AUTUMN PREVIEW MUSIC
Reasons to be cheerful David Pollock and Claire Sawers present our top ten reasons to love the Scottish music scene this autumn
1 COME ON GANG! Edinburgh’s infectious one-girl, two-boy powerpop trio release their new single
‘Fortune Favours the Brave’ with a party featuring local luminaries such as FOUND and Jesus H Foxx, then follow it up with a Here We Go Magic support in Glasgow.
6 THE TWILIGHT SAD AND ERRORS
Two of Scotland’s finest bands come
together for a co-headline jaunt around the country. During the tour, Errors will be releasing a new remix LP Celebrity Come Down With Me on Mogwai’s Rock Action
Caves, Edinburgh, Fri 10 Sep; Captain’s Rest, Glasgow, Tue 14 Sep. label – reworkings of Errors’ excellent Come Down With Me by Gold Panda, Mogwai, Dam Mantle and others. Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Thu 12 Oct.
2 CORRECTO The Glasgow supergroup featuring Paul Thomson of Franz Ferdinand
and Turner Prize-winning artist Richard Wright make a one-off return at the launch of David Shrigley’s new book What the Hell Are You Doing? Mono, Glasgow,
Thu 23 Sep.
3 AWAY GAME British Sea Power, King Creosote, Silver Columns, Kompakt signees Walls, Darren Hayman (Hefner), Malcolm Middleton’s new project Human Don’t Be Angry and an array of Scotland’s finest export the atmosphere of Anstruther’s Fence
Homegame to the Isle of Eigg. Sound good? All but the lucky few will have to imagine it fondly. Isle of Eigg, Inner Hebrides, Fri 24 & Sat 25 Sep. SOLD OUT. www.fencerecords.com.
4 THE SCOTTISH MENTAL HEALTH ARTS AND FILM
FESTIVAL
Among many other socially-focused music events, the annual Music Like a Vitamin returns for two shows (HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, Fri 1 Oct; O2 ABC, Glasgow, Sat
2 Oct) featuring new collaborative work from artists including James Graham (The Twilight Sad), Scott Hutchison (Frightened Rabbit, pictured), Rod Jones (Idlewild), Emma Pollock, Karine Polwart, Alasdair Roberts and James Yorkston. Various venues and times, Fri 1 Oct–Sun 24 Oct. See mhfestival.com for info.
5 BELLE AND SEBASTIAN It’s been four years since The Life Pursuit and ever since, spiritual West
Enders with library cards and sensible footwear the world over have been adrift. But now the Belles are back with a new album and a three- night residency at Glasgow’s most iconic
venue. Barrowland, Glasgow, Sun 19 Dec–Tue 21 Dec. Belle and Sebastian Write About Love is released on Mon 11 Oct. www.belleandsebastian.com.
7 STEVE MASON He’s been the frontman of The Beta Band and more recently his own
projects King Biscuit Time and Black Affair. But now that he’s stepped out from the shadows and using his own name at last, the new album Boys Outside has seen some of
his best press yet. Stereo, Glasgow, Tue 19 Oct.
8 THE PHANTOM BAND Chemikal Underground’s finest, most eclectic and ‘most likely to’ signing of
recent years return with the follow-up to last year’s debut Checkmate Savage, a thrilling and truly inventive collision of effortless pop songwriting and off-beat psychedelic rock
which won them praise from far and wide. The Wants is released on Chemikal Underground, Mon 18 Oct.
9 BROKEN RECORDS Fresh from a couple of line-up changes, the Arcade Fire-alike indie orchestra from Edinburgh power back with the release of the follow-up album to Until the Earth Begins to Part on 4AD, with live dates no doubt following closely behind. Let Me
Come Home is released on 4AD, Mon 25 Oct.
10 TEENAGE FANCLUB They’ve been about for 21 years, but the public’s affection for the
starry-eyed, sun-kissed melodies of this revered indie troupe hasn’t dimmed. Following the self-release of their ninth studio album, Shadows, earlier this year, their first in half a decade, Bellshill’s most
lovable West Coast indie-rockers return to the live stage for a set of janglesome guitar pop anthems and songs of wisdom and hope (to paraphrase one of their own album titles) to warm the heart. Don’t miss. Barrowland, Glasgow, Sun 12 Dec.
26 COMEDY The 24-hour marathon
shows may be a thing of the past, but comedian, TV panellist and sometime-novelist Mark Watson still has considerable draw; hence, two massive shows, the first at the SECC: Clyde Auditorium on Sat 16 Oct, then the Usher Hall on Fri 26 Nov.
27 MUSIC Elfin Swedish synth-popper Robyn will be appearing at the O2 ABC on Mon 18 Oct. She’s touring to support the release of part two of her Body Talk album series, which includes a collaboration with Snoop Dogg. See feature, page 24.
28 FILM Swedish prepubescent
vampire horror Let The Right One In gets a US makeover. Let Me In has the same screenwriter as
the original (who also wrote the source novel), and stars Chloe Moretz, who was last see using the c-word in Kick-Ass. From Fri 5 Nov.
29 FILM Adapted from a graphic
novel by Warren Ellis (the graphic novelist, not the Bad Seed), Red – which stands for ‘Retired and Extremely Dangerous’ – stars John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis and Dame Helen Mirren as four CIA retirees who have to clear their names after being framed. From Fri 22 Oct.
30 COMEDY Armstrong and Miller are touring around the UK, calling in at Glasgow King’s Theatre on Fri 22–Sat 23 Oct, then Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre the day after, with characters including Divorced Dad and the RAF pilots.
26 THE LIST 9–23 Sep 2010