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Friday, October 30, 2009 

Current mood:  chipper
Category: Music
We have been asked to support Emily Loizeau on Sunday 15th November in Sleazys.

You can check her out on myspace http://www.myspace.com/emilyloizeau

or in this you tube video

Emily Loizeau - L'autre bout du monde video clip



Should be a good night!

Tickets are £8 in advance

Hope to see some of you there!

x x x
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 

Category: Music
Unfortunately we have had to cancel tonights gig at the electric circus in Edinburgh. We hope to reschedule this for sometime in the near future.
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Thursday, September 03, 2009 

Current mood:  relaxed
Hi,

We're playing at the Goat this Sunday night (6th Sept) with 'The Low Miffs'
: http://www.myspace.com/thelowmiffs
It was a really good gig the last time we played, tends to be nice and busy with a good atmosphere/good bands and it is...
                                 FREEEEEEEEE!
so come along if you've got a 'free' night!

We also really enjoyed our gig in London recently with the Limbo guys and our gig at the Admiral last night in Glasgow, so thanks to anyone who caught us at either of those!


We are also now proud members of TWITTER

(although it'll probably only get used to let people know about gigs and new songs etc, rather than what we're eating)

-> http://lnk.ms/0J5JS

We are also now on facebook too, so i think thats us covered all of the angles the internet has to offer.

Hopefully see you Sunday,
Scott
Haight-Ashbury
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Friday, August 28, 2009 

Current mood:  tired

 

Tickets are £5 on the door or you can get them from here OR directly from us and save yourself £2! Message us for details!


x x x
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Monday, August 24, 2009 

Current mood:  excited
Category: Music
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=117873648780&ref=ts


Critically acclaimed Edinburgh club night LIMBO arrives in the Big Smoke with a special London Launch Extravaganza for its Limbo Live Volume 1 CD just before the bank holiday weekend on Thursday 27th August '09.

Edinburgh's Limbo club night has been on the go since November 2007, staging three acts a week every week until the end of June 2009 (when it broke for its summer vacation and tour: Glasgow, Aberdeen and now London). This will be Limbo's first ever date in the English capital, promoting the inaugural CD of recordings from the Scottish club, Limbo Live Volume 1 (a limited edition affair with fourteen exclusive tracks from fourteen outstanding Scottish bands - available now from 'all good record stores', including Pure Groove, Rough Trade, Sister Ray, Vinyl Junkies and Phonica in London).

Limbo London takes place at The Social, bang in the centre of town, and includes an art opening (early doors), five live acts from the Limbo Live Volume 1 CD and support from the Black Spring DJs.

See below for much more info.

Playing LIVE: Meursault, Over The Wall, Come On Gang!, Night Noise Team, Haight-Ashbury
with disk jockeying support from the Black Spring DJs

7pm-1am, £5

++ ART PREVIEW: Exclusive preview of new work by Edinburgh artist Natalie McGowan, upstairs 6-8pm, FREE ENTRY ++

http://www.facebook.com/ev..ent.php?eid=123384400317&r..ef=mf

http://womandisdressed.com

PLEASE NOTE: NO ADVANCE TICKETS, THE CAPACITY DOWNSTAIRS IS LIMITED TO 150 AND UPSTAIRS JUST 100 - ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!!

THE SOCIAL
5 Little Portland St (just off Great Portland st)
Nearest tube: Oxford Circus

More info about Limbo Live Volume 1: http://limbolive.co.uk

MORE ABOUT THE ACTS:

MEURSAULT take their name from the work of French existentialist philosopher Albert Camus but the bleak images singer-songwriter Neil Pennycook conjures with his plaintive voice belie a much broader palette of emotions than Camus's eponymous monochrome protagonist ever exhibits in The Outsider. And with the genius addition of laptop electronica, accordion, banjo, autoharp, mandolin and ukelele, the wealth of colour, light and joy he and his band adds to his songs makes them each a thing of singular beauty. Imagine The Aphex Twin dueling with Thom Yorke. Recently exposed as 2009 Ones To Watch by Scotland's own, young music pundits at The Skinny, we've every reason to believe that 2009 will be the year Meursault achieve much greater acclaim outside their own fair city. Meursault's debut album, Pissing On bonfires/Kissing With Tongue came out last year and a new EP, Nothing Broke, followed earlier this year.

