Live in Edinburgh This Week – 8th March 2010
Basically, in terms of live music, this week revolves around two events: the (now sold out) Grizzly Bear show at the Queen’s Hall, and the Fencelicious Homegame Festival in Anstruther (final-ish running order announced here).
However, for those of you not coming out to Fife and unwilling to stump up twenty quid to see yet another band with Bear in their name, there is at least one gig very much worth seeing in Edinburgh this week.
Before that, for those of you who missed it (which I presume includes everyone) I was invited to write a comment piece for the Scotsman this weekend, about what it would mean to small bands and labels to lose BBC 6Music. The content will be pretty familiar to all of you from the post I wrote last week, which is how the article came about in the first place,
It’s on the site filed as a ‘Premium Article”, which makes me chuckle, so for those of you who don’t wish to sign in I have scanned the thing and you can read it here. I suppose I am slightly not supposed to do that, but I don’t think I am being paid for the article itself, and I don’t think it’s doing much harm to let you see the thing if only so you can exclaim, like Mrs. Toad did on first seeing it: “Where the fuck did they get that awful picture?” Bitch.
Friday 12th March 2010: The School, Allo Darlin’ & Django Django at the Wee Red Bar.
This is going to be a somewhat twee night of indie pop, with just a little darkness supplied by the Homegame-bound Django Django beforehand. You owe it to yourself to have enormous amounts of fun at this gig if you aren’t going to Homegame, just to stick it to those of us who are.
Allo Darlin’ – Atlantic City
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Ah, and Twitter tells me that The Moth & the Mirror and The Last Battle are playing This is Music at Sneaky’s on Friday.
http://www.myspace.com/thelastbattleuk
http://www.myspace.com/themothandthemirror
The Leg have their album launch at Electric Circus on Saturday, with the P. Chunks and others.
And Blood Red Shoes are playing Electric Circus tonight.
And I think you look rather dapper in that photo.
Friday is the 12th not the 13th! I fancied a little django django action until we got asked to play the same bloomin night!
Look! I found out where Matthew copy-and-pasted his byline photo from!
I don’t like what his hair is doing in it though, prefer the slightly long and shaggy not slept in 3 days matthew look.
Is that Itchy Grumble they’re launching there, Barticles?
Itchy Grumble! neil blasted that to an un-impressed ella at one in the morning last week. It left her scared and confused. I loved it.
Yes.
Dylan, that photo is worryingly close.
I tried to look at that photo, but it was blocked by work’s internet security, giving the reason “Intimate apparel and swimwear”.
I’m now a bit scared.
If I get the sack, it’s your fault Dylan.
(All your fault.)
there was also a big cock in the photo Bart!
Bart, it was a picture of Forrest fucking Gump for Christ’s sake. Embarrassing because of the uncanny likeness perhaps, but far from saucy.
A picture of Forest Whittaker fucking ice hockey player Gump Worsley?
Ewww.
Yes, that’s exactly what it was.
No wonder the Filth Filter blocked it.
Genius Chutters.
Matthew looks like my hairdresser in that photo, because men have hairdressers too right?
And why hasn’t anyone mentioned everyones favourites?
Dave Matthews Bland are playing on Thursday.
But in Glasgow. But they still are the greatest (not the greatest)
The man in that photo is not known to me. I do not consort with members of the Hitler Youth.
That photo in the Scotsman is priceless. Disclaimer – For a start it looks nothing like you. BUT you look like a boogle-eyed Hobbit on his first day of school. It’s AMAZING. The Cecil side-swipe hair cut and the fact you look like you have the mumps makes me giggle with delight.
You still coming to SXSW bigbaws….
P.S. Mrs Toad, spot on with Hitler Youth shout, very stern and psychopathic…
Yep, looks like it. Just need a car and some travel insurance.
long drive!
All Austin revellers must make a pilgrimage to the huge Whole Foods Superstore.
Nom Nom Nom!
I think I’ll just about be able to force myself…
All Austin revellers must make a pilgrimage to the huge Whole Foods Superstore.
Isn’t that the title of the new Meursault album?
Hey guys..for anyone staying in Edi this weekend the Pineapple Chunks are playing two gigs – Friday at the Roxy with Punch and the Apostles+Wounded Knee, and Saturday, as Bart mentioned, with Paul Vickers and the Leg and also ‘H’, which will be the debut solo performance from the ex-lead singer of the Gussets.
i’ve just seen the photo of you Matthew!!!!!
fuck me…..i bet you don’t hang around schools!
I do.
But they don’t like it.
nice article tho
Cheers mate, thanks very much.