Dear all
Wade through the cloudy misery of your Glasto comedown and take a peek what we have in store for you this month, everything from Micachu and The Shapes to Lloyd Grossman (I'm not joking. Nearly as surreal as the time we had John Snow doing kareoke). Certainly not one to miss...
Much love
The Wilmo x
Thurs 2nd
HINDENBURG MILE HIGH CLUB - The Laurel Collective + Bo Ningen + Micachu and The Shapes (acoustic) 7.30pm. £5.
"And it holds the key to why The Laurel Collective are so likeable: their music is optimistic and full of beans, lifting your mood as it lifts off."
Fri 3rd
CLUB FANDANGO – Fraff + K+U+R+T+Z + The Notorious HiFi Killers + Noah Kelly. 8pm. £6/£5 with flyer (http://www.clubfandango.co.uk/flyers.php?id=1191)
“FRAFF are ....London....'s original Artrockers who released their 3rd album back in 2002 and called it 'Artrocker'. Band members Tom and Paul went on to found The Artrocker Club, label and Magazine. The band has moved powerfully through the ....UK.... indie rock of of the 90's.”
Sat 4th
VIS THE SPOON - Television Personalities + The Rufuseniks + Mafia Lights + The Brain Children. 8.00pm. £6/£3 members, join www....com/spoonface
“Why Dan Treacy inspired me start Creation Records…The shambolic genius behind Television Personalities made me realise that I could run a label. Yet this great songwriter still hasn't been fully recognised for his contribution to music” Alan McGee, The Guardian.
Sun 5th
FIX EDINBURGH PREVIEWS - Tim Keys/Slutcracker + Wil Hodgson/Punk Rock Folk Tales. 5.30pm/Show 6.00pm. £6.
Sun 5th
MUSICAL COMEDY - Danny Hurst + Alexandra Clarke + Sanity Valve + Ben Glasstone + Kevin Davidson. 8.30pm. £5. Advance tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/52830
A diverse showcase of musical comedians lined up for your pleasure, featuring stars of the site www.musicalcomedy.co.uk and other talented acts from the musical comedy community. A perfectly silly Sunday. Hosted by founder of Avin a Larf, Ed Chappel.
Mon 6th
FIX COMEDY CLUB. 8.00pm
Tues 7th
TWO SEVENS CLASH - The New Forbidden + The Listening Device + Kunk + The Decoits. 7.00pm. £5/£3 concessions. All proceeds to Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.
'THE NEW FORBIDDEN' is the London-based rock band featuring TV presenter and pasta sauce king Loyd Grossman on guitar.
Wed 8th
MUSIC MUST CHANGE – Bongo Fury + Perfect People + The Deep Below + Fearless Vampire Killers. 7.30pm. £6 door / £4 flyer.
PLUS… free shot of Jack Daniels on the door! In association with CODA Agency and Tourdates.co.uk who will be filing the event LIVE thru the website, plus interviews with the bands!
Fri 10th
STITCH-UP (IN THE CITY ) -The Lipstick Melodies + Dear Thief + Lofty Heights + Rob Marr. 8.00pm. £5.
Rob Marr – “Hopefully, sounds like nothing else at all, like a great big tasty stew of the things you hear and love.”
Sat 11th
BALLOON ALOFT – Lime Headed Dog + Three Single Spy + Vadoinmessico + Whole Schebang + Off Ground Touch + Mat Riviere + Jam on Bread. 4pm. £5.
“An all day indie pop/folk festival”
Sun 12th
FIX EDINBURGH PREVIEWS - Ross Lee - Not a lot of sex lies and video tape. 5.30pm/Show 6.00pm. £6.
Mon 13th
FIX COMEDY CLUB. 8.00.pm
Tues 14th
THE STORY PIRATES PRESENT – MC Rob Broderick plus special musical and comedy guests. 7.00pm. £2 in advance, £4 on the door.
Wed 15th
STABOKKI - Silicon Kid + Semaphore. 8.00pm. £3.
