Live in Edinburgh This Week – 25th January 2009
Christ, it’s going to be like Fred Karno’s bloody Circus in Edinburgh this week (did your Grandma use that phrase all the time too?) Particulary towards the tail end of the week there are all sorts of good gigs, of which I will be attending… precisely none, unfortunately. We’re away in London this weekend, and I am in Glasgow on both Wednesday and Thursday nights, would you believe. Incredibly frustrating.
We are nearly finished work on the Samamidon Toad Session, and a bloody good thing too, because Johnny Lynch, aka the Pictish Trail, will be coming into Toad Hall on Friday to record the next one. The plan is to get these two recorded and posted by the Fence Collective‘s Homegame festival, which is now on the weekend of the 17th, 18th and 19th of April because we should end up generating a hell of a lot of work there, between interviews, live reviews and stuff like that, so it will be important to have the decks clear by the time that comes around.
Wednesday 28th January 2009: Come On Gang, Jesus H. Foxx & Chutes at Cabaret Voltaire.
The first gig of the year from my pals at Fresh Air, Edinburgh’s student radio station. It’s happy, spiky indie pop all the way, so if you fancy a bit of a dance and a chance to hear the SXSW-bound Come On Gang then swing by Cabaret Voltaire on Wednesday.
Come On Gang – Spinning Room
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Thursday 29th January 2009: Meursault, Y’all is Fantasy Island & Mitchell Museum play Limbo at the Voodoo Rooms.
What a bloody lineup – two of Edinburgh’s finest accompanied by a band who have been going for about a year and whom I have rather shamefully yet to see. And I can’t go. Fucking ARSE! Between the exuberance of Mitchell Museum, the racket of YiFI and the passionate howl of Meursault this should be a really top evening.
Y’all is Fantasy Island – With Handclaps
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Thursday 29th January 2009: SL Records night at Cabaret Voltaire, with Withered Hand, Paul Vickers & the Leg & Lords of Bastard.
SL Records are going to have the very enviable pleasure indeed of releasing a Withered Hand album some time in 2009, the swine. They’ve been around for a while though, with Paul Vickers & the Leg one of their stalwarts. Looks like a good night.
Paul Vickers & the Leg – Umbrella Propella
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Thursday 29th January 2009: Popolo play Sick Note at Cabaret Voltaire.
Ever since their appearance on the early Ten Tracks compilations I have been curious so see these lads. It appears to be entirely intrumental, relying on thumping electronics to create an edgy dancefloor atmosphere. Fascinating.
Popolo – Or Optimism
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Sunday 1st February 2009: Ex Lion Tamer, Milophobia & Vessel at Cabaret Voltaire.
Another blog in Edinburgh hatches a record label, this on run by my good friend Ed from 17 Seconds – yes the same chap who spent the tail of last year fending off an angry swarm of DMCA complaints after his enthusiastic help in getting Glasvegas a major record deal. Well, his own label treads rather different territory, with first signings Aberfeldy indulging in the sweetest of pop, and second signing Ex Lion Tamer inhabiting a slightly more 80s electro-disco territory.
Ex Lion Tamer – Life Support Machine
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something is bothering me……
Crabs?
nah…owls
Oh fuck yes, the Mill. Any idea who they’re playing with now that Meursault are at Limbo?
no idea…don’t think that The Mill have any idea either…..but it makes for a interesting night of fucking running about….here there and bloody everywhere!!!!
Well I know Neil has tried to email the Mill on numerous occasions, but they don’t seem to have replied or indeed read the emails, judging from their website. They might be in for a right last minute panic if they haven’t realised.
Apparently there is some clause in the performance contract that he wasn’t happy about – something about signing away the rights to all recordings and video of the event. He tried to query it and they didn’t get back to him.
Also, isn’t Pictish in town to play a show at the Lot on Friday?
And Over the Wall are playing the Otters Sing Lullabies night at Henrys on Saturday, with No Pasaran and Debutant.
You forgot Dav and Michael‘s band, The Stormy Seas, at The Harbour Inn on Saturday, too.
Woo! Look at me! I’m Bart!!
Woo! Look at me! I’m Bart!!
Now that’s a t-shirt. But only if we make Bart wear it. Or if fifty of us all wear one to the next eagleowl gig.
I’m Bartacus!
i can’t equate in my head the idea of fifty of us at an Eagleowl gig…..
Anyway i’m sure Bart would want a tee that said….’wow! look at me! i’m mates with tom’ on the front
Woo! Look at me! I’m Bart!!
Possibly the gayest thing said around here in a while.
do you think it would at all possible to catch withered hand, eagleowl and meursault all on thursday night? i think with some intricate timetable planning it might be achievable. i kind of feel like if i miss any of them ill be picking favourites and i dont want to do that.
oh go on pick a favourite!!!!
oh and cheers for mentioning our gig dylan, nice to know someone actually knows we exist! were also playing at forest cafe on sunday night if anyone fancies seeing us but cant be arsed coming to newhaven on saturday.
