SWG3
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Psychedelic Porn Crumpets with Waldo’s Gift
25 February 2026, SWG3 In truth, I had to re-familiarise myself with the music of the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets ahead of the gig at SWG3. What was evident from doors opening though, was that the band didn’t have such worries with the rest of the audience as they drifted in. Young (compared to us!), excited,…
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Big Special with Gans
19 February 2026, SWG3 Big Special I’ve been lucky to see Big Special three times now. As a support act, higher up the musical food chain as part of a one-day Glasgow festival and at SWG3 as the headliners. I’ve yet to be let down by their performances. The intensity, the humour, the political messaging,…
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Red Rum Club with Brogeal and ItsYesAndMaybe
SWG3, Glasgow, 25 September The Red Rum Club The Red Rum Club describe themselves as the ‘Mariachi Merseysiders’, though they also tick the box for being an alternative rock band with Fran Doran (vocals), Tom Williams (guitar and backing vocals), Michael McDermott (guitar and backing vocals), Simon Hepworth (bass guitar), Joe “the Blow” Corby (trumpet) and…
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Franz Ferdinand
With English Teacher and Cowboy Hunters SWG3, 13 August 2025 There’s very little to beat a hometown boy returning with his band to entertain a few thousand fans who had headed to SWG3 on a sunny Glasgow night. In Alex Kapranos, Franz Ferdinand has the consummate frontman. Whether on vocals or guitar, whether singing or…
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The LaFontaines Live
SWG3 with Special Guests Glass Cheques, 17 April 2025 SWG3 witnessed the final get together of Kerr Okan, Jamie Keenan and Darren McCaughey, collectively known as The LaFontaines. Seventeen years since their first gig at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 4 albums released – Class 2015, Common People 2017, Junior 2019 and last year’s Business…
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Ride
The latest gig on our A to Z Musical Tour was …… In this post we review RIDE, with support from Junodream What seems a long, long time ago, Ride recorded one of best records to grace the shelves of this writer’s collection, when the album Nowhere burst into record stores in 1990. The tracks…
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Yo La Tengo
The latest gig on our A to Z Musical Tour was …… In this post we review Yo La Tengo, with a couple of very special guests making a late appearance, at SWG3. The band ticked off the letter Y in our A to Z Musical Tour. At the beginning of the evening I thought…
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Nadine Shah
The latest gig on our A to Z Musical Tour was …… Having been aware of Nadine Shah for a few years, since the release of Kitchen Sink in 2020, it was only in January this year that we saw here perform as support act to Depeche Mode. Big stage, big crowd and, from afar,…
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The Vaselines
The latest gig on our A to Z Musical Tour was …… The Vaselines at The Strathaven Hotel, Strathaven, Scotland The Frets concert series is an opportunity to see some well kent musicians play a much paired down set of songs in the very intimate setting of The Strathaven Hotel. The limited capacity gigs attract…
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The Zutons
The latest gig on our A to Z Musical Tour was …… The Zutons at SWG3 in Glasgow In the mid 2000s, it would have been hard not to have heard a Zutons track on the radio, maybe on TV and certainly if you went to any of the music festivals around this period. Their…
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Looking to Shoegaze
A few years ago, a pal of Bronagh’s asked me what I meant by Shoegaze music. To answer back that ‘…it’s just bloody good music.’ wasn’t going to cut ice. So I simply summarised by saying it was like light and delicate soundscapes made up of heavily distorted guitar playing and vocals that were sometimes…
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Sea Power
The seventh gig on our A to Z musical adventure was …… Sea Power at SWG3 in Glasgow. The theme of playing well kent albums as whole live performances, is not a knew thing on the gigging circuit. Primal Scream have been playing Screamadelica for years like this, playing the whole album followed by a…
