Sneaky Pete's

THE PARTY PROGRAM

+ Bastions + Brotherhood of the Lake

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.

Default & Picassio present Dapper Dan’s… The duo bring their live-ish DJ stylings to the dance floor at Sneaky Pete’s the first Thursday of every month.

AXIS is our new Weekly Wednesday.

FREE ENTRY this week and every week. Boom!

‘In times when everything seems sewn up, we need someone to tear it apart. In an age of smoothly sellable corporate indie, we need someone to take a knife to the façade. At the start of 2009, the band stepping up to that challenge is An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump.’ – The Independent on Sunday, Jan 09

‘An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump scare us. They’re the authentic face of the gothic post-rock lot with an impressively arty name to match, and look like they could properly do us over if we met them in a dark alley. It’s The Jesus And Mary Chain meets Kim Gordon in a post-apocalyptic world. Watch them through your fingers. Like we said, this year is all about bands who’ll change your life: prepare to fall in love.’ – NME, Jan 09

‘A kind of noisy Ronettes meets the Banshees girl-group. In fact they’re exactly what the Jesus and Mary Chain were aiming for before they spoiled it all by being spotty Scottish guys rather than glamourously mysterious black-clad girls.’ – Le Cool, Dec 08

”These luscious ladies simmer on stage with blunt fringes, wanton curves, red lips and a hard as nails attitude.’ i-D Magazine, Dec 08

‘Coolest band, coolest band.’ Sunday Times Style Magazine, Nov 08

‘Bad Seeds meets The Shangri-Las nightmare. A No-Wave Ronettes…Bewitching.’ – NME, Oct 08

We’ve been listening to you, finding out what nights you’d like to see more of.

We present our new club schedule, built around the best nights we host:

EVERY FRIDAY
This Is Music – indie/electro
featuring occasional live bands DJs from Sick Note and elsewhere, TiM have a reputation across the UK for putting on quality acts.

FIRST SATURDAY MONTHLY
Fake – electro/breaks
longstanding tastemakers will now be bi-monthly.
Volume! – dubstep/bassline/d’n’b
Edinburgh’s best respected dubstep brand.

SECOND SATURDAY MONTHLY
Stepback – aqua/b’more/dubstep/bassline
uniquely eclectic feast of various electronic bass music.

THIRD SATURDAY MONTHLY
Wasabi Disco – disco/french house
consistently mentioned in press this year as the best clubnight in Edinburgh.

LAST SATURDAY MONTHLY
Playdate – house
probably Edinburgh’s best house night, Stewart and Steven have a flawless rep.

PLUS QUARTERLY SATURDAYS!
including… We Own The Nite and others…

“Atmospheric and somewhat dramatic, this British band fills out the Britpop sound. Yes, they sound a little like early Radiohead, maybe Doves, but there’s a heavier, moodier element.” (Iceland Airwaves)

“For such a determined band of musical purists, the future is clearly going to be polarised. Call To Mind will either remain a cultish, underground concern, or will inspire a Mogwai-esque religious devotion. Whichever way it goes though, it’s refreshing to see that bands like Call To Mind still have the bravery and patience to offer up such restrained and thoughtful music in a climate where the medium is becoming defined by its immediacy and disposability.” (The Fly)

“Sonically mind-blowing” (Tim Burgess)

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