| July 2009 |
| 9 | Here We Go Magic + Ballad of Mable Wong + Zhyrlings | Captains Rest, Glasgow |  |
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| 13 | Sleepy Sun + Wilson Tan + Black Hand Gang | Captains Rest, Glasgow | |
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| 14 | The Birthday Massacre | Stereo, Glasgow | |
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| 14 | St. Vincent + Blue Roses | Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow | |
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| 14 | Sleepy Sun + Keser + Myshkin | Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh | |
Eddie Van Halen once remarked that the most amazing thing about Led Zeppelin was that, for a band often cited as the godfathers of heavy metal, so much of their repertoire was acoustic. Theirs was a reputation built not on being the loudest band all the time, but rather at just the right time. It's a lesson that San Francisco-via-Santa Cruz sextet Sleepy Sun have taken to heart-- their debut album, Embrace, dispenses its earth-quaking riffage in such carefully measured, perfectly spaced-out rations, it tricks you into thinking the band is much heavier than it actually is. - Pitchfork 7.5
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| 27 | Tweak Bird + Jaded Playboy + Remnant Kings | Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh | |
Go check out Tweak Bird. They've been touring with Big Business and are right about as good as that would suggest. Good and noisy even. With good songs. And big guitars and stuff.
Here's a nice You Tube clip of them being right noisy on a TV show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY48rMudr0g
http://www.myspace.com/tweakbird
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| 28 | Earthless + Pontiak | Captains Rest, Glasgow | |
over 18s
EARTHLESS (ex-Hot Snakes / ex-Rocket From The Crypt) & Thrill Jockey records new amazing signing PONTIAK.
EARTHLESS - www.myspace.com/earthless
PONTIAK - www.myspace.com/pontiak
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| 31 | Arbouretum: CANCELLED | Captains Rest, Glasgow | |
REFUNDS AVAILABLE AT PLACE OF PURCHASE
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| August 2009 |
| 7 | Woodpigeon + Rags and Feathers | Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh | |
Over 18s Only
PCL & The Edge Festival Present...
www.myspace.com/woodpigeon
Woodpigeon runs as a rather friendship-minded musical collective, with a growing
membership that typically calls Canada (mostly Calgary, Alberta), bits of Europe,
California, and even Doha, Qatar home. It’s a party-line of sorts — a tour is
booked, friends are called, and groups are assembled. The songs are never done
in the same way from tour to tour. Sometimes there’s a full string section.
Sometimes dueling ukuleles. And sometimes, it’s simply done solo style — the
way every song is born.
For the summer of 2009, we’re excited to play with some friends old and new as
we make our way across the UK and dip into Sweden and Germany. From time to
time, our Motown obsession leads to a doo-wop cover or two. At other times, we
like to get a little noisy. I know how to recite a single poem in Swedish — a
children’s game about a deer and his antlers. Our German is admittedly rather
poor — on a previous tour, one member attempted to order breakfast from the
ticket-taker on the train when she requested, “Fahrkarten, bitte.” I should have
listened a little closer when my Oma and Opa spoke to me in German as a baby.
Music-wise, Woodpigeon has released two albums in Europe: Songbook in
September 2008, and Treasury Library Canada in February 2009. People have
written nice things about them and given them lots of stars. Treasury Library
Canada has just been listed as a contender for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize here
in Canada, which is a bit like the Mercury Music Prize but newer and handed out
in dollars instead of pounds sterling (and through today’s exchange rates
amounts to a somewhat smaller prize, but it’s a joy to be nominated and all that).
It’s all been a rather amazing adventure. We’re just finishing up on a new record
called Die Stadt Muzikanten, inspired lightly by the old Bremen folktale ‘Die
Bremer Stadtmusikanten’. I know we’ve mis-spelled it, but I like the way
‘stadtmusikanten’ looks like as two words with a “z” instead of an “s.” It comes
out in January 2010, and we’re pretty excited about it.
We’re also excited about playing for you all. Can’t wait, in fact. We’ll see you
there, and hopefully share a beer with each and every one of you. That’s a lot of
beer, but we’re ready for the challenge.
