The date is Thursday 26th February 2009 and I, a prematurely-angsty 15-year-old from Foxbar, Paisley, am making my inaugural trip to the live music mecca that is The Barrowlands. After watching The Wombats trot out one sardonic indie banger after another, my impressionable young mind is redirected to the image of an impenetrably cool, black-clad four piece hanging on the wall. Gazing out from behind dark wayfarer lenses, the image of Glasvegas’ James Allan and co was indiscreetly commandeered from the venue and was soon plastered to the bedroom door for the duration of my teenage years. Consequently, you can imagine my glee at having an interview with the band within my very first issue as Mill Magazine’s editor! We’ll also be examining the aural delights on offer at 2019’s The Spree including insights from Karine Polwart and Pictish Trail. Elsewhere, we catch up with Lochwinnoch-based scribe Alan Bissett, lift the velvet curtain on Paisley Art Institute’s 131st annual exhibition.
