[Debutant: sinking ships on Monday]
As ever, T in the Park doesn’t exactly make for a busy seven days of local giggage. But, if you dig deep enough, there’s enough hidden gems out there to get you through the working week…
Aberdeen
Meursault, The Little Kicks, Debutant, Haight Ashbury
Thursday @ Club Snafu 10pm £3/2
The Limbo guys scoot up the A9 to join forces with Dirty Hearts Club for a night that handpicks some of the best bands from across Scotland: Edinburgh folktronica favourites Meursault, local UtR-tipped acts The Little Kicks and Debutant, as well as Glaswegian folkies Haight Ashbury.
Edinburgh
Jennifer Concannon, The Red Wall
Sunday @ Electric Circus 8pm Free
Picturesque acoustic numbers from the lusciously toned Jennifer Concannon and The Red Wall.
White Noise presents: Zoe Van Goey
Tuesday @ Electric Circus 8pm £4
Acoustic set from perennially tipped Glasgow-based tune-smugglers with a penchant for dainty melodies.
The Mill presents: Yuill Scott and the Haight, The Debuts
Thursday @ Cabaret Voltaire 7pm Free
Free as a bird showcase featuring Black Keys inspired headliners and The Debuts’ run-away synth poppery.
Threshold Sicks, Nerrus Kor, Cancerous Womb, Foetal Splatter
Friday @ Henry’s Cellar Bar 7pm £4
A night of furious death metal throbbing with a quartet of gruesomely monikered local bands. Likely to be loud and sweaty.
This is Music presents: Sparrow & the Workshop, Randan Discotheque
Friday @ Sneaky Pete’s 7pm £TBC
The thinking man’s alternative to Friday night in Balado. Sparrow & the Workshop weave ambitious indie-pop dreamscapes, while Randan Discotheque’s art-folk-tronica always hits the spot.
Foxgang
Saturday @ The Bowery 7.30pm £5
Ebullient polska-pop from superlative inducing experimentalists Foxgang.
Glasgow
**UtR’s gig of the week**
We Sink Ships: Debutant, Call to Mind, Hindle Wakes
Monday @ 13th Note 9pm £4
Local photographers Heidi Kuisma and Neil Milton launch the first exhibition from their We Sink Ships collaboration with a charity gig night featuring the dreamy musical talents of the aforementioned Debutant, Inverness group Call to Mind and Glasgow’s own Hindle Wakes.
The Fire and I, The King Hats
Monday @ Bloc 9pm Free
Energetic indie-rock and post-punk with a touch of harmonic yelping.
You Animals, Vendor Defender and French Wives
Monday @ King Tut’s 8.30pm £5
A night of bright indie-pop, headed up by Derby band You Animals with Glaswegian support from Vendor Defender and UtR-tipped French Wives.
Sparrow & the Workshop, The Chemists, White Belt Yellow Tag
Tuesday @ King Tut’s 8.30pm 6pm
Widely touted Sparrow & the Workshop headline this night of Distiller Records acts.
Aerials presents: Theatre Fall, Lyons, We’re Only Afraid of NYC
Wednesday @ Captain’s Rest 8pm £4
Inverness indie-rockers Theatre Fall have accumulated quite a following for their electro-frazzled hooks, while Lyons are so good they’ll soon be on this blog, and WOANYC make lo-fi indie in the We Were Promised Jetpacks vein. Quality night this.
De Jour, My Final Wish
Wednesday @ Pivo Pivo 8pm £3
Up and coming local guitar acts with the odd laptop plugged in.
Words: Nick Mitchell, Billy Hamilton
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