Glasgow
The various lefty art colleges situated within Glasgow’s intimate surroundings have traditionally fostered a tight-knit commingling of the music and art scenes. Hence such left-of-centre acts as Errors and Dananananaykroyd, whose joyous evasions of genre norms are making Glasgow as fun a place as it ever has been.
Alumni: The View, Belle & Sebastian, Bis, Mogwai, Glasvegas
Pub fact: Organisers at Club Night Optimo have banned cameras after employers started scouring blogs for snaps of absent-on-Monday employees.
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