Bloody hell, look at the time. That's what you get for maxing yourself out on chilli burgers and Guinness at Macsorleys. Double quick time up the road to Stereo as there's words to be done. Words upon We See Lights, Salon Boris and The Janes.
Stereo turned out to be another venue that serves Guinness in a plastic glass. When was the last time a Guinness was involved in a fight? Guinness is a thinking man's pint - everybody knows that. Stereo also has coloured boxes instead of seats as well but, hey, if you do the right drugs…
First on to the stage are The Janes. They turned out to be skilled practitioners of the Scottish rock sound. Goodbye Mr Mackenzie style guitars drove their songs along and they had a suitably dramatic lead singer called Ailsy that did a nice line dramatic Rod Stewart style swinging of the microphone stand. She could also belt those songs with some force though not enough to escape from the murky sound.
Next up were Salon Boris. If hardcore electro dance is your scene then Salon Boris are your band. There are three of them on stage tonight with the ubiquitous laptop doing a fair chunk of the musical duties. Of their songs, the darkly quirky "Bride of Boris" stood out from their floor shaking set. So, were they an exercise in canned style over substance? Not on the evidence of tonight's set. Funnily enough, they were the only band that got decent sound tonight.
Last on tonight are We See Lights. There was a lot of them (would have counted them but that would have involved putting down the pint to free up the necessary amount of fingers). Firstly, it was great to hear a Scottish band sing in their native accent. Even better, there were plenty of good songs on show tonight with "Bright Lights" slapping the crowd to attention (and it looked like it was this band that the audience had come to see). When it comes down to it, We See Lights are pretty much how you would want Scottish pop music to be. They even did harmonies that somehow managed to break free from the confines of the rather poor sound. That ship called dignity is back in port.
The promoter of tonight's fun was Threads of Sound and it would appear that they release a couple of songs from the live set of each of the bands via the Internet. A pretty good memento of an evening as well as being distinctly innovative for a Glasgow promoter. A short stagger across the road to Charcoal on Renfield Street enabled the Bluesbunny to conduct another one of our scientific chicken pakora tests. We are pleased to report that the test was passed with flying colours. Taxi!