Hanni El Khatib @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 22 June

Mondays may not be synonymous with drunken debauchery, but Broadcast is alive and kicking tonight as LA-based Hanni El Khatib takes the stage for an evening of good old fashioned rock and roll.

There’s a definite sense in this day and age that there’s not much room to move within the genre; that modern-day takes are riddled with clichéd melodies and borrowed riffs. Support act Theo Verney is a symptom of this – the long-haired rocker’s sound is solid, but slightly too heavy on retro influences.

El Khatib and his band don’t profess to reinvent the wheel, but they make good picks from a three-album-strong output, showing off the reggae insouciance of Nobody Move, the sweat-soaked bluesy swagger of You Rascal You and the frantic garage thunder of Family. At its bones it’s all still rock and roll, but with a point of difference enough to make it divergent rather than dull.

It doesn’t hurt that El Khatib is a charming showman – by the end of the night he’s even managed to get most of the basement crowd up on the stage dancing alongside him as he sings. Sure, it’s corny, but kudos for making that happen on a school night. The set ends with what is surely El Khatib’s most daring track to date, the glissading disco ball that is Two Brothers. Shimmying along on a nonchalant bass line and some insistent hi-hat, it's perhaps even El Khatib’s way of saying that when it comes to rock, it's important to break the mould. [Claire Francis]