Weekly Round Up (28/03/10)

Here's a roundup of things that I had up this week, and yup there was still no return of Boabs reviews, tut fucking tut. I'll need to have a word with him about that...

Monday - I finally got that Sleigh Bells recording from SXSW that I'd fucked up posted, with a working link this time. Plus Julia and the Doogans were my Fresh Meat and we had even more Frabbit. Fuck it if they're going to record sessions I am going to keep posting em.
Tuesday - I posted heehaw, I was supposed to have a Teenage Fanclub recording up, but due to too much shit to deal with in work and general laziness not a lot happened.
Wednesday - We had Mitchell Museum's Marc Riley session, have we mentioned that they have a gig at the end of April?! Enough of that, more whoring will be done soon. The fabulous Miaoux Miaoux were my next installment in 'Scots Way-Hay'. Plus by special request Olo Worms session was posted for Mooki
Thursday - Saw the lovely Jenny Soep give one of the most interesting set of answers that I have ever had the good fortune to post on here. North Atlantic Oscillation's Marc Riley session went up too, blooming great it was too
Friday - Had 'the greatest' Friday Freebies ever, honestly at the start of the week I was shiting it that I wouldn't have anything. Then along came the National, Phoenix, et al.
Saturday - was all about sessions, RM Hubbert wowed me with his appearance on Celtic Music Radio, while Paul Carlin had me whooping like one of the morons oyu used to get in the crowd on early 90's tv show 'The Word', when he plugged our gig. Oh and he also had a session with the new to me, Okker, great find that man.


Things going on this week, news, other stuff that I have no idea where to put, but want to share

If you are free on Thursday night then you you be getting yourself down to the Liquid Ship on Great Western Road in Glasgow for the Fifth 'Elba Session Present'. The line up is a bit of a corker boasting 'beneath us the waves, The Scottish Enlightenment and John Rush, all playing and to top it all off it's free. Further details can be found here.

Our Edinburgh friends 17 Seconds have a new release out tomorrow, Aberfeldy's Chris Bradley's At the Outpost . This is the follow-up to his 2008 solo debut Voices and will be the first full album release on 17 Seconds Records. Chris is doing a wee instore at Avalanche in Glasgow at 5pm on the 7th, if you can't till then to buy a copy then head on over to 17 Seconds and splash your cash.

Bis announced their return with a one off UK show in Glasgow this week, having already confirmed that they will play at this years Primavera. They are due to play at Stereo on the 23rd of May, ticket details can be found here.

Belle and Sebastian have been announced as curators at this years ATP festival, an event that they helped to establish 11 years ago with their Bowlie Weekender. The festival is being billed as Bowlie Part 2, and it will see the band curating all three nights, from the 10th-12th of December, with the band also headline at least one evening. Pre-sale tickets can be found here.

Ed from 17 Seconds announced on his blog (he must be feeling very special at getting two mentions) yesterday that Tigerfest runs between the 5-14th of May this year. So far only the line-up for Edinburgh leg has been announced, Dunfermline should be announced fairly soon. Artiststs that have been announced so far include; Martin Stephenson, There Will be Fireworks, Jesus H. Foxx, Emily Scott, Midas Fall, The Gothenburg Address, TV21, Alex Cornish, Andi Neate, Andy Tucker, Casey, the Stantons, the Boycotts and Phoebe Kreutz, X-Lion Tamer, The Last Battle, Chris Bradley, The Dirty Cuts and The Wildhouse.

Friday Freebies

The Morgue Party Candidate

I'm still in two mind as to whether this is one of the best or worst names for a band that I have heard in ages, but the one thing is for sure their EP 'Good Morning, Good Night' is pretty damn good, and it's available for free here . If you like what you hear and you are going to the Define Pop Festival at the Flying Duck tomorrow (the 14th of Nov) then you might wanna make sure that you're there for say about seven, as they're on at ten past.

Euros Childs
If you were at the Edinburgh leg of the Music Like a Vitamin show in Edinburgh last month then you might well have caught Euros Childs set with Norman Blake. If you liked what you heard that night then you might be pleased to know that if you add yourself to his mailing list, then he’ll let you download his new album ‘Son of Euro Child’ for free, go get it here.

17 Seconds
Over at 17 Seconds, Ed is very kindly giving away some free samplers from some of his roster, including their latest signing The Wildhouse, plus stuff from Chris Bradley and X-Lion Tamer.

The Go Away Birds
I posted their Marc Riley session a while back, and rather good it was too, if you missed it then you might be interested to know that The Go Away Birds are made up of Catherine Ireton from God Help the Girl and Michael John McCarthy from Zoe Van Goey
They're giving away their new EP 'Heart Thump, Heart Thump' for free here.
Thanks go out to Jim from Aye Tunes for the heads up on this one.

God Help the Girl
While we're at it, you can also download 'Stills' the title track of their recent 5 track EP, and all they ask is for you to sign up to their mailing list, which you can do here

Hot Hot Heat
It's been a couple of years since there's been anything heard from these Canadians, if you didn't give up on them after 'Bandages' then you might be interested to know that they're giving away two free tracks from their forthcoming album. All you've gotta do is follow the link.

Introducing - Chris Bradley

It's been a while since we've heard anything from Aberfeldy, apart from last years single 'Come On, Claire', things have been pretty quiet from the Edinburgh five piece. So it came as a nice surprise to find out that Chris Bradley (keyboardist/guitarist/singer) was putting out some solo material on 17 Second Records (as run by Ed from the 17 Seconds blog). His debut single, 'Bored Little Rosie’/'The Man I Love' came out on Monday and I highly recommended that you check him out. If you are looking for something similar to Aberfeldy then this probably isn't it, but don't let that put you off as he has one of the most beautiful vocals I have heard all year. His voice reminds me more of classic singer son writers from the 60's or 70's, his songs seem to fit the descent into winter almost perfectly. If you think I am talking my usual pish then have a listen to the stream of 'The Man I Love', below.



Chris Bradley's sophomore album, tentatively titled 'Go On My Son', is set for a November release, with his debut album 'Voices', previously released on a limited edition CD, getting are-issue in the new year.

If you want to catch Chris in the flesh he is playing at the 13th Note on the 30th of October as part of the 17 Seconds takeover night, which also features the X-Lion Tamers and the Dirty Cuts. I was keen to go to this, but sadly can't as I'll be in the East Neuk of Fife, at the Fence Halloween Party. I'd also suggest you bookmark the 17 Seconds Blog as it's a good read and an excellent place to find out about new Scottish bands.

Chris Bradley - Golden Girl

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