Mon 7 Nov – Throwing Muses at Òran Mór in Glasgow.
The gig started slowly, with an excessively self-conscious set from Faroe Islander Teitur as support act. Lovely guitar and melodies, but the songwriting was often trite and made me wish for his next album.
Kristin Hersh, Bernard Georges, and David Narcizo then took the stage and set out with a ferocious barrage of sound, more 50 Foot Wave than Throwing Muses. The bass in the venue was initially loose and uncoupled, often swamping the precision drum work of Narcizo and Hersh's vocals. About half-way into the…