Live Reviews

Well, the light nights are almost upon us which means it won’t be too long before the festival season kicks in (yay) though pleasingly there are a stream of bands hitting the cities, towns and villages across the U.K. to ensure the live scene remains vibrant. Into

Concert: SpiritualizedVenue: Glasgow SWG3 Date:  05 May 2022 Part way through The A Song (Laid In Your Arms) I shut my eyes, marveling at the squall of the guitars, the shriek from the keyboards, the insistency of the bass and the repetitive pulse of the drums, all

Concert: Skunk AnansieVenue: Glasgow O2 Academy Date:  26 April 2022 Another in a long line of gigs postponed (twice) due to the pandemic, Skunk Anansie finally got to hit the road on their 25 Live @ 25 Tour and played a great show at Glasgow’s O2 Academy

Concert: BambaraVenue: Glasgow StereoDate:  16 April 2022 Originally scheduled for 6 May 2020, this rescheduled gig finally saw Bambara hit Glasgow for a welcome return on the back of new release, Love on My Mind.   The venue was mobbed and the atmosphere hot, so much so that

Concert: Psychedelic FursVenue: Glasgow SWG3Date:  7 April 2022 The Psychedelic Furs fu#king rock! Quite frankly, that could be the shortest gig review of all time but it’s true, they do fu#king rock. Having formed in London in 1977, the Furs have been around a while but the

Concert: Teenage FanclubVenue: Glasgow SWG3Date:  06 April 2022 As with many records released during Covid, Teenage Fanclub‘s plans to tour their 10th studio album Endless Arcade were somewhat curtailed. Fast forward a year or so and we find the band ready to introduce the new tracks (and

It’s great to see live music getting back to (a kind of) normality again. There are a few upcoming shows that have caught the attention of Into Creative – hopefully we might see you there… Concert: Theatre of HateVenue: Dunfermline, PJ MolloysDate:  17 April 2022 PJ Molloys

Since the start of 2022, we have gradually seen a (welcome) return to live music and as an avid gig goer, it has been nothing short of fantastic. Of course, it’s been different and we still see people rightly exercising caution to protect themselves and others. As

Concert: ChvrchesVenue: Glasgow SWG3Date:  12 March 2022 Spring is in the post and being able to experience live music again is a delightful combination, the perfect medicine to see out a winter of unpredictable, erratic weather, dark nights and another whack of cancelled or postponed shows off

Concert: Beans on ToastVenue: Glasgow StereoDate:  03 March 2022 An old (post) punk once sang, “anger is an energy” and that certainly is true when it comes to music. I recently reviewed Idles at Glasgow’s Barrowland (read about it here) and the Bristol rockers positively feed on