Another great night from the Manky Bastard chaps,

cryoverbillionaires are a 3 piece alternative rock band from edinburgh, we recently moved to glasgow.

“there is a chance for everyone to find hopeless romance in complex”

“edinburgh’s best kept secret”- Cab Vol

“I do love a melody trying desperately to break out of a wall of sound. Not that it’s tunes over screaming feedback or anything.. that would be doing them a sever injustice. What they actually do is a full blooded take on disco punk (though more punk than disco)” JIM GELLATLY

“:cryoverbillionaires (4/5) are an entirely different kettle of piranha, pairing crunchy guitars and confrontational, booming vocals with tender, brittle psychedelic moments; their heady blend of loud-quiet-loud is dramatic at best. Evoking, for touchstone comparison’s sake, McClusky, Stapleton and Deftones having some kind of a three-way arm wrestle, their firebrand works and is at its most challenging when singer and drummer peel paint off the walls by sparring over Of All Evil’s roaring chorus.” THE SKINNY MAG

£5 on door

The most exciting and best new band at SXSW in March, San Francisco rockers play Sneaky Petes on July 14th. New album “Embrace” available now on ATP recordings.

Eddie Van Halen once remarked that the most amazing thing about Led Zeppelin was that, for a band often cited as the godfathers of heavy metal, so much of their repertoire was acoustic. Theirs was a reputation built not on being the loudest band all the time, but rather at just the right time. It’s a lesson that San Francisco-via-Santa Cruz sextet Sleepy Sun have taken to heart– their debut album, Embrace, dispenses its earth-quaking riffage in such carefully measured, perfectly spaced-out rations, it tricks you into thinking the band is much heavier than it actually is - 7.5, PITCHFORK

Tickets available now from ticketweb.co.uk + Ripping

myspace.com/sleepysun

BLUE PANDA : Gothenburg Address + Vendor Defender + Conflict Diamonds

Another great line - up of alternative/indie/rock from this Glasgow based promotions company.

no advance tickets, pay on the door.

Perfect Americana folk rock from London based sextet.

Hot on the heels of the EP release this summer album no 2 is scheduled for release on 6th July ‘09 

Named as one of the “top 10 pop-picks for 2009″ by The Times 

“…the recent EP of irrepressibly charming new songs gave evidence of a band accelerating to greatness.” Pete Paphides (The Times Pop Picks 2009) 

Named as one of the top 3 most innovative acts of 2008 by Fatea Magazine 

“6 day Riot are one hell of a cocktail of music and spirit. Twenty first century vaudville, blended with the sounds of the left bank, shaken with a dash of kletzmer and splash of the fairground. It’s dramatic, full of colour, a sense of theatre and a lust for life…This is fun par excellance what more could you ask for?” Neil King - Fatea Magazine 

Named as one of the Highlights of CMW by The Star (Canada) 

“This U.K. alt-folk outfit has the infectious grooves, nimble musicianship and joyous sing-alongs to win over a room of strangers.” 

“…nothing about Bring On The Waves feels contrived, calculated or wilfully different for the sake of difference and that’s becoming an increasingly rare commodity…what we may be looking at here is the next important band from Britain.” Ground Control Mag (USA) 

6 Day Riot play Sneaky Petes on July 21st. Tickets available now from ticketweb.co.uk + Ripping.

One of the most important and original bands to come out of Scotland for years. FOUND are hugely talented and amazing live. Support comes from local band Dead Boy Robotics, fresh from playing at T in the Park.

“DIY folk quintet FOUND treat their songs like scientific art experiments, throwing in glitches and the clunks of random household objects. Their excellent second LP has strong hints of the Beta Band and Tunng, but singer Ziggy Campbell’s discount-whisky croon is unmistakable” Dazed and Confused

“They look like vagrants – but when it comes to ideas, they’re one of the richest bands around. FOUND sound like a punch-up between Paolo Nutini and Captain Beefheart.”News of the World

Tickets available from ticketweb.co.uk

myspace.com/foundtheband

myspace.com/deadboyrobotics

Tweak Bird are from Chicago, Illinois and are very loud!

Go check out Tweak Bird. They’ve been touring with Big Business and are right about as good as that would suggest. Good and noisy even. With good songs. And big guitars and stuff. 
Here’s a nice You Tube clip of them being right noisy on a TV show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY48rMudr0g
http://www.myspace.com/tweakbird 

tickets available now from ticketweb.co.uk + Ripping

 Seattle punks, Iron Lung grace Sneaky Petes on July 29th for  there only Scottish show!

Cold Dead Hands Present

Iron Lung
Two man power violence from Seattle, quite possibly the heaviest duo on the planet. Fitting in a short UK tour round their appearance at Supersonic in Birmingham, where they’ll be playing with the likes of Corrupted and Thorr’s Hammer.
“Iron Lung reshape this form of hardcore into a sound uniquely their own, a tightly constructed assault of hardcore riffs, stop-on-a-dime blastbeats, medical malpractice themed lyrics, lumbering bonebreaking dirges, and fucked dissonance that rips yer skull off in 20 minutes flat. Ultrafast thrash alternates with precision aimed mutant doom, plodding staggering riffs and atonal guitar dissonance, cracked angular melodic figures, all wound together into a blazing prog-damaged blastcore.”
-crucial blast.net
www.myspace.com/lifeironlungdeath

Hammers
Heavy d-beat/crust hardcore from Manchester, influenced by the likes of Cursed, Tragedy, Catharsis etc. Ex Get Stuffed, Funeral Diner, Blackened Heart Syndrome, The Secret and a ton more. Forged in fire under the watchful eye of Odin.
www.myspace.com/hammers625