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| 12 | Telepathe + Dollskabeat | Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh | |
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| 15 | Mum + My Latest Novel | Studio 24, Edinburgh | |
Over 14s, under 16s accompanied by an Adult
PCL & The Edge Festival Present...
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| 15 | The Telescopes / St Deluxe | Captains Rest, Glasgow | |
THE TELESCOPES:
Stephen Lawrie of the Telescopes enlists the help of St Deluxe once
again to create another fantastic night of “stunning, a cataclysm of noise” -
The Scotsman once again following their joint performance in April of this year.
Both the Glasgow (Sat 15th Aug @ The Captains Rest) and Edinburgh
(Monday 17th Aug @ Sneaky Pete's)performances will be based on the
“Taste” era cuts and will take off where the last gig ended, in hysteria and a crowd thirsty for more of the same.
Recent re-releases of the Telescopes back catalogue have delighted old
fans, and captured a fresh audience since the second wave of "nu-gaze"
bands and the return to the fold of such bands as My Bloody Valentine,
Spectrum etc. The NME even acknowledges “the genus of the Telescopes”. Together with St Deluxe backing Stephen for a full electric set there should be more than just a reprise of the “truly stunning two-song encore with Glasgow’s St Deluxe acting as backing band”. -The List
This is a very special performance which should not be missed especially if the last one is anything to go by.
ST DELUXE:
Tim Burgess of the Charlatans
“I have played New Wave Stars on repeat constantly, great lyrics great
sound kinda mixes up Bleach era Nirvana, Tom Verlaine and
Bandwagonesque period Teenage Fanclub...Pushes all the buttons,
MONOCHROME ROCK N ROLL!!” Tim Burgess is the most recent name that St Deluxe can include as a
genuine fan! Along with Alan McGee, Joe Foster, Sonic Boom, Stuart
Braithwaite and Norman Blake all stating their admiration of “Scotland's
hottest new act” - Daily Record.
Joe Foster expresses the urgency of this band by saying in a way only he could by saying “St Deluxe are like a Pop Atom Bomb under a moribund and middle-aged UK music scene, fake indie bed-wetters shrivel in the fallout” With the release of the self titled album out on hot Glasgow art terrorist label Poppydisc Records earlier in the year with a recent headline tour taking in London's Death Disco (Alan McGee's club night), the Skinny Dip for fantastic Skinny Magazine in Edinburgh and shows in Aberdeen and Inverness, plus a revisited stint in the highlands appearing at GoNorth & Rockness Festival this month, and later in the Summer Belladrum Festival, not to mention the forthcoming show with the Vaselines and Grunge Gods Mudhoney in the luscious surroundings of the HMV Picture House in Edinburgh in October.
Along with all this activity recording for the follow up is underway with Joe Foster (Poppydisc Records/ Creation Records etc.) once again behind the desk which should be due for release sometime in the not too distant future. This along with plans for touring the USA next year and a list of labels clambering to get their mitts on the next record, this could be your last chance to see this band in such intimate settings.
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| 17 | The Juan Maclean | Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh | |
Over 14s, under 16s accompanied by an adult.
PCL & The Edge Festival presents
http://www.myspace.com/thejuanmaclean
Plus guests
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| 18 | Frightened Rabbit | The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | |
Playing clever but purposefully naïve pop in the manner of the Vaselines, the Twilight Sad, and the Clean, Frightened Rabbit sound a good bit bolder than their moniker would suggest, though it suits their lively but nervous musical personality. Frightened Rabbit was founded in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2004, when guitarist Scott Hutchison and his brother Grant, a percussionist who -- like his sibling -- prefers to keep his last name a secret, began recording demos of songs they had written. Encouraged by friends and family, the brothers added a second guitarist, their friend Billy, and the trio began making the rounds of Glasgow's pubs and music venues. Slowly but surely gaining a reputation for their work, Frightened Rabbit began work on their first album, initially planning to record at the home studio where they'd done their original demos but eventually opting to record at Glasgow's Diving Bell Studio with Marcus Mackay instead.
