Autumn is approaching in Glasgow, and with it one of the busiest months of the year for live music fans. In a new monthly series, Undertone picks out the hottest tickets in town you won’t want to miss.
All shows listed still have tickets available at the time of writing.
1 Oct: Elanor Moss
SWG3, £16
The Lincolnshire songwriter’s debut album is a blissful daydream of twinkling guitar and intimate melodies. The indie folk artist’s visit to SWG3 promises to turn the exposed brick warehouse into a cosy autumnal sanctuary.
Listen: Again, My Love
13 Oct: Courtney Barnett
Barrowland Ballroom, £34
Perennial indie favourite Courtney Barnett returned to the limelight with her shape-shifting new LP Creature of Habit. The Aussie will surely get Barras moving post-punky fan favourite Pedestrian At Best and brand new thumper Stay In Your Lane.
Listen: Sugar Plum
18 Oct: Girl In The Year Above
King Tut’s Wah-Wah Hut, £17
A headline show in the storied halls of King Tut’s is always a good omen for a fledgling band, and this fixture is one of those that you’ll likely brag about when country rockers Girl In The Year Above go platinum in a few years. Breezy debut single Mama, My Heart Is Achin’ deserves the singalong treatment.
Listen: Mama, My Heart Is Achin’
20 Oct: Ezra Furman
Cottiers Theatre, £28
Billed as Ms. Ezra Furman Doing What She Wants, this two night Cottiers residency from the trailblazing songwriter promises to be rowdy, fearless, and utterly unpredictable. Get your tickets quick – Furman’s second date is already sold out.
Listen: I Love You So Bad
22 Oct onwards: Puccini’s Turandot
Theatre Royal, from £24
Scottish Opera’s autumn season kicks off with a lavish performance of Puccini’s opera Turandot, a.k.a. The One With Nessun Dorma. A collaboration with Irish National Opera, New York tenor Victory Starsky is set to give that famous aria some welly.
23 Oct: Adult DVD
King Tut’s Wah-Wah Hut, £17
The recent debut album from Adult DVD justified the hype around the noisy Leeds upstarts. Their hard-hitting industrial techno belters should go down an absolute treat in the sweaty confines of King Tut’s.
Listen: Do Something
24 oct: Arlo Parks
Old Fruitmarket, £42
London’s pop poet Arlo Parks didn’t achieve quite the buzz with her recent album Ambiguous Desire as her Mercury Prize-winning debut, but she remains one of the most thoughtful and moving voices in British pop. New dancefloor primed cuts like Get Go should bolster an already top notch set list.
Listen: Heaven
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