Glasgow 3-piece Cloth are a proper Sneaks favourite of the last year and we’re so excited to host them for Independent Venue Week alongside pals Last Night From Glasgow.
Cloth make angular alt-rock, cut through with deep electronic grooves. They’ve been picked up by BBC Radio 6 and Radio 1, playing on the BBC Introducing stage at Latitude this year, as well as selling out the CCA for their debut album launch. The album itself is an absolute belter!
Tickets on sale now.
DJs playing music by bands to make you dance: Grace Jones to Neu!, Parquet Courts to Brian Eno, The Clash to Janelle Monae.
Get onto the Popular Music playlist on Spotify to get an idea of the soundtrack: http://bit.ly/popularmusicatsneaks
Independent Venue Week is a great excuse for us to showcase the best upcoming Edinburgh acts. Tickets are cheap for this show at £5+booking fee, since we really want to encourage you to come out and see how good these bands are.
Electronic pop duo Maranta – band are particular favourites of ours. You may have seen them play the perfect counterpoint to Free Love at Summerhall last summer.
Fourth Daughter is the project of Scottish Electropop artist Emily Atkinson (formerly known as E M I L I E), and this is her debut show! She’s been working on a superb new record with Dave from Stillhound, and we’ve spotted Fergus from Bwani Junction playing bass in her new video so we’ve a feeling there could be an all-star cast on stage for this show – here’s hoping.
SMUT. is a singer, writer, producer and musician with a grunge background taking an increasingly electronic direction with her music. Formerly performing solely with a guitar, she now also sings to hip hop and r&b instrumentals created by either herself or other collaborative artists. Although varied with her musical creations, a vulnerable and raw approach to creative expression defines much of SMUT.’s work
Our first event of 2020 at Sneaky Pete’s with no one better to kick things off with than Edinburgh’s Duellist. A true techno heavyweight in the community with productions having been played in the sets of influential artists, which has led to releases on a range of sought after labels. As well as these releases he has also played across Europe and has made multiple trips to Japan. Expect a night of warehouse and industrial techno throughout, not a Monday night to be missed!
£3 Entry // Sneaky Pete’s
Set times to be announced.
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KETTLE OF KITES is an indie art rock band. It’s a soaring crescendo and then a simple folk melody. It’s a vast wide open space and then an intimate living room – a geometric maze to find your way through.
Their debut album Loan was formed through humble means – recorded in a dingy, sweaty Italian basement by Scottish frontman/songwriter Tom Stearn and then sent half way across the world to A Pocket Full Of Stones studio in Australia to be mixed. Embarking on the launch of their new sci-fi inspired studio album Arrows, the band’s somewhat dispersed members (Pietro Martinelli, bass – Genoa // Marco Giongrandi, guitar – Brussels // Riccardo Chiaberta, drums – London) combine their unique experience in their respective music scenes to sculpt new worlds, new images, new stories.
Their soon to be released second album Arrows is inspired by the sci-fi world of the author Isaac Asimov – Sumptuous Fleet Foxes- esque sunsets, roaring Grizzly Bear reverbs and cyclic classical guitar lines, with an undercurrent of minimal electronic drums and synth reminiscent of Radiohead.
KAPIL SESHASAYEE is a polymath, and a true original talent, both as a songwriter and as a soundsmith, a one man combination of Scott Walker, Mark Hollis, Arca and Richard Dawson, creating something wholly unique. Combining electronica flourishes evoking FKA Twigs with Indian Classical guitar ornamentations, stunning vocals and a penchant for unorthodox instrumentation such as the aquaphone, Kapil manages to be truly experimental yet still accessible.
Building on the momentum of his acclaimed debut ‘A Sacred Bore’ – featured in Pitchfork, VICE, BBC Introducing, The Guardian, The Quietus & Rolling Stone India, Scottish polymath Kapil Seshasayee makes an eclectic shift away from his experimental roots towards a Psychedelic crossover of RnB & Avant Indian Classical evocative of Solange, FKA Twigs and Ananda Shankar on his latest album, “The Item Girl” – out now.
Believe presents the best in bass DJs from Edinburgh at his weekly Sunday communion. Always fresh, always free.
We are over the moon to host the most unexpected return of one of the coolest bands we’ve ever loved. PLUS there will be a very special guest performance from a well known Scottish artist to happens to be a massive Giant Drag fan.
The dreamy-but-tough indie rock of L.A.’s Giant Drag is the brainchild of singer/guitarist Annie Hardy, whose knowing lyrics and washes of guitar suggest a mix of My Bloody Valentine, the Breeders, PJ Harvey, and Mazzy Star. She’s so cool we love her!
It’s the dawn of a new age! The beginning of Soul Jam’s second decade in Sneaky Pete’s, and a move from weekly Tuesdays to the last Saturday of the month…
We’re delighted to be kicking off with a well overdue trip up the road for Sean OD. Irish-Brazilian now residing in London, Sean O’Daly throws an eclectic party called Scenic Route (with past guest Jon Phonics), holds a residency at The Jazz Cafe, and makes great radio, both for himself on Rinse FM, and as a producer for Gilles Peterson, Bradley Zero, James Blake on BBCR1 & 6 Music.
So aye, Sean knows a thing or two about records and he shares our ethos for what makes a good dance good. So no doubt, this will be a good dance.
Regular Music and Synergy Concerts present
Rev Magnetic and American Clay
Plus special guests Burnt Paw
Sneaky Pete’s
Saturday 25 January
£10 + stbf
On sale now!
A certain residency at Sneaky Pete’s continues in 2020 ?
First up, I’ve invited the Frankfurt-based, Robert Johnson and AMP resident, Aziesch!
