Kicking things off in style this week we have Phoenix, the french band beloved of Sophia Coppola, hitting up the Barrowlands on Monday night. Impossibly stylish in that uniquely French way, the band haven’t really changed their sound all that much since debut album United. A brief foray into more experimental territory with 2009’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, also incidentally their best work, did nothing to dull their catchy approach to pop music. Latest album Bankrupt! takes them back to more familiar territory, but no worse for it. As reliably brilliant as ever it remains to be seen if they’ll repeat their drugged out appearance at Glastonbury, a show which climaxed with a health and safety nightmare as lead singer Thomas Mars surfed out into the crowd in order to scale one of the tentpoles holding up the venue. Great showmanship is guaranteed regardless.
Of course, this week also brings with it that most commercial of holidays, Valentines Day. While restaurants across the city will be pulling out all the stops to ensure couples a romantic experience, the attitude of the musical community seems decidedly more cynical. Take, for example, Kid Canaveral’s “Lumber Party” at Stereo, offering up an alternative valentines experience with the chance of picking up a ‘lumber’ at the end of the night. A combined gig and club night, special guests include Malcolm Middleton and Randolph’s Leap. Come on, what could be more romantic than the music of Malcolm Middleton?
Finally the week goes out on a low note as the Kerrang! tour descends on our fair city. Limp Bizkit are the headliners, leaving us all to wonder just what we’ve done to deserve this?
Full Glasgow Gig Listings
| Monday 10 February |
| A Day to Remember O2 Academy SOLD OUT 7pm |
| Phoenix Barrowlands £17.50 7pm |
| The Defiled King Tut’s £9 8pm |
| Tuesday 11 February |
| London Grammar O2 ABC £14 7pm |
| Dead Prez O2 ABC £14 7pm |
| Shy Nature Nice ’N’ Sleazy £6 7.30pm |
| Lite Stereo £7 8pm |
| Lily and Madeleine Broadcast £TBC 8pm |
| The Treatment King Tut’s £9.50 8.30pm |
| SAMAS Launch Bloc+ FREE 9pm |
| Wednesday 12 February |
| Newton Faulkner O2 ABC £19.50 7pm |
| Heather Peace Oran Mor £21.50 7pm |
| Cate Le Bon Broadcast £10 8pm |
| Carnivores Bloc+ FREE 9pm |
| Thursday 13 February |
| The Boxer Rebellion SWG3 £14 7pm |
| Ezra Furman Broadcast £TBC 8pm |
| Circa Waves King Tut’s £7 8.30pm |
| Friday 14 February |
| Louise Rutkowski Glasgow Print Studio £15 7pm |
| Rizzle Kicks O2 Academy £17.50 7pm |
| The Beat The Arches £19 7pm |
| Kid Canaveral’s Lumber Party (ft. Malcolm Middleton and Randolph’s Leap) Stereo £10 7.30pm |
| Planningtorock Broadcast £7 8pm |
| Cheryl Risk King Tut’s £6 8.30pm |
| Saturday 15 February |
| RSNO present Romantic Valentine’s Classics Royal Concert Hall £11.50 7.30pm |
| Speedy Ortiz Broadcast £7 8pm |
| Tijuana Bibles King Tut’s £6 8.30pm |
| Zoviet France Art School £7 11pm |
| Sunday 16 February |
| Kerrang! Tour: Limp Bizkit + Crossfaith + Nekrogoblikon O2 Academy £20 7pm |
| Aesthetic Perfection + Faderhead Classic Grand £14 7pm |
| Ruarri Joseph Stereo £6 7pm |
| Hatcham Social Nice ’N’ Sleazy £10 7.30pm |
| Laure Aquilina King Tut’s £8 8pm |
Who are you going to see this week? Are there any must-sees which haven’t made it onto our listings? Let us know in the comments below!
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