Sounds In the City March No. 2

Sounds in the City

Glasgow has established an international reputation for its pulsating live music scene, but with up to 100 bands playing across the city most nights of the year, the choice can be overwhelming and the quality can vary wildly. In her regular listings column, Shannon Travers, host of a new independent internet TV show that highlights emerging Scottish music talent, suggests some choice upcoming shows to suit a range of budgets and tastes. This week:

Guillemots

Mystery Glasgow venue | Thu 21 Apr| £15.00 (ticketmaster.co.uk)

Guillemots are a strange lot. Their music might bear some resemblance to Coldplay’s, but a typical live show features such eccentricities as the prominent use of a typewriter and almost unrecognisable freeform jazz or R’n’B versions of their best-known songs. 

In April, the band will play four ‘secret’ gigs in Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and London. The venues will not be made known to those with tickets until the day of the show, for which the band are also apparently planning ‘unique and exciting’ surprises. Intriguing stuff…

Emerge NME Radar Tour

King Tut’s, St Vincent St | Mon 9 May | £9.00 (ticketmaster.co.uk) 

The NME’s ‘Radar’ brand is dedicated to highlighting little-known local bands and musicians to a national UK audience through their magazine, website and TV/radio channels. The most successful Radar artists are invited on an annual tour, which often proves prescient in predicting the next big thing – just ask La Roux, Hurts or Maximo Park. The class of 2011 includes blues-guitar-playing singer Anna Calvi and LA rock band Grouplove.

Obvious Outcome

Nice N’Sleazy, Sauchiehall St | Sat 26 Mar | £5.00 (pay on door)

An unsigned teenage electro-rock band with members from across Scotland, Obvious Outcome bring back memories of Idlewild and are well worth checking out in Sleazy’s. Support bands at this eclectic show include Scragfight, who describe themselves as ‘retired female ninjas’, and gentler, folk-influenced Glaswegian band Natalie Pryce.

Sounds In the City March No. 1

Sounds in the City

Glasgow has established an international reputation for its pulsating live music scene, but with up to 100 bands playing across the city most nights of the year, the choice can be overwhelming and the quality can vary wildly. In her regular listings column, Shannon Travers, host of a new independent internet TV show that highlights emerging Scottish music talent, suggests some choice upcoming shows to suit a range of budgets and tastes. This week:

Stiff Little Fingers

Glasgow Barrowlands | Thu 17 Mar | £16.85 (ticketmaster.co.uk)

Veteran Belfast punks Stiff Little Fingers were a strong favourite of John Peel, who featured the band on his playlists consistently since they formed in the late 1970s amidst the Troubles. This is a timely opportunity to see the influential group – as  immortalised in the film ‘High Fidelity’, when a customer mistakes them for Green Day – ahead of the release of a tenth album.  

The Phantom Band

The Classic Grand, Jamaica St | Sat 19 Mar | £12.00 (ticketmaster.co.uk) 

If you have heard of Glasgow’s The Phantom Band, it is likely to be because of the huge critical acclaim the exploratory band have scored in the UK and US with the release of their first two albums in 2009 and 2010. If you haven’t, it’s time to find out what the fuss is about. They are currently on a major European tour, and luckily for us the final leg is a homecoming show at the Classic Grand. 

 Reveille

13^th Note, King St | Tue 15 Mar | £5.00 (entry on door)

Also as part of a European tour, Reveille visit the 13^th Note to promote debut album ‘Time and Death’. The band, led by Lyon multi-instrumentalist Francois Virot, fuse joyful gallic pop with offbeat jazz-flavoured rhythms. Support comes from two Glasgow bands, arty experimentalists Tokamak and psychedelic duo Mr Peppermint.

