Volume, Ego, Edinburgh, 19 Apr

If you say you don't like free stuff you're lying. If you don't like free grime, dubstep, bmore, baille funk and jungle, you're missing out. If you're a sensible human being you'll get your ass down to Ego for Volume's first birthday to be spoiled rotten in both respects. Free booze, complementary CDs, party bags (when did you last have one of them?) and the chance to become a member are all part of the deal here. And indeed, the Volume crew have a lot to be celebrating. It's only taken them one year to at least treble the amount of dubstep heads in Edinburgh and surrounding areas; they've brought us colossal gigs (Skream), intimate bangers (Benga) and the cream of local talent (Termite, Profisee, the Luckyme posse). If Volume's career carries on snowballing at this rate, by next year we'll have a Scottish DMZ on our hands. Be there, so when your grandchildren ask you can tell them you were having it at the front. And above all don't forget to 'dress to express'. [Rosie McLean]