Bands/music from, or with a strong connection to, Glasgow and nearby towns S/D (mostly S rather than D tbh)

He said from or with a strong connection to tho

Vince Watson

And hi, I live in Shawlands

Konx-om-panx

'zat no' yon Giacinto Scelsi fae Carntyne?

... ran a chippie in Cranhill?

https://img.discogs.com/u06_CD6s7GsTEfH5b-jm05kF31s=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3457933-1331143312.jpeg.jpg https://img.discogs.com/XbGf6wDB7uv0scKTuuSLMP0VW3Y=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3936239-1414080723-8161.jpeg.jpg https://img.discogs.com/Bl1AP-P3UKIRo1-pCruLGzm-ync=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2326881-1367679941-6213.jpeg.jpg

... available at all charity shops in the West of Scotland.

He said from or with a strong connection to tho

he specifically said music made by people from or near to or connected to Glasgow, not bands from Glasgow

Kode 9 and the spaceape - Not from near to or connected to Glasgow
Jesus and Mary Chain - Not from from near to or connected to Glasgow

Kode9 was born in Glasgow, the Reid brothers grew up half an hour from Glasgow and probably walked around it as teenagers going to record shops (it took me at least an hour to get into the city as a teen, and nobody in Australia would argue that I wasn't "from Sydney").

Neil is just looking for cool recommendations of music to listen to while walking around the city, and openly soliciting ones that are better than the examples he's started with!

In the UK I don't think anybody would seriously say you're "from" somewhere an hour away, there must be at least a dozen very distinct cities that distance from where I grew up.

Christ, the distinction even between Paisley and Glasgow (a few miles apart) is huge.

Is there music that very openly telegraphs a feeling of Glasgow? or did Deacon Blue nail that back in 87?

Start The Yummy Fur revival

my bad. was a poor cut and paste. meant to say - Cocteau Twins - Not from from near to or connected to Glasgow.

I'm mainly just joshing actually, but as an East Coaster but long time resident in Glasgow, I can't have Glasgow laying claim to the Cocteaus.

East / West coast Scottish music rivalry is a serious business! Kode 9 got his music enducation in Edinburgh for example. :)

I know Neil said he was open to debate, just trying to nudge ppl back towards recommendations as well as shouting him down :)

that said though for Noodle

there must be at least a dozen very distinct cities that distance from where I grew up

yah, it depends on what you count as a city. Australia is 7.7 million square kilometres and has maybe nine of what people think of as "cities*," most of which are 2-7 days apart. Scotland is 30 sq km and has two cities, joined by a 45-minute train. Glasgow is definitely the closest proper city to the young Reids! and probably more of a musical epicentre for their formative years than East Kilbride.

(* by English standards of population size and local character and architecture and ethnographic makeup and distance nine or ten Sydney "suburbs" would probably count as cities. and we have city councils for hundreds of places that people don't count as cities mentally)

((the furthest-out suburb in Sydney, an extra Penrith, has a population of 200,000 and is a city on paper. The Australian city of Perth has a population of 2 million, vs the Scottish one's population of 47,000. My local member's electorate in inner-west Sydney - three stops from Central - is the smallest in the country, has a population of 150,000, and is 32 sq km.))

Yeah I get that, it was kinda my point. Having never been to Australia I picture it as huge and empty compared to here where two villages a mile apart will have been thinking of each other as alien territory for a thousand years or more. It's not a numbers thing, it's a bizarro state of mind.

Christ, the distinction even between Paisley and Glasgow (a few miles apart) is huge.

Indeed, just try calling someone from Paisley a Glaswegian.

Scotland is 30 sq km and has two cities, joined by a 45-minute train. Glasgow is definitely the closest proper city to the young Reids! and probably more of a musical epicentre for their formative years than East Kilbride.

There's more than two cities in Scotland. And, I can assure you, absolutely no-one in Glasgow at the time considered JAMC a Glasgow band

They looked kind of corny and provinicial, needed Boaby G pretending to play drums to give them some Glasgow hip credentials.

In Glasgow if you're from an hour out you're a teuchter. I've been called a shire boy despite growing up half a mile from the city limits

There's more than two cities in Scotland.

He knows that, it was just awkwardly worded.

Anyway:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkupC8B_FQw

sic's point was that the two biggest cities are 45 minutes apart but that he had to take an hour or more to get to Sydney but still considers himself to be from there.

Should point that folk love lawyering glaswegianiaty and I dont think anyone is being a wideo to the thread starter

sic's point was that the two biggest cities are 45 minutes apart but that he had to take an hour or more to get to Sydney but still considers himself to be from there.

Right, because comparisons are so easily made between Scotland and, er, Australia! I was just looking up some population stats on Australia and, not only does Scotland not compare to Australia I'm not sure anywhere does - 90% of Australians live in cities, 40% in Sydney and Melbourne alone and the five largest cities are bigger than any city in the UK except London.

Meanwhile, I was up visiting my sister, who lives in Lochwinnoch, and she was telling me how you can tell people who are from Kilbrnie because they have Ayrshire accents - Kilbirnie is 4 miles from Lochwinnoch.

I realized I wasn't in Paisley anymore when, on driving into Lochwinnoch, the first road sign I noticed said 'Caution: Otters'.

Yeah I have a different accent from my buddies and family from baillieston and garrowhill etc. tho that's 4 or 5 miles from where I'm from

I really love this EP from The James Orr complex aka Christopher Mack on Rock Action:

http://rockaction.co.uk/releases/1878/figa_ep

I couldn't find the one that I like a lot called "slip into slumber", sadly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KlQuhl-L9s

iirc I met him once in fopp and told him I liked that EP a lot. I think he moved to Brazil.

neilasimpson, If you can find that EP called Figa I highly recommend it.

