Arts and Entertainment, Music

Swedish trio gear up for a storming 2012 »

First off, thank you for taking the time to talk to us while you are in the middle of finishing your album. GK – No problem, thank you for taking your time. Having formed in 2010 how does it feel to have reached such dizzy heights alrea...

Fri 03 Feb 2012 by Tom Collins | Read more »

Weeks has an obvious way with words »

Tasty snacks – that’s the first sight that greets you on arrival in the Maccabees’ room at Glasgow University’s QM Union. A lengthy table groaning with tasty snacks. Scattered around are various Maccabees seated in laidbac...

Fri 03 Feb 2012 by Andrew Chamberlain | Read more »

Snow Patrol egg on the Glasgow faithful »

Take a gigantic fluorescent snowflake, the eternal bond between the Scots and the Irish, the even more eternal bond between Glasgow and music... and a forceful scotch egg. These are but a few of the moments to remember from Snow Patrol’s visit to...

Thu 02 Feb 2012 by Jamie Brotherston | Read more »

Emeli Sandé – Our Version of Events »

Thu 02 Feb 2012 by Tom Collins | Read more »

The Horrors »

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Sukey Scorer | Read more »

FOE »

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Sophie Alexander | Read more »

Laura Marling »

Wed 18 Jan 2012 by Anna Hafsteinsson | Read more »

Celtic Connections »

RURA are a five-man band who hail from Glasgow and have been building up a rep as damn-fine musicians who deliver a blend of traditional and contemporary folk music, served with a side of some beautiful song-writing. The lads have been playing togethe...

Wed 18 Jan 2012 by Sophie Alexander | Read more »

Veterans of the rock scene still Red Hot »

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are the undisputed pioneers of the Funk Rock genre. Drug-fuelled sex binges inspired some of the greatest pieces of music ever created – ‘Under The Bridge’ deservedly ranks as Rolling Stone magazine's 15th Gr...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Fiona Greenshields | Read more »

Little Match Girl Passion »

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Anna Hafsteinsson | Read more »

Anoushka Shankar »

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Rory Woodroffe | Read more »

The Zombies  »

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Antigone Johnstone Burt | Read more »

St.Vincent »

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Bryce Lucas | Read more »

Django Django »

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Adam Terris | Read more »

Romantic Love Stories with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra »

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Alexandre Charles Johnstone | Read more »

Yuck »

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Rebecca O' Malley | Read more »

The Fall »

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Rebecca O' Malley | Read more »

Glasgow enjoys journey of a lifetime »

“I speak with complete sincerity here,” Death Cab For Cutie's tousled lead singer Ben Gibbard coos tenderly, “when I say that the last night of the UK tour is happening in this city for a reason. It's not only beautiful but has such a...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Harris Brine | Read more »

KT glows within the darkness »

"Anyone else got a really bad hangover?" KT Tunstall is laid-back and cheeky during her solo show in the gloom of The Arches. Alone but for her two "Taiwanese friends" (a.k.a drum machine and keyboard), she still manages to belt out a wide range of m...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Jamie Brotherston | Read more »

'When you've put everything into your music, you hope that it comes across the same way to other people and they like it' »

“I have this”, The Twilight Sad's lead singer James Graham timidly says, pointing to his plastic cup filled with what appears (and smells) to be cheap red wine, “because I'm not naturally a front-man. I don't go up on stage and go, &l...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Harris Brine | Read more »