MUSIC | Highlights MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS
CHVRCHES The SSE Hydro, Sat 2 Apr, thessehydro.com Glasgow-based electro pop trio touring in support of their second album Every Open Eye. NEWTON FAULKNER O2 ABC, Sun 3 Apr, academymusicgroup.com/ o2abcglasgow Dreadlocked, laidback surfer dude troubadour doing tricksy stuff with acoustic guitars.
PVRIS O2 ABC, Mon 4 Apr, academymusicgroup.com/ o2abcglasgow American rock band from Lowell, Massachusetts. EDINBURGH
BOB MOULD BAND The Liquid Room, Mon 8 Feb, liquidroom.com American singer/ songwriter/guitar hero and giant of US alternative rock, founder member of seminal bands Hüsker Dü and Sugar.
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING The Queen’s Hall, Mon 8 Feb, thequeenshall.net The London duo, who layer spoken word from vintage propaganda films over soaring beats and electronic melodies to thrilling effect, are out and about performing tracks from their second album The Race For Space. Please note rescheduled date.
RICHIE RAMONE Bannerman’s, Thu 11 Feb, bannermanslive.co.uk American punk and rock drummer and former member of the Ramones. FATHERSON The Liquid Room, Fri 12 Feb, liquidroom.com Indie power pop trio from Kilmarnock. Also The Reading Rooms, Dundee, Thu 11 Feb, readingroomsdundee.com
WEE DUB FESTIVAL Various venues, Fri 4–Sun 6 Mar, weedubfestival.co.uk Scotland’s only festival dedicated to dub and reggae music in all its forms. Taking place across various venues in Edinburgh’s Old Town on one weekend, it offers a diverse and enjoyable weekend of gigs, clubs, workshops, food and more. The line-up for 2016 includes Aba Shanti-I, Dubkasm, Mungo’s Hi-Fi, Dreadsquad,Chopstick Dubplate, Brother Culture, Solo Banton and Dubdadda.
THE 1975 O2 Academy Glasgow, Fri 18 Mar, academymusicgroup.com/ o2academyglasgow Sweeping indie rock from the Manchester four-piece. THE WONDER STUFF O2 ABC, Thu 24 Mar, academymusicgroup.com/ o2abcglasgow Fraggle rockers from the late 80s and early 90s, scattering their perky, subtly clever indie pop around once more. Support comes from the Wedding Present.
ADELE The SSE Hydro, Fri 25 & Sat 26
Mar, thessehydro.com Smoky soul pop from Adele, touring her latest smash hit album 25.
YEARS & YEARS O2 Academy Glasgow, Tue 29 Mar, academymusicgroup.com/ o2academyglasgow Energetic electro poppers. PRIMAL SCREAM O2 ABC, Wed 30 Mar, academymusicgroup.com/ o2abcglasgow Bobby Gillespie and his band of tea-drinking rock’n’rollers on a mini tour promoting latest album More Light.
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Wolf Alice based singer/harpist in support of her fourth album Divers. See Big Picture, page 15.
BILL RYDER-JONES Stereo, Tue 8 Mar, stereocafebar.com The alt.rock singer-songwriter from Warrington.
FOXES O2 ABC, Thu 10 Mar, academymusicgroup.com/ o2abcglasgow Musical moniker of London-based artist Louisa Rose Allen, in the La Roux/Ellie Goulding mould. OH WONDER Òran Mór, Thu 10 Mar, oran-mor. co.uk Song-writing duo – Anthony and Josephine – releasing one song per month for the next year.
FIELD MUSIC CCA, Sun 13 Mar, cca-glasgow. com Innovative Sunderland group return with more effortlessly complex indie pop. See review, page 75. GRIMES O2 ABC, Sun 13 Mar, academymusicgroup.com/ o2abcglasgow Montreal-based alt.electro pop performer aka Claire Boucher. See preview, page 73.
WOLF ALICE Barrowland, Wed 16 Mar, glasgow-barrowland.com Off- kilter indie rock from this London four-piece. 80 THE LIST 4 Feb–7 Apr 2016