James Chance et Les Contortions at Stereo Bar, Glasgow, March 12, 2015

James Chance, Stereo Cafe Bar, Glasgow, 3.12.15, by Jayjay Robertson

Joe Whyte was at the James Chance show in Glasgow last night at the Stereo Cafe Bar for Louder Than War, and loved what he saw & heard.

He’s tonight accompanied by a French three-piece band and quite probably the last time Glasgow witnessed a band as drum-skin tight would have been Mike Watt’s gig at Broadcast last year. This latest Gallic incarnation of Les Contortions are as lean and as precise as a band are ever likely to be; swerving from be-bop jazz to popping funk to Van Vliet-style discord in the blink of an eye or a wave of Chance’s fist, they carve into the material with an assuredness that’s jaw-dropping.

I’m left wondering if this sort of thing is the purest form of that old devil called punk rock. Guys like James Chance are the true outsiders, the risk-takers, the experimenters. It’s light years away from angry menwith guitars, but sometimes it’s the people who play music entirely for themselves that are the true renegades. And James Chance is certainly that.

Read the entire review at Louder Than War.

Nectarine No.9 to perform first gig in 10 years!

The Nectarine No.9 have announced their first gig in ten years, and will be performing their amazing Saint Jack album in full at Rutherglen Town Hall, in Glasgow, on June 7th. The album was originally released on the short-lived reincarnated Postcard label back in 1995. Special special guests include Casual Sex, and tickets are available here. If I had dough to burn I would definitely fly over for this one.

For those who don't know, Nectarine No.9 is lead by Davey Henderson, and followed his stints with the Fire Engines, and Win, and preceded his somewhat current band, Sexual Objects - although its sometimes hard to tell with him whats current.

The Wake and Primal Scream in Glasgow, Nov 2, 1982

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This weekend in Glasgow: The photography of Harry Papadopoulos

Post punk photographer, Harry Papadopoulos, will be the subject of an exhibition opening this weekend in Glasgow at Street Level Photoworks. Thanks to Caught By The River for the tip.

Exhibition runs: 17th December 2011 - 25th February 2012
Closed 24th December to 5th January

Street Level Photoworks
Trongate 103
Glasgow G1 5HD
T: 0141 552 2151

Gallery opening hours:
Mondays: Closed
Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Sundays: 12 noon - 5pm
Open until 9pm the first Thursday of the month.

For more images & info about Harry click here.

Vic Godard

Edwyn Collins

 

This Saturday in Glasgow