Sneaky Pete's

DIY hero, fallen Romeo, karaoke weirdo — the Mexico-based French balladeer is everything (and nothing) you might expect from an art-rock divorcé chasing dreams at your local dive bar.

With lo-fi synthy soundscapes, lyrical melodies, poetic songwriting, and cathartic one-of-a-kind performances, Ryder The Eagle tells his history with love more than his love stories – coating romantic despair with a chiseled wit that’ll transport you straight into a Kaurismäki movie soundtracked by a caffeine-driven Leonard Cohen.

Sending it into the start of next week every Sunday at Sneaky Pete’s.

David Sinclair Four (DS4) bring their sharp, soulful brand of literate blues-rock to one of Edinburgh’s most intimate and electric venues. With a powerful new single just released and more in the pipeline, the band are on a creative roll — following the acclaim of their 2022 album Apropos Blues, ranked among the Top 10 Blues Albums of the Year by Blues Matters magazine.

Recent collaborations hint at special guests on the night: Glaswegian rapper Johnny Cypher, whose spoken-word tour-de-force lit up Apropos Blues, and Edinburgh singer Lorna Reid, who duetted with Sinclair on Coming Out of the Rain, a standout from the group’s 2015 Yellow album.

Special guests to be confirmed — and as Sinclair has worked with many stellar rock’n’roll performers in his journalistic life, who knows who might turn up?

“A show with imagination, flair and the chops to match — energetic, literate, and sharply in the moment.”
— GetReadyToRock

Moxie’s back as part of her new Moxie Meets series with special guest Gallegos. Belter!

“Echoing early Billy Bragg with his dogged optimism” – Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
“A rising Scottish folk star“ – Jim Gellatly, Amazing Radio
“A wonderful songwriter” – Charlie Ashcroft, Amazing Radio USA
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Jess Silk is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from the Black Country. Her shouty but melodic brand of folk/punk music often has her being likened to a female Frank Turner or Billy Bragg, and it gets people sitting up and listening. Over the past couple of years Jess has appeared at a number of festivals including Glastonbury where she shared a stage with Billy Bragg as part of his Radical Roundup on the Left Field stage.
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on the 10th of october, mantle welcomes two revered artists who are pushing boundaries in club music experimentation and low end exploration.

Hailing from Birmingham, Rinse FM resident Sharnie thoughtfully crafts innovative bass-driven sets, weaving between wavy, dubbed out sounds to warping, driving techno. From shelling it at DaMetalMassiah takeover at Outlook, to appearing in Paris for labels BAIT & Dimeshift, Sharnie can bring the heat with weighty system sounds while also inviting those on the dance floor to listen deeper.

Jan Loup’s productions are just as technically mind-blowing as they are danceable – with unexpected twists and turns through dubstep, jungle influenced half time and drum & bass. Her music extracts new meanings and stories from the raw force of sound, creating immersive experiences for her audience. Working with Sha Ru, Beatrice M. and more, with releases on Jupiter4 & naff recordings, Jan Loup is one of the key artists in this new wave of futuristic bass music.

This radical East London duo are known for their intense live shows exploring the raw holler of folk, synths, spoken word and intricate rustic dobro guitar. Full-force reworkings of centuries-old work-songs speak to contemporary issues of class, using multi-layered sonic palettes to deeply reflect hidden histories, told with a razor-sharp authenticity. Stick In The Wheel have created their own London vernacular, a contemporary roots music that celebrates the collective stories and traditions of the city – conjuring the past to point toward the future.

It’s been one hell of a wild ride for Wine Lips. Originally formed in Toronto back in 2015 as a part-time project between Cam Hilborn (vox, songwriter, guitar) and drummer extraordinaire Aurora Evans, Wine Lips quickly escalated into a full-blown, full-time, full-on international phenomenon.

In 2020 the band used their mandatory downtime to fully dedicate themselves to crafting their groundbreaking third full-length “Mushroom Death Sex Bummer Party”. The record was released in October 2021 and then sh*t really hit the fan. The international music press lost their collective minds, penning over 250 glowing reviews. The album blasted past 20 Million spins on Spotify. The vinyl release of MDSBP is currently in its 7th pressing with 9 different colour variants. The lead track “Eyes” has been licensed to a metric ton of films, series and video games. Even more endless touring ensued, except this time the venues were huge and mostly sold-out.

Which brings us to the new record… “Super Mega Ultra” is an absolute beast. Recorded by Simon Larochette at The Sugar Shack in Ontario, the album is jam-packed with 12 ramped-up supersonic ear-scorching auditory delicacies. SMU is probably Wine Lips’ most ambitious undertaking to date, exploring new thematic territory while firmly maintaining their signature psych garage punk rock panache. Y. The wild ride continues!

“Now that’s what I call music!.” – Iggy Pop BBC Radio

“It’s pure adrenaline” – Exclaim!

Merging a dynamic sound of intricate guitars, disquieting monologues and a rhythm section both technical and unruly, London’s Legss create a wholly unique sound: “there is a case to be made that Legss are one of the most underrated acts to grace the British musical landscape today” (So Young).

After meeting and forming in London, Legss released their experimental, darkly satirical debut EP Writhing Comedy in 2019, which received airplay on BBC 6 Music, “its stabbing, urgent musicality setting the group apart from their peers” (Robin Murray, Clash).

Just a year later the band’s much-anticipated, genre-bending sophomore EP Doomswayers was released in the shadow of the pandemic, championed by BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders and BBC 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq, “ambitious and accomplished, an imaginative shot in the arm in a year when bluff doggerel passes for poetry and insight.” (Echoes and Dust).

Following the release of their single Hollywood, Legss signed to The state51 Conspiracy and released their third EP Fester in 2023, recorded at The Church, which saw acclaim from the likes of the Sunday Times, Quietus, Independent, NPR, Line of Best Fit, So Young Magazine, DORK, L&Q, and DIY.