Pick of the Glasgow Gigs for (the rest of) October

I’m aiming to have a more structured approach to my blog moving forward, and I’m planning to introduce a variety of regular features. I’m conscious that I write a lot about gigs, but that’s often too late for some people who’ve said to me something along the lines of  “I wish I’d known about that” and the like, so one of the new blogs will be a monthly look ahead, the focus being on Glasgow, the home of the blog, at some of what I think will be the pick of the gigs for the coming month, whether I’m attending or not (that’s my get out clause – I can’t possibly cover everything).… Read the rest

Shrunken Head Promotions present Thee Scarecrows aka in Glasgow

It was a Saturday of highs and lows. The highs? Back to back plays of the stunning new album from The Cure, Songs From a Lost World, a record that is going to be top of so many end of year “Album of the Year” lists. The lows? My football team’s unbeaten run ended… well not so much ended as was ripped asunder with a humiliating annihilation at Hampden…

Nothing else for it, who cares about the football  anyway? There is music to be enjoyed…

If you missed out because you didn’t heed the recommendations and low ticket warnings, more fool you as you missed a quite extraordinary experience.… Read the rest