Frightened Rabbit released Sing the Greys through their own label, Hits the Fan Records, in mid-2006. Reviews were enthusiastic, and Universal picked up the disc for distribution in the U.K. and the U.S. The group's reputation enjoyed a considerable boost in America after they played a well-received showcase at the 2007 South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, TX, and the U.S. release of Sings only increased Frightened Rabbit's popularity. The band's sophomore release, Midnight Organ Flight, arrived in April 2008.
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| 19 | Monotonix | Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh | |
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| 20 | Lovvers + Divorce + Elvis Suicide | Captains Rest, Glasgow | |
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| 20 | Sparrow and the Workshop + Ross Clark + Ivan Campo | Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh | |
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| 21 | Katy Perry | Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow | |
If Lucille Ball had a secret love child with Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, it would look, sound, and behave like Katy Perry. The 24 year old L.A-based singer-songwriter's sassy confidence and feisty confessional songs have helped her conquer the world's charts and airwaves.
Katy marked her entrance this summer with the anthem "I Kissed A Girl" which instantly established her as the brightest new pop artist to emerge in 2008. Some may have questioned whether Katy Perry could follow up that success but with her recent hit single "Hot n Cold" she proved without a doubt that she is no one hit wonder. Both songs come from her outstanding debut album 'One Of The Boys', a sharp and witty pop-rock gem filled with candid tales of neurotic ex-boyfriends, crazy road trips with friends and figuring out who you are along the way.
Katy made such a powerful impression on MTV that they duly invited her to host this years illustrious MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool. She treated everyone to a colourful and flamboyant performance and won the award for "Best New Act" to boot.
More recently, Katy has been nominated for 'Best Female Pop Vocal Performance' at the prestigious 2009 Grammy's. Is there no stopping this girl?
For more info on Katy go to www.katyperry.com
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| 21 | Lovvers + Divorce + Elvis Suicide | Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh | |
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| 22 | Stricken City | Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh | |
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| 23 | Andrew Bird | Studio 24, Edinburgh | |
Chicago singer/songwriter/violinist Andrew Bird updates the traditions of small-group swing, German leider, and New Orleans jazz, mixing gypsy, folk, and rock elements into his distinctive style. Bird's projects include his group the Bowl of Fire (which also includes drummer Kevin O'Donnell, bassist Josh Hirsch, and guitarist Colin Bunn) and performing as an auxiliary member of the Squirrel Nut Zippers; in turn, the Zippers' Katharine Whalen and James Mathus appeared on the Bowl of Fire albums Thrills and Oh! the Grandeur. Bird has also recorded with artists like Pinetop Seven and Lil' Ed Williams, teaches music at the Old Town School of Folk Music, and performed on the score and soundtrack from the 1999 Tim Robbins film The Cradle Will Rock. His third album, 2001's The Swimming Hour, surprisingly found the Bowl of Fire turning to pop music, and with excellent results. As bandmembers remained active in their various other projects, the band continued and work on a follow-up began in 2002. To tide fans over, Bird self-released a limited-edition EP, Fingerlings, which documented live performances of some old and new songs by the band and solo. Early 2003 brought the release of another LP, Weather Systems, on the independent Grimsey label. Bird debuted on Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe imprint in 2005 with Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs. He switched to Fat Possum for 2007's Armchair Apocrypha, an ambitious and eclectic album even by Bird's standards.
