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glasgow

Last updated: Tue Oct 28 2025 07:55:48 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

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The Glasgow tag captures the distinctive indie and alternative music scene emerging from Scotland's largest city, characterized by jangly guitars, melancholic introspection, and raw emotional honesty. Drawing from post-punk and indie pop traditions, Glasgow bands often blend dreamy melodies with gritty realism, reflecting the city's industrial heritage and working-class roots. The sound ranges from noise-pop experimentation to intimate, confessional songwriting, unified by an unpretentious DIY ethos and darkly poetic sensibility.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
6		1953-02	Dave Frazer	Sulphur Springs	alternative blues folk glasgow
45		1970	Redwings	Live at Nice 'n' Sleazy	ambient glasgow instrumental instrumental rock minimalism noise psychedelic rock scotland scottish
33		1985	Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said	Mercerism		british underground # 41
68		1985	Strawberry Switchblade	Strawberry Switchblade (Expanded Edition)	bubblegum pop glasgow new wave scotland synthpop	scotland # 15 bubblegum pop # 34
36		1986-03-10	Strawberry Switchblade	The 12' Album	bubblegum pop glasgow new wave scotland synthpop	bubblegum pop # 13
83		1988	The Milk Monitors	Happy Birthday	alternative barcelona berlin electro glasgow london rock	barcelona # 87
3		1988	Various Artists	DESDEMONA/after every tempest come such calms	berlin electronic glasgow improvisation noise scotland scottish
76		1988	Iseloh	Forgotten Days	berlin electro
14		1989	Russell Nash	Do Or Die (Album)	electronic glasgow retrowave synthpop synthwave
51		1990	Party Asylum	Faces of the Sea	garage rock glasgow pop rock scotland
44		1992	Prussia	shamblin´Man	baroque berlin composer flute folk glasgow harpsichord international london soul usa	international # 19 harpsichord # 23
72		1995	Telstar Ponies	Her Name	glasgow
99		1995-02	Teenage Fanclub	Deep Fried Fanclub	glasgow
91		1995-10-13	Telstar Ponies	In The Space Of A Few Minutes	glasgow post-rock shoegaze
58		1996	Bis	Bis Vs. The Diy Corps	glasgow scotland
95		1998-04-20	Arab Strap	Philophobia	scottish indie rock	scotland # 83 scottish # 92
97		1998-06-08	The Delgados	Peloton	indie rock	scottish # 40
67		2000	Urusei Yatsura	Everybody Loves Urusei Yatsura	glasgow indie rock lo-fi noise pop scottish
13		2001	John Alexander	24-7 EP	acoustic blues country glasgow scotland scottish
73		2002	Monica Queen	Ten Sorrowful Mysteries	glasgow
11		2003	Versus Versus	Where's the Magic Gone? Demo	electronic glasgow pop scotland scottish
31		2003	Various Artists	Mechanical Slaves E.P.	gabber glasgow hardcore hardcore techno industrial speedcore techno
93		2003	Arab Strap	The Cunted Circus	glasgow
66		2003-10	Belle and Sebastian	Step Into My Office Baby	glasgow indie pop scotland	scotland # 11
80		2004	Saigon High Chair Pirates	Discography	braindance electronic glasgow idm pop post-punk scotland scottish	scotland # 37 braindance # 81
10		2004	Latonic	Cold and Beautiful EP	glasgow
90		2004	Sluts of Trust	We Are All Sluts Of Trust	glasgow scottish
2		2004-04-12	Franz Ferdinand	Franz Ferdinand - B-Sides, Unreleased and Covers
24		2006	The Retrosexuals	The Retosexuals Presents...	glasgow
70		2006	The Retrosexuals	Telephone/With You (single)	glasgow
61		2006-05-20	The Getset Go	Durty Mind	beat drone glasgow pop punk rockabilly scotland scottish
89		2006-07-31	Gay Against You	Muscle Milk	breakcore electronic emo glasgow hardcore pop scotland scottish screamo	scotland # 63
84		2006-09-20	The Martial Arts	Your Sinclair	glasgow power pop scottish
74		2007	Mistake Us For Friends	Kill The Composer	fast melodic punk glasgow melodic hardcore punk rock skate punk	fast melodic punk # 85
46		2007	The Ads	Autopilot Single	glasgow scottish
30		2007-01-01	digitalTRAFFIC	egg	alternative ambient beat british britpop classical dance dub easy listening electro electronic electronica emo england garage glasgow gospel grunge hard rock hardcore industrial instrumental jazz jungle london pop rock scotland scottish soul soundtrack
79		2007-01-15	deportivo street team	Street Sevens Pt 1	acid house electro electronic glasgow house scotland techno	scotland # 34
23		2007-10-00	The Retrosexuals	Too Many People (From 'Blood in Your Eyes' single)	glasgow
39		2008	Inner Logic	Parallel Reality	glasgow rock scottish
47		2008	The Ocean Fracture	Cesarium / Black Lung Optimism	glasgow hardcore metal rock
18		2008-05-01	digitalTRAFFIC	theatre	alternative ambient beat british britpop classical dance dub electro electronic electronica emo england garage glasgow gospel grunge hard rock hardcore industrial instrumental jazz jungle london pop rock scotland scottish soul soundtrack
87		2008-09-05	Glasvegas	Glasvegas	alternative
17		2009	Tibursky	Peel	alternative berlin bristol pop sweden
52		2009	Tibursky	Travel	piano
53		2009	Emma Forman	Private Rockstar	alternative alternative pop emo female vocalists glasgow indie pop pop pop rock scottish singer-songwriter
