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Gig reviews
Gig review: Keane, Glasgow Academy
EMPLOYING their usual blend of mild manners and stirring radio-friendly anthems, Keane have hit the top of the album chart for the fifth consecutive occasion with their latest MOR offering, Strangeland.
Gig review: Saint Etienne, Glasgow Oran Mor
For some, Saint Etienne are the quintessential London pop band, but their own pursuit of the perfect pop formula extends well beyond those city limits – the sounds, past and present, of New York, Ibiza and even Glasgow are evoked as much as swinging Camden or leafy Hampstead in their catalogue.
Gig review: Gary Numan, Glasgow ABC
Like the grinding machine music he makes, Gary Numan is as reliable as a German car or a Swiss watch. Beneath a surface that appears as synthetic and dehumanised as his finest contemporaries from the early years of mass-appeal electronica, however, beats a hot-blooded heart.
Gig review: Martin Taylor and Martin Simpson, Perth Theatre
One of a few select joint performances by these two English guitar greats, this well-attended Perth Festival of the Arts concert began and ended with them playing as a duo, between times individually showcasing Taylor’s jazz-based artistry and Simpson’s wide-ranging mastery of British and American folk styles.
Gig review: Admiral Fallow; Edinburgh Queen’s Hall
The release of Tree Bursts in Snow, the second record by Glasgow’s Admiral Fallow, on the very day of this show seems to have propelled the sextet to new heights of popularity.
Gig review: Admiral Fallow, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
THE release of Tree Bursts in Snow, the sophomore record by Glasgow’s Admiral Fallow, on the very day of this show seems to have propelled the sextet to new heights of popularity.
Gig review: The Coal Porters, Woodend Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club, Glasgow
FORMED in LA in 1989 by ex-Long Ryders front man Sid Griffin, the Coal Porters relocated to London early in their career, and enjoyed reasonable success as a country-rock outfit on the UK indie scene, before Griffin recast them as an acoustic bluegrass outfit around 1998.
Gig review: Jimmy Cliff, Academy, Glasgow
THERE can be few recording artists with a half-century career of writing standards who can still skank, spin and unfurl the most devilish dancehall moves with the energy and élan of Jimmy Cliff.
Festival review: Stag & Dagger, Various Venues, Glasgow
IN AN era when young festivals are shed from the schedules in ever more frequent and financially-challenged fashion, it was good to see that Glasgow’s multi-venue, one-ticket hipster nexus Stag & Dagger had been cleared to make a return.
Gig review: An Eveni9ng With The Handsome Family, St Andrew’s In The Square, Glasgow
HUSBAND and wife team Brett and Rennie Sparks may originally hail from the Windy City, but their music is as southern gothic as it comes.
Gig review: Michael Kiwanuka, ABC, Glasgow
WITH rows of chairs set out across the main dancefloor of the ABC, Michael Kiwanuka’s set was defined before it even began.
Gig review: Kimmie Rhodes, CCA, Glasgow
IT MAY not be a conscious acknowledgement, but when Texan singer-songwriter Kimmie Rhodes sings “I’m flying under the radar” in her song Contrabandistas, she could be referring to her 30-year career trajectory at the more literate end of country music.
Gig review: Michael Kiwanuka, ABC, Glasgow
With rows of chairs set out across the main dancefloor of the ABC, Michael Kiwanuka’s set was defined before it even began.
1 commentGig review: Balkan Beat Box, Glasgow ABC2
CO-founded by fellow Israeli natives Ori Kaplan (ex-Gogol Bordello) on tenor saxophone and ex-Firewater percussionist/programmer/producer Tamir Muskat, Balkan Beat Box emerged from New York’s underground musical melting pot in 2005, completing their core creative trio with the addition of vocalist/MC Tomer Yosef.
Gig review: Duane Eddy, Glasgow Oran Mor
Despite being one of the last surviving guitar heroes of the early rock’n’roll era, Duane Eddy had no idea that he might still be a draw.
Gig review: Four Corners, Glen Urquhart Hall, Drumnadrochit
IT WAS a mixture of old and new for this ambitious project featuring Mr McFall’s Chamber and four of our best-known folk musicians.
Gig reviews: DZ Deathrays, Flat 0/1, Glasgow
AUSSIE punk duo DZ Deathrays cut their teeth playing house parties around their native Brisbane, so it was a no-brainer to site their Glasgow gig in Flat 0/1, a student bar kitted out in retro kitsch to look like shared accommodation circa 1975. Only cleaner, and with devil drink Mad Dog 20/20 on the optics.
Gig review: The Horrors, ABC, Glasgow
“THERE’S little group of you who are thinking about jumping around, aren’t there?” muttered the Horrors’ singer Faris Badwan.
Gig review: The Temper Trap, ABC, Glasgow
THE Temper Trap just can’t help themselves. Whether starting from a position of gentle balladry or upbeat guitar-pop, their songs inevitably careen into loin-stirring, strobe-bathed anthemics.
