Broadcast

DHP Family Proudly Presents…

Leeroy Stagger
Live at Broadcast
27/11/19
14+ (under 16s to be accompanied by an adult)

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It’s said the cells in your body replace themselves every decade or so. After 11 albums, two EPs and 17 years as a singer-songwriter, Leeroy Stagger has been wondering if maybe the soul works the same way. Ten years sober, with two kids, a home in Lethbridge and a world class recording studio to go with it, he’s far removed from the hard-living twenty-something who started on this musical path. As far as Stagger can see, they aren’t even the same person.

Strange Path is the name of Stagger’s newest album and book, a name that applies as much to his unexpected route from the BC punk scene to southern-Alberta singer songwriter as it does to the album’s own evolution. Following from 2017’s Love Versus, itself a creative re-emergence after a years-long fog of anxiety and depression, Strange Path is the end result of a triple-album’s worth of scrapped demos, record label rejections, and a spirit-reviving retreat inwards. It’s also Stagger’s most ambitious and philosophical creation yet, a veritable self-help book pulled from a lifetime of struggling towards the light and brimming with the hard-won joy at the heart of his recent renaissance.

From the appropriately haunted “Leonard Cohen is Dead” and the cosmic reflections of album-closer “The Light” to the hard-edged stomp of “Jesus and Buddha” and glam-rock bliss of “Strange Attractor,” it’s an album of sharp hooks and sharper insights, a statement on loss, forgiveness, pain, faith, The Clash, Gord Downie, love, death, fear, letting go, higher powers, Mother Earth, obsession, redemption, and the path we all walk through life.

Exploring all that terrain takes one monster of a band. To piece it together, Stagger surrounded himself with some of the best players in the business. The first step was enlisting “Love Versus” drummer Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Elliot Smith, Los Lobos) to once again lend his meticulous musicianship to the mix. If anyone could navigate the heady themes Stagger was charting, it’s the man Tom Waits once called the best rock drummer in the world. Longtime collaborator Tyson Maiko stepped in on bass, with Paul Rigby (Neko Case, Garth Hudson, Jakob Dylan) joining on guitar, and Stagger’s touring band, the Rebeltone Sound (Ryland Moranz on guitar, mandolin and vocals, and Michael Ayotte on piano, synthesizers and keyboards) rounding out the arrangements.

Production duties were trickier to pin down. Brad Barr of acclaimed act The Barr Brothers shared the helm on four of the eleven tracks. That left Stagger, a veteran producer of other artist’s albums, to steer his own ship for the first time. Self-producing took a more methodical and patient approach than the shoot-from-the-hip style Stagger usually preferred. Then it was turned over for mixing by 5 time Grammy winner Ryan Freeland (Ray Lamontagne, Bonnie Raitt, Aimee Mann, Rodney Crowell and more).
It turned out to be a blessing, though, another insight gained on the long road to Strange Path.

Of course, there’s no path so long without a fork or two along the way, and one of the roads-not-travelled on the way to the album turned out too tempting to abandon. Released on May 17th, Me and the Mountain is a companion piece to Strange Path, an Americana-influenced counterpart to Strange Path’s contemporary sound. Featuring guitar wizard Steve Dawson (Zubot and Dawson), and award-winning multi-instrumentalist Steve Marriner alongside Stagger and Rigby as well as Barr, the album shows yet another facet of Leeroy Stagger’s ongoing musical reflections.

Following up a career-redefining album like Love Versus is no small task. Strange Path and Me and the Mountain prove Stagger is more than up to the challenge. Bristling with love, grit, and confidence, they show the singer, songwriter, producer and performer at his best. He’s stared down his past, retraced his steps, reflected on the beauty and pain of a life that’s had more than its share of both. Maybe he’s not the same person he was 10 years ago, but if anything, Leeroy Stagger is more himself than ever.

Strange Path the book will be out at the same time as the album. It is described as an artists’ path through trauma, healing and music and finding self purpose through the art that this work entails.

PCL PRESENTS
Lightning Dust
+ Megan Airlie
+ Cody Feechan
Monday 25th November 2019
Broadcast, Glasgow
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Doors 7pm
18+ Only
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Tickets on sale via SEE Tickets and Tickets Scotland:
https://www.seetickets.com/event/lightning-dust/broadcast/1425501

On Spectre– their fourth album as Lightning Dust – Amber Webber and Josh Wells embrace as their sole-focus what was once a side-project, in turn crafting their most refined and powerful album to date. After co-founding and then touring with Black Mountain for over a decade, the duo departed the band in 2017 to further their own long-term creative partnership. Lightning Dust has evolved noticeably with each release, from the spare, dark folk of their 2007 self-titled debut, to the synth and drum machine-heavy 2013 album, Fantasy. The through-line of their discography, however, has been how Wells’ deft production is tailored perfectly around Webber’s modestly iconic voice, of which The Believerwrote in 2013, “[her] voice…hovers somewhere between life and death. It’s not limbo, it’s a country to explore.” In this sense the tracks on Spectreecho the spirits of quintessential rock vocalists like Grace Slick and Beth Gibbons, throughout a collection of songs that range from expertly sculpted folk-rock ear candy, to sparse Judee Sill-esque ballads that consist of little more than piano and voice.

