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Biased, us? Never! That said, there is a shared belief here at The Drill Hall that we've organised quite a treat to celebrate our four year anniversary and the first birthday of Ten Tracks. Live acts confirmed so far include The Blessings, Meursault, RBRBR, Over The Wall and Black Cat.

FineArt and Dom Sum create music under the name The Blessings and spearhead the ground-breaking LuckyMe collective, whose creative output falls strictly under the category of holy-shit-what-do-we-call-this? Instead of wasting time trying to pigeon hole anything they do, lets simply establish that everything these guys touch turns to gold.

Moving on from the King Midas duo we have RBRBR, a five-piece from Edinburgh who successfully blend rock and electro where so many others have failed. They cite their influences as being as far flung as Captain Beefheart and MF Doom, but a quick glance at their Myspace page reveals a lot of respect for the current electronic music scene in France, in particular the output of Ed Banger Records.

Elsewhere, Over The Wall have been praised by just about anyone who has ever had the pleasure of seeing them live. The pair take their name from the night in Stereo which spawned them and make great use of keyboards, laptop beats, guitars, mandolins, trumpets, cowbells, harmonicas, hurdy gurdys and kazoos in their live setup in order to create their unique sound.

DJ sets will be provided by Huntleys and Palmers Audio Club, Slabs of the Tabernacle, Radio Magnetic, David Barbarossa, Men & Machines and Astroboy.

Regular readers of this section will no doubt be aware of our love for Huntleys and Palmers Audio Club. In spite of being less than two years old, Huntleys and Palmers has consistently proven to be ahead of the curve in terms of its musically diverse booking policy. Guests such as Aeroplane, Silver Apples and James Holden have all previously appeared and our friends over at Ten Tracks offered Huntleys and Palmers its own channel alongside the likes of Soma, Optimo and Men & Machines.

Which brings us rather neatly onto aforementioned Men & Machines, hosts of their own splendid monthly night in Stereo and a prime-time slot on Subcity Radio (Thursdays, 10pm-12am). Pervious guests at Men & Machines include Dompteur Mooner, The Bass Explorer, Luke Abbott, Allez-Allez, Nicolas Stefan, DJ Bobby Wilson, I Am Blip and Gavin Russom performing as Black Meteoric Star.
The Slabs of the Tabernacle night was recently moved from the abruptly shut Twisted Wheel to the upstairs area of The Universal in Glasgow. The Slabs collective have a combined record box that would make a grown man weep so expectations are very high indeed.

All this musical talent and more, including bouncy castles, a magician, plates of E numbers, cake, fire-eaters and pinatas of our various enemies. Bring your own bat.