The Aberfeldy Festival is being curated this year by best selling crime writer Ian Rankin, the avid music fan is putting together a charming line up of bands to go along with him giving talks and doing book signings. The line up created so far looks like this; November 4: James Yorkston, Star Wheel Press, John Hunt, November 5: The Second Hand Marching Band, Admiral Fallow, Ballboy, A Band Called Quinn. Tickets are £5 and include a wee glass of wine so if you’ve got the weekend free fire up north for what looks a pretty good weekend. More details here.
The Twilight Sad announce a full UK tour and release their brand new single ‘Sick’ on November 14. The single comes from upcoming album, No One Can Ever Know, which is due out in February 2012 which has been proposed will see the band take a new move sonically. The single release co insides with the single release with the boys coming home to a rather intimate show at Sleazy’s on November 18.
Pearl and the Puppets are playing Oran Mor on December 1 with support from Scarlet Shift tickets £8.
Cry Parrot has another belter on the agenda as they bring the guy that blew everyone’s minds at Doune the Rabbit Hole to Glasgow, for a one of gig Blurt will be changing their name to Blurtt and playing from their 1992 classic ‘Pagan Strings’, the support is nothing to be sniffed at either coming from brilliant local talent, as ever, with Tut Vu Vu and The Rosy Crucifixtion joining the bill, the show is on October 15 at Sleazy’s, tickets £5.
The Clock are to support London’s King Charles on the Glasgow date of their tour, which takes place at Tut’s on November 7, tickets £5 and you get a free track if you make the purchase from the band.
Verse Metrics and Galoshins join Fiction Faction for their EP launch at Stereo on October 15.
Bronco Fiasco play Club 520 on October 21.
Oh You Dancer will be running a new night on every second Saturday of the month at the Roxy 171, the night is called LOUD NOISES and kicks off this Saturday with live sets from Patricia Panther as well as Oh You Dancer, 8pm-midnight, (changes to 1am once the license comes through), £3.
The Downs and Vom support Texan trio True Widow at the Captain’s the coming Monday, door 8pm, tickets £7.
Poor Things are to support ForeignOffice at SWG3 on October 21. Listen to their EP below:
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King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Aurora Boring Alias
Django Django – Waveforms
Paws – Poor Old Christopher Robin
Mummy Short Arms – Change
