Come to Tenement Trail 2023 with us, Glasgow’s festival for music discovery
We attended Tenement Trail 2023, the festival which highlights Glasgow’s rich music scene. While there we spoke to both musicians and fans to hear their take on the annual event.
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00:00 Rubber Tee, Rubber Tee Aidan.
00:03 I don't conform.
00:06 Beard and Bands innit? I know that's mixing a b**** bit.
00:11 My name's Tom and I play in the Soapbox.
00:15 I'm Honey. I'm Jack.
00:17 We're from Allange.
00:18 What is your name?
00:20 I'm Spook, also known as Aidan.
00:22 My name today is Logan Gibson.
00:25 I'm a printer here at Tenement Trail.
00:27 2023.
00:28 We're playing a set at Byronlands Art and Design as part of a Tenement Trail.
00:32 It was so good so far. Our set went really well.
00:36 Can't speak for everyone.
00:37 Can't speak for everyone? No, joking.
00:38 No, everyone that we've seen so far is a b****.
00:40 Shut up. This is why I don't like you dudes.
00:43 I think this is my third or fourth.
00:45 Third or fourth Tenement Trail.
00:47 It gets a bit hazy sometimes. It's a long day.
00:49 Soapbox, we're a punk band from Glasgow and the west coast of Scotland.
00:53 Been going for about a year now.
00:56 I just grow chumpy about Screamy Punk, man.
01:01 Everyone else has been smashed.
01:04 Shut up, man.
01:07 Just kind of throw it all out there.
01:09 I usually end up having a s*** after a set.
01:11 But I think it's like people are paying to see you.
01:13 So if you're not giving them at all, then you're not doing it properly.
01:16 This is you boys from all the future and future.
01:19 Really good. It's great to be a part of the Glasgow music scene.
01:23 Because there's a lot of people with very small bands.
01:26 They're all a part of this.
01:28 And they are really good.
01:30 And they all deserve a lot more credit for what they get.
01:34 I think it's what you give out, the crowd will give you back.
01:37 I mean, early in the day is a challenge.
01:39 But that's what we're there for.
01:41 That's what I'm there for. I'm a front man. I don't play any instruments.
01:44 So I'm there to get them going.
01:45 And if you give energy out, it makes them feel comfortable.
01:48 And if they're comfortable, then they'll feel more free to move around and stuff.
01:51 I'm not afraid to make a fool of myself.
01:54 I'll roll about the floor, greeting all that on stage.
01:57 And once they see that, they're happy to just let loose to whatever extent they feel comfortable with.
02:02 So, we were playing Van Winkle.
02:04 It was very much like dive bar vibes turned venue.
02:09 I think it's the smallest capacity, but it was completely full and queued down the block.
02:14 Which is really sick.
02:15 Yeah, it was really cool.
02:16 Yeah, it was sick.
02:17 I'm 22 now. When I was 18, I started getting into all this.
02:20 It was a community and everyone knew each other.
02:23 And just meeting good people around you and the same interests and same state of mind.
02:29 I think that's quite cool. I've met so many nice people through music.
02:32 I think that's the best thing about it.
02:33 I'm a punter. Yes, I bought my ticket early doors because I go to TT most years.
02:42 And it's always a complete surprise.
02:46 I mean, Voodoo were class there in the bar. The big day was unreal.
02:50 I love Pleasure Heads, rest in peace.
02:53 San Jose, they're also class.
02:56 San Jose, a bunch of wee guys.
02:59 Kalmarnik. Those guys were the best gig the full day for me.
03:06 And literally, it's like 11 now and they're still the best band I've seen.
03:13 It was good. I'm carrying a wee bit of an illness.
03:16 I was a bit **** through it but got there in the end.
03:19 Everyone was really receptive and people were moving about and seemed to enjoy it.
03:23 So I'm just happy they had a good start of the day.
03:25 And hopefully keep that energy going for the other acts.
03:27 Because there's an amazing bill coming up all day everywhere.
03:30 The energy was so good. Everyone seemed really into it.
03:33 A lot of people that hadn't seen us before, which is so great about today.
03:36 That was the point of today. Get people that haven't seen us.