2 commentsGig review: Albert Hammond, Glasgow Oran Mor
More than 40 years and 1,000 songs down the production line, transatlantic songwriter Albert Hammond is looking for a bit of the limelight, or even just some public acknowledgement of the many hits he has had a hand in penning for other artists.
2 commentsGig review: Elvis Costello, Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
Even to one with a catalogue as extensive as Elvis Costello’s, the routine of heading out on the road yet again and working your way through the staples must seem an onerous task on occasion.
Gig review: Alabama Shakes, Kint Tut’s, Glasgow
BRITTANY Howard is wise to the conventions of rhythm’n’blues. Having taken us to the bridge, she informed her capacity audience that this was the point in the song where she should impart some wisdom gleaned from her 24 years on the planet.
Gig review: The View, Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow
HOPING to recover the buzz that accompanied their debut album, The View previewed their fourth record, Cheeky For A Reason, at this low-key, warm-up gig, a work singer Kyle Falconer has memorably described as “Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours done by The Clash”.
Gig review: Red Note Ensemble with Inventor Composer Coaction, Jam House, Edinburgh
WITH its array of massed laptops, miles of cabling, hi-tech headsets and glowing touch-sensitive globes, this was never going to be an ordinary evening – not even for the crack players of Scottish contemporary music ensemble Red Note.
Gig review: The View, Glasgow Cottiers Theatre
Hoping to recover the buzz that accompanied their debut album, The View previewed their fourth record, Cheeky For A Reason, at this low-key, warm-up gig, a work singer Kyle Falconer has memorably described as “Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours done by The Clash”.
Gig review: Red Note Ensemble, Edinburgh Jam House
With its array of massed laptops, miles of cabling, hi-tech headsets and glowing touch-sensitive globes, this was never going to be an ordinary evening – not even for the crack players of Scottish contemporary music Red Note.
Gig review: Grimes, Berkeley Suite, Glasgow
DESPITE the name, sub-genres of London-centric UK garage rap aren’t the stock in trade of 24-year-old Canadian producer Claire Boucher.
Gig review: Lianne La Havas, Glasgow Oran Mor
Londoner Lianne La Havas has a stint as Paloma Faith’s backing singer on her CV, but her own solo career has taken off handsomely in the five years since she elected to learn guitar and write her own material in earnest, catching the ear of Gary Barlow, Bon Iver and Prince before she has even released an album.
Folk review: Shetland Folk Festival
IT’S fair to say that Admiral Fallow are one of the hottest (and/or coolest) bands in Scotland right now.
Gig review: New Order, Glasgow O2 Academy
NEW Order have had such a stop/start trajectory over the past 20 years that this latest comeback felt like welcoming old friends back from their round-the-world trip.
1 commentGig review: Lightships/Snowgoose, Glasgow CCA
THE CCA was awash with Glasgow’s jangling indie pop royalty at this debut outing for Teenage Fanclub guitarist Gerry Love’s long-awaited “solo” project.
Gig review: Quantic & Alice Russell, Picture House, Edinburgh
A summit of epic proportions for fans of a particularly retro strain of world jazz fusion, the meeting of Will “Quantic” Holland and Suffolk soul singer Alice Russell is one of those “more than the sum of their parts” situations.
Gig review: Cashier No 9, Electric Circus, Edinburgh
THE musical midpoint between the sounds of Big Sur and Salford might seem an unlikely location to place your band, but were anyone to try and point to it on a map they’d surely aim wide of Belfast.
Gig review: Oneohtrix Point Never, Berkeley Suite, Glasgow
RECENTLY inaugurated Glasgow scenester-den Berkeley Suite, a hole in the wall facing on to the M8 with a spectacular basement room resembling an art deco brothel, was the ideal location for music as sublimely challenging as this.
Gig review: Oneohtrix Point Never, Glasgow Berkeley Suite
Recently inaugurated Glasgow scenester den Berkeley Suite, a hole in the wall facing on to the M8 with a spectacular basement room resembling an art deco brothel, was the ideal location for music as sublimely challenging as this.
Gig review: 10cc, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
THERE is no great fuss from the 10CC camp surrounding their fortieth anniversary year – the veteran Britpoppers have simply embarked on another tour celebrating their catalogue of undersung 1970s hits with the intuitive ease of a supremely well-drilled outfit.
Gig review: Ladyhawke, Liquid Room, Edinburgh
A GOOD rhythm section can hide a multitude of sins, but in Ladyhawke’s case it makes songs that seem a little anaemic on record spring to vivid life.
Gig review: Close Lobsters, Stereo, Glasgow
“THIS is for anyone else that helped out at the last night,” rumbled singer Andrew Burnett as he leafed through the sheaf of dedications he’d been reading from through the set. “It has been 23 years and coming…”
Gig review: Trembling Bells & Bonnie Prince Billy. Edinburgh Queen’s Hall
KENTUCKY’S grizzled alternative country veteran Will Oldham (aka Bonnie Prince Billy) has displayed something of a celtophile streak in recent times.
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- Scottish independence: ‘People here are best qualified to run Scotland’
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