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He possesses an arresting stage presence – stark mop; gigantic eyes; ‘compact’ stature; startling voice – but can it really be true, as Wikipedia states, that our acoustic hypnotist could have been a footballer, and even tried out for Charlton FC? ‘Ha ha, does it really say that?’ he laughs. ‘I’m guessing that my drummer James is responsible for these insipid lies.’ (Nicola Meighan) ■ Villagers, Sneaky Pete’s, 08444 999 990, Fri 6 Aug, 7pm, Part of The Edge Festival.
MITCHELL MUSEUM Jangly, indie-pop by Weegie flatmates
DF CONCERTS PRESENTS THE EDGE FESTIVAL OVER40GIGSTHROUGHOUTAUGUST DURINGTHEFRINGEINEDINBURGH...
CORN EXCHANGE CORN EXCHANGE
18th AMY MACDONALD
26th DIZZEE RASCAL + SYCO SMURFF
HMV PICTURE HOUSE 8th DOVES + DOT ALLISON 13th TINCHY STRYDER + KOBI ONYAME
15th LITTLE FEAT 17th HALLOGALLO 2010 (Michael Rother performs the music of NEU)
20th PLAN B SOLD OUT!
+ CLEMENT MARFO + THE FRONT LINE
22nd BEIRUT SOLD OUT!
HMV PICTURE HOUSE 23rd MIKA 24th JASON DERULO 25th EELS + ALICE GOLD
26th THE CORAL + THE DRAYMIN
SOLD OUT!
28th PHOENIX + THE BOY WHO TRAPPED THE SUN 29th MODEST MOUSE
THE QUEEN’S HALL 30th THE LOW ANTHEM + AVI BUFFALO
VILLAGERS Tender, poetic pop, now with added Mercury nomination
‘I usually have a picture or a colour in my head as I’m making a song,’ says Dublin’s Conor O’Brien – the dulcet bard and multi-instrumentalist behind Villagers’ picturesque rock. And so it was with Becoming a
Jackal (Domino), the dramatic singer- songwriter’s debut album, which ‘began as a drawing I did in my little notebook, and slowly evolved into a song, and then into an album – which was a nice surprise’. As was its recent inclusion on the Mercury shortlist – an accolade our erstwhile Immediate linchpin reckons is ‘pretty cool’. Citing Neil Young, Randy Newman
and Nina Simone as musical influences, O’Brien’s striking lyricism is embroiled in literature, not least ‘the writings of Hermann Hesse – Narcissus and Goldmund in particular’.
Mitchell Museum, so legend has it, live, write and record together in a flat in the centre of Glasgow, Monkees- style. ‘It’s true,’ reveals their singer, Cammy MacFarlane. ‘It’s on Sauchiehall Street, just above Nice‘n’Sleazy. Well, above and to the right a bit. It’s more above Box, but say Sleazy’s. It sounds cooler.’ Nice‘n’Sleazy, of course, being pretty
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Ludus Baroque Chamber Orchestra & Choir Director Richard Neville-Towle
With Sophie Bevan, Ed Lyon, Andrew Radley & William Berger
Concerts
H a n d e l Alexander’s Feast Tuesday August 10th 2010 at 7pm
“Ludus Baroque’s nights at Canongate Kirk are the ones that matter” The Herald b a c h B minor Mass
Thursday August 12th 2010 at 7pm Tickets: £15 (£12) Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile Box Office: 0131 668 2019 (Queen’s Hall)
LIQUID ROOM 5th STORNOWAY + HARPER SIMON 6th THE DIVINE COMEDY (Solo) SOLD OUT! 17th FEEDER 18th STEVE MASON 20th PROFESSOR GREEN 21st WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS SOLD OUT!
+ SEB DANGERFIELD + ENDOR
23rd ELI PAPERBOY REED 24th DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP + MAY68 26th MARK LANEGAN + WE SEE LIGHTS 28th BROKEN RECORDS + SPARROW AND THE WORKSHOP ELECTRIC CIRCUS 6th THE UNWINDING HOURS 7th FOUND 8th KITTY, DAISY AND LEWIS + THE HURRICANES 10th AARON WRIGHT AND THE APRILS + JAMIE KIMMETT 11th MITCHELL MUSEUM + WHITE HEATH 12th CARRIE MAC + RUN/LUCKY/FREE 13th GET CAPE. WEAR CAPE. FLY. + THE XCERTS 14th COLIN MCINTYRE (AKA Mull Historical Society) + DELTA MAINLINE 16th TOM GRAY (Of Gomez) + PANDA SUE 17th WITHERED HAND + THE LAST BATTLE 18th LAUREN PRITCHARD + LOU HICKEY 22nd JON FRATELLI +HIP PARADE 23rd KASSIDY 23rd BEAR IN HEAVEN (11pm Doors) 24th THE PHANTOM BAND + WOODENBOX WITH A FISTFUL OF FIVERS 27th THREE BLIND WOLVES 28th PEARL AND THE PUPPETS + STEVIE AND THE MOON 30th ALEX CORNISH + THE FRENCH WIVES 31st GENERAL FIASCO + PARETO
CABARET VOLTAIRE 20th SOMA RECORDS FEATURING SLAM + FUNK D’VOID (11PM-4AM)
31st MINUS THE BEAR
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