Live Music Highlights – June 2010

On 2 June The Skinny proudly presents Team Ghost with support from Deathpodal at Glasgow 13th Note. Featuring ex-M83 man Nicolas Fromageau, Team Ghost promise to bathe their audience in languorous synth tones, shimmering guitar noise and dreamy tripped-out vox – all the wholesome ingredients for a rejuvenating digital bath. These guys deliver the electronic shoegaze vibe like none other. In a rare live outing, Deathpodal will be on hand to deliver aggressively textured sounds and expressive instrumentation. A quality night is on the cards.

Discerning jangle-pop disciples take note: Teenage Fanclub roll into Aberdeen Warehouse on 1 June, Glasgow ABC on 2 June and Edinburgh HMV Picture House on 3 June in support of new album Shadows. Big harmonies and super-melodic rock moves can be expected – as if there was ever any doubt! Lead single Baby Lee confirms our suspicions by nailing the sunny West Coast pop thing and with a back-catalogue stuffed with feel-good hits it'd be a brave man who bet against the Fannies delivering on these Scottish dates.

Led by fiery frontman Matthew Houck, Phosphorescent hit up Glasgow's Captain's Rest on 4 June as part of their ongoing world tour. Mixing classic country vibes with hard-soloing rock and good old-fashioned front-porch blues about women gone done leavin', Houck and his band bring some legit fire and brimstone gospel passion to what many – in these days of post-hypnagogic Balearic chillwave – would consider to be a particularly hoary genre.

So Supergrass are calling it quits, but man they had a hell of a run – one of the few bands to make it out of the Britpop boom with their dignity intact. Glasgow is one of the cities selected to play host to a farewell gig, so tickets for the Barrowland on 8 June are going to go fast. The lucky few can look forward to an embarrassment of hits from these much-loved veterans.

Edinburgh based jillion-legged indie behemoth We See Lights play Edinburgh Electric Circus on 10 June and for anyone in need of a rhapsodic folk-pop trip this gig could be just the ticket. Soaring acoustic-led ditties may be their bread and butter but this posse have got solid rock chops too.

The Roxy Art House in Edinburgh plays host to the latest Neverzone night on 10 June and the line-up looks hot. Crypto-futuristic text-step phenom' Texture is down to do battle against experimental producer Morphamish who will no doubt be channeling bass frequencies from the darkside. Support comes from fearsome hip-hop mutants Sileni (who promise Alanis Morissette arrangements for spoons and washboard) and Vibration Terrorists (ft. Asthmatic Astronaut) who make their live debut. Live art and visuals from some talented heads will also assault your consciousness – for three quid in you won't find more deviousness for your dollar.

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti are so fucking on it right now: formerly a fascinating yet niche concern, these unpredictable pop surrealists are threatening to make the leap into mainstream consciousness with their unexpectedly lush new opus Before Today. Famous for their freewheeling, spontaneous live shows, fans will be able to see for themselves if the band's polished new sound will survive the transposition from tape to stage when they play Glasgow Captain's Rest on 13 June. Highly recommended.

Few bands pull off '80s-influenced turbo-pop with the panache of Futuristic Retro Champions, so attendance at their gig at Glasgow Brel on 14 June (plus a show pencilled in for an unconfirmed venue at Leith festival on 17 June) will be mandatory for anyone who enjoys spunky, stylish electro-inflected pop that doesn't take itself too seriously. Trust us, these cats are tons of fun.

Blunts on standby, motherf**kers – Cypress Hill are in town! That these guys have been rolling for so long and still not succumbed to emphysema is impressive enough – that they can lay down a riotous live show in 2010 is perhaps even more noteworthy. Glasgow Academy on 16 June is going to be banging for sure – don't doubt the Hill still know how to make it happen.

Pulled Apart by Horses may be one of the UK's most balls-to-the-wall rock acts right now. With a fat stash of impressive riffs and more distortion up their sleeves than Mr Tickle, these Leeds based lunatics are known for noise, mayhem and the kind of onstage antics that make music journalists in their late 20s feel very old indeed. Watch the carnage unfold at Glasgow King Tut’s on 17 June.

Minimalist composers don't come much more distinguished than Phillip Glass (ok then, Steve Reich played Bannermans last week – but you missed it) so anybody with even a passing interest in modern classical should have a good think about splashing out for a ticket to see the man himself at Edinburgh Usher Hall on 23 June. He usually tours with a posse of serious players and likes to give audiences their money's worth so this could well be something a bit special if you can find the notes.

Scouse three-piece Hot Club de Paris have been perfecting their perky, hook-laden rock sound for a while now so punters at Stirling Tollbooth on 22 June, Aberdeen Warehouse on 23 June and Glasgow King Tut’s on 24 June can expect a powerful, polished show alongside some quality banter from these likely lads.