Angus & Julia Stone @ The Beat Club

From behind the roar of hearts beating, minds turning, atoms colliding, Julia Stone coaxes the first of this evening's softly treading lullabies from her fantastical world. In song, she walks a few years ahead of Joanna Newsom's vocal child, singing throughout of heartbreak and disillusionment from the vantage of absolute innocence. When Angus takes his turn, it's with a far more buoyed and resilient collection of songs, as his sister gazes on with a cindering intimacy, willing each note from him: and thankfully so. Together, they lead us wandering through a faultless set of timeless and unsullied folk-tales, at times so fragile it seems they may simply shatter under the weight of our attention, at others purifying for their youthful inspiration. As the night settles gently down to sleep, and the crowd filter outside, the traffic on Glasgow's rain-soaked streets must sound like devils screaming in their ears. [Paul Neeson]