Live in Edinburgh This Week – 22nd March 2009
Bugger me it’s a busy week in gigs this week, starting this very evening, which is annoying in a sense as I’d rather hoped to have a relaxing week. Fat chance, it seems. Sorry for the lack of chat, but there’s a fuck of a lot to list here and I have to get this done before the end of my lunch break. Consequently these previews are going to be the shortest I’ve ever written. It might seem slightly insulting to the bands involved, but huge apologies if it is, but I am really, really rushed this morning.
Monday 23rd March 2009: The Ghost Bees at the Bowery as part of the Place Project.
Very delicate and, yes, ghostly female indie-folk from the Maritimes in Canada – Nova Scotia I think.
Ghost Bees – Vampires of the West Coast
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Monday 23rd March 2009: Joe Gideon & the Shark, Paul Vickers & the Leg & Enfant Bastard at Cabaret Voltaire.
Lots of growly guitars.
Joe Gideon & the Shark – Civilisation
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Wednesday 25th March 2009: Schwervon, Withered Hand & Come in Tokyo at the Bowery.
Schwervon are part of the New York anti-folk stuff I do believe, albeit rather more punky that you might expect from a tag like that.
Schwervon – Pretty Slow
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Thursday 26th March 2009: Leith Tape Club upstairs at the Isobar, with Rob St. John, Jennifer Concannon, Randan Discotheque & Ottersgear.
A really friendly DIY night down in Leith. Highly recommended.
Friday 27th March 2009: Tentracks and Oxjam at the Bowery, with Punch & the Apostles, Jesus H. Foxx, The Byrons & the Black Diamond Express.
The new Jesus H. Foxx stuff sounds really good, I’ve never seen the sheer carnival mentalism that is Punch & the Apostles, the Byrons make a good fucking racket and so, in a different style, do the Black Diamond Express.
The Byrons – Good Man
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Friday 27th March 2009: Oxjam presents Vashti Bunyan & Lucky Jim at the Roxy Art House (i.e.: upstairs at the Bowery).
Lucky Jim is rather lovely, in the singer-songwriter style and Vashti Bunyan took one of the biggest hiatuses in music history between her first and second albums of folk prettiness.
Lucky Jim – You’re Lovely To Me
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Saturday 28th March 2009: Broken Records at the Bedlam Theatre.
Should be quite an interesting show, this, because it’s a small venue and apparently the usual mayhem will be tempered somewhat in favour of something more tailored to the environment – should be good.
Broken Records – Wolves (Toad Session)
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Saturday 28th March 2009: The Phantom Band at Cabaret Voltaire (more Oxjammery).
I’m not so keen on the Phantom Band but I know a lot of you are, so I thought this was worth pointing out as well.
The Phantom Band – The Howling
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was planning on going to the vashti bunyan gig on friday but i think itll have to be punch and the apostles instead now. ah decisions decisions. its also quite gutting that there are no tickets to broken records. that will be a cracker
The Phantom Band are awesome….fact!!!
May still be tickets for Bedlam show… Will be a bulletin out if there are, depends if press confirm or not (if they decide to grace us with their presence, hmmmm).
I agree with Toad at the minute, not sure what I make of the Phantom band, some like, some not so..
It’s well documented you have awful taste in music chutters…:-)
oh well i shall have to keep a close eye on that then.
Is this my pal Jim? If there are tickets for bedlam I’d love to come, sounds ace!
Aye, this Jim fella is my very complicated alter ego…Will let you know whats happening as soon as I do. I’d much prefer folk who wanted to see us rather than a bunch of snotty journo’s at the show, but hey ho. Will hopefully be in touch pal.
i would indeed probably give a testicle to be at this show.
Am I allowed to come along if I’m both?
I’d love to see the Scottish Arcade Fire play such a nice venue.
You, my friend, are getting a kicking next time I see you.
See – you even antagonise the press just like Win Butler. And your band has an accordian and a fiddle. It’s just uncanny!
and the name Wim sounds like the name Jim…..the writing in the sands…..
Toad, now don’t you go getting ideas above your station….you’re no snotty journo!!
Put me down for a ticket for Friday if there’s a spare one kicking about!
Just snotty, Chutters?
fuck just realised i have a ticket for de rosa atsneaky petes that night.
maybe…..just a snotty poddy
What’s a poddy?
Obviously when I said Friday, I meant Saturday (Bedlam).
I’m struggling with this whole space/time continuum thing at the moment.
I would also be prepared to offer one of Michael’s testicles in order to attend.
He’s an internet person, so he doesn’t need them. Internet people don’t have actual sex.
I did a TPM.
Are you suggesting that internet use hinders one’s sexual prowess; or that Michael is just a figment of our collective imaginations, like Tron or Jeff Fahey in The Lawnmower Man. Or DC for that matter.
im a real boy.
with real dreams
Wet ones.
(Dylan, your three-post mentalism didn’t go unnoticed. Pull yourself together, boy!)
I was wondering if it actually counted because of the two hour gap between the first and second posts..
Yes it did. For shame.