A Prelude To Darkness: Fuath @ Stereo, Glasgow (22nd November 2019)
with: Vehement, Thy Dying Light, Uir and Waerteras Hosted by: Unholy Forces & North of the Wall Festival WORDS: Joanne Gray
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Gig Listings: December 2019
All listings correct as of time of publication 1 st December Byronic Sex & Evile , with Gothzilla @ 13 th Note (Goth Rock) GWAR, with Voivod and Childrain @ The Garage (Heavy Metal) Kungens M รค n , with Snakes Don’t Belong in Alaska and The Kundalini Genie @ Nice N’ Sleazy (Post-Rock/Metal) Ryan McCombs (SOiL) @ Classic Grand (Metal/Acoustic) Spoke Too Soon, with Remind Me Of Home, Everyday Pharaohs and Savage Dink @ Ice Box (Pop Punk) 2 nd December Amyl and The Sniffers , with support @ The Garage (Punk/Pub Rock) Idles , with support @ Barrowland Ballroom (Punk Rock) Penelope Isles , with Plants & Animals and Freakwave @ Hug and Pint (Indie Rock/Dream Pop) Sumo Cyco , with support @ Classic Grand (Alternative Metal/Rock) 3 rd December Idles , with support @ B...
Airbourne @ Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow (21st November 2019)
with: Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown and Cellar Door Moon Crow Hosted by: DF Concerts WORDS: Joanne Gray
Ghost @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow (18th November 2019)
with: All Them Witches and Tribulation Hosted by: DF Concerts WORDS: Joanne Gray
Albums Round-Up (October 2019)
Featured Albums 1) The Menzingers Hello Exile (4th October) Epitaph Records With around than a decade’s worth of grafting under their belt, Pennsylvania punks The Menzingers came into my radar on their 2017 album After The Party . Its Springsteen/Gaslight Anthem- esque sense of bittersweet nostalgia and sheer quantity of life affirming t-shirt tugging anthems made this my album of that year by some distance. Even now, it may just one of my favourite albums released this decade. Spoiler… I bloody love this band… But, as much as I would love to gush about that album, the review here is about their sixth album, Hello Exile . The context of this previous album is important though. How does a band follow up an album that feels very much like the peak of a band’s musical career? One way is to try to write the same album again. The other is to tread different musical ground. As with the differences seen between 2012’s revered On The Impossible Past and 2014’s...