Act: James Venue: SSE Hydro, Glasgow Date: 5 December 2018 It’s been a busy year for James. Back in May they did a round of smaller venues to introduce the fans to the new album Living in Extraordinary Times, this was followed up by a round of
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Act: The Men They Couldn’t Hang Venue: King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow Date: 8 December 2018 It says a lot for a band that, after 35 years or so together, they still retain a creative spark to make great music and an insatiable appetite to play
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Act: The Tea Street Band Venue: King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow Date: 9 December 2018 The Tea Street Band are wrapping up their early winter road trip, promoting the recent LP release Frequency. The tour may have been in the closing stages by the time the
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Act: Self Esteem Venue: Broadcast, Glasgow Date: 26 November 2018 Red – the colour of passion and of anger; attention grabbing and upfront, it has to be worn with confidence and tonight Rebecca Taylor shows us how. One half of beloved indie duo Slow Club, Rebecca is
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Act: Miles Kane Venue: Barrowlands Date: 22 November 2018 After an intimate acoustic set in Fred Perry at Buchanan Galleries, the enigmatic indie rocker headed for Glasgow’s East End to perform to a sold-out audience at The Barrowlands. Already this year I have had the pleasure of
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Artist: Lauryn Hill Venue: SSE Hydro Date: 23rd November 2018 I recently read two 20th anniversary features on The Quietus. One was for ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ and the other was ‘Enter The Wu Tang Clan (36 Chambers)’. It’s fair to say that only one of
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Act: The Coral Venue: EH6 Festival, Leith Theatre Date: 23 November 2018 Festivals, festivals, festivals. They’re everywhere at the moment and a new one seems to pop up as often as the latest avante-garde hipster bar in Glasgow’s West End. In fact, last weekend you could easily
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Artist: Kevin Bridges Venue: Manchester Apollo Date: 25 November 2018 Kevin Bridges has been in the public eye for over a decade now. His success doesn’t show any sign of waning and it’s easy to see why. I saw him at the last of five shows at Manchester Apollo
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Act: Therapy? Venue: Garage, Glasgow Date: 14 November 2018 There are few, if any, better albums released this year than Therapy?’s perfectly titled Cleave. An album whose razor sharp riffs really do cut to the bone. An astounding album that continues the mini revival this band have
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Act: Supersuckers Venue: Audio, Glasgow Date: 11 November 2018 You know a band are on a tight touring budget when they set up their own gear, do their own soundcheck and the drummer mans the merchandise stall. Sadly the harsh reality for a lot of bands these
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