Late of the Pier @ Òran Mór, 8 Feb

Having shaken off suggestions that they were nothing more than Klaxon-loving bandwagon jumpers, Nottingham’s synth-straddling indie stormers Late of the Pier spent the latter half of 2008 basking in the success of their debut album, Fantasy Black Channel, which was released off the back of six months of frothy anticipation. Opting to keep things real, their first outing of 2009 finds them threatening to light their potentially explosive fuse within the fairly modest walls of Glasgow’s Oran Mor. Given their reputation for kicking off live, it could be akin to locking yourself in the cupboard with a box of bangers. [Paul Neeson]