Highlights | MUSIC
SKINDRED The Liquid Room, Fri 3 Feb, liquidroom.com Big bouncing fusion of ragga, dubstep and metal.
SARAH NEUFELD Summerhall, Fri 3 Feb, summerhall.co.uk Indie rock musician from Canada best known as the violinist for Arcade Fire. Part of Nothing Ever Happens Here. FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS The Queen’s Hall, Sat 4 Feb, thequeenshall.net Fun Lovin’ Criminals may be past their creative peak but always find an eager crowd, keen to bellow along to the hits.
CYMBALS EAT GUITARS Electric Circus, Tue 7 Feb, theelectriccircus.biz New York indie band, with support from the Mink Stoles. See preview, page 78.
SACRED PAWS, SPINNING COIN AND THE DOOZER Summerhall, Fri 10 Feb, summerhall.co.uk You’ll have heard their great single ‘Rest’ all over the radio. Here, the Glasgow duo are joined by Spinning Coin and the Doozer. Part of Nothing Ever Happens Here.
JULIAN COPE La Belle Angèle, Sat 18 Feb, la-belleangele.com One of contemporary rock and pop’s true mavericks and the former leader of The Teardrop Explodes. See preview, page 74.
SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR The Queen’s Hall, Mon 20 Feb, thequeenshall.net The London- based pop singer of ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ fame returns to music. MONTICULE Electric Circus, Fri 24 Feb, theelectriccircus.biz Soulful, bluesy country rock from Edinburgh’s Monticule.
SONG, BY TOAD’S GRANFALLOON Summerhall, Sat 25 Feb, summerhall.co.uk Just what you need to cheer you up – it’s a Song, by Toad all-dayer. Featuring Meursault launching new album I Will Kill Again, plus Faith Eliott, Adam Stafford, Lush Purr, Now Wakes the Sea, and many more. Part of Nothing Ever Happens Here.
APOCALYPTICA The Queen’s Hall, Tue 28 Feb, thequeenshall.net Classical – as opposed to classic – metal. Hope it’s overwrought.
TROPIC OF CANCER Summerhall, Wed 1 Mar, summerhall.co.uk Leftfield gothic pop from Camella Lobo. Part of Nothing Ever Happens Here.
WEE DUB FESTIVAL Various venues, Fri 3–Sun 5 Mar, weedubfestival.co.uk Scotland’s only festival dedicated to dub and reggae music in all its forms. The line- up for 2017 includes Mad Professor, Macka B, Ragga Twins, Rob RSD, Mungo’s Hi-Fi & Sn Wilson, Illbilly Hitech, Radikal Guru & Echo Ranks and Sinai Sound. GLASS ANIMALS The Liquid Room, Wed 8 & Thu
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9 Mar, liquidroom.com Eclectic synth-pop and sultry vocals from the Oxford band. LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY La Belle Angèle, Thu 9 Mar, la-belleangele.com Hailed as the godfather of dub, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, supplies fans with a night of eccentric reggae sounds.
ELBOW Usher Hall, Sun 12 & Mon 13 Mar, usherhall.co.uk Strangely uplifting indie miserablists from Manchester. Support comes from C Duncan.
ELVIS COSTELLO Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Sat 18 Mar, edtheatres.com Solo show from the veteran singer-songwriter and guitarist, born Declan Patrick MacManus, with a selection of his pub rock and new wave hits. JAGWAR MA The Liquid Room, Sun 19 Mar, liquidroom.com Psychedelic rock from the Aussie band, touring second album Every Now & Then.
AUSTRA Summerhall, Thu 23 Mar, summerhall.co.uk Atmospheric Toronto electronica trio showcase new album Future Politics. Part of Nothing Ever Happens Here.
Busted
academymusicgroup.com/ o2abcglasgow A co-headline tour featuring the two of the original 2-Tone ska acts who both formed in the late 1970s. EDINBURGH
CONOR OBERST The Queen’s Hall, Fri 3 Feb, thequeenshall.net The American singer-songwriter, lead singer of Bright Eyes and member of Monsters of Folk turned solo artist, brings his unique blend of angst-folk to UK audiences.
co.uk; The Garage, Glasgow, Fri 17 Feb, garageglasgow. co.uk; Electric Circus, Edinburgh, Sat 18 Feb, theelectriccircus. biz Electro pop singer- songwriter from Dundee.
BE CHARLOTTE PJ Molloys, Dunfermline, Thu 16 Feb, pjmolloys. TEGAN & SARA O2 ABC, Glasgow, Fri 17 Feb, academymusicgroup.
H I T L I S T
com/o2abcglasgow The Quin twin sisters from Canada who once recorded using the name Sara & Tegan. Gets confusing, doesn’t it? See preview, page 74. PET SHOP BOYS SECC, Glasgow, Tue 21 Feb, secc.co.uk; Playhouse, Edinburgh, Wed 22 Feb, atgtickets.
com/venues/ edinburgh-playhouse The Boys are back in town. See preview, page 69. MITSKI Electric Circus, Edinburgh, Fri 10 Mar, theelectriccircus.biz Gutsy indie rock.
TELEMAN Òran Mór, Glasgow, Sat 25 Feb, oran-mor. co.uk London trio who have been described as ‘like the Beach Boys if they were from Hackney’. THE WEEKND SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Fri 10 Mar, thessehydro.com Hip hop from Canadian singer Abel Tesfaye, touring new album Starboy.
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