Live Music Roundup - November

Edinburgh

Celebrating the release of their new album, Love/Hate, Manchester foursome Nine Black Alps are sure to set pulses racing at Cabaret Voltaire on 5 Nov with their blend of high octane riffola and infectious pop knowhow. Nirvana comparisons may still be ubiquitous, but these boys will be out to prove that evolution is not a myth. Has the potential to be epic.

The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster have always been a solid proposition as far as live shows go, and they'll be out to maintain their track record of mostly flaying everyone's asses to hell and back with evil rock noise when they play The Hive on 6 Nov. Their lead singer sounds like Elvis on crack, mid-orgasm. It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. Essential.

No one does eccentric quite as well as British Sea Power, but by golly they've got tunes as well. When they're not busy collecting foliage to use in their live show, they're usually off writing haunting, understated epics and rollicking, skin-of-your-teeth broadsides. Ever changing, and always worth watching – ignore them at your peril. Cabaret Voltaire 7 Nov.

High Priest of the church of Shit-hop, Kid Carpet returns to Cabaret Voltaire on 19 Nov to amuse, confuse and delight. Combining self-deprecating humour, bad vocals and the sustained abuse of children's electronic toys, this is as much a performance piece as a gig. Having said that, Joseph Beuys never rocked a Fisher Price guitar half as well as this dude.

Glasgow

Contending with the recent departure of guitarist Colin Mee, the hipsters' band du jour, Deerhunter, will have a point to prove when they play ABC 2 on 4 Nov. Expect swirling tapestries of psychedelic noise, trippy vocals and a weird, wired energy. Despite the hype, which was part of the reason Mee left, they're still really fucking good.

Having caused a bit of a stir with their recent, and excellent, re-imagining of Black Flag's Rise Above album, the Dirty Projectors will get freaky at Nice 'N' Sleazy on 24 Nov. Expect the unexpected, folks: these guys have played in museums before now, and there's a good chance they'll get pretty avant garde on all your asses. Jet this is not.

Skinny favourites Electric Eel Shock will be looking to do some old school damage at the Barfly on 25 Nov. When it comes down to it, what more could you ask for than a cold beer, a bag of fuzzy riffs and three metal-loving Tokyo lads hell bent on proving that Sabbath were, in actual fact, pussies? You know it makes sense.

Hot on the heels of a critically lauded new album, Parades, Danish five-piece Efterklang will take over the Arches on 27 Nov. With a sound that has only become more lush and magical with age, it can't be long before they ascend to stand shoulder to shoulder with fellow titans of epic melancholy, Sigur Ros.