Written during the devastating forest fires of 2018, which filled her hometown of Vancouver with smoke and a sense of apocalyptic doom, album opener “Devoted To” captures Webber’s resilience and determination to reestablish her creative independence as she sings “I will find my way back in even if I never sleep…Gotta find my way back in, it’s all that I believe.” Propulsive rocker “Run Away” is an observation of the human need for change; Webber explains, “It was written in response to friends leaving their soul crushing jobs. I wanted to write a song that flip-flopped between the glorious freedom they felt upon leaving, and moments of despair that came afterward.” Shining a sanguine light on her departure from Black Mountain on the anthemic “When It Rains,” she sings, “Let’s celebrate what we’ve done so far instead of what comes next always ripping at our hearts – it ruins.” Wells’ impeccable drumming and tastefully restrained synths on the soaring and cinematic “Joanna” offer the perfect backdrop for Webber, as she sings about the demons of her past “I prefer not to see – You shook me inside my memory.” The assuring shuffle of “Pretty Picture” – on which Stephen Malkmus shreds – is followed by the booming slacker anthem “Competitive Depression,” which features vocals by Destroyer’s Dan Bejar. Spectre’s dramatic two-part closer “3AM/100 Degrees” brings the album full-circle with a final statement about delusions that manifest in strife, exemplified by the song’s final lines, “Replaying what’s behind, made us all scared when nothing was there.”

2018 was a whirlwind of new beginnings for Webber – she went back to school and even tried out a new career. In the end, these detours gave her the chance to step back and explore what parts of music were important to protect. “It made me realize that art and music are still my light,” Webber explains. “Spectreis my journey. It’s for all the women warriors that have been battling throughout life looking for a place to express themselves that feels inclusive and inspiring. It’s about finding yourself when no one is paying attention and inventing a new way of creating that feels honest and sincere. I truly feel that women, especially as we age, are underrepresented. That was truly the driving force to creating this album.”

Sunday 24th November
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Amy Lou & The Monday Club

+ Special Guests
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Broadcast – Glasgow
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£5 Adv

14+ (Under 16’s to be accompanied by an adult)

Doors 7:00 PM

PCL Presents
TAV FALCO & Panther Burns
+ The Reverse Cowgirls
Saturday, 23rd November
Broadcast, Glasgow
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DOORS 7pm
18+ ONLY
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Raised in rural Arkansas, Tav Falco embarked on his long and distinguished musical career upon arriving in Memphis in the mid-1970s. Teaming up with local music legend Alex Chilton (The Box Tops/Big Star) in 1978, the duo formed the long-running and still active band Tav Falco’s Panther Burns. Panther Burns thrived on the early 1980s music circuit and were a popular draw at such storied NYC clubs as The Peppermint Lounge and Danceteria. Despite Chilton’s exit from the live lineup in 1984, Panther Burns carried on and the band’s current discography includes ten studio LPs and numerous EPs, live albums, and compilations.

Artists who have cited Panther Burns as an influence include the American alternative music acts Southern Culture on the Skids, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Jack Oblivian, and The Gories. In Europe, neo-psychedelic groups who have referenced Panther Burns include England’s Spacemen 3; Germany’s Cuban Rebel Girls (named after one of Falco’s original songs); France’s The Dum Dum Boys; Italy’s Time Machine; and Scotland’s Primal Scream. Says Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie, “Tav has long been a hero/inspiration to Primal Scream. A true master of rock and roll and a cultural ditch digger on the same level as the Cramps. Thanks for all the great music, Tav.”

PCL PRESENTS
Sir Was
+ Tiny Murder
Friday 22nd November
Broadcast, Glasgow
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Doors 7.30pm
18+ Only
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Tickets available via See Tickets and in-store at Tickets Scotland:
https://www.seetickets.com/event/sir-was/broadcast/1391749

Modern Age Music: the best emerging bands, hand-picked and brought to you live!

LIVE:
Weekend recovery
Dirty orange
Start static

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Broadcast, Glasgow

? THE COUNTDOWN TO PRINT IS ON! ?

