Sneaky Pete's

It’s the Hot Mess Christmas party at Edinburgh’s best discotheque, Sneaky Pete’s.
Join your fellow rave-queers for a festive night of wild abandon, soundtracked by the finest jackin’ house music, high-drama techno and ecstatic disco.
Please wear your best pants.

Central Belters / Sneaky Pete’s presents an intimate Christmas show from Delta Mainline, fresh from the release of their 2019 sophomore album “Bel Avenir”. Support TBA.

DELTA MAINLINE:

Dubbed as gloriously out of step with the rest of Scottish music, Delta Mainlines unique mix of dream pop, shoegazing soundscapes, electronic experimentation, and psychedelia-infused garage rock has brought invitations to perform with Moon Duo, Micah P. Hinson, Jane Weaver, Elephant Stone, The Warlocks and The Telescopes, plus widespread critical acclaim.

Recorded at Chem19 and mastered by Geoff Pesche (Aphex Twin, Blur) at the iconic Abbey Road Studios, debut single Vultures included remixes by Miaoux Miaoux and Remember Remember. Vultures was licensed to Action for Children for their 2016 campaign, premiering on Glastonburys Pyramid Stage. Debut LP Oh! Enlightened was released through Rehab Sound (UK) and Halcyon Records (North America) to unanimous critical acclaim – notably from Uncut, Q Magazine, Artrocker, The Scotsman and God Is in the TV. The release was celebrated with a UK headline tour and BBC live session with Vic Galloway.

Further radio play has included Lauren Laverne on BBC 6Music, BBC Radio 1 and Amazing Radio, with the latters Jim Gellatly (the voice of new music in Scotland) previously championing Delta Mainline as one of the countrys finest live acts. This live sound was captured on EP In a World Full of Madness, the Simple Joy of Melody Can Pull You Through (mastered by CHVRCHES Iain Cook), as the songs cascade from gospel-tinged melodies to intense sonic experimentation.

Previously, the band were showcased amongst the cream of the guitar-based psychedelia-influenced crop (Drowned in Sound) on Strung Out Vol. 1 with Caribou and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Delta Mainlines 2nd album “Bel Avenir”, mixed by The Delgados Paul Savage (Franz Ferdinand, Teenage Fanclub), launched in May 2019 with support from Clash Music and Vic Galloway on BBC 6Music.

This must be the place!

Talking Heads are in our DNA and this week we’re serving up extra helpings of their naive melodies, plus our popular mix from Bodega to Bowie, Grace Jones to Goat, Electric Light Orchestra to Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

Why Listen To Anything Else?

£3 entry (£1 for members)
£2 beer
£2 vodka mixer
£2 jägerbombs
£1.50 tequila

Rascalton, a 4-piece indie rock outfit from Glasgow, are part of a new wave of Scottish acts that includes Declan Welsh & The Decadent West, Pleasure Heads, THE NINTH WAVE, and LUCIA. They are reclaiming the word “band”, bringing it back to its roots of self-expression within a community, of like-minded individuals sharing art as not only a means of enjoyment but of survival.

Spurred on by boredom and limited employment opportunities are carving out a new state of youth culture centred around local haunts like Stereo Cafe Bar and Priory Bar Sauchiehall Street. It seems where there is little distraction beautiful things are able to grow and blooming they are in Glasgow

Jack, Steve, Mark and Greig make up Rascalton, and like most bands of note, the project was spawned from the tinkerings in a garage which somehow became succinct and digestible. Those same nascent noises are now the fully formed, somewhat brutal ruminations on life and love in the city that have come to define the band, with tracks like “Lust” and “Alone” bringing them acclaim from London Town to East Kilbride.

One of the many qualities of Rascalton is their disinterest in what other people think about their music. So many acts are trapped in this idea that a band has to look a certain way or make a certain song to get to a certain point so they can actually start making the music they really wanted to make in the first place. This new Glasgow set seem to have rejected that idea, rather embracing the age-old philosophy of “If you like it cool if not also cool (but go fuck yourself)”. Whilst most other bands and remnants of scenes are drowning in inadequacy Rascalton and co have their feet firmly on dry land.”

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Back for round 2, the club crew jump out from behind the scenes and into the sweat box booth. If last year’s showdown taught us anything it’s that chaos is inevitable. Get down!

This is not your average work christmas party.

All profits to Edinburgh Food Banks, find out about their work here: wwwedinburghnw.foodbank.org.uk

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£3 before 1am / £5 after / Members Discounts

Mega punk 3-piece Lady Bird are Slaves’ fave new band and they might just be ours! Catch em tearing up Sneaks in December.

A comic critique of British culture from the inside looking out, if Mike Skinner had picked up a guitar and a bag of speed he might just have come up with this dark dancefloor tear-up riot. Well good.

Soul Jam turns 10 years old! That’s 520 Tuesdays, 2,200 hours of dancing, at least 1200 Jägerbombs, 26,000 songs (lots of Teddy Pendergrass) and plenty of difficult Wednesdays.

To celebrate, we’re inviting some of our friends to take us all the way up to NYE, which will be the LAST EVER Soul Jam on a Tuesday, after which we are excited to be taking up a coveted monthly weekend slot at Sneaks.

The shaman returns. Founding father of Heaters, acclaimed Wednesday neighbour night at Sneaks – it is a little known fact that a couple of moons ago, C-Shaman made his Sneaky Pete’s debut at Soul Jam so we’re delighted to host him again to dust off those disco heaters once more.

£3 / Members £1

LEZZGGOO.

We are extra pleased to present this very special solo show.

Vetiver is the long-running stage and recording name of San Francisco’s Andy Cabic. ‘Up On High’ is his seventh studio album and the first since 2015. Vetiver has toured around the world on headline tours and supporting artists that include Wilco, TheShins, Fleet Foxes, Beach House, Bob Weir & Phil Lesh, and Vashti Bunyan.

Vetiver craft nuanced, understated songs that reward careful listening, building a rich duality; a space where sunshine is only a chord away from melancholy, an introspective lyric underlies an extroverted chorus and subtlety tries to be outgoing in an effort to connect the dots of life’s ellipsis.

‘Up On High’ was made with an extraordinary cast of musician friends who work with Father John Misty, Peter Bjorn and John, Kendrick Lamar, Tyler the Creator, Kevin Morby, Cass McCombs, and Wild Nothing.

For the fourth instalment of our monthly Sneakys residency, we are teaming up with Lotrax & Ariose to raise money for the awesome team at The Joshua Nolan Foundation!

The charity offers support, training and advice to people living in Scotland of all ages and gender identity, who may identify as being ‘at risk’ or affected by suicide. Find out all about them here: www.joshuanolanfoundation.org

As for the music! We’re excited to bring some incredible talent to the epitome of underground music; Sneaky Pete’s.

Lotrax launched his career in style with an edit of Stevie Wonder ‘Superstition’ with premier Tech House platform Blanc, which to date it has amassed 700k+ plays. Since then Lotrax has gone on to release on Champion Records sub-label Cheeky Trax, IBZ Records, OVRDOSE Records and THUNDR Records, with several releases already lined up for 2020. ?

Ariose are a melodic duo hailing from Edinburgh, Scotland. Over the past few years they have been working on expanding their musical horizons, merging the euphoric melodies and intricacies of electronica with driving beats, gearing them towards the dance floor. ?

Entry is a £5 minimum donation as always, stay positive, and stay Groovy

Feels Like Thursday will be debuting their new EP ‘Television Diner’ which is set for release in September of 2019. With support from Screamin’ Whisper and Varcity North.
Tickets available soon