Jagwar Ma – The Art School, Glasgow (20th Oct 2016)
Jagwar Ma’s mixed generational pull at Glasgow's Art School makes a whole lot of sense. Their propulsive jams fuse 60’s psych rock atmosphere with sun-soaked Br... Read More...
Stephen Butchard
Jagwar Ma embark on LP promotion tour
Australian pysch-dance act Jagwar Ma are set to tour the UK following the release of their sophomore album, 'Every Now & Then'. The band's tour schequle has... Read More...
Mitski – Stereo, Glasgow (4th October 2016)
Mitski’s songs of fossilised happiness and turbulent adulthood are crushingly personal in their scope. Her bare compositions soak up all of the tension bubbling... Read More...
Big Thief + Louis Abbott – The Hug and Pint, Glasgow (5th September 2016) – LIVE REVIEW
Walking into the Hug and Pint’s cosy basement venue, it becomes obvious just how thriving the Glasgow music scene is. Pretty much every trendy bar holds its own... Read More...
Anohni – Hopelessness Tour, Edinburgh Playhouse (17th August 2016) – LIVE REVIEW
Anohni raises her hands from within a hooded cloak, holding them high like a priestess while she sings as a conduit for the mistreated, the oppressed, and the h... Read More...
Crystal Castles ‘Amnesty (I)’ – ALBUM REVIEW
The most surprising thing about Amnesty (I), Crystal Castles’ chaotic return, is how smoothly it transitions from the original band’s work. When Alice Glass ann... Read More...
Frank Ocean ‘Blonde’ – ALBUM REVIEW
Immediately following his teaser visual album, 'Endless', Frank Ocean releases a project that completely disregards the four-year hype, and lives up to it in th... Read More...
Sigur Ros – Edinburgh Playhouse (15th August 2016) – LIVE REVIEW
A low rumbling of thunder and static signals Sigur Ros to the stage, setting the tone for both the relaxing and terrifying tunes that are to come. The three-pie... Read More...
Dinosaur jr ‘Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not’ – ALBUM REVIEW
Dinosaur jr have reinvented themselves countless times. They’ve turned the distortion up high and down completely; they’ve unplugged and picked up acoustic guit... Read More...
The Amazing ‘Ambulance’ – ALBUM REVIEW
The Amazing emerged in 2009 with sunburnt folk and pensive psych rock, dripping in atmosphere and basking in nostalgia. Their tangled, fuzzed out guitars sought... Read More...
Stephen Butchard
Semi-competent music writer; gigsoup editor; balding scouser; fourth year journalism student at the University of Strathclyde. You can find most of my writing at verymuchmusic@wordpress.com