Music - live reviews
Young Journalist of the Year finalist at the Scottish Magazine Awards 2017.
Former editor-in-chief of the Strathclyde Telegraph in 2017, previously the music editor in 2016.
I'm based in Glasgow, Scotland but cover everything from local to international issues.
My two favourite things to write about are music and mental health
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Music - live reviews
It seems appropriate that Young Fathers play Glasgow on a cold, wet November night. Notably, it's also St Andrew's Day - but the collective turn up the heat all the way up to 11.
Photo credit: Nathan Matheson. The first thing you notice about Southern Californian band Movements' frontman Patrick Miranda is how genuinely appreciative he seems to be that so many people showed up early to see his band play. The 450-capacity room started to fill up at a reasonable rate, despite the early doors of 6pm.
Photo credit: Nathan Matheson. While SWG3 is not immediately what you might have in mind when you think of where pop-punk underdogs Boston Manor would play while in Glasgow, but it seems fitting. The Warehouse, one of the smaller rooms in the multi-purpose arts venue is filled comfortably with emo kids young and (slightly) old(er).
While a similar sentiment was shared when the Strathclyde Telegraph last reported on a live music event taking place in the hallowed hall that is St Luke's, it would act as a disservice to not mention that there is, indeed, a buzz in the air prior to The Xcerts' biggest Glasgow headline show to date....
By Alisa Wylie, Music Editor When Leif Vollebekk takes to the stage and sits down to his keyboard at the front, right-hand side of the stage - you quickly notice that there's something peculiar in his movements when he plays. His upper limbs jerkily move almost continuously as he makes contact with his instruments.
Ever wanted to feel like someone was caressing the skin over your torso with their soft hands, singing softly to you while the hum of a baritone guitar serenades you in the background? That sounds nice, right? Imagine now, just when you're just about reach that euphoric sense of nirvana; that the hands cut through...
There is a palpable excitement in the air, as we await for 20-year-old Lewis Capaldi to take to the stage for his biggest headline gig in Glasgow to date in St Luke's. It's obvious that he has a strong fanbase already, despite the fact that at time of writing this, he only has 2 songs...
It's no surprise given the heavy subject matter of the majority of their material, that when The Wonder Years (★★★★★) perform, it feels almost holy. After selling out an intimate UK tour in less than an hour, the band take to their alter at Glasgow's Stereo in front of a very eager crowd.
At King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, on the 6th September 2016. Brazen, Canadian punks PUP rightly take the stage for their first headline tour this side of the Atlantic this month. They have previously supported pop punk's front runners, Modern Baseball and The Front Bottoms, with those slots being beneficial by way of reach -...
Live Review: TYCI presents Mothers, Globelamp at The Hug and Pint, Glasgow, 24/5/16 - ravechild, Music Scotland
Oran Mor 6/10/15 By Alisa Wylie Tonight, the Oran Mor has been transformed into a folklore dream. Wooden chairs have been laid out in front of the stage in two sections, with an aisle down the middle of the corresponding sides. You would think you had walked into the middle of an elaborate evening wedding without knowing.
There's a sense that the band The Front Bottoms (★★★★★) have now garnered a cult-like status, if the queue in the drizzly weather isn't enough evidence of [...]
Remember rock shows? The ones you had to wait years for because bands didn't have to tour as often to support themselves? Then, when they [...]
Few would have experienced such an overwhelming sense of adoration in one place before seeing Against Me! (★★★★★) play the Garage this week. The band [...]
Upon listening to the recent debut Fatherson album, I Am An Island you can almost feel yourself well up with pride at the sheer amount [...]
It might be easier to describe tonight with one word and one word only: sweat. But where's the fun in that? Tonight is the third [...]
Destruction is not the aim of the crowd, in fact they are jubilant as The Menzingers (★★★★) rip open the night with the unmistakable riff [...]
Under the luminous glow of arched walls, people begin to gather despite the trains rattling overhead. The acoustics in The Arches, though, are fantastic, so [...]
Ahead of a club night fundraiser in the wake of the recent fire at Glasgow's Art School, scottish band PAWS tonight are playing the cherished [...]
The stage tonight in Nice 'N' Sleazy is bare, holding only the essentials for the two men playing tonight, but as they perform it's obvious [...]
The Priory this past Friday was blessed with a performance from Irish singer-songwriter Eoin Glackin. If you're currently living in Ireland, you might have already heard of him, as he seems to making waves over the water. This tour has enabled him to travel up and down mainland Britain to give him the push he...
Tuesday night in Glasgow - or party night as the main support act refers to it onstage - and Stereo is host to an acoustic extravaganza, with all three acts choosing to perform without a band to support them. They might not have had a backing band, but what they do have is a mega ...
The corner outside McDonalds at Glasgow's famed 'four corners' will be quiet tonight. Why? Neck Deep, the new kids on the pop-punk scene, are playing at Audio. The first and youngest band of the night are Flakes, with singer Sean MacKay only being a ripe 16 years of age - which entails the young audience ...
On seeing James McLaren at the Priory on Halloween for the first time, I initially think of Alex Gaskarth. With his long hair swept over his face, he seems like a token poster boy. Being in a university setting, though, it might be a bit out of place to start singing saccharine pop songs fit...
This past friday the Starbucks in the Union not only brought half price frappuccinos to round off the week quite nicely, but an acoustic performance from the lovely Florrie. This is the last date of her two week Coffee House sessions tour and we were second of the three performances scheduled for that day.
There is no denying that in this moment in time, there is a buzz about in the town of Glasgow. Thanks to the Commonwealth games, [...]