Scottish Live Music Highlights: November 2024

November brings a trio of mini-festivals, big Scottish shows from Niteworks and Barry Can't Swim, and visits from English Teacher, Confidence Man and Billy Woods

Feature by Tallah Brash | 28 Oct 2024
  • Katherine Aly

Celebrating eclectic future sounds, The Curve Festival returns to King Tut’s for its second year this November. Taking place over the course of the month, highlights include Meryl Streek (6 Nov), Empress Of and Sans Soucis (10 Nov) and Abbie Ozard (20 Nov). At The Glad Cafe, mini festival Jazz at the Glad takes place from 22 to 24 November with live music from the likes of Home/Lands and MONOMYTH 1K, while in Edinburgh the inaugural five-day Soundhouse Winter Festival runs from 28 November to 2 December with performances at the Traverse Theatre from Victoria Hume and Megan Black (29 Nov), Fergus McCreadie (30 Nov) and Acolyte (1 Dec), while Callum Easter and The Roulettes play The Queen’s Hall (2 Dec).

Festivals aside, at the top of the month Katherine Aly celebrates her new all-singing, all-dancing pop-fuelled EP 222 at Edinburgh club night Echo Disko (Coco Boho, 1 Nov), while on the same night in Glasgow, Dutch Wine celebrate their latest single, If I Fall Through the Ceiling at The Old Toll Bar, with support from Pearling. In the middle of the month, two EP launch parties land in Leith with Shuna Lovelle celebrating Disappointment Is My Expectation (Leith Depot, 14 Nov), and Thundermoon We Can Do Better Than This (Leith Cricket Club, 16 Nov), while back in Glasgow, Pedalo launch their Migration EP at Stereo (23 Nov).

Also in Scottish music, Celtic/dance fusion band Niteworks play their final run of shows. Catch them for one last dance in Inverness (Eden Court, 6 Nov), Edinburgh (The Liquid Room, 7 Nov), Aberdeen (Aberdeen Music Hall, 14 Nov) and Glasgow (O2 Academy, 16 Nov). On 8 November Edinburgh post-punk disco babes Bikini Body bring gig/club hybrid Weirder Party to The Mash House, with four live acts, DJs and dancing all night long. On the two nights that follow in Glasgow, Barry Can’t Swim plays the Barrowlands, while the rest of the month brings shows from Cloth (McChuills, 14 Nov), Erland Cooper (St Luke’s, 25 Nov), Afterlands (Glad Cafe, 27 Nov), Rachel Sermanni (Mackintosh Church, 29 Nov) and Walt Disco (SWG3, 30 Nov), while Admiral Fallow play shows in Galashiels (MacArts, 28 Nov) and Edinburgh (La Belle Angele, 29 Nov).

In Glasgow, when it comes to touring artists, QMU has an impressive bill of shows including Arooj Aftab (2 Nov), Rachel Chinouriri (12 Nov), Warmduscher (15 Nov), and Mercury Prize winners English Teacher (18 Nov). The Garage welcomes the spritely Rejjie Snow (5 Nov), while rapper Billy Woods will likely miss soundcheck for his Drygate show (7 Nov). Don’t miss Fat Dog when they bring their punchy debut album WOOF. to Stereo (9 Nov), while on the 24th pick between two party starters as Getdown Services play The Hug & Pint and Confidence Man play Barrowlands, the latter with New York's Fcukers in tow.

In Edinburgh, highlights include a pair of shows at La Belle Angele from Ibibio Sound Machine (18 Nov) and Goat Girl (22 Nov). At Assembly Rooms, catch London-based jazz collective Kokoroko (23 Nov), while on the 30th pick between Canadian electronic outfit Desire, featuring Johnny Jewel, at Sneaky Pete’s or Detroit disco rockers Electric Six at The Queen's Hall for a hit of nostalgia.