The Rooks are a five-piece rock outfit from Glasgow, with a distinctively anthemic sound that is built to release crowds into aggravated euphoria.
haptic:
ESC
May 7th, 2025
Serious up-and-comer approaching this May for haptic.
ESC is a name you’ll be hearing more and more of. Dark 2-step, UK Funky, unruly wobbles; these sets go HARD. ESC has been shutting down raves across Europe with her rude mixes and killer excursions into the merky underworlds of bass, and recently completed a dazzling Radio 1 debut for Sammy Virji’s residency.
Offering up sold-out dubplates on the notorious ec2a label and a slew of bouncy dubs & edits, she’s garnered support from the likes of Addison Groove, Y U QT, Samurai Breaks, TSHA, Zero FG, Narciss, Miley Serious & Malugi.
This one is shaping up to be a very, very large Scottish debut!
Love Music Hate Racism:
Aki Remally
Kouk
Beau & Isaac
May 7th, 2025
Join us on Wednesday 7th of May for a night of anti-racist solidarity and incredible music from unbelievably talented local artists, live at Sneaky Pete’s. ??????
As politicians and mainstream media continue to pedal racist lies to distract and divide us, it’s vital that we push back and engage in active anti-racist action to protect our communities. Our diverse and inclusive gigs help build that anti-racist atmosphere in our cities and communities. We’d love for you to join us for another special night.
RARE Club:
Sea Urchin & Iris Seery
May 6th, 2025
Sea Urchin makes her RARE debut and she’ll be bringing a different side to her that we haven’t seen before.
Expect anything from garage, soft techno, hyper pop and some more otherworldly genres.
FreshAir Radio Battle of the Bands 2025
3p Slot Machine
Elliana Craig
Laszlo
Oedipus & The Mama’s Boys
May 6th, 2025
Edinburgh has many bands. Big bands, small bands, bands on bands. Never before have they been put to battle. This is what we at FreshAir Radio are making happen. We are super mega excited to announce FreshAir Battle of the Bands 2025. A combative musical extravaganza featuring four of Edinburgh’s most exciting up-and-coming bands. Best of all, the winner is decided by YOU via the FreshAir sound level meter – whichever band gets the greatest applause wins the £100 cash prize, plus practice room time and studio recording time courtesy of Tonegarden.
Breaking The Glass:
Ella Reilly
Jaz Riley
Music Showcase and networking night by Mirror Glass Records
May 5th, 2025
faerie circle x postal:
ELFZ, drug store blonde, M1, malicedeejay, Al Gu
May 4th, 2025
faerie circle joining forces with postal for the most magical line up ????
the veil is thin, come dance the night away on this Beltane weekend to appease the faeries and celebrate spring ?.??*:?
our favourite faerie ???? will be headlining the night ?
known for his productions on nightcore4totalsluts he blesses us with his enchanted tracks ?? ???? ??
his songs mix nightcore and hard rough fast sounds with edits, we can’t wait to see his set . ?? ? . ??
+ local nymphs ???? ????? ?????? and ?? ?????
*SOLD OUT*
Every Wave:
Michael Cera Palin
itoldyouiwouldeatyou
for fans of… Mom Jeans., Free Throw, Modern Baseball, Origami Angel
May 4th, 2025
Atlanta emo indie punks Michael Cera Palin are here bringing their sad-happy, happy-sad twinkle rock this May.
Lucky Dip: PLUSHB4BY
May 3rd, 2025
Lucky Dip welcome UK based DJ and producer PLUSHB4BY, making her Scottish debut.
PLUSHB4BY is a co-founder of London based collective, label and party Hypoxia, an independent queer collective curating some of the most exciting lineups, featuring artists such as Yousuke Yukimatsu, Aya, Blood of Aza, Cardopusher and Apu Nanu.
Her sound is an enchanting fuse of hard drums, tribal percussion, deconstructed club and global rhythms with elements of breakbeat and jersey club.
Plus support from Lucky Dip residents strawb.bby & CLO.
As always Lucky Dip operates a Safe Space Policy. Any forms of harassment or misconduct will result in removal from the venue. This is a party for everyone, please have respect for each other <3
Ultramarine
Other Lands
May 3rd, 2025
Ultramarine are the London & Essex-based electronic duo, Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond.
Formed in 1989, their early releases were issued on the seminal Brussels-based label Les Disques du Crépuscule. Their classic second album ‘Every Man And Woman Is A Star’ (1991), was neatly described by Simon Reynolds in his book Energy Flash as:
‘Perhaps the first and best stab at that seeming contradiction-in-terms, pastoral techno… all sun-ripened, meandering lassitude and undulant dub-sway tempos… like acid-house suffused with the folky-jazzy ambience of the Canterbury scene.’
The group’s collaborative work has included partnerships with Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Anna Domino, Lol Coxhill & Iain Ballamy. ‘Signals Into Space’, the duo’s acclaimed seventh album (Les Disques du Crepuscule, 2019), features songs written in collaboration with Anna Domino and contributions from saxophonist Iain Ballamy (ECM, Loose Tubes) and percussionist & vibraphone player Ric Elsworth. In 2023, Blackford Hill released ‘Send and Return’, the result of a live session captured onboard a barge floating on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex.
“‘Send And Return’ was recorded on a Thames sailing barge moored in Essex’s Blackwater Estuary, and seeks to gently assert a sense of place and atmosphere in its pattering beats and ambient currents… brilliantly updates the bucolic ecstasies of their 1992 landmark, ‘Every Man and Woman Is A Star’”
— John Mulvey / MOJO