03:41 Everyone's come down. And bands all seeing each other, it's really sweet.
03:45 It's been good so far. But the night is young. So young.
03:49 I like a day drink at the best of times. A lot of good bands playing.
03:53 Can't ask for much more.
03:55 It's a really nice advantage for younger bands.
04:00 Because it's one of the only festivals that prioritises Glasgow bands over everything else.
04:07 There are other day festivals that happen in Glasgow and around the UK.
04:12 But this one feels the most...
04:14 Glasgow.
04:15 This is Glasgow bands right now.
04:18 And this is what the vibe is at the minute.
04:21 I think it's the access to so many different kinds of music.
04:26 I'm all for a genre night and making sure people are all into the same thing.
04:30 But being able to hop across so much different stuff is amazing.
04:33 It's good because it gears up to every year.
04:36 It's the bands that have been doing something special.
04:39 There's a lot of bands that we're friends with that I've caught and I'm excited to see again.
04:42 But there's also ones that I've just missed and heard a lot about.
04:45 That I'm excited to get around and see as well.
04:47 Pre-Covid, everyone was doing really well. And that's amazing.
04:53 But post-Covid, it's very much like everyone's in it for each other.
04:56 And everyone supports each other.
04:58 And everyone's doing such different things, which is incredible.
05:00 It feels like a really good community.
05:03 And no one is really doing the same thing.
05:06 We saw Pink Wafer earlier doing a completely different thing from Bandit Country.
05:11 And Lightly Kuna who are playing later.
05:14 These are all bands that are coming up at the same time.
05:16 That are just totally, wildly different genre-wise.
05:19 Which doesn't really happen a lot in local scenes.
05:22 I feel that bands after Covid have become very individual.
05:30 And they all make music how they like to make music.
05:35 I've been jamming with Steg, Stiche and Fearcraft.
05:38 The past couple of months we've not got a name yet.
05:40 And we are terrible.
05:42 But we might bluff something.
05:45 Or nepotise. We might nepotise something.
05:48 Also I feel like a lot of local scenes will be like,
05:50 "This genre sticks together, this genre sticks together."
05:53 But here it's very much, "We're all from Glasgow. We're all doing music.
05:56 We're all doing the same thing.
05:58 So why not support each other and be pals?"
06:01 What does nepotise mean?
06:03 To leverage a situation in your favour through rich means.
06:12 Their own nepotism.
06:14 You know what I'm talking about.
06:16 Glasgow is one of the best places for live music in the entire world.
06:21 And there's always something happening.
06:24 So I'm an old guy.
06:27 I remember Tenement Trail when it was up on Sir Cole Street.
06:31 I remember the TT guys.
06:34 Can't remember their names now actually.
06:36 Che and a few others.
06:38 But, you know, ever onwards.
06:42 And lastly, tell us your best joke.
06:44 You know I don't have any good jokes.
06:47 You need to get one.
06:49 That's so on the spot.
06:51 What was the one I told you the other day?
06:53 Oh right, okay.
06:55 So there's a man that is really obsessed with trains.
06:59 And one day he steals a train and he crashes it and he kills dozens of people.
07:05 He gets arrested and sentenced to death.
07:07 For his last meal he gets asked what he wants and he asks for a banana.
07:10 And then he has the banana.
07:12 The next day he goes onto the electric chair and they pull the switch and nothing happens.
07:15 And because you can't get punished twice for the same crime, he gets set free.
07:19 Steals another train, kills another bunch of people, gets sentenced to death.
07:22 What do you want for your last meal? A banana.
07:24 They put him on the electric chair the next day, pull the switch, nothing happens.
07:28 The next time he gets arrested for killing a bunch of people and stealing a train,
07:32 he gets asked what his last meal is.
07:34 He says, "Just a banana." And they said, "No, no, no, we're on to you.
07:36 We know what you're doing. You're doing something with a banana."
07:38 And they give him a regular last meal.
07:40 Next day they pull the switch, nothing happens.
07:43 Turns out it had nothing to do with the bananas. He's just a really bad conductor.
07:47 They like something.
07:51 Mic drop.
07:53 Mic drop.