Named after the debut single by Teenage Fanclub. This blog is all about being a music lover in Glasgow; reviews, interviews, memories, old faves, new discoveries (past and present), playlists and more. Thanks for visiting - I hope you discover something amazing you have never heard before, or that you rediscover an old favourite. Regular features/playlists; Never Ending Mixtape / Cover Version of the Month/ Trust Me. Insta - @everythingflowsglasgow
If YouTube could produce a top 10 list of videos I've watched over the years, then I dare say that The Charlatans blistering appearance on Channel 4's The White Room, broadcast on 16th August 1996, would be up at the top. Just behind the last few minutes of Manchester United's dramatic Champions League win back in 1999! I can't believe this footage (full video at the end of the blog) is thirty…
Last June I published a blog on Fatale , a new young band from my hometown of Uddingston. They had just played their first couple of gigs and released a demo of an original song called Moves You and a cover of Femme Fatale . You can still check them out here - FATALE DEMOS I fell for Fatale instantly. And then fell even further upon seeing the band live and bumping into them in person in McChuills…
Welcome to part 110 of my Never Ending Mixtape where the latest additions take us from 5,012 songs to 5,074 with the addition of Here Come The Tears by The Coral (pictured below). Over 5,000 songs! The idea behind this playlist was simple - I'd just add songs in no particular order, with no thought behind the song, artist, genre ... or anything. The complete opposite of the old days when I would…
Trust Me #121 Primitive Painters by Felt Primitive Painters by Felt is six minutes of pure, shimmering perfection. Released in August 1985, it is completely timeless. This is a song that always stops my in my tracks. The first few seconds are immediately hypnotic, then interlocking guitars kick in, underpinned by Martin Duffy's Hammond organ, then the beats come in. This is a dreamy and hazy…
WOW. Last night's Flaming Lips show at Kelvingrove Bandstand as part of the Summer Nights series was truly life affirming. Psychedelic pop songs about love, life, death and the universe. Songs about humans triumphing over machines and determined scientists racing to find cures. I found myself crying during the beautiful Do You Realize? Tears just started flooding down my face. I can't remember the…
Fatale - July 202 6 Photo by Brian Sweeney With thanks to PANINARO Ahead of the release of their debut, vinyl only, EP entitled Saint Mungo , I caught up with Fatale guitarist and songwriter Christopher Jollie to find out how things are going. Fatale only played their first gig back in May 2025 and have had quite a year since! A recent highlight being airplay for their song Jesus Christ on 6Music,…
Trust me #120 Lay This Burden Down by Mary Love Discogs can provide a good indication of the value soul fans place on a song and record. 215 people have a 7-inch of Mary Love's Lay This Burden Down , but 1,498 want a copy. For those willing to sell, they can get up to £300 from collectors and fans willing to go that high. Fear not, the good folk at Kent Records have included the song on a couple…
Trust me #119 Calico Skies by Paul McCartney McCartney by the campfire - Calico Skies Calico Skies is a gorgeous mid-period Paul McCartney song from 1997's Flaming Pie album. It's one that I always come back to and regularly discuss with my good friend Dougie. Dougie and his lovely wife Fiona played Calico Skies to their newly born daughter Ailsa when they were en route home from the hospital.…
Cover version of the month #122 The Rolling Stones cover The Temptations I stumbled across The Rolling Stones 1978 album called Some Girls in a lovely bar in the old town section of Malia while on holiday with my wife (then girlfriend) back in 2003. The guy serving behind the bar was also DJ-ing and he played a song that captured my attention. Me - Who is that? Barman - The Rolling Stones. Me - No…
Trust me #118 Love You by Primal Scream The cover of Reverberations ( Travelling In Time) Way before the beats, groove, futuristic sounds and strobe lights of Screamadelica and the leather-clad rock n roll swagger, funky jams and blissed out ballads of Give Out But Don't Give Up , Primal Scream were a band (like many from Glasgow) influenced by the West Coast California sounds of bands like Love…
John McAlinden is one of the most imaginative, creative, energetic, kind and hardest working people I have had the pleasure of meeting thanks to my love of music. AKA John McMustard and leader of Colonel Mustard and the Dijon 5, John and his band bring colour, flair and fun times to festivals, towns and venues all across Scotland and beyond. They have done this for well over a decade and are going…
Trust me #117 Sundress by Ben Kweller I've spent considerable time revisiting the sunshine, open road, warm breeze guitar pop of Ben Kweller over the last month. Kweller had a magnificent run of 00's albums; his debut Sha Sha (2002), On My Way (2004), Ben Kweller (2006) and Changing Horses (2009). There was a large gap between 2012's Go Fly A Kite and 2021's Circuit Boredom , but Kweller seems to…