I know Neil said he was open to debate, just trying to nudge ppl back towards recommendations as well as shouting him down :)

Hasn't Neil lived in Glasgow for 14 years? If he cannae stand up for himself by now he is truly up shite creek without a paddle.

Anyway, there is probably nowt as Glaswegian as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rQ6BBc8f6Y

Hamish Imlach (Born in Calcutta but not Paisley so probably OK)

I wouldn't be so sure given the utter cuntyness up there. What a toxic thread.

The James Orr Complex guy did move to Brazil. He had previously played in Eska which was a good Glasgow band. They (eska) did a reunion gig about 9 year ago which I attended very drunkenly. They were supported by remember remember (solo show), dude from remember remember was also I'm mutliplies who were a good early 00s Glasgow band

sorry jed but hands up, I was being cheeky. however Inverness is a medium-sized town and I can't be told otherwise!


I can assure you, absolutely no-one in Glasgow at the time considered JAMC to be a Glasgow band

― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Sunday, March 8, 2020 10:28 AM (two hours ago)

well sure and nobody's really arguing tha-

They looked kind of corny and provinicial, needed Boaby G pretending to play drums to give them some Glasgow hip credentials.

― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Sunday, March 8, 2020 10:29 AM (two hours ago)

Haud, whit's this then? The wee drummer cunt who cannae move his arms in thon leather jaikit's fae Mount Florida, aye? If that doesnae make him "folk from, or with a strong connection to, Glasgow" then [&c &c, all apologies]

I realized I wasn't in Paisley anymore when, on driving into Lochwinnoch, the first road sign I noticed said 'Caution: Otters'

this is beautiful btw

awful horrible thread.

the Lochwinnoch/Kilbirnie divide is insane to me, I went to school in the catchment area that straddled the split and the hatred on either side is visceral

awful horrible thread.

As you're the only one who thinks so, I'd recommend going elsewhere.

Haud, whit's this then? The wee drummer cunt who cannae move his arms in thon leather jaikit's fae Mount Florida, aye? If that doesnae make him "folk from, or with a strong connection to, Glasgow" then [&c &c, all apologies]

Holl' ah never said Boaby wisnae fae Glesga, he grew up the in the buckfast strewn gangland o' Mount Florida efter aw.

Many thanks for the recommendations. Let's see if we can get back on track and focus more on bands than geography. How about we say that we're talking about bands from or with a strong connection to Glasgow or towns nearby, as covered by this map - http://mapsof.net/uploads/static-maps/road_map_of_Glasgow.jpg.

Assuming this doesn't cause any issues, I'll see if I can get the thread title changed to avoid further confusion.

Simple Minds
China Crisis

And yes I’d agree Deacon Blue probably nailed the Glasgow experience with Raintown (xpost)

Also, was there not also a band actually named Mount Florida?

I think you mean Mount Vernon Arts Lab possibly? China Crisis were from Liverpool.

If Paisley counts now, then it's time for my annual mention of Chou Pahrot.

https://www.oldglasgow.com/albums/userpics/10001/Glasgow_Band_Chou_Pahrot_At_The_Kelvingrove_Free_Festival_1978.jpg

https://www.discogs.com/artist/1927-Mount-Florida

i think the thread is hysterical.

snowflakes!

50% of Mount Florida was an East Coast Glasgow wannabe so definitely NOT Glaswegian.

XXXP - Thanks Tomboto!

Cant believe theres no DJ Rankin or DJ Badboy in this thread yet

More Glasgow post rock - https://soundcloud.com/lcasioimmunitas. And, I posted that Ganger track further up. Probably worth posting at least twice though

ah, sorry for the double post. fits in well with all my other double posts. :)

Slight bias but current fave new Glasgow bands.

https://soundcloud.com/optimo-music/optimo-music-digital-danceforce-023-pleasure-pool-night-scars-ep

https://soundcloud.com/optimo-music/om-44-d-resili-cups-mini-album-sampler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEz4_X7tshg

Really enjoying this thread now. Thank you all!

Asparagus Piss Raindrop - https://asparaguspissraindrop.wordpress.com/

Stumbled across a website for The List, which seems to have an entire browsing archive.

Made me a wee bit nostalgic upon seeing the music listing section circa '91, the days when Barky Barky and Hugh Reed and the Velvet Underpants were playing every week somewhere.

https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1991-11-22/40/

I don't think anyone's mentioned Sacred Paws yet

Gentle Giant don't quite count.

I'd never heard of Pub until his Do You Ever Regret Pantomime? album was reissued recently. It's very good ambient/IDM/electronica, recommended if you like Boards Of Canada

Does anyone not like Boards Of Canada? I've never met anyone who doesn't

See the BoC thread.

Most of their tunes are underdeveloped vignettes,drum programming is leaden and unadventurous. I mean I quite like them but they're not unimpeachable

Pub was new to me to! I kind of hate Borads of Canada but i like that Pub record

was sold from the moment i saw the cover tbh

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2108186735_10.jpg

New to me too,will check it out

That is an extremely Scottish image

https://unclejohnwhitelock.bandcamp.com/track/aleister-crowley

Jascob Yates - https://optimomusic.bandcamp.com/track/michael

just went on a stray google and discovered you did that record with him in 2018!!