Tag: music
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The Snuts: Joy In Short Moments review – mature anthems from a band that’s here to stay
The Snuts’ fourth album presents the Scottish quartet in a particularly reflective mood, although their knack for stadium ready choruses is stronger than ever.
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RSNO/Iwabuchi review – robust Brahms upstaged by frosty Sibelius adventures
Resident RSNO violinist Maya Iwabuchi’s Brahms showed impressive attention to detail without ever grandstanding, but it was a second half of Finnish delights that brought out the best from an in-form Emilia Hoving.
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Eleanor Moss live at SWG3 Poetry Club review – crystalline classical guitar songs dazzle up close
Eleanor Moss’s quietly fascinating songs about tenderness and violence inspired a stunned silence in the crowd for this powerfully intimate set at the Poetry Club. A full backing band is all that’s needed to elevate her already transfixing compositions.
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Glasgow gig watch: October 2026
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.
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Beabadoobee: Pylon review – electrifying grunge rock is her best yet
The British-Filipino singer sounds more confident and impactful than ever on her hard-hitting sixth album, which sets the loneliness of life on tour to a series of blissfully melodic tunes.
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Wednesday live at O2 Ritz review – embattled country rockers leave it all on the mosh pit floor
She may have been “sick as a dog” and visibly shaken by the fresh news of Dolly Parton’s death, but Karly Hartzman and her band still summoned a laudably committed performance in Manchester, masterfully shifting gear from glorious country crooners to vicious smash-and-grab punk in a flawless final 20 minutes.
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Westside Cowboy: It Goes On review – it goes on… repeat
The hottest band in UK indie are on a tear; having finally released their first album, Westside Cowboy have delivered, somehow upgrading on what they had before. Matthew Rowe explains what makes It Goes On so great.
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Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Weekend review – blockbuster return will make you believe in magic
Phoebe Bridgers’ third album improbably lives up to the hype generated by her ingeniously orchestrated return to earth: a high-budget, detail-oriented showpiece about grief and hope packed with spectacular twists and turns. When it comes to indie folk, Bridgers really is on a planet of her own.
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Vulfpeck live at the O2 review – panto funk collective have the key to your heart
Performing a vanishingly rare UK arena show, the lovable funk group offered plenty of light-hearted musical delights for a bouyant O2 crowd, even in the absence of founding member Theo Katzman.
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Indie pop rising star Leah Nawy on making it in New York, last minute sax solos, and leaning in to the distortion
A graduate of The New School and BerkleeNYC, Leah Nawy is now ready to make a splash in New York’s indie pop scene. She talks to Undertone about her dynamic new EP, and what it means to be in bloom.
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Imogen Cooper/Lewis/RNS live at the Glasshouse review – a fitting send-off
Returning to the same composer that started her career over five decades ago, Imogen Cooper’s farewell concerto was an uplifting Mozart masterclass. A nuanced 27th Concerto highlighted Cooper’s talent as one of Britain’s finest concert pianists.
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Olivia Rodrigo: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love review – seems pretty safe
On her third album, Rodrigo leaves behind the gutsy pop punk that made her such an intriguing A-league popstar, but this expertly paced new LP features one of the finest hit singles of 2026 and proves Rodrigo doesn’t need her heart broken to write great pop.
