Live in Edinburgh This Week – 6th September 2010
So, whilst the first half of 2010 was relatively quiet on the live music front, August was absolute mayhem. And as the dust settles on another festival period, and we try to assess the physical and financial damage in a calm and orderly fashion, it doesn’t look like things are slowing down on the gig radar. Which I’m rather pleased about.
Monday 6th September 2010: Miaoux Miaoux and Wounded Knee at Electric Circus. Bart’s House. Sneaky Pete’s.
The rather talented Justin Corrie – not content in being in one third of indie popsters Maple Leave – brings his solo electronic project to Edinburgh. Also I’ll be intrigued to see how Wounded Knee’s looped folk meanderings go down amongst the glitz and glamour of Electric Circus.
Tuesday 7th September 2010: Super Adventure Club, Luis Franscesco Arena and Hopwood & Black at Sneaky Pete’s.
I’ve no idea about the other two, but Super Adventure Club are brilliant in a really mental way. Or maybe mental in a really brilliant way.
Tuesday 7th September 2010: Kath Bloom, This Frontier Needs Heroes, Woodpigeon and eagleowl at the Roxy Room.
Basically, an End of the Road warm up gig. And I may be biased, but I think this is one of the most interesting line-ups the cities seen in a while – an incredible coup for first time promoters Powan Presents. This Frontier Needs Heroes will be playing their own set before joining the legendary Kath Bloom as her backing band, just as eagleowl will do the same before swelling the ranks of Woodpigeon. So basically one big old alt.folk love-in.
Thursday 9th September 2010: Panda Su, The Occasional Flickers and The Last of Private’s Balladeers at Sneaky Pete’s.
The Occasional Flickers will be playing a stripped down set for their first show in a long while.
Friday 10th September 2010: The Buzzcocks at The Liquid Rooms.
The Buzzcocks are one of only three good bands that have ever come out of Manchester. Discuss.
Friday 10th September 2010: Francois & The Atlas Mountains at The Roxy.
Francois & the Atlas Mountains pretty much single handedly turned this year’s Homegame from a really nice community folk festival into an all out weekend dance party. And I’ll love them forever because of that.
Friday 10th September 2010: Come on Gang!, FOUND and Jesus h. Foxx at The Caves.
Come on Gang! Single launch, featuring support from two of the most exciting and interesting bands in Edinburgh. You can’t go wrong, really.
I was going to put one of those editor’s comments (you know the ones where they insert a comment in brackets and sign it off as -ed.) agreeing with Bart on his assertion about François & The Atlas Mountains at Homegame, but my name’s not Ed.
The miaoux miaoux show is at sneakys !
LEAVE ME ALONE.
Anyway, aren’t you meant to be rehearsing?
he doesn’t know what instrument he is meant to be playing, i think he’s just there to be the eye candy
Oh do I have to go back in and change it again?
I only just came out after finding where Francois was playing..
CHANGE IT CHANGE IT CHANGE IT CHANGE IT.
Thanks Dyla.
No problem, Barthol.
(Gmail just abbreviated you to that on my inbox. Heheh!)
Presumably the Smiths and the Happy Mondays are the other two good Manchester bands? Oh wait, Joy Division.
Hmmmmm. There are at least five good bands here.
That list does also illustrate that a huge number of very, very bad bands came from Manchester too..
i was thinking how average most of the bands are/were!
So much to answer for…
Also, everyone should get behind Powan Presents, as they seem to be planning plenty more interesting shows in Edinburgh. And that is a good good thing.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=127329127304633&ref=ts
http://www.myspace.com/powanpresents
I think one of the other two good Manchester bands is probably James.
Not the Happy Mondays.