Into The Music Vault: Glasgow Barrowland – A Love Affair Begins
One summer evening bored as hell I sat in my bedroom nearly lifeless. Then a song came on the radio that stopped me in my tracks. Janice Long was introducing the new single by some band called The Pog ...
Into Music Reviews: We Were Promised Jetpacks at The Old Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh
Act: We Were Promised Jetpacks Venue: The Old Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh Date: 17 November 2018 In 1947, the Crawfords Biscuit factory was opened in Anderson Place, Edinburgh. It was a hive of in ...
Into Music: Fontaines D.C. share new single, ‘Too Real’
Fontaines D.C. to release new single Following their recent signing to Partisan Records, and the announcement of their support slot on both the forthcoming Shame tour in the UK and Ireland, and nex ...
Into Music Reviews: St Paul and The Broken Bones + The Americans, Glasgow Barrowland
Acts: St Paul and The Broken Bones + The Americans Venue: Glasgow Barrowland Date: 16 November 2018 “The Americans are in the building!” and that ain't just the audaciously named support band, th ...
Into Music Reviews: Teenage Fanclub at Glasgow Barrowland
I’ll make it clear... I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Teenage Fanclub pushing 10 times over the years. My first ever at The Barras was seeing The Fannies on my 17th birthday (shh), when they were sup ...
Into Music Reviews: Slaves at Glasgow Barrowland
Slaves at Glasgow Barrowland, 8 November 2018 Picture the scene: You are 35, you lived through the mid-to-late nineties and early noughties, and experienced all that came with it... Great music, so ...
Into Book Reviews: HWFG by Chris McQueer
Book: HWFG Author: Chris McQueer Publisher: 404Ink Release: November 2018 I had never heard of Chris McQueer until he appeared on the excellent ACSOM podcast, where he read stuff from his first ...
Nick Ellis Releases New LP – Speakers’ Corner
...the fundamental endeavour of freedom of speech, is to galvanize another to think for oneself...” - An unidentified University Lecturer, Liverpool Transport Strike, 1911 Speakers' Corner is Nick El ...
Into The Music Vault – TRNSMT 2018
Chasing Rainbows in the Company of Strangers Martin Donaldson looks back on TRNSMT 2018 As far as music festival experiences go, TRNSMT is one of the more agreeable. Held on Glasgow Green, in th ...
Into Live Music: Kris Drever & Boo Hewerdine at Saint Andrews in the Square
Kris Drever & Boo Hewerdine: 14 October 2018 at Saint Andrews in the Square Kris Drever & Boo Hewerdine are stalwarts of the UK folk and singer-songwriter scene. Kris has won multiple awar ...