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| 25 | Faith No More *On Sale Fri 19th June | Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh | |
Over 14s Only / Under 16s Must Be Accompanied by a Responsible Adult
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| 25 | Metric | The Picture House, Edinburgh | |
over 14s, under 16s accompanied by a responsible adult.
www.myspace.com/metric
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| 31 | Amazing Baby | Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh | |
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| September 2009 |
| 1 | Amazing Baby | Captains Rest, Glasgow | |
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| 4 | The Chap + Paper Planes | Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh | |
myspace.com/thechap
myspace.com/glasgowpaperplanes
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| 4 | Ohbijou | Captains Rest, Glasgow | |
Over 18s Only
A string of accolades has followed Ohbijou since their inception, and they have quietly amassed a devoted and varied army of fans throughout Canada. The band recently completed a number of well-received shows at SXSW and are about to begin a North American Tour. Following the June UK/EU release of “Beacons”, Ohbijou will spend their summer touring Europe and playing numerous festivals… info to follow soon…
Dressed with intricate melodies and vocal harmonies arranged by her bandmates, the songs reveal a striking musicality and virtuosity. Ohbijou’s music has a seductive beauty, their delicate songs framed by elegant orchestral arrangements. Their emotive music is simultaneously both sad and life-affirming
www.ohbijou.com / www.myspace.com/ohbijou
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| 7 | The Low Anthem | Oran Mor, Glasgow | |
In June of 2006 The Low Anthem released its first full-length recording, a twelve song, self-titled LP. It was recorded by Grammy-nominated producer John Paul Gauthier. Gauthier, most famous for his work with Dispatch had also worked with John Hammond, Jr., Tom Waits, and Duke Robillard. His ears were a perfect fit for the band's sound. He turned Miller and Prystowsky onto Waits and Neil Young, two introductions that would seriously alter the direction of the sound. The LP is a dozen stories, subtle and artful in their telling, but ultimately naïve according to its authors. However, it’s eclectic instrumentation (saxophones, tabla drums, cellos, and organs combined with more traditional folk instruments) foreshadowed the developments to come.
http://www.myspace.com/lowanthem
The Low Anthem won “Best Album of 2008” in The Providence Phoenix’s Best Music Poll for their second release What the Crow Brings. NPR raved about the record calling the songs “authentic” and “hand-made.” Rolling Stone caught wind of the band in May of 2008 and shot a ten minute documentary film on the band to be featured online in an emerging artist series. The band has been nominated for Best Live Act by both The Phoenix and Motif Magazine and were featured as the “One to Watch” by Acoustic Café’s Bob Reinhardt. They were also featured as the “Spotlight Artist” in December’s Northeast Performer Magazine.
The Low Anthem will release their third LP Oh My God, Charlie Darwin on September 2, 2008 featuring live favorites “Charlie Darwin” and “Home I’ll Never Be.” A 30 city release tour will commence.
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| 9 | Okkervil River | Oran Mor, Glasgow | |
Over 14's. Under 16's must be accompanied by an adult.
Okkervil River is an alt-country quartet formed in New Hampshire whose first album Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See (Jagjaguwar, 2002), introduced an unusual balance of evocative keyboards, strong rhythms, tasty arrangements and plaintive vocals. Their most recent long player "The Stand Ins" was received with critical acclaim.
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| 9 | Richmond Fontaine / Peter Bruntnell | Stereo, Glasgow | |
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| 11 | Sunset Rubdown | Stereo, Glasgow | |
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| 12 | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | Captains Rest, Glasgow | |
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| 19 | Hockey | Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh | |
Over 18s only
For a band that named its forthcoming Capitol Records debut album MIND CHAOS, which will be released on August 25th, the collective thinking on modern dance-rockers HOCKEY is already crystalclear: this is a band set for a worldwide breakout this year.
With a cohesive album marked by ingenious, assured song craft and fresh, loose-limbed new-wave-flavored dance-rock propulsion -- “debauched, joyinducing floor-fillers, “ according to Arena Magazine -- HOCKEY may have already located and embodied the zeitgeist of 2009 with lyrics and an outlook that’s both “soulful and knowingly sarcastic” (Arena).
HOCKEY played four hotly-anticipated gigs at the famed South By Southwest music festival in mid-March, following a series of downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn shows that stoked a chorus of on-line cheers and a notice in Paste Magazine’s 10 New Artists to Watch in 2009. Two smashingly successful visits to the U.K. in December and in February (with Passion Pit) have built Hockey’s international momentum right up to the U.S. release of the kick-off “Too Fake”single, whose video and digital single is available now and a vinyl 7-inch will be available May 19. The video has been officially added at mtvU and has seen play on LOGO and mun2. MtvU has also selected Hockey to participate in their “Ahead Of The Curve” initiative with promo spots running on the network and mtvU.com April 20th and continuing throughout 2009.
