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“Internet Forever make the kind of catchy, scuzzy indie pop that’s been getting a lot of play around here lately.” – Pitchfork

“The brilliantly-named Internet Forever deliver this deliciously twee number: raucous and sugar-sweet, all at the same time.” – The Observer

“Internet Forever make one of those sublime rackets that sound like falling in love as it happens.” – 20 Jazz Funk Greats

“Who needs the perfect three minute pop song when you can have it in two minutes, right?” – Drowned In Sound

“It’s like that movie which I think was called Pass It On with Kevin Spacey and the little boy called Hayley.” – VICE NB: we have no idea what that means!

“Twee is back and it’s fitting that the internet, where a keyboard-playing cat is worshipped as a god, should have a hand in its resurrection.” – The FADER

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

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!

Sure they’ve had some amazing guest names play… Alex Smoke, Rustie, Radioactive Man… but this is a rare time for Stepback crew to showcase their own bass heavy skills, playing B’more, crunk, ghettotech to UK funky, aqua, and techno.

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

This Is Music has, since 2006, become an Edinburgh institution. It’s the best place to see live bands and DJs on the way up.

Live bands play most weeks 7pm-11pm, then the indie-electro club kicks off after til 3am.

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.

At anywhere upwards of 15 members at a time,  Still Flyin’ are a massive indie explosion of feel-good music. More of a collective than an actual rock band, Still Flyin’ is the brainchild of singer/songwriter Sean Rawls, who formed it in late 2004 in San Francisco after relocating there from Athens, GA, in 2003. Rawls was inspired to put the group together by a song he had written while a member of Je Suis France, “Never Gonna Touch the Ground.” To jam on the song, he invited a wide range of friends to rehearse, resulting in an ever-shifting personnel that has counted members of bands such as Track Star, Aislers Set, Ladybug Transistor, Love Is All, Maserati, and Red Pony Clock amongst it’s rotating collective.

This is really thrillingly uplifting indie music with horns, janglin guitar, and moogs all flying off into space, and very possibly the most fun you’ll have all month.

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Bass all over the place, Volume are Edinburgh’s premier Dubstep DJ crew, also bringing in B’more, Electro, Breaks and D’n’B flavours. FREE ENTRY

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