter and guitarist BEABADOOBEE (Beatrice Kristi Laus) created an electric atmosphere at her sold out Glasgow show at the Barrowlands. The Filipino-British artist is currently on her second UK tour, and left fans intoxicated by her set. In July, BEABADOOBEE ...
28th October 2022
There is nowhere that unleashes mass unhinged chaos quite like Bongos Bingo. Bongo’s Bingo is no quiet night out. Almost immediately from the get-go, the entire hall falls under the spell of the evening’s presenter, a Belfast man, and his two glamorous, half-naked assistants, who keep the energy at a high from start to finish. ...
26th October 2022
Both a romance and a detective thriller, Decision to Leave is one of the best movies of the year. Decision to Leave‘s cinema showing opens with a message from director Park Chan-wook, speaking directly to the audience. He details that his film will be both a murder mystery and a romance, and hopes we enjoy ...
16th October 2022
Music Editor Olivia reflects on Brooke Combe’s tantalising spectacle. Brooke Combe implemented her infatuation with soul music in the set of her sold out Glasgow show. Having only been prompted by a high school teacher to practise singing as part of her Advanced Higher music course, Brooke Combe captured the audience solely with the natural ...
16th October 2022
A review of Rina Sawayama’s third studio album Hold the Girl. After months of teasing fans with singles and music videos, Rina Sawayama’s highly anticipated sophomore album was released on 16 September 2022 to critical acclaim. Debuting at number three on the UK Albums Chart, Hold the Girl invites the listener to accompany Rina on ...
16th October 2022
A review of the Berlin-based Australian band Parcels’ gig at Glasgow’s SWG3. The long-awaited Parcels concert in Glasgow finally occurred on September 28, and it was an absolute hit. The Australian band of five performed in Scotland for the first time, and as they themselves admitted, will certainly be back for more. As soon as ...
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 ...
16th October 2022
Shannon and Leah review FLETCHER’s debut album. Leah Hart: As an emerging voice in pop, Cari Elise Fletcher made her first attempt at fame in the 2011 season of The X-Factor where she was quickly eliminated. 11 years later, following a string of EPs and a cancelled Niall Horan tour, Fletcher has finally released her ...
19th April 2022
Nerves and the occasional false start do little to detract from Big Thief’s transcendent folk sound. Beneath the excited buzz and familiar sweat-and-beer scent, there was an undeniable undercurrent of melancholy pervading the Barrowland this past Friday night. The bright neon of the ballroom’s signature sign marks an escape from the outside, but it is ...
