Live in Edinburgh This Week – 27th September 2009
This week’s job is the finishing of the Honeytrap Toad Session, preparing the second Toad House Gig for Friday – brilliant brilliant brilliant! – sort of getting ready for the Toad Autumn Party at the Bowery on the 10th (Pineapple Chunky madness, woo!) and getting the Meursault singles pressed and the artwork sorted. If I am dead by the weekend, do not be surprised.
Fortunately, the start of the week is relatively light on gigs. Lightish anyway. Tonight is free, so I should get a chunk done then. I just fear the traditional upload hell which tends to accompany the finishing of these bloody videos. Vimeo is a great service in many ways, but the uploading is flaky as fuck and incredibly annoying. Still, that’s presumably a matter for Friday at 4am, if the FOUND session is anything to go by.
Tuesday 29th September 2009: The Blank Tapes & Magic Leaves at the Bowery.
I really like it when people around me get all giddy about the visit of bands I’ve never heard of – it makes going to a gig that much more exciting. This is one of those gigs
Wednesday 30th September 2009: Wild Beasts & The Kays Lavelle at Cabaret Voltaire.
These guys are just on the edge of stuff I like – some of it I absolutely love and some I find just a little bit too much. It’s camp and loose, but they write terrific pop songs nevertheless and I am really looking forward to seeing them live to get a bit more of a clue about their personality as a band.
Wild Beasts – Hooting & Howling
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Thursday 1st October 2009: Leith Tape Club at the Iso Lounge, with Animal Magic Tricks and Men Diamler.
The Leith Tape Club is a lovely night, with a small capacity and an initmate atmosphere, and conveniently right around the corner from my work.
Thursday 1st October: Meursault, Three Blind Wolves & Washington Irving at Sneaky Pete’s.
Three Blind Wolves are apparently Ross Clark-related, although I have to confess I know nothing about them. Washington Irving are another new one on me, but I think we all know quite enough about Meursault by now.
Friday 2nd October 2009: X Lion Tamer & Nite Jewel at Sneaky Pete’s.
I don’t know why I like X Lion Tamer, exactly. All that synthy 80s pop should be way more than I can handle, but oddly I find myself really enjoying it – basically I suppose because the songs are just incredibly catchy. Night Jewel, I have to confess, I know almost nothing about.
X Lion Tamer – Neon Hearts
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Friday 2nd October: Animal Magic Tricks & Men Diamler play the second Toad House Gig.
These house gigs look like turning into really nice things. The last one was bloody lovely, and with the lovely Animal Magic tricks and Men Diamler, whose music can be as mental as it can lovely I think this one will be a fantastic night.
Animal Magic Tricks – Smallish Hooves
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Friday 2nd October: Trespassers William, Glissando & eagleowl at the Wee Red Bar.
Gizeh Records’ allstar tour comes to Edinburgh, supported by local sorts The Kays Lavelle and eagleowl. I have to confess I rather feared for eagleowl, who were somewhat threatened by a recent combination of relocation and fornication, but seeing them back playing (superbly) at the Withered Hand EP launch last week has cheered me right up. They have about seven new songs recorded too, you know. I’ve no idea what they’re going to do with them, but they have them, which is tantalising, but definitely rather excellent news.
Saturday 3rd October: Kid Canaveral EP launch at the Bowery, with Come On Gang and Cancel the Astronauts.
This lineup is ridiculously indie-pop-tastic, with Edinburgh’s three finest lining up in a show of defiance to all that moany indie-folk shit I insist on listening to. This stuff is all about the infectiousness of the tunes, and Kid Canaveral are perhaps the most hummable band in the city. Their new EP is out on download or, erm, tape. Yes, tape. Good fucking grief, it’ll be wax cylinders or fucking eight track next.
Kid Canaveral – Couldn’t Dance
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“These house gigs look like turning into really nice things. The last one was bloody lovely, and with the lovely Animal Magic tricks and Men Diamler, whose music can be as mental as it can lovely I think this one will be a fantastic night.”
So let me get this straight. It’s going to be lovely?
If Friday turns out to be anything other than lovely, will be people be entitled to a refund?
Yes, they will be. There is precisely zero chance of non-loveliness.
also playing With KC, COG and CTA at the Bowery on saturday night, are the rather fantastic Popup!!! what a line up! what a night! go go go!!!
However, i won’t be there as i’ve double booked it with a friend’s birthday……pish and shite!!!
but i guess thats one more reason to go, i’m not going to be there!!!
