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.