Welcome to part 110 of my Never Ending Mixtape where the latest additions take us from 4,934 songs to 5,012 with the addition of Hit & Run Lover by Tommie Young. Over 5,000 songs! The teenage me who spent hours and hours creating C90 mixtapes for friends and for my own pleasure would never have dreamed you could create something like this - where you just add songs whenever, in no particular…
Back in February my friend Alan sent me a link to a song called Get Out Of My Dream by The Clouds, an 80's indie guitar band from Glasgow who only released one single. I'd heard their name, as Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub had played with them for a bit. But I didn't really know much about them. Alan suggested that our sometime band Acer Trees (essentially Alan's band Broken by Rock, but with…
Cover version of the month #121 Ella Fitzgerald and Ash cover The Temptations Released on Motown Records in 1966, The Temptations Get Ready , written by Smokey Robinson, is a sub 3-minute gem, with horns, bass, strings and drums creating a driving energetic riff from the off. I never met a girl that makes me feel the way that you do (you're alright) The relentless bassline is the engine for the…
Photo by Kat Gollock My sister Carla played The Rum Shack on the Southside of Glasgow on Friday night. I don't say this lightly, but I think it was the best I have ever seen her play. I am in no doubt that it was the best audience response I have ever heard Carla generate. During the show was fantastic, but the ovation at the end was exceptional. I knew that Carla wasn't playing an encore, but the…
25-years ago The Avalanches blew my mind with their Since I Left You single and album of the same name. Friends and I went to see them at The Arches. Memories are vague. After all, we ended up in Alaska on Bath Lane until closing. I stumbled into work at 11am the following day, with the excuse that I had broken my glasses at a gig and had to get them repaired that morning. My boss just smiled. He…
Cover versions of the month #119 & #120 White Stripes and Whitney Houston cover Dolly Parton I have a list of songs and cover versions I intend to research and blog about when time allows. The White Stripes ferocious take on Dolly Parton's Jolene has been on that list for a while. As I set out to finally write about Jack and Meg White's ferocious garage band cover version, I stumbled across…
Photo by Zoe A number of months ago I heard some music coming from my daughter Zoe's room that caused my ears to prick up. The vocals were outstanding. I asked who it was - Sienna Spiro, she's all over TikTok was the answer. I checked if she was touring, but her SWG3 show in Glasgow was long sold out. It was subsequently upgraded to the O2 Academy, but tickets went in a flash. Late on Friday…
I've long been a fan of Jamie Keenan, former drummer of La Fontaines and have been fortunate to get to know him a little over the years through a mutual love of Teenage Fanclub, our friends in Vigo Thieves/Saint PHNX and his sister Helen who introduced me to everyone after we met on a charity hike many years ago. Keenan has a natural charm, ear and a knack for melody and is a brilliant…
Trust me #115 What Difference Does It Make by The Smiths Nick Grimshaw played What Difference Does It Make? by The Smiths on his 6Music show last month. Hearing the song blasting out of my car speakers while driving through the rain caused me to appreciate it even more. I often get that feeling whenever I hear something on the radio, especially in the car. I immediately made a mental note to write…
I Think That I Might Love You is my sister Carla's fifth solo album. When you add in the TeenCanteen and Poster Paints albums, she has built up quite a discography since the summer and fall of 2016 when she released debut album Homemade Lemonade (originally under the guise of Ette) and Say It All With A Kiss (TeenCanteen) in quick succession. This, at least for me, is Carla's best album. It's…
Welcome to part 109 of my Never Ending Mixtape where the latest additions take us from 4,852 songs to 4,934 with the addition of The Dardanelles by Glass Cheques - a glorious burst of sunshine indie guitar pop. Look out for a blog on them soon. Check their video at the foot of the blog. I've been listening to loads of music! You'll find a few of the additions listed below. I've recently discovered…
Cover version of the month #118 James Taylor covers Carole King This exceptional song was written by the legendary Carole King after hearing James Taylor's Fire and Rain in which he sings I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend . King recorded it for her Tapestry album with Taylor simultaneously recording (with the same musicians) for his Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon album.…
Brooke Combe was outstanding at Saint Luke's on Friday night, the first of 2 sold out shows in the gorgeous venue. Brooke's smile radiated warmth, her banter was good fun and her voice was exceptional. She is a super cool n soulful lass! Combe's star is rising on the back of her outstanding single How Can I Tell You? ( blog ) that she released last year. It's lifted her and the follow up Tears…