Live in Edinburgh This Week – 15th November 2009
Having made such an almighty pig’s ear of last week’s listings, I find myself wondering if the gigmosphere really is as thin as it looks this week, or whether I’ve just managed to make another spectacular arse of spotting the good ‘uns again.
There’s something a little different happening, actually, because Joey Comeau and the Loose Teeth Press are going to be at the Bowery as part of their reading tour tonight, which sounds rather interesting. Also, the Charity Baw at the Roxy on Saturday looks like a bit of a spectacular, so it’s not actually as quiet a week as it looks.
Tuesday 17th November 2009: King Charles play the first Fresh Air Tuesday at the GRV.
Fresh Air student radio are taking over the GRV on Tuesdays this year, putting on something a little different each week, and kicking things off this week with King Charles. I don’t know them at all, but I have dug up a few songs and they sound really rather good. Definitely worth checking out.
King Charles – Beating Hearts
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Friday 20th November 2009: Otters Sing Lullabies present Conquering Animal Sound, Molly Wagger and Aurora Stands in Snow at the Bowery.
This will be a quirky night of music, all quite gentle in most senses, but nevertheless a little disturbing in others. There will be a lot of acoustic loveliness and quite a bit of slightly eccentric electronic trickery as well.
Saturday 21st November 2009: Charity Baw at the Roxy Art House.
Pretty much every bastard is playing this one. There are local heroes such as Withered Hand, Aberfeldy, Benni Hemm Hemm and Come On Gang but, somewhat more intriguingly from my perspective, there will also be the amazing (The Real) Tuesday Weld. That sounds a bit hard on the local contingent, but I don’t mean it that way, simply that I have been a Tuesday Weld fan for bloody ages and never once had the chance to sample their visually sumptuous live show. Yes, yes I did just use the word sumptuous. Sorry. What I basically mean is that they use their rather excellent videos as a backdrop to the live performance, which sound brilliant. And at least a little sumptuous.
(The Real) Tuesday Weld – Kix
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Sunday 22nd November 2009: Debutant, Rasied by Wolves, The Last Battle at the Bowery.
This is my gig of the week, I think. I’ve not properly seen any of these bands live and I have been twitching to see all three for a while. Debutant’s atmospheric guitar layering will probably be quite distinct from the more traditional songwriting of the other two bands, but it looks like this should be a good ‘un.
I am back on Fresh Air Radio this evening, although unfortunately not accompanied by the lovely Ruth, as she’s not feeling well. However, to keep the loveliness quota nice and high, the extremely lovely Diana de Carrabus from 
