Bobby and Bobbie finally made it to Glasgow. It was a sell out and the postponement only added to the hype and apprehension. It’s the opportunity for Bob Vylan to air some new songs on tour before the new album is released. What better city to seek solace and gain approval than Glasgow. If you can make it there, you’ll make it anywhere. It can be a daunting audience but when you have the whole building shouting your name, you’ve already won. The bittersweet re-scheduled gig brought a sense of relief for most of the crowd packed into The Garage in Glasgow. The delay meant no Panic Shack or Kid ..read more

Adulting is very serious, isn’t it? Making sure you’re eating enough fibre, choosing the right home insurance, getting kids to school on time, keeping up with politics; it’s all so…serious. You know what isn’t? Divorce. Yes, of course I mean the band from Nottingham. Their upbeat musical fusion of indie, punk, folk and pop elements could be their defining feature if it weren’t so damn unclassifiable. But what is clear about the band’s sound and energy is that it lends itself delightfully to a good time, and that is exactly what they deliver to a packed out Nice N Sleazy on the last Saturday ni ..read more

On the 1979 BBC T.V Show ‘Arena, ‘Poly Styrene’ states that she chose the pseudonym of ‘Poly Styrene’ because “It’s a lightweight, disposable product’. This charismatic and courageous front woman of the Punk band ‘X-Ray Spex’ chose the name as it echoed her view of herself and how she felt society deemed her. It also mirrors how we all serve a purpose and once that purpose is fulfilled, we’re disposable. It’s fair and just to say that Poly broke the mould and is a shining example of a feminist Punk Rocker in a very much male dominated environment. The term ‘trailblazer’ is maybe a cliché’ and ..read more

Tonight’s musical offering is Post Punk/Grime duo who hail from Nottinghamshire, Sleaford Mods who are supported by up-and-coming support acts: Badger and Big Special. The genre ‘Grime’ as the name suggests is gritty, dark and offers a narrative that intertwines the bleakness of life told through the eyes of the people who are subjected to the upper echelon of society’s whimsical decisions that keep the working class a cavern away from the Toffs who call the shots! Yes, ‘Punk is not Dead’ as Wattie from The Exploited reminds us, it has just evolved. The lyrical stylings of Sleaford Mods remind ..read more

The Sisters of Mercy’s live performances seem to divide opinion more than most bands, and there’s always someone whinging on about how their latest gig was even worse than the previous one, though it’s funny how they always come back for more… If anything, there seems to be a renewed interest in the band, with the overwhelming demand for tonight’s Glasgow gig resulting in the Sisters switching venue to the Barrowlands, which they’ve sold out. Fabulously decorated goths old and new gather amid the plain-clothed masses, many whose raven-haired days are here in spirit only, Sisters frontman Andre ..read more

Supporting the release of their fourth long player Burning Castles , Lucia & the Best Boys are finishing off the year with a short UK tour. Elliot Hetherton was there to capture the scenes as they band played to a sold out hometown crowd. Pictures: Elliot Hetherton @elliothetherton ..read more

TRNSMT Festival has revealed the first wave of acts on its lineup for 2024, unveiling huge headliners performing across the festival from 12th – 14th July. 150,000 festival goers will descend on Glasgow Green for the seventh year of Scotland’s biggest live music event and fans should set their alarms for 9am on Friday 24th November to get their hands on tickets. For those who can’t wait until then, fans on the TRNSMT database have access to the festival presale from 5pm on Wednesday 22nd November. FRIDAY: Rock icon Liam Gallagher will head up the main stage on th ..read more

Josh Homme admits he wasn’t feeling very well today, apologising for bitching and moaning backstage, calling to mind the delightfully crabby spirit of his beloved late, great ex-bandmate, Mark Lanegan. But tonight’s Queens Of The Stone Age audience are so fired up, if he’d thrown an emotional sickie there would’ve been a full blown riot. Weegie style. Disaster averted, he drinks in the unhinged reaction of 14,000 “wild mother f*ckers” to the band’s savage opening rampage of belters, and wonders how he could’ve been such an asshole. Although we’d settle for QOTSA any night of the week in Glasgo ..read more

Dressed perhaps more befittingly for an afternoon at TRNSMT than a dark November night, there is a palpably excitable buzz amongst the legion of queuing fans who, undeterred by the bitter cold, have already begun to sing as they await admittance to the hallowed halls of the Barrowlands Ballroom. They are a home crowd if ever there was one, and they are here to witness Glasgow’s up and coming golden boy, Dylan John Thomas, on the second night of three consecutively sold out shows at the venue, which all come ahead of the release of his self-titled debut album in January… Thomas emerges fashiona ..read more

It’s been quite a week for Young Fathers. Gigs in Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and two nights in their home town of Edinburgh, winning the Scottish Album of the year for a record third time and even being named in Patrick Grant’s Desert Island Discs. This was the last gig in the band’s UK mini-tour. A home gig to a knowledgeable and passionate audience. The crowd were perfectly warmed up by the enigmatic Callum Easter whose unique sound – Jacque Brel duels with Jimmy Shand in a dark and dingy club – received a great response from an almost full Usher Hall. Callum is a hugely talented multi ..read more