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2020 may have given us little reason to celebrate but this year's SAY Award has given us hope for the future in an otherwise dark year. With the future of live music hanging dangerously in the balance and the government dishing out pitiful advice to creatives to retrain amidst their disastrous handing of the pandemic, it's been hard to find any kind of light at the end of this never-ending tunnel.
FROM the moment The 1975 launch into their brand new single 'People', it's quite clear that this Summer Sessions show isn't going to be any old gig. The track took everyone by surprise when it was officially unveiled last week; a guttural blast of pure, unadulterated punk rock nothing like the band have ever done before.
WHEN Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo announced Wolf Alice as the winners of the 2018 Mercury Prize on Thursday night, few people will have been as surprised as the band themselves who were just about speechless as they went up to collect their award.
IT is a rare but awe-inspiring feeling to leave a gig and know that you've witnessed something truly momentous; a night so special that it will be remembered for years to come.
The date is Thursday 26th February 2009 and I, a prematurely-angsty 15-year-old from Foxbar, Paisley, am making my inaugural trip to the live music mecca that is The Barrowlands. After watching The Wombats trot out one sardonic indie banger after another, my impressionable young mind is redirected to the image of an impenetrably cool, black-clad four piece hanging on the wall.
Few will have anticipated the levels of critical acclaim and adoration Ride have received after reconvening for a few reunion shows back in 2015; none more so than lead guitarist Andy Bell.
The Jesus and Mary Chain make a triumphant return to the Barrowlands in the thrilling inauguration of the BBC 6 Music Festival in Glasgow. On the very day that Damage And Joy has been unleashed into the world, their first new album in nearly twenty years, the East Kilbride band dish out a career-spanning set in front of a fully receptive home crowd who lap up every second.
A LOT has happened since Dream Wife began life as a performance art project at the University of Brighton. Thrust into the limelight thanks to a relentless touring schedule aswell as an endless stream of support from blogs, notable magazines and tastemakers, the three-piece more than lived up to expectations when they finally unveiled their long-awaited debut album at the start of the year; a record bursting with sharp melodic punk tunes, endless charisma and fuelled by a fierce, fiery attitude.
@ Academy, Glasgow, on Thu 12 May 2016 Father John Misty: the country-soul showman, the charismatic troubadour, the deadpan comic, the theatrical cult leader. A character so compelling, it's impossible to take your eyes off him. Of course, he is exactly that: a character. He is the latest incarnation of Josh Tillman, previously known as J.