Records :: Album Review 27 Nov 2008
Gillian Watson: Scottish indie rockers Glasvegas round off a successful year with their own bleak and distinctive take on that most pointless of concepts, the Christmas mini-album. Instead of taking an opportunity to cash in and desecrate well-loved carols (although t...
Music :: Live Review 05 Nov 2008
Marta Nelson: The gravitas of Laura Marling’s (***) lyrics belie the fact that she’s just old enough to attend her own shows. Beginning the set with her new single Ghosts, the moonlighting member of Noah and the Whale doesn’t seem terribly pleased ...
Student Life :: Music :: Feature 23 Sep 2008
Ally Brown: In Scotland we like to boast about how brilliant we are at just about everything. We invented pretty much the whole modern world, including television, the telephone, antibiotics, the steam engine, and probably sliced bread and dogs and football and se...
Music :: Heads Up :: News 09 Sep 2008
Dave Kerr: Following the recent announcement of warm up gigs to be headlined by LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy in mid-September, further details of The Tennent's Mutual's forthcoming 'Season One' live music programme have been revealed. Set to take place across ...
Music :: Live Review 08 Sep 2008
Ally Brown, Nick Mitchell, Colin Chapman: The Connect Festival – this year renamed Hydro Connect thanks to a sponsorship hook-up with Scottish Hydro Electric – has got everything going for it, in theory. The location – and the journey to get there – is absolutely gorgeo...
Music :: Feature 02 Sep 2008
Paul Neeson: Wandering backstage with a mobile which was just handed to him, James Allan searches for a quiet spot to chat, apologising profusely for keeping me holding, and at the same time describing the thrill of playing to a crowd who spilled well beyond the bo...
Records :: Album Review 26 Aug 2008
Paul Neeson: Trends can be fickle beasts. For those who set them, the rise and fall from grace can be a cruel one, and that Glasvegas have been forecast as the next great British band - and the possible saviours of Rock n' Roll - has set them up for the hardest of...
Music :: Comedy :: Live Review 29 Jul 2008
Jason Morton: The road to Suffolk is a long one coming from Scotland, but that's not to say Latitude Festival, now celebrating its third year, doesn't merit the miles. Billed as 'more than just music', the festival delivered on its promise: Festival goers were treat...
Music :: Live Review 21 Jul 2008
Ally Brown, Nick Mitchell, Dave Kerr, R.J Thomson, Finbarr Bermingham: After breaking the undercarriage of the Skinnymobile on its rocky exit from T in the Car Park last year, much to the peculiar amusement of an onlooking policeman, it's with caution that we roll up to Balado this year with a plan for all eventualities. ...
Music :: Preview 08 Jul 2008
Jason Morton: When one stops to think about the UK summer music festival scene – the sheer number of events, the stages and attractions, the amount of talent trekking across the country to entertain the drunk and drugged up crowds – one could easily thin...
Music :: Live Review 25 Jun 2008
Paul Neeson: Behind the media-hyped flag waving, Alan McGee’s sycophantic obsessing, blithe Mary Chain parallels and the niche of council estate colloquialisms, Glasvegas are, with all dissection aside, one of, if not the most unique prospect to emerge this d...
Records :: Review :: Single Review 23 May 2008
Finbarr Bermingham: It may sound premature to say so, just three singles into their career, but new single Geraldine is business as usual for Glasvegas. Quite how long it takes for expectations to be legitimately formed is unclear, but Go Square Go! and Daddy's Gone set a...
Music :: Live Review 06 Jan 2008
Ally Brown: In a way, it's ridiculous that Glasvegas should already be receiving such hype on the basis of just five songs. But on the other hand, the way people of all ages are responding to the handful of tracks made available on MySpace is incredible. It's like...
Music :: Feature :: New Blood 07 Dec 2007
Ally Brown: Everyone knows the story about Oasis' breakthrough 14 years ago: they were spotted at King Tut's by Creation Records boss Alan McGee, playing a 20 minute set while third on the bill, and offered a deal on the spot.This summer McGee announced that he ha...