Yes, I can just see me prancing about and flapping my hands limp-wristedly while I said that.
But, if you must know, while typing that comment, I was chewing whole housebricks and arm-wrestling Geoff Capes while driving a Subaru Impreza at breakneck speed through a council estate and simultaneously being fellated by a number of patient and imaginitive lingerie models.
That’s how macho I am.
Surely that’s what prompted the comment in the first place?
Still in the closet, then, eh?
i’ve got a true story about a closet and a sexual act between 2 men…..i wasn’t one of the men before you start….
I wasn’t about to leap to the assumption that you were, Tom.
At least, not until you denied it as vociferously and stridently as you did; and before anyone had even asked.
Now I’m convinced you must be.
Tom, you fucked someone with a closet?
oh god!
Are you doing it again now?
…..you’re a big man but your out of shape…..
Of course he is. You can tell from his guilty tone of voice. Closet-bothering pervert.
checklist
one big fuck off bomb….check
right see you all soon!!!
Where are you gonna put that?
oh nowhere…..do you Dylan and Matthew fancy a pint later?
i’ll meet you by the big fuck off bomb….sorry i mean Pearce’s after work?
Don’t interrupt, Bart!
I think Tom has finally started to tell the story about what happened to him with the big fella in the closet.
Shhh…
I’m up for a quickie if you are, Tom.
see now the words rampant and chutney take on an altogether fruitier meaning.
The Rampant Closet Chutney Bomb
exactly
I’m having a night in tonight, I’m afraid.
It looks like my only chance all week.
Bart had some of my chutney on Saturday night…..
Er, I seemed to have walked in on something. I just wanted to say thanks to Dylan for the cheeky wee mention, if you’re about on Saturday make yourself known and I’ll buy you a pint, and to let michael know that I know he exists (he has needs).
I certainly did not come here to make gay jokes about a man with a bomb.
dav you are always making jokes about gay men with bombs.
No problem, Dav. I’ll be there. I might even take a couple of photos to pop up on Blueback Hotrod if that’s alright with your good selves!
Or indeed any jokes about a man with a bomb.
And sorry about missing that one. I can be a bit casual about this post actually – search the established venues and that’s that. I do write the thing in my lunch time of course, but it means I can and do miss things.
then I found out you just had a really loud watch
whats that ticking!!!!
Dylan – that would be class
Matthew – Thats more than fair enough, all I do in my lunch hour is sit with my head rested on my keyboard.
then I found out you just had a really loud watch
Clapclapclapclap!
Er…what HAVE I walked in on? Anyway, thanks for mentioning Ex Lion Tamer : )
Ignore these loonies, Ed. They’re harmless, just very, very strange.
I was also hoping to somehow catch all three bands (ie WH, EO and, um, M) on Thurs. Does anyone have any ideas of stagetimes etc, or should I concentrate my energies more on cloning myself between now and Thurs night?
Thanks (and hello btw), Helen
I reckon you can ruin the enjoyment of a good night by doing too much running around. Any one of these would be good, so why not just pick one and go for it. Or, if you’re going to charge about, the Caves and Cabaret Voltaire are quite close by one another, so that might be the best choice. Anyone know who’s playing with eagleowl at the Mill?
“Anyone know who’s playing with eagleowl at the Mill?”
Don’t know but I reckon the mill are pretty open to suggestions right about now.
For anyone trying to catch both Withered Hand & Meursault…it is possible. At least I hope so for my sake. The SL night finishes at 11 meaning that WH should be wrapping up at about 10:30, and i reckon M should be on at about 10:45.
Not sure about times for the Mill gig but bart may be able to enlighten us.
Time for that seventy minutes of solo improvised experimental violin Bart was talking about on this wonderful t-shirt.
Ah, it’s Come In Tokyo at The Mill, apparently. Barticus will be pleased – he’s a big fan. Better than that wailing bunch of electro-muppets, anyway.
This is good news.
Thought you’d like that.
I think we’ll be on first, then – so from 9 to 9.30pm.
If anyone’s planning on running the Thursday Night Edinburgh Music Scene Gauntlet.
We’re all going to need Anneka Rice style jumpsuits and beach buggies.
Haha! Love it..
So the schedule is:
2100hrs: Eagleowl
2145hrs: Withered Hand
2300hrs: Meursault
Where are they all playing again? I’ve confused myself.
So it’s Eagleowl first
Ooh look!
There’s a random bit I forgot to delete at the bottom of that comment!
I feel like I’ve walked out of the bathroom with my skirt tucked into my knickers!
How embarassing!
Now there’s an image absolutely no-one wants in their heads.
Would
make a good T-Shirt?
*Crap t-shirt kills thread.*