Whoop Whoop
What if it’s merely pleasant?
There’s another chance to see CTA on Thursday at the Mill.
Also, I heard that the eagleowl tracks are coming out on mini disc.
Actually, I think Mitchell Museum are at the Wee Red on Friday, but I could be wrong.
it’s Saturday toad……we all know whats at the Wee Red on friday!!!!
i’d heard that the eagleowl tracks had be eaten by small prey!
Also supporting Wild Beasts is/are Blue Roses, who is/are lovely.
a rather good band called and so i watch from afar are playing at bannermans on saturday also.
im also getting extremely excited now about sparrow and the workshop/kill it kid/ yusuf azak. probably the best line up of all time ever.
Blue Roses are rather spiffing
apart from fridays line up. thats better.
cough?
I will third the Blue Roses recommendation. Unfortunately when I spotified Wild Beasts earlier on the in the week they made me want to punch something, so I fear on my limited budget I will be missing out.
Blue Roses is also from Shipley, which must be the best thing to come out of the Bradford metropolitan district since Terrorvision. Ahem.
i use to drink in the same bars as the TV guitarist.
Wild Beasts certainly can be a bit much, but on balance I think I am liking them more and more.
Maybe I should give them another go then. I’m a bit delicate these days and they made me want to throw up on first listen, so they never got another.
Which album was it? Limbo Panto I found mostly to be a bit too much, but their latest one was a lot less full-on.
Mind you, you wouldn’t be the first person I know to take violently against them.
Having seen wild beasts a couple of times i’d say they are definately worth a punt. Very good live
Shame you couldn’t start the house gig at 10.30pm. That would have been good.
It would have made me feel less guilty too…
When are the eagleowl tracks coming out on wax cylinder?
Probably in about 2012 knowing the pace they move at.
Ed, there are things to feel guilty about in life. Not coming to Trampoline is not one of them.
It was Limbo Panto, so maybe I should try another. Maybe I should just come, especially if Wilf and Scientist are also going to be there!
Tony from Terrorvision lived down my street until he made money on “Tequila” and moved to the finer environs of Oxenhope. He is a very nice man who likes mountain biking, and when his cycling shoes were stolen my Mum spoke to Steve Lamacq. True story, with a few bridging points cruicially missed out for brevity.
True story, with a few bridging points cruicially missed out for brevity.
Possibly one or two too many bridging points missed out there, Becky.
It sounds like Steve Lamacq was leading the investigating into the cycling shoe theft, and was conducting door-to-door enquiries in the neighbourhood!
I’m sure the neighbours might have something to say about a house gig (party) starting at 10:30…..
…just saying like!
We’d probably have Steve Lamacq out again conduting his door-to-door enquiries!
dadadadadadaddaaadadadadada…
the bowery!
oxjam!
sunday!
hailey beavis, kim edgar, raised by wolves, aurora stands in snow!
L.O.V.E.L.Y
Our neighbours have yet to complain about anything, but we don’t want to push it. And it looks like one of Mrs. Toad’s colleagues will be moving in next door, which could be ‘interesting’. Her dual life as responsible financier and punk rock pish-heid could cause some raised eyebrows.
Oxjam looks like a bloody good lineup.
I wouldn’t call Mrs. Toad a “punk rock pish-heid”.
I think she’s more into ska.
Also, I wouldn’t call Mrs. Toad a “punk rock pish-heid”!
The ska might just be down to what vinyl we have handy at the moment. As for making fun of bad-tempered midgets, yes it does feel a bit like that scene in Flash Gordon where he had to stick his hand into the tree stump on Arborea, doesn’t it.
Dylan’s story is far more fun than the real version, so I’m just going to leave it there.
Two Dancers is more manageable than Limbo Panto isn’t it? Maybe I will spend some money tomorrow after all.
‘Real fans’ might say that it’s blander, but personally I would call it a little more consistent and, as you say manageable. Come onnnn!
That bit in Flash Gordon. The first guy to get stung is Peter Duncan off of Blue Peter.
“I said ‘Don’t be so blue….peter.’ Now FUCK OFF!”
I’m not a massive fan or anything, but I did prefer Limbo Panto. But then maybe I just need to give the new one a few more listens.
See you sown the front Becky – Is Mr Becky coming or will there not be enough power-ballads for him?
I’m not a massive fan or anything, but I did prefer Limbo Panto. But then maybe I just need to give the new one a few more listens.
See you down the front Becky – Is Mr Becky coming or will there not be enough power-ballads for him?
doh!