Glasgow University Magazine invites you to our very first launch party of the academic year! It’s time to let loose and celebrate the fabulous work that our contributors and team have put into the release of our ‘Breaking the Mould’ issue.

So join us at Broadcast on November 20 for some drinks, a boogie and to be first to lay eyes on the newest issue of GUM! We’ve also organised a sensational lineup of Glasgow-based entertainment for you which means that you definitely won’t want to miss this.

Tickets: £5, available at the door. ??

PCL PRESENTS
Himalayas
+ Aboriginals
+ Canary Gold
Tuesday, 19th November 2019
Broadcast, Glasgow

Tickets available via SEE and Tickets Scotland now:
https://pclpresents.seetickets.com/event/himalayas/broadcast/1434637
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DOORS 7PM
18+ ONLY
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Himalayas are an indie / garage rock band from Cardiff
made up of James Goulbourn (drums), Mike Griffiths
(Guitar and Vocals), Louis Heaps (Bass) and Joe
Williams (Guitar and Vocals). The band create a very
cinematic sound and style that is guaranteed to leave
audiences in awe. Their heavy guitar lines, dual vocals
and huge anthemic hooks hold you captivated.

Going from strength to strength and gaining fans across
the globe, Himalayas have definitely made their mark on
the industry within the three years of being together. In
the past year they have played both Reading and Leeds,
Festival no. 6, SXSW, The Great Escape, Live at Chelsea,
Isle of Wight, Liverpool Calling, Festival Jalles House
Rock, Somerset Rocks, Y Not, Truck, Tramlines and an
array of headline shows as well as supports including
Kaiser Chiefs, Gang of Youths and Marmozets.

Himalayas have racked up an impressive 10 Million
plus streams on Spotify and been included in Spotify
playlists such as “walk like a badass”. The band have
received radio play and support from big hitters
including Edith Bowman (Virgin Radio), Huw Stephens
(BBC Radio 1), Gordon Smart (Radio X), Greg James
(BBC Radio 1), Clara Amfo and also over in the states,
on KCRW.

(This show has now been cancelled, refunds available from point of purchase.)

Pixx is the musical alter ego of Hannah Rogers from Chipstead – a place in the south of London, on the border between suburb and rural idyll. Born into a music-loving family and inspired by her father’s huge record collection, she was encouraged at an early age to live her creative streak and her talent did not go undetected. Already at the age of 16, she enrolled in the renowned The BRIT School with her first own songs, at which artists like Adele, Amy Winehouse and King Krule had previously left school. It was only after graduation that Hannah started thinking about releasing her music. Inspired by artists like Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Aphex Twin, Hannah works on her own pieces, which she releases under the nickname of her grandmother, Pixx.

After finding a label home with 4AD, Pixx released their first EP “Fall In” at 19. Consisting of four folk songs, interspersed with Rodgers very own, very personal songwriting about heartache and introspection, the EP was celebrated by critics such as the Sunday Times (“One often he most arresting debuts often he year”) and brought Pixx slots at Glastonbury and the Latitude Festival, as well as supporting acts like Daughter, Glass Animals or Lush!

With the world around them in turmoil, Rodgers seeks inspiration in himself. Her childhood nightmares, as well as later nerve-wracking dreams, seemed perfect as metaphors for the current issues, to find some hold and control, in an apparently out-of-touch time. Instead of writing about simple personal loss, she therefore writes from the perspective of a social commentator who is beset by more and more discomfort, both in his dreams and in reality.

PCL PRESENTS
Brix and the Extricated
+ The Media Whores
+ Gold Furs
Sunday, 17th November 2019
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Doors 7.30pm
18+ Only
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Tickets available via See Tickets and in-store at Tickets Scotland
https://www.seetickets.com/event/brix-and-the-extricated/broadcast/1390822

Brix & The Extricated have announced a UK tour for autumn 2019 to promote their third studio album Super Blood Wolf Moon following on from their critically acclaimed albums Breaking State (2018) and Part 2 (2017).
Live the Extricated are multi dimensional with their hypnotic
brutality conjoined with a delicate vulnerability. The band perform with a vital energy led by spellbinding front woman Brix Smith. They play with no restrictions and a sense of dangerous freedom in their live shows that is both boundary pushing and dimension smashing.

To experience the full dynamic spectrum of this incredible band
seeing them live is a must. Brix & The Extricated were formed in 2014 by iconic vocalist/guitarist Brix Smith Start and legendary bass player Stephen Hanley. Stephen’s brother Paul joined on drums reigniting the Hanley Brothers powerhouse rhythm section. The inclusion of Steve Trafford (Fall Heads Roll) on guitar brought together these influential, former members of The Fall. The line up was completed with the addition of dynamic Irish guitarist Jason Brown.