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Sounds In the City February No. 1

Sounds in the City

Glasgow has established an international reputation for its pulsating live music scene, but with up to 100 bands playing across the city most nights of the year, the choice can be overwhelming and the quality can vary wildly. In her regular listings column, Shannon Travers, host of a new independent internet TV show that highlights emerging Scottish music talent, suggests some choice upcoming shows to suit a range of budgets and tastes. This week:

The View

Glasgow Barrowlands | Wed 6 Apr | £15.00 (ticketmaster.co.uk)

Dundee heavyweights The View have announced a 13-date UK tour in April to promote forthcoming third record Bread and Circuses, which appears in March. I’d advise fans of old-school rock’n’roll (they are banned from every Travelodge in the country; you can’t get more rock’n’roll than that) and thick Scots accents (although singer Kyle Falconer says his voice will be “a lot clearer” on the new album) to book tickets swiftly.  

65daysofstatic

The Arches, Argyle St | Sat 19 Feb | £10.00 (thearches.co.uk) 

This specially commissioned event for the Glasgow Film and Music Festival will see instrumental group 65daysofstatic perform a live, improvised soundtrack to a screening of the 1972 sci-fi film Silent Runnings in Glasgow’s The Arches. The experimental band seem like a good fit for the project, given that they can flick from hyperkinetic electronica beats to slothful droning guitars at the drop of a hat. If you are up for something different, then look no further.

Stanley Odd

Captain’s Rest, Great Western Rd| Wed 16 Feb | £5.00 (ticketweb.co.uk)

Alternatively, you could sample some east coast rap in the west end. The east coast of Scotland that is, as Edinburgh ensemble Stanley Odd bring their indie/hip-hop fusion to the intimate Captain’s Rest bar. Having made the playlist on Xfm and Radio 1 last year, their distinctive style will no doubt get even more exposure in 2011. Word up like!

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Newspaper columns

Recently Up Next TV have been contributing gig listings columns to a number of Scottish newspapers. Keep an eye out in your local papers and let us know if you would like your gig to be featured.

2 new episodes....

Hi there folks,
We are currently updating our studio equipment and working on some website things so before we are back in with guests we have added 2 new special episodes.
The first features an interview with up and coming UK country music star Thorne Hill who's debut song 'Come Undone', released by Up Next Records, hit number 31 in the country chart in its' first weekend of release.
The second is a live performance from the 2010 Edinburgh Festival at the show 'We are NOT the Incredible String Band'. Featuring 3 former members of the ISB, we filmed at the final sell out show during summer and this was one of our favorite songs.
More new episodes to come soon but for now... enjoy!

Sounds In The City January 2011 No. 2

Sounds in the City

Glasgow has established an international reputation for its pulsating live music scene, but with up to 100 bands playing across the city most nights of the year, the choice can be overwhelming and the quality can vary wildly. In her regular listings column, Shannon Travers, host of a new independent internet TV show that highlights emerging Scottish music talent, suggests some choice upcoming shows to suit a range of budgets and tastes. This week:

Pete Doherty

Glasgow Barrowlands | Fri 20 May | £18.00 (ticketmaster.co.uk)

Overshadowed by on-off involvement with The Libertines and Babyshambles – not to mention tabloid revelations and legal problems – it’s easy to forget that Pete Doherty is a talented songwriter and solo performer in his own right. 

He hopes to become a film star in 2011, acting opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg in a French drama about the life of a 19th century poet. If that career move goes well, this may be your last chance to see him play Glasgow. The Barrowlands is apparently one of his favourite live venues, so hopefully he won’t decide not to turn up for this one at the last minute! 

Joan As Police Woman

Òran Mór, Byres Road | Fri 11 Feb | £15.00 (ticketmaster.co.uk) 

American singer-songwriter Joan Wasser, an accomplished violinist, has quite the cv. Among others, she has collaborated with Lou Reed, Elton John, the Scissor Sisters and Rufus Wainwright. Her own band, Joan As Police Woman, reflects this diversity. Their third album, released in January, is an entertaining mish-mash of funk, soul and pop that ranges from melancholy to menacing to upbeat. Definitely worth seeing.