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| 20 | Hockey | King Tuts, Glasgow | |
For a band that named its forthcoming Capitol Records debut album MIND CHAOS, which will be released on August 25th, the collective thinking on modern dance-rockers HOCKEY is already crystalclear: this is a band set for a worldwide breakout this year.
With a cohesive album marked by ingenious, assured song craft and fresh, loose-limbed new-wave-flavored dance-rock propulsion -- “debauched, joyinducing floor-fillers, “ according to Arena Magazine -- HOCKEY may have already located and embodied the zeitgeist of 2009 with lyrics and an outlook that’s both “soulful and knowingly sarcastic” (Arena).
HOCKEY played four hotly-anticipated gigs at the famed South By Southwest music festival in mid-March, following a series of downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn shows that stoked a chorus of on-line cheers and a notice in Paste Magazine’s 10 New Artists to Watch in 2009. Two smashingly successful visits to the U.K. in December and in February (with Passion Pit) have built Hockey’s international momentum right up to the U.S. release of the kick-off “Too Fake”single, whose video and digital single is available now and a vinyl 7-inch will be available May 19. The video has been officially added at mtvU and has seen play on LOGO and mun2. MtvU has also selected Hockey to participate in their “Ahead Of The Curve” initiative with promo spots running on the network and mtvU.com April 20th and continuing throughout 2009.
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| October 2009 |
| 12 | Franz Ferdinand | Caird Hall, Dundee | |
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| 13 | Franz Ferdinand | Ironworks, Inverness | |
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| 19 | Green Day | SECC, Glasgow | |
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| 29 | DJ Yoda | Oran Mor, Glasgow | |
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| November 2009 |
| 2 | Grizzly Bear *on sale Fri 19th June | ABC, Glasgow | |
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| 6 | Yo La Tengo | ABC, Glasgow | |
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| 13 | The Drones | Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow | |
18+
The Drones return to the UK in Autumn 2009 for a ten-date tour of the UK and Ireland. Like their recent sold out show at London’s Luminaire and the subsequent string of European appearances, The Drones will be showcasing their recent album Havilah, out now on ATP Records.
Havilah is brimful of the intensity, innovation and integrity that have made The Drones one of Australian rock's most critically acclaimed acts. Replete with contrast, Havilah juxtaposes bombast with beauty, roaring aggression and violent guitars with sublime melancholy lyricism. Lead singer Gareth Liddiard's incendiary voice lights up the angular poetry of their songs, as he ruminates on the nature of (in no particular order), the moon (“Penumbra”), divorce (“The Drifting Housewife”), and the acquisition of godlike power and the cargo cultism of John Frum (“I Am the Supercargo”).
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| 14 | The Drones | Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh | |
18+
The Drones return to the UK in Autumn 2009 for a ten-date tour of the UK and Ireland. Like their recent sold out show at London’s Luminaire and the subsequent string of European appearances, The Drones will be showcasing their recent album Havilah, out now on ATP Records.
Havilah is brimful of the intensity, innovation and integrity that have made The Drones one of Australian rock's most critically acclaimed acts. Replete with contrast, Havilah juxtaposes bombast with beauty, roaring aggression and violent guitars with sublime melancholy lyricism. Lead singer Gareth Liddiard's incendiary voice lights up the angular poetry of their songs, as he ruminates on the nature of (in no particular order), the moon (“Penumbra”), divorce (“The Drifting Housewife”), and the acquisition of godlike power and the cargo cultism of John Frum (“I Am the Supercargo”).
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| December 2009 |
| 2 | LORDS | Captains Rest, Glasgow | |
18+
http://www.myspace.com/lordsoflouisville
From Louisville Kentucky the bad boys known as Lords will hit the UK. Check them out on Blackmarketactivities Records.
Plus special guests
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