65		2009-03-18	Velvet	The Constant	glasgow scotland scottish	scotland # 7
86		2009-08	Suplex The Kid	Suplex The Kid	glasgow
78		2009-10-29	Taiga Blues	A Minor Shunt With Common Sense	britain british british underground electronic experimental rock fusion glasgow jazz rock post-rock scotland scottish trio	scotland # 33 trio # 66 britain # 66 british underground # 90
63		2010	The Whole Shebang	A Guide For The Perplexed	folk glasgow irish scottish
49		2010-04-27	Tibursky	Not Quite Bohemian	alternative berlin pop barcelona london	international # 22 barcelona # 64
85		2010-06-11	Tibursky	Back to Komo	glasgow alternative berlin
71		2011	Achren	The Forgotten King	black metal glasgow thrash metal viking metal
20		2011-03-09	Taiga Blues	The Butterfly Kiss EP	alternative avant-rock britain british british underground electronic experimental indie experimental rock glasgow instrumental instrumental rock math rock organic electronica post-rock scotland scottish space rock	organic electronica # 23 british underground # 29
100		2011-03-28	Glasvegas	Euphoria, Take My Hand
96		2011-09-30	VUKOVI	It Looked So Good On Me...	glasgow pop rock scotland	scotland # 88
15		2012	Laurence and the Slab Boys	Laurence and the Slab Boys	berlin glasgow scottish shoegaze
92		2012-01-09	VUKOVI	...But I Won't Wear You Again	glasgow pop rock scotland	scotland # 72
7		2012-02-21	Fracture 4	Love Hz (LVHz001)	emocore glasgow hardcore industrial scotland
43		2012-02-29	Mistah Bohze	bLASToid mcgONagle	glasgow
9		2012-06-22	VUKOVI	He Loves Me Not (Acoustic Alternative)	glasgow pop rock scotland
94		2012-10-22	VUKOVI	Sweet Swears	glasgow pop rock scotland	scotland # 74
27		2013-01-01	Mistah Bohze	ASTROMETRICKs	glasgow
98		2013-05-27	The Pastels	Slow Summits	rock	scottish # 46
25		2013-06-21	Vazz	Chronoillogical (Glasgow Recordings 1982 - 1987)	dream pop glasgow minimal wave
64		2013-07-31	Common Gods	Helveien	death metal glasgow melodic death metal metal scottish
34		2013-08-02	Tibursky	Elaine	berlin glasgow piano
82		2013-11-12	Bubblegum Lemonade	Some Like It Pop	alternative glasgow scotland	scotland # 42
56		2014-03-02	the second hand marching band	A Hurricane, a Thunderstorm
8		2014-03-29	Synonym	Not Tonight EP	dance glasgow techno
81		2014-05-16	Dave Aju	Black Frames	chillout dance deep house downtempo edm electronic electronica funky house glasgow house progressive house san francisco techno	san francisco # 33 funky house # 56
29		2014-10-15	diss1	Sympathetic Detonations	glasgow hip-hop rap uk hip hop underground hip-hop	uk hip hop # 10
22		2016-07-08	Save Face	Gods House	folk rock glasgow indie pop indie rock
59		2016-12-02	BOOHOOHOO	DebutHooHoo	glasgow scotland scottish
32		2017-03-30	BOOHOOHOO	Fire	glasgow scotland scottish
37		2018-08-23	SCHWANZMONSTER	KNOW YOUR PLACE	glasgow industrial noise
54		2023	Various Artists	Whatever Gets You Through The Night	book glasgow scotland scottish singer-songwriter	book # 22
42			Adastra (UK)	To The Stars EP	american british glasgow melodic metal scotland scottish shred	shred # 10
1			The Hybrid Vine	No Side Effects	alternative glasgow rock scotland
4			View From Here	Delusions Of Grandeur EP	acoustic glasgow
5			The Hybrid Vine	No Strength Left To Hate	alternative folk folk rock glasgow rock scotland
16			Loris - the Glasgow guitar band	Loris - double-A side single	garage glasgow rock scotland
19			Transaudio	DYING STAR	alternative electro electronic electronica glasgow pop rock scottish
21			Braidwood Pond	Braidwood Pond	electronic freak folk glasgow scottish
26			Turning Plates	Escapism E.P.	acoustic alternative ambient art rock clarinet classical glasgow piano rock scottish trombone
28			Nicolette Macleod	Love and Gold	folk glasgow singer-songwriter
35			the great money trick	Back To Front	alternative americana british country pop folk rock glasgow indie pop indie rock shoegaze
38			The Sleepwalkers UK	Any Sign of Life	glasgow
40			Only Joe Kane	Some Soon Time After	glasgow power pop rock n roll
41			Astro Naughty	Astro Naughty	glasgow scotland scottish
48			Try This At Home	Try This At Home EP	alternative rock british glasgow pop pop punk pop rock rock scottish
50			Simodo Dragons	From a to m	ambient electronic folk freak folk glasgow instrumental scottish
55			Only Joe Kane	Only Joe Kane	glasgow power pop rock n roll
60			Poor Colour Palette	Idioglossia	ambient contemporary classical glasgow instrumental piano scottish
62			Poor Colour Palette	Knee Deep Burn	ambient contemporary classical glasgow instrumental piano scottish
69			Bonar Hutchison	Come Back Blue Skies	acoustic acoustic guitar ballad british folk glasgow scottish singer-songwriter
75			Back To Komo	Need	alternative glasgow
77			Telstar Ponies	In the Space of a Few Minutes	post-rock shoegaze
88			Erosion 89	Erosion 89	electronic glasgow glitch house techno
12			dinosaurDeathpenguin	Everyone else is here, where are you?
57			Only Joe Kane	Assorted Shorts and Longs: obscurities, out-takes and rubbish

Related genres

• scotland
• scottish
• rock
• alternative
• electronic
• pop
• british
• acoustic
• instrumental
• folk