Live Music Roundup for February
Strange clothes and crazy dancing will be mandatory.
| 10 Feb 2007
Edinburgh
Boy/girl duo Blood Red shoes are causing all kinds of commotion at the minute with their rather exciting, stripped down rock and roll racket. Think White Stripes with less blues noodling and more frenetic punk attitude. Well worth a shot - they play Cabaret Voltaire on 6 Feb.
The Duke Spirit keep things catchy and direct with a set at Cabaret Voltaire on 8 Feb. Expect walls of guitar noise, sultry rhythms and a seductive star-in-the-making in the form of tambourine-smashing frontwoman Liela Moss. Both stylish and substantial? Damn straight.
¡Forward, Russia! are one of the UK's most intriguing prospects right now. Tom Woodhead thrashes about stage, his vocals both manic and romantic, whilst his band force their post-punk riffs through a funk-shaped mangler. This is weird, surprising stuff - full of vigour and ambition. Liquid Room, 21 Feb.
Fairport Convention round things out in Edinburgh with a much-anticipated gig at the Queens Hall on 25 Feb. One of the very first English folk-rock bands, Fairport have seen innumerable line-up changes over the years but their music remains as vital and influential as ever. This show should serve as a refreshing change for those tiring of predictable distortion-laden gig fare.
Glasgow
The Crane Wife deservedly showed up on a lot of people's albums of the year list in 2006, and The Decemberists will hope to consolidate their growing fan base when they play ABC on 4 Feb. Fiercly intelligent, wilfully eccentric and never ones to be second-guessed, this should be a glorious occassion .
My Brightest Diamond, aka Shara Worden (pictured) is a star very much in the ascendant. Most likely you haven't heard the name before - but once you hear her play, you'll be smitten. Confessional yet restrained, operatic yet ragged - hers is a restless, joyous sound. See her at ABC 2 on 8 Feb - she's destined for big things.
The Victorian English Gentleman's Club are a compellingly odd three-piece. Like much-missed fellow Welsh troublemakers Mclusky, they're tight, occasionally bemusing, and they pack one hell of a punch. With tunes which sound like they've been put together backwards, a real stage presence and an endearingly peculiar aesthetic, it's hard not to love them. Barfly 11 Feb.
Patrick Wolf is known for his lo-fi/hi-tech clash of sounds, yet his new album features lots of piano tinkling and sounds a fair bit more epic than his previous works. With Wolf's reputation for putting on spectacular stage shows, the romantic tyke is bound to pull out all the stops when he plays Oran Mor on 23 Feb. Strange clothes and crazy dancing will be mandatory.
Boy/girl duo Blood Red shoes are causing all kinds of commotion at the minute with their rather exciting, stripped down rock and roll racket. Think White Stripes with less blues noodling and more frenetic punk attitude. Well worth a shot - they play Cabaret Voltaire on 6 Feb.
The Duke Spirit keep things catchy and direct with a set at Cabaret Voltaire on 8 Feb. Expect walls of guitar noise, sultry rhythms and a seductive star-in-the-making in the form of tambourine-smashing frontwoman Liela Moss. Both stylish and substantial? Damn straight.
¡Forward, Russia! are one of the UK's most intriguing prospects right now. Tom Woodhead thrashes about stage, his vocals both manic and romantic, whilst his band force their post-punk riffs through a funk-shaped mangler. This is weird, surprising stuff - full of vigour and ambition. Liquid Room, 21 Feb.
Fairport Convention round things out in Edinburgh with a much-anticipated gig at the Queens Hall on 25 Feb. One of the very first English folk-rock bands, Fairport have seen innumerable line-up changes over the years but their music remains as vital and influential as ever. This show should serve as a refreshing change for those tiring of predictable distortion-laden gig fare.
Glasgow
The Crane Wife deservedly showed up on a lot of people's albums of the year list in 2006, and The Decemberists will hope to consolidate their growing fan base when they play ABC on 4 Feb. Fiercly intelligent, wilfully eccentric and never ones to be second-guessed, this should be a glorious occassion .
My Brightest Diamond, aka Shara Worden (pictured) is a star very much in the ascendant. Most likely you haven't heard the name before - but once you hear her play, you'll be smitten. Confessional yet restrained, operatic yet ragged - hers is a restless, joyous sound. See her at ABC 2 on 8 Feb - she's destined for big things.
The Victorian English Gentleman's Club are a compellingly odd three-piece. Like much-missed fellow Welsh troublemakers Mclusky, they're tight, occasionally bemusing, and they pack one hell of a punch. With tunes which sound like they've been put together backwards, a real stage presence and an endearingly peculiar aesthetic, it's hard not to love them. Barfly 11 Feb.
Patrick Wolf is known for his lo-fi/hi-tech clash of sounds, yet his new album features lots of piano tinkling and sounds a fair bit more epic than his previous works. With Wolf's reputation for putting on spectacular stage shows, the romantic tyke is bound to pull out all the stops when he plays Oran Mor on 23 Feb. Strange clothes and crazy dancing will be mandatory.