French Wives

French Wives - Dream of the Inbetween

An astute and highly promising opening salvo from Glasgow band

18 Apr 2012

(Electric Honey) What a satisfying thing it is to hear a pop song that bypasses the tyranny of the chorus and sticks to its guns with a series of ear-warming verses. ‘Younger’, the shoulder-high stand-out track from the debut collection by French Wives…

French Wives, Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Tue 28 Feb

Successful performance from band on the cusp of greatness

7 Mar 2012

‘We’re kind of shitting it’, French Wives frontman Stuart Dougan declares with a semi self-conscious shrug, a statement referencing the thirty gigs his band will embark on over the next month (including a stint at SXSW) and succeeding ‘two great…

Stag & Dagger Festival Glasgow - Sat 21 May

Warpaint, Toro Y Moi and Sons & Daughters ensure Glasgow party is no washout

24 May 2011

You couldn’t blame Stag & Dagger for the torrential rain that fell from Glasgow skies for the duration of the all-dayer’s third instalment in the city, though better planning on organisers’ behalf might have lessened time spent getting drenched. Using…

Make Sparks and Three Blind Wolves among highlights of T in the Park’s T Break stage 2010

19 May 2010

The acts for this year’s T Break stage have been announced, and there’s quite a few names to get excited about. Glasgow guitar-pop purveyors Make Sparks have been garnering a lot of attention recently, not least from the authority on such subjects, the…

Fangs, French Wives, The Big Pink and Bombay Bicycle Club set for Pinup Nights

1 Feb 2010

Indie heaven at Pin Up Nights this fortnight as they host the NME Awards tour afterparty, with DJ sets from two of the stars of the show: The Big Pink and Bombay Bicycle Club. Plus there are live sets from new wave electro rockers Fangs (pictured) and…

The French Wives

8 Oct 2009

The French Wives are neither married nor French, they are however a punchy-pop five-some who are trying to push out of Glasgow and hit the world in the face with their rough-twee sounding songs. Infesting the Captain's Rest with potential hits…

Music hitlist

16 Aug 2009

Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham, A Band Called Quinn, Bill Callahan, Katy Perry, Soulsavers featuring Mark Lanegan, Trembling Bells and Ben Reynolds, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Broken Records, Sparrow and the Workshop, Some Young Pedro, Woodenbox with a…

Exposure: Brother Louis Collective

14 Aug 2009

Brother Louis Collective are an ensemble cast of Glasgow-based instrumentalists, centred around the musical endeavours of Louis Abbot. Harnessing the talents of friends and bandmates from his other band The Moth And The Mirror, Abbot's brooding…