Sufferinfuck
West Lothian grindcore, inspired by early Napalm Death, Man Is The Bastard & Endless Blockade. They like it harsh, fast, slow & noisy. Former/curent Pigscum & Messiah Complex.
www.myspace.com/sufferinfuck  

Murdertown
Straight up hardcore punk from Edinburgh via Poland.
www.myspace.com/murdertownhc

Emma Forman

with sounds reminiscent of Kathryn Williams. What Emma lacks in stature she more than compensates for in song writing and vocal ability, creating a concentrated hush amongst the audience. ”
-Delphine Lawrence, Guestlist

Back in 2001 Emma performed her first solo acoustic gig, and has since gone on to carve out a reputation for herself as a fine and much in demand singer songwriter. She has been compared with artists like PJ Harvey, Suzanne Vega and Harriet Wheeler from The Sundays. Her first solo demo was recorded by Chris Thomson from The Bathers (formerly  Love and money) in 2001, and as a result she has gone on to support various artists including:

Astrid Williamson, Duke Special, Fish, Frank Turner, James Grant, Midge Ure,  Rose Kemp, The Wrigley Sisters and many more

www.myspace.com/emmaforman

Another night of musical pleasure from the Manky Bastard chaps.

£5 on the door

   Susan Ford - www.music-news.com Hitting the Edinburgh BritBus showcase tour tonight in The Bongo Club is local band The Strands. With their unique blend of post-punk, grunge-rock the band have seen numerous successes over the past couple of years, including a sold out show in Edinburgh’s massive venue The Caves at the start of the year. The Strands tonight come equipped with a new lead singer, John Wineberg. John’s vocals are outstanding; a sheer force that could easily rival the greats of Eddi Vedder and Kurt Cobain. New member John combines his blues-rock come grunge vocals with The Strands trademark heavy rock beats and fierce guitar-powered anthems. The new vocals and added guitars give The Strands an energetic kick, putting freshness into an already amazing band. Onstage The Strands are a fireball of energy, throwing out their epic guitar-fuelled numbers at an ambitious speed. Unfortunately each band tonight are only granted a 25-minute slot on the bill, meaning The Strands have a limited space of time to propel their anthems at us. However, the band make the most of their time filling every second with rock precision and gruelling tunes. If fast, grunge rock and, furiously catchy songs with some of the best rock vocals in Britain is your thing, check out The Strands as they take their musical career further and further. Vic Galloway, BBC Radio 1.”The Strands sound like a muscular outfit who blend the lad-rock tendencies of Oasis and Kasabian with good, old-time, low-slung riffola reminiscent of Led Zep, Black Crowes etc. Loud and proud with their eye on the prize.”Jim Gellatly, XFM Scotland.”Hints of the Stereophonics with a bit of the Doors and Oasis coming through as well…Altogether creating a rather satisfying blend of driving indie rock. Tomorrow To Soon is certainly one of those tunes that sticks in your head and wont go away.” King Tut’s Video filmed by Murray Reid

Untitled. is a brand new free monthly indie night at Sneaky Pete’s. It’s our opening night on Friday July 3rd - come and join the celebration! 

The indie night with no name!

Taster of what you might expect to find on Untitled’s playlist:

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Ra Ra Riot, The Maccabees, Phoenix, The Horrors, TV On The Radio, The Cure, Late Of The Pier, The Smiths, The Faint, MGMT, Everything Everything, Bloc Party, Foals, Joy Division, Passion Pit, White Stripes, Golden Silvers, Metronomy, Sons & Daughters, Arcade Fire, Tokyo Police Club, The Invisible, Ladyhawke, Talking Heads, Animal Collective, Dan Deacon, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Cribs, Friendly Fires, Teenage Fanclub, Architecture In Helsinki, The Walkmen, Interpol, Fleet Foxes, Les Savy Fav, Kings Of Leon, Mystery Jets, Telepathe, Ladytron, Vampire Weekend, Pulp, Sonic Youth, Of Montreal, Sebastian Tellier, These New Puitans, Titus Andronicus, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Wedding Present, The Strokes, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Blondie, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Clash, Empire Of The Sun, The Kills, The Libertines, Little Comets, Modest Mouse, The Rakes, The Rapture, The Virgins, etc.

Coming straight outta Paris, alongside production partner Bulldog, Kazey has set the standard for the new wave of Baltimore club producers and electronic twiddlers. Rocking parties, clubs and mix tapes since the beginning of the 90’s, Kazey has become one of the most in demand DJs to ride the wave of the explosion of the get down-low-and-dumb b-more club music that has taken the world by storm.

Kazey and Bulldog are currently basking in the glory of their “Dirty Wheels EP” on Dress 2 Sweat - the best club record you’ll hear this side of Baltimore. The lead track “Big Truck” has already been licensed to DJ Craze’s “Fabric mix” CD, and has been played out heavily by the likes of Sinden, Scottie B and Tittsworth, who describes the limited edition picture disc as “absolutely bullet proof from beginning to end”. Recent remixes have served to solidify their reputation with requests from some of the hippest labels about to work their make over magic. French electro heavyweights Arcade Mode and Institubes have both seen fit to enlist his production and remix skills and as his profile continues to rise we will see and hear more and more of the fruits of his studio sessions in the coming months. To add to all this, Kazey is a member of the Clark Magazine team, organizing parties, editing the fashion pages and directing the art of the first Clark Magazine compilation - Juice!

His Dj exploits continue to take him far and wide with sets all over Europe and alongside some of the biggest names in electronic music. It won’t be long until he is just that himself. Watch out now.

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