Music

September 21, 2016

THIS year’s futuristic-themed Bestival proved the power of fancy dress as the Isle of White came alive for three days of entertainment and music. Glass has compiled our top 10 moments from the weekend. &nb...

Pop-Kultur – Glass checks out Berlin’s culture thriving festival

September 15, 2016

THIS year marked the two-year anniversary of Berlin’s diverse and upcoming Pop-Kultur festival. Debuting its first year at the famous Berghain club, Pop-Kulture celebrated this year’s festival in the thriving v...

Glass talks to the extraordinary orchestral-electronic musician Anna Meredith

September 7, 2016

WHEN you hear Anna Meredith’s music, it becomes apparent that you’ve not heard anything like it before. A wild combination of orchestral noise and electronic sounds make her music dangerous yet enjoyably eccen...

Front Cover. Mr Silla at Drop Everything

Drop Everything – Glass revels in Ireland’s most remote arts festival

August 10, 2016

Culture, Feature, Music

AMID the noisy marketing campaigns during Europe’s summer festival season, it’s refreshing to discover that an event exists outside of the news cycle, offering instead a fiercely independent roster of...

Glass reviews this year’s sell-out Y Not Festival

August 9, 2016

THIS year’s Y Not Festival sold out, and for a good reason. The Derbyshire music event which once started a small party has proved its success yet again as this year boasted a strong line up with major headlin...

Latitude Festival – 10 stand-out moments

August 2, 2016

Culture, Feature, Glass LIVE, Music

SUFFOLK’S Henham Park came alive for yet another year, as Latitude festival hosted a stunning array of arts and musical entertainment. Here are 10 moments we thought were particularly memorable. ...

Glass meets the unlikely trio Yorkston Thorne Khan

July 6, 2016

Feature, Glass Talent, Music

YORKSTON Thorne Khan are the surnames of the unlikely trio who merge the sounds of Scottish folk with classical Indian music. The sarangi, guitar and double bass work as the foundation to their unique sound. I ...

The Glass Guide to this summer’s UK Music Festivals

June 16, 2016

FESTIVAL season is fast approaching, and this summer will host a vast amount of great music across the country. In order to help you decide which festivals to go to, we’ve created a guide of the best musical ev...

The Great Escape festival highlights

May 27, 2016

THE Great Escape has a reputation for hosting some of the best new acts emerging on the scene. This year’s festival hosted over 400 acts which presented the new wave of musical talent as well as some familiar a...

Glass talks to Owiny Sigoma Band

May 20, 2016

THE genesis of Owiny Sigoma Band is special. It tells the story of three Londoners who travel to Kenya as part of a musical collaboration funded by the Arts Council of England. As a result, we have been gifted ...

Glass reviews Tropicália legends Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil at the Barbican

Arjun Sajip

May 17, 2016

Culture, Feature, Glass LIVE, Music

THE MAGIC of Tropicália is simply put: when you listen to it done well, you are convinced no greater music exists in this or any world. It combines the camaraderie, melodic facility and harmonic sophistication ...

Glass catches The Kills at Village Underground, London

May 12, 2016

RETURNING with their first new album in five years next month, garage-rock royalty The Kills treated the crowd at London’s Village Underground to a career-spanning masterclass last week. With Ash &...

Glass interviews The Mystery Jets

May 6, 2016

THE Mystery Jets have always been present to accompany us through the walks of indie music. Eight years ago – and arguably during the height of indie music – they gave us their joyous hit album, Twen...

Glass reviews Junun at the Barbican, London

April 19, 2016

LAST year we were given the musical collaboration of Junun – consisting of England’s Jonny Greenwood, India’s Rajasthan Express and Israel’s singer songwriter Shye Ben Tzur. Junun recorded their self-titled alb...

The Glass Spring Spotify playlist is here

Thomas Marrington

April 8, 2016

Music, News, The Glass Playlists

SPRING is finally upon us - wake up from your wintry slumber and shake off the cold with our eclectic mix of French house, electro-pop, soul and more. What do these tracks have in common? The feeling of a new b...

Five acts that rocked South by Southwest – Glass reviews SXSW

April 5, 2016

SINCE launching as a local music festival back in 1987, Austin’s annual South by South West has evolved into a cultural titan, with more than 2,000 acts appearing across the city’s venues as well as equally hug...

The Glass Saturday Night Playlist – beat Jetlag with Amanda Bernstein

Sonia Akther

April 2, 2016

Music, News, The Glass Playlists

LONG-haul flights, endless queues and that’s before the jetlag kicks in. If the side effects of frequent flying are getting you down, listen to our travel writer Amanda Bernstein’s Glass Spotify playlist for a ...

Glass reviews – Kurt Vile live at the Roundhouse

March 19, 2016

Culture, Glass LIVE, Music, News

WHEN Kurt Vile takes to the stage, he lets us know that he’s moving at his own pace. The Philadelphian’s manner belongs to someone who has all the time in the world, and his stoner rock music suggests the same,...

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Glass gears up for London’s Convergence Festival

March 8, 2016

Glass LIVE, Music, News

THIS week sees some of the world’s finest musical minds arrive in London for the start of Convergence festival – a 10-day celebration of music, visual art and tech that kicks off in various venues across the ca...

Tama Impala at Alexandra Palace – Glass live review