Author name: John Welsh

It’s been a few weeks since Into Creative have given you the lowdown on the latest cool sounds but to be fair, we have been on our holidays, dont’cha know! Good news, we are back from our travels and have a few great records we want to tell you about so in time honoured fashion,

Concert: The Men They Couldn’t Hang Venue: Glasgow Oran MorDate: 1 December 2023 Music. It can be pretty much anything from euphoric to celebratory, sad to poignant and all steps in between. Moments, memories, loose threads, a snatch in time from months, years, decades ago can be recalled in the blink of an eye yet most of

As there’s been some great new music releases over the recent weeks and months, the Into Creative turntable has been working overtime playing some tip top vinyl. The usual digital platforms have also been in quite a bit of use as we’ve been discovering a wide, varied and steady supply of great music. So dear

Concert: The Filthy Tongues/ The Media Whores Venue: Falkirk DepotDate: 27 October 2023   The Depot has long been Falkirk’s main gig venue for touring bands albeit (and sadly) most just concentrate on Glasgow and Edinburgh these days and occasionally Aberdeen. A shame as other towns and cities in Scotland have much to offer both

Concert: Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds Venue: Glasgow Room 2Date: 25 October 2023 “Life is short, filled with stuff” As the lights went down and the three-piece took the stage, my eyes were immediately drawn to the dapper looking guy, strapping on his guitar with the mildest flash of curiosity in his eyes. A

Concert: Lloyd Cole Venue: Glasgow Royal Concert HallDate: 15 October 2023   “Hey Lloyd. Scotland have just qualified for the Euro finals in Germany!”   Probably not the normal kind of audience interaction you get at a Lloyd Cole gig, however it was well received by everyone in the room, including the great man himself.  

Concert: Baxter Dury Venue: Glasgow Queen Margaret UnionDate: 15 October 2023   “What the actual fuck?” Fifteen minutes or so into this gig that was the thought which kept birling round my head. I’m up in the balcony looking down at Baxter Dury and his three-piece band, but my eyes don’t move much from the artiste,

Concert: The Mary Wallopers Venue: Glasgow Garage G2Date: 5 October 2023 “The best f#cking night I’ve had in Glasgow with my clothes on!” …said a random gig-goer to me as we left the venue. We both chuckled and, of course, he was right. As Thursday nights go, this stonker of a gig was greater than the

Concert: We Could Send Letters  Venue: Strathaven HotelDate: 29 September 2023 It has been four very eventful years since the debut FRETS show – Lloyd Cole, at the start of October 2019. From that auspicious start, and despite the chaotic interruption of Covid, FRETS has gone from strength to strength. The cream of Scottish indie pop