“Silicon Kid are a ....London.... based six piece who make music that is at home with both The Stooges and Elbow via Bloc Party, Radiohead and Kasabian. It is as epic and grand as it is riotous and rocking.”
Thurs 16th
LADYGARDEN – Fantastic ....Edinburgh.... Preview Show. 8.00pm. £5.
“....Joyous.. ..Lady.. ..Garden....…excellent comic writing and comedy acting…as intricate as an opera and 10 times more fun!” - Chortle.
Fri 17th
SPILLAGE FETE OCCASIONAL NUMBER 4 - Le Tetsuo + Wiqwar + Special Guests + DJ Ravedamage. 8pm. £4.
Sun 19th
FIX EDINBURGH PREVIEWS - Ed Aczel “Edward Aczel Explains All The World's Problems...And Then Solves Them” + Two episodes of mash. 5.30pm/Show 6.00pm. £6.
Mon 20th
FIX COMEDY CLUB. 8.00pm
Tues 21st
MJ HIBBETT PRESENTS - Dinosaur Planet / Chris T-T (improvised piano set). Doors 8pm/ Show 8.30pm. £5.
This is a double debut, featuring Chris T-T's first performance of his improvised instrumental piano pieces and the international debut of MJ Hibbett's new one-man Rock Opera, "Dinosaur Planet"
Wed 22nd
INDIETRACKS FESTIVAL WARM UP SHOW - The Smittens (..USA..) + One Happy Island (....USA....) + The Melting Ice Caps + Standard Fare. 7.30pm. £5 advance/ £6 door.
“The Smittens are a five-piece indiepop band from ....Burlington.., ..Vermont.... and like to think of themselves as a DIY twee pop explosion. Dana Kaplan, Colin Clary, David Zacharis, Holly Chagnon, and Max Andrucki, with help from the talented Emily Hilliard, switch up instruments, song-writing, and singing to create brilliantly lyrical and hyper-catchy pop songs of all colors, shapes and sizes.”
Thurs 23rd
KING MONKEY PRODUCTIONS PRESENT – Casinos! + The Chinese Fireworks Company + French Crops + Austrian Hospitality. 8.00pm. £5.
“Born in 2008 after many years of seeing mish mashed line ups from promoters who are only interested in the number of people through the door rather than the love of music.”
Fri 24th
CLUB CLANG - Todd + Friendship + Teeth Of The Sea. 7.30pm. £4 in advance (Wegottickets.com) / £5 on the door.
FRIENDSHIP - "A frenetic piece of gatecrashing electro with the teeth marks of Vampire Weekend. Excellent!" - Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 1
Sat 25th
KAIKO SINGLE LAUNCH
“They have the air of a student band that in flights of grandiloquent artiness decide to experiment with indie music at its most basic level, and have stumbled upon a perfect formula for contemplative, subdued and beautiful pieces that unveil a little Radiohead here, a little Scott Matthews there, with some Nick Drake darkness tying them all together.”
Sun 26th
FIX EDINBURGH PREVIEWS - Superclump + Tom Basden. 5.30pm/Show 6.00pm. £6.
Mon 27th
FIX COMEDY CLUB - TBC
Tues 28th
THE STORY PIRATES PRESENT - MC Rob Broderick plus special musical and comedy guests. 7.00pm. £2 in advance, £4 on the door.
Wed 29th
BOTTLE ROCKET – Record Dep. + Calling ....Cairo.... + Paper Horse + Rob Hokum. 7pm. £3. Proceeds to go to Youth Music Charity.
Thurs 30th
MUSIC MUST CHANGE – The Della / Ice Station Zebra / The Hillfields / Matt And The Monikers. 7.30pm. £6 door / £4 flyer.
PLUS… free shot of Jack Daniels on the door!
In association Tourdates.co.uk who will be filing the event LIVE thru the website, plus interviews with the bands!
Fri 31st
GOONITE - TBC