Disguise Your Beauty

Classic Grand, Jamaica Street| Sun 13 Feb | £6.00 (tickets-scotland.com)

If you like your rock ‘post-hardcore’, with overly aggressive drumming and raw, shrieking vocals, then Glasgow’s Disguise Your Beauty is the new band for you. The sextet bring their debut EP to light at this 14+ launch night, and have kindly made the tunes available for free download so that fans can howl – sorry, ‘sing’ – along. (myspace.com/disguiseyourbeauty). 

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UNMtv Sounds in the City

Sounds in the City

Glasgow has established an international reputation for its pulsating live music scene, but with up to 100 bands playing across the city most nights of the year, the choice can be overwhelming and the quality can vary wildly. In her regular listings column, Shannon Travers, host of a new independent internet TV show that highlights emerging Scottish music talent, suggests some choice upcoming shows to suit a range of budgets and tastes. This week:

The Cult

O2 Academy Glasgow | Sat 29 Jan | £28.00 (ticketweb.co.uk)

Best known for the singalong 1980s anthem ‘She Sells Sanctuary’, post-punk stalwarts The Cult have regenerated more times than the average liver. Their current incarnation does, however, include original singer Ian Astbury, who spent most of the last decade fronting a new version of The Doors. They come to Glasgow at the end of the month.

The Walkmen & Laki Mera

Òran Mór, Byres Road | Wed 19 Jan | £12.50 (celticconnections.com) 

What, you may ask, do New York garage rock band The Walkmen have to do with Celtic Connections? Well, since they started out alongside The Strokes in the early noughties, the band have slowly evolved a more traditional, experimental sound (their most recent album features mariachi horns) that fits snugly into the inclusive festival’s 2011 lineup. Glasgow ‘folktronica’ specialists Laki Mera join them on the bill.

Sick Puppies

King Tut’s, St. Vincent St | Fri 21 Jan | £8.00 (kingtuts.co.uk)

Australian trio Sick Puppies don’t live up to their name. The ‘free hugs campaign’, in which individuals are encouraged to offer complimentary embraces to strangers, came to global prominence via their 2006 music video for “All The Same”, which has racked up 66m views on YouTube. 

Their unashamedly upbeat pop provides a welcome remedy for those January blues. Electro-rock newcomers The Feud support.

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Sounds in the City January 2011

Sounds in the City

The west of Scotland has established an international reputation for its pulsating live music scene, but with up to 100 bands playing across the region most nights of the year, the choice can be overwhelming and the quality can vary wildly. In her regular listings column, Shannon Travers, host of a new independent internet TV show that highlights emerging Scottish music talent, suggests some choice upcoming shows to suit a range of budgets and tastes. This week:

Whitesnake

Clyde Auditorium | Tue 14 June | £38.50 (ticketmaster.co.uk)

Some unkind music critics have suggested that metal supergroup Whitesnake change their name to ‘Greysnake’ due to their advancing years – they started in 1977 – but they can still get the heads banging. 

In recent years, they have been successfully amassing new young fans via inclusion in noughties movie soundtracks such asOld School and Talladega Nights. Catch them at the Clyde Auditorium ‘Armadillo’ in June. 

Justin Currie

O2 ABC Glasgow | Fri 21 Jan | £16.00 (ticketweb.co.uk) 

The former Del Amitri singer Justin Currie has been quietly reinventing himself on the acoustic folk scene. According to his MySpace, however, he can “sometimes also be heard to trawl out tired versions of his withered hits”. He will be supported by The Heathers, a folk duo of twin sisters from Dublin.

Cherri Fosphate

Pivo Pivo, Waterloo St | Fri 15 Jan | £5.00 (pay on door)

Animated, zingy rock band Cherri Fosphate have been together for a matter of months but they are rising through the Glasgow music scene like pierced balloons.

They were interviewed on the second series of Up Next Music TV, and also played an acoustic track (see link below). Among other things, you can discover which animal they take their name from.

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