Album: Dot Allison - Consciousology

Cosmic expansion of elegant Anthropocene themes

This album promises to be an expansion of the sound and ideas of its 2021 predecessor Heart Shaped Scars, and boy does it deliver. HSS was the Scottish singer-songwriter Dot Allison’s first album in some nine years, and only her seventh in the 28 years since she first appeared with the space-dub-country-torch-song trio One Dove.

KISS, OVO Hydro, Glasgow review - familiar feel to rock legends bombastic farewell

The face-painted group's final UK tour offered plenty of spectacle but not enough great tunes

The farewell for KISS has lasted so long that this Glasgow show, their final ever UK gig, came four years after the End of the Road tour first stopped off in the city. Admittedly that is partly down to the coronavirus scuppering touring plans for a couple of years, but even without that there is a suspicion a group who have monetised themselves so effectively over the years might have found a reason for another trip back here.

Peter Gabriel, OVO Hydro, Glasgow review - beaming with optimism and creativity

★★★★ PETER GABRIEL, OVO HYDRO, GLASGOW Beaming with optimism and creativity

The 73-year-old shunned nostalgia in favour of the future

Even when Peter Gabriel is bleak, he has reasons to be cheerful. Early on in his set he opined that soon enough “none of us will have jobs anymore”, referring to the ongoing rise of artificial intelligence, although this was followed by him stressing the positives that can be found in such new technology. It seemed fitting, because Gabriel himself, now 73, showed on this evening that optimistic possibilities of the future occupy his thoughts as much as ever.

The War On Drugs, OVO Hydro, Glasgow review - impressive musicianship but a lack of excitement

The seven piece's lengthy songs became bogged down too often

War might be good for absolutely nothing, but it does provide bands with some easy names. Before the War on Drugs headline set, Warpaint took to the stage, and despite a muted reaction to the quartet they were on enjoyable form. They’re unlikely to ever be topping the bill in arenas in their own right, but maybe that’s a good thing, and the funky closing double header of “New Song” and “Disco//Very” whipped by with pace and verve.

Chvrches, Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow review - homecoming provides only intermittent thrills

The second night of the trio's Glasgow shows relied on a bombastic sound

Of all the Scottish bands to be name dropped at a Chvrches gig, the Bay City Rollers would be far down the list. Thankfully singer Lauren Mayberry was only citing the 70s group in reference to her tartan outfit, and not a surprise cover of “Shang-A-Lang”, but the Glasgow trio do share another similarity, in that they’ve proved to have considerable staying power in the pop world.

Disney 100 - The Concert, OVO Hydro, Glasgow review - a slick tour of the Magic Kingdom

★★★ DISNEY 100 - THE CONCERT, OVO HYDRO A slick tour of the Magic Kingdom

This was a breezy and entertaining trip to the house of Mouse

There are a few perils to saying supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, as Janette Manrara discovered on this opening night of Disney’s anniversary arena jaunt. Trying to divide the Glasgow crowd into sections to sing the song, Manrara tripped over who was to sing what, something only notable because the rest of the evening was possessed of an almost overpowering slickness.