Your weekly round-up of the hottest music events around the city every week. Check back regularly or follow Get Out Glasgow on Twitter or Facebook to stay up to date. Be sure to check the bottom of the post for full listings, and take a minute to let us know your own highlights via your choice of social media.
Peter Gabriel (Thursday | The Hydro | £30 | 7pm)
The Hydro’s first potentially good event happens on Thursday when Peter Gabriel takes to the stage. While there was a time when Gabriel’s idea of art was dressing up in silly costumes and jumping about with Genesis, he’s a lot more refined these days. Sadly he also seems to be in the ‘lazy’ era of his career, something which tends to afflict musicians of Gabriel’s age (though Bowie, Springsteen and McCartney might disagree). His two most recent releases were an album of cover songs and an album of old songs rerecorded with an orchestra (which seemed to be a trend for a while a few years ago, didn’t it Sting?). This tour, dubbed the ‘Back to Front Tour’ is one of those nostalgia-fests where Gabriel will perform his most famous album SO in its entirety. You know the one, it has Sledgehammer on it? It’s a great album and Gabriel will be joined by many of the same musicians that he toured with back in the day, so if you’ve yet to be to The Hydro this might be your best bet.
Blitzkrieg (Friday | The Garage | £18 | 7pm)
It’s a sad reality that you can never go back in time to that brief moment when The Ramones were at the top of their game (roughly between their eponymous debut and Rockets to Russia). What you can do, however, is get yourself down to The Garage for one of the more unique events to grace a Glasgow stage this year. Marky Ramone, the only living member of the longest running Ramones line-up, will be running through a collection of the band’s greatest hits. The best part of the whole thing, however, is that he’ll be joined by none other than Mr Party himself, Andrew WK, who’ll be taking over vocal duties, proving the fundamental rule of the universe that anything can be instantly made amazing with the inclusion of Andrew WK.
Deafheaven (Sunday | Stereo | £10 | 7pm)
I go on about Deafheaven a lot here, but for good reason. They are genuinely one of the most exciting bands around at the moment. In the space of a mere two albums they’ve taken the blueprint of black metal and evolved it into something truly exhilarating. New album Sunbather is an album of the year contender that I urge everyone to give a listen, even if metal isn’t usually your thing. Sunday marks the band’s 3rd Glasgow appearance in roughly a year, not bad in an age where more and more bands seem to be bypassing Scotland altogether. Last time they delivered a blistering show which just about managed to overcome the atmosphere-free surroundings of Ivory Blacks. This time they’re returning to the stage at Stereo, a venue far more suited to their unique brand of beauty and violence. If you’ve not seen them yet, now’s your chance!
Full Listings
| Monday 21 October | |
| Local Natives | The Arches | £14.50 | 7pm |
| Alter Bridge | The Hydro | £26 | 7pm |
| Lloyd Cole | Oran Mor | £22.50 | 7pm |
| The Monochrome Set/Post/Aggi Doom | Mono | £9 | 7.30pm |
| Poltergeist | King Tut’s | £12 | 8.30pm |
| Tuesday 22 October | |
| Jessie J | The Hydro | £25 | 7pm |
| The Feeling | Oran Mor | £18.50 | 7pm |
| The Answer | The Garage | £14 | 7pm |
| Ghostpoet | CCA | £12.50 | 7.30pm |
| Clean Bandit | King Tut’s | £9.50 | 8pm |
| Willard Grant Conspiracy | Broadcast | £12.50 | 8pm |
| Ruen Brothers | Nice ‘N’ Sleazy | £6.50 | 8pm |
| Wednesday 23 October | |
| Graham Parker and the Rumour/The SIlver Seas | O2 ABC | £25 | 7pm |
| Him | Barrowlands | £20 | 7pm |
| Lloyd Cole | Oran Mor | £22.50 | 7pm |
| Mike Heron/Trembling Bells | The Glad Cafe | £14 | 7.30pm |
| Sam Amidon/Tiny Ruins/Siobhan Wilson | Mono | £7.50 | 7.30pm |
| Thursday 24 October | |
| M People | SECC | £25 | 6.30pm |
| Peter Gabriel | The Hydro | £30 | 7pm |
| Agnes Obel | CCA | £12 | 7pm |
| Lissie | O2 ABC | £13 | 7pm |
| North Mississippi Allstars | Oran Mor | £15 | 7pm |
| Waxahatchee/Swearin’ | Stereo | £12.50 | 7.30pm |
| My Vitriol/Halo Tora | King Tut’s | £15 | 8.30pm |
| Friday 25 October | |
| The Wedding Present | O2 ABC | £16 | 6.30pm |
| Blitzkrieg | The Garage | £18 | 7pm |
| Candy Says/Plum | Nice ‘N’ Sleazy | £9 | 7.30pm |
| Conquering Animal Sound | The Glad Cafe | £7 | 7.30pm |
| The Telescopes/The Cherry Wave/Dead Temple | King Tut’s | £10 | 8.30pm |
| Saturday 26 October | |
| The Cat Empire | O2 ABC | £20 | 6.30pm |
| Ryan Keen/Gavin James | The Garage | £8.50 | 7pm |
| Resonators | O2 ABC | £8 | 7pm |
| The Cult | Barrowlands | £29.50 | 7pm |
| Russian Circles/Chelsea Wolfe | SWG3 | £12.50 | 7.30pm |
| Teencanteen | Rio Cafe | Free | 7.30pm |
| The Appleseed Cast/June Miller/Verse Metrics | Stereo | £12 | 7.30pm |
| The Outer Church (Black Mountain Transmitter/Embla Quickbeam/Broken 3) | Kinning Park Complex | £5 | 7.30pm |
| Fanny Pelmet and the Bastard Suits | 13th Note | £5 | 8pm |
| Girls Names | Nice ‘N’ Sleazy | £9 | 8pm |
| The Electric Soft Parade | King Tut’s | £10 | 8.30pm |
| Paul Van Dyk | The Arches | £24.50 | 10pm |
| Sunday 27 October | |
| The Ratells | Classic Grand | £5 | 7pm |
| Deafheaven | Stereo | £10 | 7pm |
| Steve Mason | O2 ABC | £17 | 7pm |
| Suede | Barrowlands | Sold Out | 7pm |
| London Grammar | Oran Mor | £10 | 7pm |
| Suzuki Junzo | 13th Note | £5 | 8pm |
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