Drive By Argument @ The Garage

Thisfamiliarsmile are not fazed in any way by this rainy Monday evening and they proudly leave the stage safe in the knowledge that the hordes soon to arrive had missed something of worth. A commanding performance from DB68 follows and despite garbled between-song banter, they provide their steadily expanding fan base with note perfect chunks of power pop. A few members of the audience leave the premises after DB68 finish, which the Skinny finds completely baffling, given that Drive by Argument prove to be on top form. Rock, pop and electronica deftly glued together with a hint of cabaret, all executed to a steadily more animated crowd. Frontman Stoke plainly relishes the prospect of wider acclaim, performing an old school stage dive and crowd surfing on the back of set closer and new single The Sega Method. The place errupts and, quite simply, there are few better ways that tonight could have been spent in Glasgow. [Xavier Jones-Barlow]