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Album Review: The Jesus and Mary Chain reveal their stunning ‘Glasgow Eyes’ – an intoxicating mix of swagger and attitude with just a hint of reflection.

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SEE: Belle and Sebastian share Collaborative fan project ‘Protecting the Hive’

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Track: A. Wesley Chung – Restless

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The five band members of Blush Club

Glasgow’s Blush Club return with ‘Ornamental Ponds’, the first single and title track from their forthcoming EP set for release in September. It follows on from the charismatic guitar pop of 2021 EP A Hill To Die On. The 5-piece have created a catchy post punk romp inspired by lockdown mundanity. Is it through the …

By Ian Campbell It was 2017 when I last saw Mannequin Pussy. The world has changed radically since then and after a string of how can things get any worse events, the US supreme court decision on abortion has left the majority of us speechless, distraught and angry. Mannequin Pussy vented this anger in a …

Del Amitri performing live

Following the release of their seventh studio album Fatal Mistakes last year, Del Amitri performed the perfect playlist of new material and nostalgia to a grateful Glasgow crowd. Del Amitri’s three-night run of sell-out shows at the iconic Barrowland Ballroom in December, including a night just for NHS workers, had to be postponed due to …

Sold Out within minutes of tickets coming on line, they were not cheap, but how do you put a price on a show. How do we value our entertainment? Some things need to be done at any cost and the packed venue in Glasgow was full of expectant fans demanding to extract every ounce of …

Following their raucous headline show at London’s Brixton Academy recently, The Snuts have teamed with rising alt RnB artist Rachel Chinouriri to present the uplifting new single End Of The Road. First performed onstage at Brixton Academy in April, it’s their third new music release since acclaimed number 1-selling debut album, W.L. Produced by Detonate …

For over 43 years, Gary Numan has fascinated audiences with his robot-like persona. Part innovator, part plagiarist, Numan has been an icon of electronic music since his chart toping single “Are Friends Electric” came out in 1979. He is a very different artist from those early days, the first few singles and albums feel stripped back compared …

The Fratellis have released a deluxe version of acclaimed 2021 release Half Drunk Under A Full Moon via Cooking Vinyl, which includes eight bonus tracks (a darkly joyous version of Baccara’s disco classic Yes Sir, I Can Boogie anyone?) plus brilliant new single Alive. The multi-platinum Glasgow band’s sixth album, Half Drunk Under A Full Moon became one …

There is something haunting and chilling about the new release ‘Halo’ from esteemed composer and solo artist John Lemke that captures an Arctic chill and yet is antithetically warm and organic. It is an achingly beautiful piece filled with layers of moving, ambulant sound. It is utterly moving and affecting: the strings weeping and crying …

Steven Young‘s distinctive sonorous and velvet vocals add a vibrant lustre to his new single ‘Delirious World’, which we are honoured to premiere today. Young began his career in The Imagineers, moving on to GANGS before going solo with earlier single ‘Chains’. His second solo release ‘Delirious World’ is a vibrant post punk thrill: reverberated …

The Stranglers have played a venue in Glasgow every time they toured the UK. That means, for the past 45 years, it has been a main stay for the band and there’s a reason for that, if you can make it in Glasgow, you can make it anywhere! It’s a tough nut to crack but …