'4/5...Pennycook's urgent voice personifies the collision between the Reid brothers (Jesus Mary Chain) and Guy Garvey (Elbow)...the results are compelling' (MOJO)
'5/5 ALBUM OF THE MONTH...one of the country’s most promising new bands - one of Scotland’s records of the year.... Make no mistake, after a spin of this sublime record only one word will pass your lips:magnificent' (THE SKINNY)
'A gold medal to distorted pop cabal Meursault.... chock-a-block with rowdy aural confections and gilded treats' (PLAN B)
'...strong on existential angst, Arab Strap rage and self loathing...equally capable of the lovelorn misery of King Creosote or James Yorkston... Meursault do it uncommonly well:completely absorbed and unselfconcious, they vitally don't use the noise as an excuse not to write any tunes' (WORD)
'4/5 Meursault are the most exciting band to emerge from the capital since Found..they variously recall a lo-fi, rough edged Arcade Fire and Thom Yorke's solo album The Eraser...it'd be a crime if this fine band got overlooked... what mostly makes Meursault stand out from the crowd is the quality of Pennycook's songs, which are simultaneously romantic, intensely bleak and wryly funny' (THE SCOTSMAN)
'Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues is an unassuming triumph of glum-pussed Scottish charm...' (DROWNED IN SOUND)

http://myspace.com/meursau..lta701

OVER THE WALL have come a massive distance since we first caught them at a T Break heat in August 2007 and thought they were one of the stand-out acts on the bill that night, having recently signed a publishing deal for their music and just been tipped by The Skinny as one of their bands to watch in 2009. Over The Wall have a fantastic attitude to making and playing music (and this seems to be borne out by the ebullient duo's attitude to life in general, as they are two of the nicest people we have met and worked with since starting Limbo) and both look and sound like they're having the time of their lives when they are up on stage, cracking a number of jokes at their own expense last time they played, getting everyone in the room smiling and then going on to wow the crowd and win unanimous approval at the end. Musically, they plough a rich new wave rock/pop seam, using guitars, synths, a laptop and trumpet, which pays homage to bands such as The Cure and New Order but doesn't really sound like either of them. No, no, these guys just sound like Over The Wall and that's another reason we like them so much. Trust us, you will be very impressed too! Over The Wall's debut EP, The Rise And Fall Of Over The Wall, is out now.

'Thrilling' (The Fly)
'This is electro pop with reflective neutrality and bite – 9/10' (Rock Sound)
'One of the most likeable live bands you can witness in Scotland at the moment, their touching lo-fi electronic nuances give us all a reason to look to the future with a glint in our eyes' (The Herald)
'…There are rare occasions when something truly great stops you in your tracks. And Over The Wall have done just that… A superb mix of clashing styles… there’s also an urgency and honesty to their music that’s rare in a band so new' (The Line of Best Fit)

http://myspace.com/overthe..wall

COME ON GANG! are destined for great things. A guitarist (Mikey) from Galashiels, a bassist (Rob) from Peebles and a singer/drummer (Sarah) from Brighton, they are guaranteed to get everyone jumping to their high-octane, punky, indie-pop. They launched their debut single, Wheels, at Limbo last July (check the newsletter from that week for the video interview we did back then) and were last seen at Limbo in March, having also launched their second, split 7", single with Kid Canaveral at the club in December. A little bit Belle And Sebastian, a little bit Yeah Yeah Yeahs and a little bit of something else that's quite simply Come On Gang!, if you're not feeling these tunes, you've either had your soul possessed or you need to see a shrink. Melodic, heartfelt and firing on all cylinders, Come On Gang! are a proverbial rocket-ship shooting for the moon. Come On Gang! have released two singles to date.

'Debut single Wheels is catchier than the Spanish flu' (The Austin Chronicle March 2009)
'Hipsters beware, these ebullient efforts won't allow you to stand still' (Is This Music, February 2009)
'They are the hottest band in the world today! The band are truly awesome, their live show is an experience and a half' (SRA Approved Track of The Week - Start The Sound - December 2008)
'Come On Gang! are just getting super good, super quickly. They swoop and soar and rattle and fizz and it's all so exciting and young and bastard brilliant it's like injecting sherbert and vodka into a vein in your eyeball' (www.showburner.com, November 2008)
'Brittle, incandescent power pop to crash small cars to' (The List on Wheels - Songs of The Year, December 2008)
'Get past the novelty that drummer Sarah Tanat Jones also sings lead vocals and witness the ample skills on show from this Edinburgh power pop trio and you'll concede this is no gimmick. We assume sublime singles Wheels and Start the Sound are only the start of it all' (The List Hot 100, December 2008)
'ECA trio Come on Gang! boast quite the piece de resistance in drummer/vocalist Sarah Tanat Jones, whose sweetly rendered yet gymnastic turns add a genuine touch of ethereality to some admirably tight punk pop' (The Skinny, December 2008)

http://myspace.com/comeong..angmusic

NIGHT NOISE TEAM is a Franco-Italian, Fife-Irish four-headed beat monster. In the studio, NNT draws on experimentation and lush arrangements informed by chanson, progressive disco, melodic rock, soundtracks and the absurdist spoken word. Live, the sound is a Route One, guitar-led rush of melody and urgency. Enigmatically described as 'bridging a seemingly unassailable gap between Joy Division and the Scissor Sisters' (The Skinny), NNT's first album 'Ronde de Nuit' has been well-received by NME, Is This Music? and The List among others.

