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The Bathers with Constant Follower
Read more: The Bathers with Constant Follower5 June 2026, The Strathaven Hotel And the end of our musical week saw us head to Strathaven for another of the splendid Frets Concerts. Headlining this time around was an expanded Bathers quintet with regular band members Chris Thomson, Hazel Morrison, Callum McNair and Nico Bruce being joined on stage by sax and clarinet…
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Glass Cheques with Stephen Higgins
Read more: Glass Cheques with Stephen Higgins31May 2026, The Glad Cafe The second gig of the weekend took us to Glasgow’s southside and The Glad Cafe to see and listen to the tracks that make up the debut EP of Glass Cheques. Glass Cheques are Jamie Keenan and Darren McCaughey who have moved on from The LaFontaines when they split last…
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Bombskare, Esperanza, Longshots
Read more: Bombskare, Esperanza, Longshots30 May 2026, Oran Mor A week can be a long time in politics as they say whether that be at community, local, national or international level. The same could be said for the past week in our #AtoZMusicalTour where we were entered the genres of Ska, Indie Guitar and Chamber pop. The first saw…
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The Utopia Strong with Peter Cat
Read more: The Utopia Strong with Peter Cat20 May 2026, Cottiers The #AtoZMusicalTour was really a means to an end. The idea of seeing a musical act beginning with every letter of the alphabet seemed a bit far fetched. However, as I got into the swing of things I started looking out specifically for acts that were hard to find on the…
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Last Night From Glasgow 10th Birthday
Read more: Last Night From Glasgow 10th Birthdaywith Mark W. Georgsson, Billy Reeves, Brontes, Pearl Charles, Amy Duncan, Countess of Fife, Grahame Skinner, Sister John, Chris Thomson, Xan Tyler and The Bluebells 9 May 2026, Cottiers Where has the last 10 years gone? I’m sure Ian Smith and all those who have been involved with Last Night From Glasgow during that time…
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The Twilight Sad with Deary and Theo Bleak
Read more: The Twilight Sad with Deary and Theo Bleak6 May 2026, Barrowland Ballroom Rarely, if ever, have I attended a gig at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow and left disappointed. And this night was to be no different. In promoting their latest album release, the band warmed up for this homecoming gig with a tour around the UK and parts of Europe. So,…
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The Haunted Youth
Read more: The Haunted Youth3 May 2026, Cirque Royale, Brussels The final ‘gig’ of the May Bank Holiday weekend saw me back in Brussels to see The Haunted Youth in the truly wonderful venue that is Cirque Royal Like more than a few bands over the years, the early albums tend to showcase the raw energy and creativity that…
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Fuzz Club Festival 2026, Eindhoven
Read more: Fuzz Club Festival 2026, EindhovenThe Fuzz Club. A record label I’ve been a member of for a few years receiving regular slabs of vinyl to add to the collection. Fuzz by name. Fuzz by nature. The majority of acts have that psychedelic rock feel about them. And for the past few years the label has brought together a selective…
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Admiral Freebie
Read more: Admiral Freebie30 April 2026, Ancienne Belgique, Brussels The Bank Holiday Weekend had taken me from Glasgow to Brussels on 30 April, a staging post for the Fuzz Club Festival in Eindhoven the following two days. There’s not much point travelling all that distance and not taking the opportunity to go to a venue, and see an…
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Chapterhouse with Sister Ray Davies
Read more: Chapterhouse with Sister Ray Davies23 April 2026, The Classic Grand The Classic Grand on Glasgow’s Jamaica Street, is fast becoming one of my favourite venues. Sitting somewhere between King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut and St Lukes & The Winged Horse, it’s a venue which offers both intimacy and a number of viewing vantage points. And the sound system isn’t…
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The Bros. Landreth with Begonia
Read more: The Bros. Landreth with Begonia18 April 2026, Oran Mor The Bros. Landreth For the second night in a row we were dropping down to the basement of Oran Mor for the latest gig on our #AtoZMusicalTour The Bros. Landreth had been recommended by my good lady’s Canadian nephew, and we didn’t want to disappoint by not seeing them when…
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IST IST with The Youth Play
Read more: IST IST with The Youth Play17 April 2026, Oran Mor IST IST Throughout our #AtoZMusicalTour to date, most gigs have been selected due to having at least some knowledge of the acts we are going to see. Even breaking bands have come with some degree of knowing what to expect. The IST IST gig is one of the few exceptions…
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James with Doves
Read more: James with Doves8 April 2026, OVO Hydro The previous night spent in The Glad Cafe watching wor_kspace and National Park with maybe 100 or so others. And now we head to Finnieston to see two of the best bands to come out of the Greater Manchester area. Over the past few years, I’ve been lucky enough to…
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wor_space with National PArk
Read more: wor_space with National PArk7 April 2026, The Glad Cafe The Glad Café is starting to feel like a second home, at least on the musical front. It more often than not offers a night of pleasant surprises with the diverse range of music it hosts. And while I’d like to think I have an eclectic taste in music,…
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The Creeping Bent Organisation with Port Sulphur & Bubbles
Read more: The Creeping Bent Organisation with Port Sulphur & Bubbles3 April 2026, The Glad Cafe When you head to a football match there is no guarantee that the team you support will win, that the game will be a free-flowing showcase of football talent and that you will head back home afterwards knowing you’ll have happy memories about the match in the months and…
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Ghost Funk Orchestra with Logan’s Close
Read more: Ghost Funk Orchestra with Logan’s Close29 March 2026, The Rumshack Over the past few years, we’ve been in the very fortunate position of being able to take a gamble on seeing musical acts we know very little about. The gigs tend to be in the many smaller venues that abound in and around Glasgow. Sunday night at The Rumshack was…
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Callum Easter with Fraser MacCallum
Read more: Callum Easter with Fraser MacCallum28 March 2026, The Glad Cafe Having witnessed Callum Easter in a supporting role a couple of times previously, I was nonetheless, unable to convey his unique style to my good lady and what we could expect to hear as we wandered into The Glad Café. There’s his dry humour that works well on a…
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Stanley Odd
Read more: Stanley Odd27 March 2026, Paisley Arts Centre Getting off the train at Gilmour Street in Paisley, the cold wind blowing down the streets resulted in just about everyone arriving at the Paisley Arts Centre wrapped up for the elements outside. In contrast no doubt, they were warm inside in expectation of Stanley Odd’s return to the…
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Jehnny Beth with Benefits
Read more: Jehnny Beth with Benefits22 March 2026, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut A visit to King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut has yet to disappoint over the years we’ve been going there. There’s always a special atmosphere generated in the venue irrespective of who is playing, and you sense that the acts have created a special rapport with the audience…
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The Monochrome Set with The Cathode Ray
Read more: The Monochrome Set with The Cathode Ray7 March 2026, Mono Cafe The Cathode Ray There have only been a couple of times during our two-and-a-bit years of the #AtoZMusicalTour when support act has been the primary reason for getting tickets to see them play live. In the recent past, F.O.Machete filled that role. However, on this Saturday night all thoughts turned…
