Sneaky Pete's

Smiff invites versatile Rinse FM resident Freshta down to Sneaky Pete’s for an eclectic selection of hard drum, bassline, baile funk and UK techno cuts.

Served on a bed of twangy and fuzzy guitars, primitive synths and polychromatic pop, Chemtrails’ tongue-in-cheek lyrics tackle alienation, the absurd, the human condition, the impending apocalypse and lead singer Mia Lust’s place in the world as a transgender woman.

The Chemtrails machine is now souped up with a turbocharged rhythmic engine, propelling their hook-filled songs to new levels of raw power, as the band sashays between sleazy punk, frantic krautrock and sardonically sassy grooves.

WBBR and Wrisk go head2head bringing a night of disparate influences into a unique concoction of rave excursions.

WBBR has an impressive knowledge ranging from Baile Funk, Half-Time DnB, Bmore Club, Festival Trap and Hard Drum.

On top of this he’s one of the most tech-savvy in the digital DJ space. What this guy doesn’t know about audio codecs isn’t worth knowing!

Dent May has been making impeccably-crafted bedroom pop since his 2009 debut released on Animal Collective’s label Paw Tracks. His follow-ups in 2012’s ‘Do Things’ and 2013’s ‘Warm Blanket’ solidified him as a pioneer of the genre.

His latest, sixth LP ‘What’s For Breakfast?’ marks a shift from timeless pop to more guitar-driven rock. It’s some of May’s most energetic and immediate tunes yet, mirroring his relentlessly prolific streak which includes platinum-certified singles with Eyedress.

Bristol-based Saloon Dion have delivered an anthemic post-Britpop sing-along in their new EP ‘Where You’ll Find Me’, which could capture the imagination of the masses.

The EP, recorded in Newcastle with Thom Lewis (aka Bramwell Bronte), marks the group’s first body of work since their debut EP ‘Muckers’ last year.

Vocalist Dave Sturgess elaborates on the EP’s themes: “Lyrically, Where You’ll Find Me draws on themes of unrequited love, fear of commitment, growing old, growing up too fast, loneliness, arrogance, ignorance, self reflection and self destruction, but ultimately culminates with an overriding theme of moving on, and being better for it.”

HAPOL invite some pals along for an all night along affair in Sneaky Pete’s.

The pair have played some of the best venues Scotland has to offer including Sneaks already and Sub Club.

Expect lovely house music from the get go.

Cala is a Scottish Neo-Trad band, originally from Inverness. Their style fuses elements of Scottish traditional/folk with contemporary music of all kinds, inspired by the vibrant Scottish Trad scene.

They began their studio career in 2020 with Causeway and started to gain momentum with Highland festivals such as Under Canvas, The Gathering, and Belladrum. In the summer of 2022, Cala embarked to the Isle of Lewis to record their debut album From the River with Keith Morrison of Wee Studio. It was released in March of 2023, and they celebrated with their first self-promoted show; a sold-out album release party in their hometown of Inverness. Their music has taken them all over Scotland, and more recently as far as France with Festival Interceltique du Lorient.

In late 2023, they recorded and released their latest single Two-stroke Wheelbarrow with Scott Wood of Oak Ridge Studios. The track offers a glimpse into the much bolder and more experimental style they’ve been developing since the release of their debut album. In 2024, they’ll return to Belladrum and The Gathering. They’ll also make their first appearance at Glasgow’s new festival The Reeling, with more exciting announcements lined up. The band continues to push themselves creatively and their passion for writing and performing grows ever stronger. Watch this space.

Back to school, back to the club and back to back-to-backs. We are soooooo back btw.

For the first show of the new term we thought we’d visit a theme as old as time itself: light & dark; good & evil; potpourri & ratarsed.

We’re gonna solve the age-old conundrum that plagued the minds of Greek philosophers once and for all at Sneaky Pete’s on Sat 5th October.

Probably worth coming to?

Problem Patterns are four shouty queers who write songs for right now, swapping roles and instruments to get their point across about whatever angers them this week.

After many lonely nights screaming alone in their bedrooms over the state of the world, Alanah, Bethany, Bev and Ciara (aka ABBA) came together in 2018 to invent a new genre they called PUNK. It’s shouty, it’s heavy, it’s tongue in cheek, it’s inclusive, it’s hopeful and it’s fun.

The four DIY punk dads are all about creating havoc in celebratory and cathartic spaces. Bigger than The Beatles, but not yet quite as big as Slipknot, the band have played notable support slots with Le Tigre, Bob Vylan, Dream Wife & Ash

Problem Patterns released their ferocious debut album Blouse Club in October 2023 through Alcopop! Records.

Here’s what some of their icons had to say about them:

“A thoroughly great racket” – Steve Lamacq, BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC

“They make weird music for right now that sounds like no one else and I am addicted” – Kathleen Hanna

“I just think they’re great” – Henry Rollins

“Fuckin’ fantastic!” – Gordon Ramsey

Scotland’s longest-running, most beloved queer clubbing institution. Since 2010 Hot Mess has brought devoted crowds of dancers a playful taps-aff delight month after month.

Eschewing big-name guest DJs and performance acts, the party’s success derives from ecstatic and arousing music played by resident Simonotron: tear-drenched orchestral disco, high-NRG classics and bleepy psychedelic techno.

Offering dancefloor comfort and joy for people of all genders, sexualities, ethnicities and ages, Hot Mess will blow your mind, give you little forehead kisses, and call you a good boy.