'NNT make gorgeously dry Eighties-sounding rock. While Sean's arch lyrics and baritone vocals and the down-tempo beat are straight out of the Eighties decade, the guitars are often pure Radiohead creating an exciting hybrid sound' (Rick Fulton - Scottish Daily Record)
'The sound of Belfast and Paris' (Tom Robinson - Radio BBC6)
'Moody and introspective...Stay up late and go and see them' (Leither Magazine)
'Interpol's atmospherics swirl around the medicated haze of Galaxie 500...dark Arab Strap-style spoken words...brr' (NME)
'Another band to add to the growing roster of great Edinburgh bands that are doing something truly exciting' (Is this music?)
'bridges a seemingly unassailable gap between Joy Division and Scissor Sisters, handled with an effortless pop nous that may induce apoplexy with the puritanical, dour indie crowd' (Skinny)
'A cracking album' (The List)
'Like The Smiths a lifetime ago, it urges you to claim it as your own' (Idiomag)

http://myspace.com/nightno..iseteam

HAIGHT-ASHBURY's Jen and Kirsty were previously in a band signed by labels in London and Japan (supporting acts such as the Sugarbabes, no less, in massive arenas) when they were just seventeen. With their beautiful close harmonies and simple percussion, plus Kirsty's brother Scot laying down honeydew melodies on guitar, Haight Ashbury enchant everyone every time they play Limbo. It's a mesmeric take on classic West Coast American sounds, as you might imagine for a group who take their name from the San Francisco district which formed the original hub of the psychedelic revolution in the late Sixties. Haight-Ashbury have not released anything yet, bar the live recording on Limbo Live Volume 1.

'The two female singers, backed by a talented male guitarist, are like a new and improved version of a psychedelic Abba. The lyrics are great, the vocals are haunting, the timing is impressive and they fill the stage like a bigger much fuller band' (Sunday Herald)
'...and our old (although they are young) pals Haight-Ashbury whose blend of hippy rock just gets better and better... poptastic Americana with a twist' (Daily Record)
'This Glasgow trio promise to deliver a great 2008. the three-piece hardly put a foot wrong in a captivating set of psychadelic-tinged folk. sublime effect' (Sunday Mail)
'Evoking the summer of love with excellent close harmonies' (The Herald)

http://myspace.com/haighta..shburyuk

The BLACK SPRING DJs, aka Hobbes (also one half of Trouble DJs, http://getintotrouble.com) and DC, are the duo behind the weekly Limbo 'live music dance party' in Edinburgh. Since November 2007, Limbo has been staging the most exciting live acts on the circuit at Edinburgh's Voodoo Rooms, working with breaking Scottish bands such as Frightened Rabbit, Broken Records, We Were Promised Jetpacks, XVECTORS, Zoey Van Goey, Punch & The Apostles, Fangs, Unicorn Kid, Sparrow & The Workshop, Dollskabeat, Meursault, Come On Gang! and Found, plus up-and-coming touring outfits such as Modernaire, Micachu And The Shapes, Marina And The Diamonds, The Chap, Colourmusic, S.C.U.M. and Joe Gideon & The Shark. The cream of the crop from the tail end of last year's Limbo was recently collected on a CD of top notch live recordings from the club, called Limbo Live Volume 1.

As one half of the team behind Edinburgh's Radio 1 award-nominated Trouble club night, Hobbes has played everywhere from tiny sweat-boxes in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London to super-clubs in Shanghai and Beijing, Rob Da Bank's massive Big Top tent at Bestival (sharing the stage with The Human League, Santogold, Chromeo and The Breeders) to wee hot-spots in Warsaw, Sardinia, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Derry, Belgrade, Zadar and Ghent. DC is the punk rocking yin to Hobbes's disco dancing yang and a creative entrepreneur with twenty years of experience in setting up and running companies and arts organisations in the creative industries such as New Media Scotland, Screenbase and Edinburgh's Fringe Film Festival.

http://black-spring.com/li..mbo

THE VENUE

THE SOCIAL is a fantastic wee spot and a bit of a music industry hub, run by the team behind the excellent Heavenly Recordings label (behind St Etienne, Doves, Manic Street Preachers, Beth Orton, Magic Numbers etc...) and located just off Great Portland St, down the road from BBC Radio 1 and up the road from Oxford Circus. So access really shouldn't be an issue!

