Imagine if The Smiths were a happy bunch. Impossible, you say? If your eyes and mouths were as wide open as Sergeant’s last night, you would have sampled what it might have looked like. [...]

I’m sure that the tent-dwellers in the campsite will all be up bright and early but for those in executive accommodation (er, not us) the lure of a longer lie and breakfast are a temptation. [...]

Ah, that time of year again. Time for Scotland’s most laid back and, to be honest, downright fun festival. [...]

To have your band name usurped is highly unlucky. To have done twice in he one name if highly unfortunate. As Oscar Wilde never said. Of course that’s where any similarity ends. [...]

Another year, another HYGOMP, but rater than occupying solely the titular ‘Pavement’ outside Glasgow’s favourite veggie cafe-restaurant-record shop, it’s a 2-stage setup this year, adding a full-blown indoor stage. Happily, though dark skies threaten to drench the clientele, the second stage is never completely necessary - apart from, of course, providing twice the number of bands to see, with stage timings carefully arranged to avoid (much) overlap. [...]

At least one listing for this show declares that the Legendary Glasgow act will be performing their “hits”. In front of a hometown crowd renowned for its for hecklers, this promise could go challenged by the fans as much as by Trading Standards. [...]

ABC2 was obviously booked for Glasvegas before their Jools Holland performance, NME front cover and Columbia swept them upwards. Ticket prices shot up on ebay to £25 to £35 but everyone knows it’s going to be the last time they’re likely to see their hometown band play a small venue in their hometown. [...]

I missed the football for this. While Holland strode to a surprise win over the Italians, City Seemed Eager took the stage for a surprising set. Complete with a new guitarist, they were on fantastic form. [...]

It’s been such a long time since I’ve seen either of these bands play live so I wasn’t going to miss this one for anything. The venue, a compact, cool basement in Glasgow’s Queen Street, seems the perfect venue for tonight’s show, a fairly low-key but well attended gig by two of Scotland’s best kept pop secrets. [...]

Standing watching the Sea Kings’ Glasgow gig at the King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut on Saturday 17th May 2008, I remembered that music would not save the world, particularly not from climate change. I felt cheated, not by Live Earth or Bob Geldof, but by music. [...]