Sneaky Pete’s

Tue 9th Feb 10 7.00pm

FLOOD OF RED + Ghosts Of Elysium + The Colour Pink Is Gay + As Autumn Falls

Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JW

daves-21st(NEWONE) Flood of Red (Acoustic)
Flood Of Red have matured to beyond their 21 years of age, recording an honest album reflecting on what life is like growing up in small towns in the central belt of Scotland. The band will be performing a special acoustic set.

Ghosts of Elysium
Progressive metal 5 piece, with a sound that encompasses unrelenting heavy passages and post-rock ambience.
For fans of Misery Signals and Underoath!

The Colour Pink is Gay
Intense and bludgeoning technical metal, with a refreshing level of intelligence to back it up.
For fans of The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza and The Dillinger Escape Plan!

As Autumn Falls
Fusing alternative screamo with elements of mainstream punk and hardcore.

Wed 10th Feb 10 7.00pm

TAKING CHASE + A New Day

Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JW

Sat 13th Feb 10 7.00pm

THE RITALIN KIDS + Be Like Pablo + Toad

Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JW

Tickets £4 advance from the bands or £5 on the door.

Sun 14th Feb 10 7.00pm

DIVORCE + BITCHES

Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JW

A VALENTINES DAY MUSICAL MASSACRE!!!!!

“…one of the finest bands of any genre at the moment in Scotland…” – Scotsman (5/5)

“Divorce affirm their status as Glasgow’s most thrilling band.” – The List (5/5)

“A cacophony of punk brutalism: you have to see this band.” – NME

“..at last, here comes a band that is giving a visceral kick up the jaxi to the rotting carcass of rock’n'roll..” – The Stool Pigeon

DIVORCE are a four-girl, one-boy group of noise-rock terrorists, welding pummelling rhythms with feedback-drenched, serrated guitars, crowned by the intense ferocity of Sinead Youth’s vocals. Previous gigs in 2009 with the likes of Part Chimp, Foot Village, HEALTH, Deerhoof and Comanechi, plus a debut 10″ ep release on Optimo Music are all conspiring to make 2010 their year.

BITCHES are a brutal bass-and-drums, boy-and-girl duo from London, celebrating their debut 7″ release (following their initial cassette-only EP released on Foot Village’s awesome Deathbomb Arc label) with a swift rape-and-pillage visit to Scotland. Unrestrained volume and unbridled brutality are mixed together in an epic, bass-heavy attack, all the while shards of punk-infused melody fight to be heard. If Lightning Bolt & Big Business were fused with Bikini Kill & The Fall it might come close to the battering-ram assault of BITCHES!

Mon 15th Feb 10 7.00pm

JESCA HOOP + Run/Lucky/Free + The Wintergreens

Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JW

Quirky folk with an indie twist from Manchester-based Californian Hoop. A startling singer of complicated folk melodies that beguile with their lightness of touch as showcased on her self-released debut Hunting My Dress from November of last year. – The List

Tue 16th Feb 10 7.00pm

Define Pop Presents… (tba)

Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JW

Fri 19th Feb 10 7.00pm

FIRST AID KIT + The Last Battle (df concerts)

Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1JW

Tickets here. (not the link above)

Written by: Doug Johnstone

Some people are just born talented, it would seem, and so it is with the extraordinarily gifted First Aid Kit, the band consisting of teenage Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg. Aged 16 and 19 respectively, the sisters have only been playing together for a couple of years, having been originally inspired by Connor Oberst’s Bright Eyes, but despite that lack of experience, the Soderberg’s voices have to be heard to be believed, two wondrous, earthy, mournful and uplifting sounds that intertwine with mesmerising fashion throughout this remarkable debut album.

Influenced by nu-folk outfits such as Fleet Foxes and Midlake, First Aid Kit sound somehow very modern and timeless at the same time, using stripped down acoustic guitar or organ arrangements for the most part here to place their unique vocals to the fore. This is none more obvious than on opener ‘In the Morning’, a stunning and haunting partially a cappella lament which paves the way for a display of mature songwriting filled with the sorrows of the world, dripping with a heartbreak and disillusion that the Soderberg’s voices lend a brutal kind of authenticity.

From the exaltation of atheism in recent single ‘Hard Believer’ to the sublime country-gospel rattle of ‘Josefin’, it’s astonishing stuff, and despite the appropriation of old American folk and country sounds by a couple of Swedish girls with a combined age less than Will Oldham, it’s somehow utterly convincing. Talent such as this can’t be taught, it’s a gift, one which First Aid Kit are putting to awe-inspiring use.

Some people are just born talented, it would seem, and so it is with the extraordinarily gifted First Aid Kit, the band consisting of teenage Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg. Aged 16 and 19 respectively, the sisters have only been playing together for a couple of years, having been originally inspired by Connor Oberst’s Bright Eyes, but despite that lack of experience, the Soderberg’s voices have to be heard to be believed, two wondrous, earthy, mournful and uplifting sounds that intertwine with mesmerising fashion throughout this remarkable debut album.

Influenced by nu-folk outfits such as Fleet Foxes and Midlake, First Aid Kit sound somehow very modern and timeless at the same time, using stripped down acoustic guitar or organ arrangements for the most part here to place their unique vocals to the fore. This is none more obvious than on opener ‘In the Morning’, a stunning and haunting partially a cappella lament which paves the way for a display of mature songwriting filled with the sorrows of the world, dripping with a heartbreak and disillusion that the Soderberg’s voices lend a brutal kind of authenticity.

From the exaltation of atheism in recent single ‘Hard Believer’ to the sublime country-gospel rattle of ‘Josefin’, it’s astonishing stuff, and despite the appropriation of old American folk and country sounds by a couple of Swedish girls with a combined age less than Will Oldham, it’s somehow utterly convincing. Talent such as this can’t be taught, it’s a gift, one which First Aid Kit are putting to awe-inspiring use.

- Doug Johnstone, The List

Sat 20th Feb 10 7.00pm

Sat 3rd Apr 10 7.00pm

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Gigs

FLOOD OF RED + Ghosts Of Elysium + The Colour Pink Is Gay + As Autumn Falls

TAKING CHASE + A New Day

THE RITALIN KIDS + Be Like Pablo + Toad

DIVORCE + BITCHES

JESCA HOOP + Run/Lucky/Free + The Wintergreens

Define Pop Presents… (tba)

FIRST AID KIT + The Last Battle (df concerts)

KESER ALBUM LAUNCH

SHUTTER + guests

SO SO MODERN

Healthy Minds Collapse

COPY HAHO + guests

MAKE SPARKS + The Strands + Cast Of The Capital

THE INVISIBLE

LA SHARK + White Heath

CHRIS T-T

We Have Band (date subject to change)

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION – album launch

KOCHKA + 100 Metre Club

HADDOWFEST – ALL DAYER

FUTURISTIC RETRO CHAMPIONS

WE HAVE BAND

This Is Music: THREE BLIND WOLVES + support

JIM JONES REVUE

BEAR IN HEAVEN

Weekday Clubs

COALITION

NU-FIRE

BARBED WIRE KISSES

AXIS

DAPPER DANS

SNEAKY BEATS 3rd thurs

RIDE

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