There's a bar upstairs, where the art opening will take place, while downstairs offers another bar and then a club space with a tiny live stage. In short, The Social is small and perfectly formed with a load of character. So, having a brilliant evening here should also be second nature.

http://thesocial.com

CRITICAL PRAISE FOR LIMBO:

'When Postcard Records Of Scotland and Edinburgh's internationally inclined Fast Product label took on the means of production in post-punk's late 1970s first flourish, they introduced now seminal acts with artistry, style and ambition. This has become the template for generations of independent musical entrepreneurs, the latest of which is Edinburgh club night Limbo' (The Herald)
'Anyone fortunate enough to attend the live music night Limbo at Edinburgh’s Voodoo Rooms on regular Thursdays will know that it’s run by people who know what’s best on the local musical landscape, and who have the luxury of applying some well-exercised quality control to their line-ups' (The List)
'Limbo has established itself as the place to go to check out new talent... The centre of Scottish pop music's gravity has conspicuously moved east' (The Scotsman)
'Limbo rock immensely...what makes Limbo stand out from other multi-line-up gig nights across the city – and the rest of the UK for that matter – is the organisers' ability to select the right mix of bands, as well as the very best in innovative indie music for their weekly shindig' (Edinburgh Evening News)
'It is, hands down, one of the best live music programmes around at the minute' (The Skinny)
'...some of the hottest new Scottish acts... Club Night Of The Month' (The Fly)
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Saturday, August 22, 2009 

Current mood:  working
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Monday, August 10, 2009 

 



We will be playing on Sunday afternoon at duckstock in the Flying Duck, it's free!! Hopefully see you there!



 


 
Duckstock '09 Line Up Kitchen:
13:00 Baby Disco
14:45 Stuart Brown and Brian Molley Duo
13:35 Stuart Brown and Brian Molley Duo
16:25 Corrie dick
17:15 Mike + Solvieg
18:05 RM Hubbert
19:45 John B McKenna
20:35 The Tallboy
21:35 My Old Blue Terraplane
22:15 The Nacional

Living Room
15:10 Mondegreen
16:00 Heads On Sticks
16:50 The Primevals
17:40 The Parrifins
18:30 Haight Ashbury
19:20 The Low Miffs
20:10 Rags and feathers
21:00 Kid Canaveral
21:50 The Poison Sisters
22:40 Honey and the Herbs
Peace and Love Y'all

x x x
Currently listening:
No Secrets
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Release date: 1992-06-22
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Sunday, July 26, 2009 

Current mood:  sneezy

 

Ticket Prices

 

Prices inclusive of camping, all entertainments & workshops and for this Sept also includes vehicle parking

Admission from noon Wed 16 Sept 09

Admission from 10 am on 17, 18, 19 & 20 Sept. 09

Advance Price

Admission on

Wed 16 Sept or

Thurs 17 Sept

Advance Price

Admission on

Fri 18 Sept

Price on GATE

Admission on

Wed16 Sept or

Thurs 17 Sept

 

Price on GATE

Admission on

Fri 18 Sept

Adult 16 +

£80

£65

£85

£70

11 – 15 yrs .. children under 11 yrs FREE

£36

£31

£40

£35

 

Tickets/Donations will be available at the GATE for -

Sat into Sun/Mon: £65 [£31 11-15 yrs]

Sat only: Pay the Sat into Sun/Mon price and receive £15 refund if leaving past box office BY 11am Sun.

ie Sat price works out at: £50 [£16 11-15 yrs]  Refunds available ONLY during box office opening times. 

Sunday only [includes camping Sun night]: £40 [£15 11-15 yrs]

 

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Release date: 2008-08-18
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Monday, July 20, 2009 

Current mood:insane
Category: Art and Photography
A few weeks ago we played at The Limbo Live Vol 1 Glasgow launch at Stereo. The lovely Jenny Soep was there to capture the evening and this...


 

is what she came up with during our half hour set!

You can see more of Jennys work here;
Jenny Soep
www.jennysoep.blogspot.com

also, dont forget you can still buy Limbo Live Vol.1 HERE and on itunes, just search for Limbo Live!

x x x
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By The Eagles
Release date: 2008-03-17
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Monday, July 13, 2009 

Current mood:  fabulous
Category: Music
We have been invited to support The Silencers on Wednesday night at Oran Mor, you might be able to buy tickets here

Hopefully see you there!


x x x


(If you cant make it to Oran Mor we will be playing at The Flying Duck on Friday the 17th July and BOX on Wednesday 22nd July)
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