The amalgamation of Cardiff bands Mclusky & Jarcrew has brought along Future Of The Left, a band who pitchfork suggest are "'unmatched at balancing humour and spite with a tune".

FOTL play the Captains Rest on 15th August 2008. Tickets are on sale now

visit www.myspace.com/futureoftheleft

The bastard cousin to Spencer's genre-demolishing Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash features Speedball Baby's guitar brawler and producer extraordinaire Matt Verta-Ray in a project that drinks down the best of roots, R&B and rock-a-billy. Going Way Out with Heavy Trash, the second offering from these kings of buzz saw guitars and late night incantations, was recorded in three different countries and features an international cast of musicians - Canada's the Sadies, members of Denmark's Tremolo Beer Gut and Powersolo, and New York City's Simon Chardiet and Phil Hernandez. Heavy Trash is what the name implies - filthy and hard - the soundtrack to the strung-out road trip from which there can be no return.

Heavy Trash + Powersolo - Stereo, Glasgow. 28th September 2008. On sale now

The newly refurbished Captains Rest at 185 Great Western Road is now open. The Bar and intimate venue offers a haven of the alternative kind, more than welcome in Glasgow's busy West End. Open daily from 12noon and located under 250 yards away from St Georges X subway, the Captains offers lunch and evening specials and plenty of vegetarian options:

Soup & A Sandwich - £3.95. Every day 12 - 5pm Home-made soup of the day + Your choice of a wide range of healthy and hearty sandwiches prepared on the premises with the freshest of ingredients

Pre-Gig Special Every day 5 - 8pm Choose from a great selection of main courses and get 2 meals for £7.50

MOJITOS - £2 a drink hand-mixed to an authentic Cuban recipe, passed down generations by boat fairers of old, The Captains Rest offers Mojitos Friday - Sunday £2 all day!

We are pleased to announce that Carl and his band will be kicking off their UK tour in Glasgow on 4th October 2008 at the ABC then onto Edinburgh's newest venue, The Picture House on 5th October.

The bands eagerly anticipated second album Romance At Short Notice is released on June 30th, with the first single from the album Tired of England out on 23rd June.

Tickets are on sale at 9am on Friday 20th June 2008.

We are very pleased to announce that the following shows will be taking place during The Edge Festival in August:

1st August: Ratatat - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
7th August: Shout Out Louds - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
7th & 8th August: Nouvelle Vague + Dengue Fever - Liquid Room, Edinburgh
22nd August: Midnight Juggernauts - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh

Tickets are on sale now from here

The Wedding Present will be playing three shows in December. Tickets are on sale now for:

12th December - Liquid Room, Edinburgh
13th December - Moshulu, Aberdeen
14th December - Queen Margaret Union (QMU), Glasgow