Pages three and four of the article
pages one and two of the article
Front cover of the pamphlet
Great collection of stories in the new revolting pamphlet by Left Cultures. It includes a story about the 1820 Radical War and our song ‘Peter Pike or Pink’ - check it out at radical bookstores or at Left Culture’s Instagram page!
Brett Gregory (@seriousfeather.bsky.social) has been following The Tenementals from the start. In this Culture Matters article he lays out some of that history and writes about our new video for 'A Passion Flower's Lament'. Thanks for the support, Brett! www.culturematters.org.uk/a-passion-fl...
The Tenementals standing outside Low Moss Prison
Loitering with intent outside Low Moss Prison. Thanks again to the staff for arranging this and to everyone who came along. Super-memorable event! Photo: Kevin White
Poster for The Tenementals' gig at Low Moss Prison. Photos of the seven band members, the band logo, and an owl - plus the gig details. Black and white.
Thanks to all those living & working in Low Moss Prison who came along today to see The Tenementals - thanks too to all at Low Moss & Scottish Prison Service who made this happen. We finished with Rats and it was amazing when the guys started dancing. What a day! We're not rats, we're human beings!
next time!
Six cupcakes marked with saltires and 'Nae to Racism'
Great day at North Glasgow Against Racism March and Festival at Maryhill Burgh Halls. Apologies to those who couldn't get in because the hall was rammed (good sign, though!) Thanks to everyone who marched, sang, shouted, ate cupcakes, drank tea and danced against the far right! Pass They Shall Not!
"The track lands with the weight of a band that knows exactly what it’s doing. Post-punk energy, radical purpose, and meticulous historical research, it’s a combination few artists attempt and fewer pull off." Thanks to @thatericalper.com for the kind words! www.thatericalper.com/2026/04/07/g...
Poster advertising North Glasgow Against Racism event in Maryhill on 12 April.
Sunday 12 April - hope to see loads of you there!
We'll be playing at the North Glasgow Against Racism Festival - Saturday 12 April. Live music after the march at Maryhill Burgh Halls. Free entry. Come along! Pass it on!
1 April 1939, General Francisco Franco, the right-wing military dictator, declared victory in the Spanish Civil War. Over the next few days we'll be discussing some people who feature in our new video on Facebook and Instagram - @tenementals - check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7g5...
Pass they shall not!
We made a video for our song 'A Passion Flower's Lament': pease share it with comrades and friends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7g5...
Photo of Rona Breslin, dressed in dressing grown and bathing cap, from the video of 'It Was A Grand Day'.
It's National Piano Day, which falls on the 88th day of each year. We mark it by celebrating our own Dark Knight of the Keyboards, the wonder that is Ronan Breslin. Here he is projected onto The Revelator Wall of Death!
Statement from The Tenementals on the Scottish Government's new report on Scottish Broadcasting
first the vinyl album, next the full band - ha!
actually born in Belshill!
Happy Birthday, Ethel MacDonald. Born in Motherwell on 24 February, 1909, Ethel was a Glasgow-based socialist/anarchist who travelled to Spain when the civil war started. BBC Scotland made this pretty decent documentary - a life worth remembering, for sure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDc...
There's a great exhibition on Scotland's brutalist architecture - at Street Level Photoworks until 16 May. (Great to see our album in the shop there, too.) Swing by!
Happy Birthday, Nina Simone - born 21 February, 1933. This performance of classic protest song Missisippi Goddam is incredible - www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25...
Poster for the screening
Cine Dialógico - a film about building solidarities across borders - Free screening (and reception) at Glasgow University - 5.30pm - 8pm, Thursday 5 March. All welcome! Come along, pass it on! @uofgarc.bsky.social @nuriaarauna.bsky.social
Happy Birthday to Monica Queen! She joined forces with us to sing 'Te recuerdo Amanda', in honour of the great Chilean poet and singer, Victor Jara, who was murdered by Pinochet's right-wing military dictatorship. What a voice! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ege...
Can Keir Starmer advise how much taxpayers' money was wasted in criminalising Palestine Action. How many millions in police time, in court time? A ballpark figure will suffice. And all to deflect from Britain's shameful role in the genocide in Gaza. Lest we forget. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Poster for The Great May Day Cabaret
Here's the full line-up for The Great May Day Cabaret. We'll be playing some new tunes. And some old ones. Pass it on. Come along!
Montage of Tenementals members with details of the band written in Spanish
Many thanks to Kikochispas for all the support and for playing The Owl of Minerva on Radio Castelldefels, Catalonia.
Putting the pipes to good use! Doff yer bunnet to 21 year-old Jack Duffy who's been inspiring the anti-ICE protesters in the US in traditional manner. Read more at the link below - thanks to Norry Wilson at @lostglasgow.bsky.social for spreading the good news. lataco.com/protest-bagp...
Here's a good (long) read on working-class writing. We've always hoped that the history of Glasgow we create would be a starting point for others to write their own histories. If you've been inspired to do your own writing after listening to our tunes, drop us a line!
jacobin.com/2026/02/new-...
Happy Birthday, Alex Harvey! Born in Glasgow, 5 February 1935 - frontman for a few bands, not least The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Their version of Jacques Brel's 1963 song 'Next' (released in 1973) is phenomenal! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqx5...
Quote from Johnny Rodger's review in Popular Communication: "The Tenementals have not only realized what are the possibilities of the critical in pop song—they have effected it. They use song in making apparent that kaleidoscopic, patchwork history of this city, and thus, they bring it alive."
Many thanks to Johnny Rodger, Professor of Urban Literature at @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social, for the extensive, complimentary and super-insightful review! radar.gsa.ac.uk/10505/3/Revi...
Six Tenementals pin badges
You know you want one!
We've taken delivery of more t-shirts with designs we'd sold out of. All available in S, M, L, XL - 2XL in main logo - black and white, and red, black and white. Mugs and tote bags too. Badges free with every order. Postage is £4 regardless of how much you buy. Fill yer boots! tenementals.com/merch