Nick Hakim @ King Tuts, Glasgow, 16 Feb

It took Jamie Isaac far too long to make the trip up to Glasgow, but his hypnotic set is more than worth the wait. The Londoner’s music defies classification: a frosty blend of R'n'B, jazz, ambient music and trip-hop beats tied together by his superlative talent for the piano. The highlight of his all-too-short set comes with a performance of gorgeous new single Doing Better, a melancholic number grounded by clean sedate keys and an unobtrusive beat. Isaac is an incredible talent and, with his second album on the horizon, he's one to watch in 2018.

Nick Hakim begins his set on a similarly low-key note. Singing the title track from his latest album Green Twins with a refreshing lack of accompaniment onstage, the rest of his band gradually climb up one-by-one to join him. Unlike Isaac, Hakim's set is surprisingly energetic; the drums are louder and his voice is more direct – he even pulls off some Steven Tyler-esque screaming. It makes for a thoroughly entertaining set, but something feels lost in translation through the journey from record to stage.

There are a few moments of welcome inertia, but a weirdly aggressive audience – who spend far too much time screaming at Hakim and his band and not enough listening to the music – overpowers them. He tries in vain to keep up, to the detriment of his set, and one wonders whether somewhere like the CCA would have perhaps been a more appropriate venue for the New Yorker. Something about people screeching at each other to “shut the fuck up” just isn’t conducive to a pleasant evening.

The band are more than game though, and watching them revel in surprising their audience is a delight: whether it’s seeing Joe Harrison swap out his electric guitar for a flute in the middle of a song, or witnessing an extended vocoder solo from keyboardist Jake Sherman. The latter is met with utter bemusement from the audience, though a robotic “thank you” at the end conjures laughter and cheers. Synergetic moments like this are the highlight of the evening, but all too often they’re just drowned out by noise.