Stereo
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Peter Capaldi
With Lousie Connell Stereo, 30 July 2025 I’ve been to a few gigs in Stereo over the past couple of years. A basement venue in the heart of the city. 300 of a capacity and, up to this week, I don’t think the capacity was ever seriously stretched for all the bands that had appeared…
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New Candys
With Floating Heads and The Miracle Seeds Stereo, 10 June Leaving the bright lights of Renfield Lane, it’s hard to imagine that the flight of stairs leading to the darkened basement of Stereo would lead to a powerhouse of psychedelic rock, spearhead by Italian masters New Candys ably supported by Scottish bands Floating Heads and…
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The Rose City Band
Stereo, 14 May Ripley Johnson’s previous musical projects, Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo, have been variously described as ‘experimental’, ‘minimalist’, drone rock, and ‘spacey psychedelic rock’, all terms that, providing you are in tune with them, draw you willingly to his current incarnation, the Rose City Band. In the run up to their appearance at Stereo in…
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Port Sulphur Album Launch
With QUAD90 30 November, 2024, Stereo, Glasgow When I first saw this gig being promoted for Port Sulphur, I thought, ‘Hold on, didn’t we go to the album launch in The Wee Red Bar in October?’ Even reviewed the gig here where once again QUAD90 were the support act. Ahh well, maybe it’s the Glasgow…
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Fat Dog
with Truthpaste I first saw Fat Dog earlier this year at The Garage in Glasgow and that night was taken aback by how many people had thronged into the room to take part in their energetic set. And it was all about crowd participation with the mosh pit in full flow to a backdrop of…
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Jah Wobble
The latest gig on our A to Z Musical Tour was …… Off Renfield Lane and downstairs into the basement. Merchandise table on the left tormenting you with vinyl, CDs and the obligatory T-Shirts. ‘Ah’ll be back’ says I, as I spy an album I’ve not seen before. Then, opening the double doors to the…
