This Is Music Edinburgh

T.I.M. Podcast 6: HOMEwork // Tie for Jack // Y'all is Fantasy Island

Hey ho!
This months podcast is a bumper edition, not only have we got interviews and music from the bands who played the Sneaky Pete's stage at our 3rd Birthday celebrations last month, we also have a special report from This Is Music in Leeds which just started up in April.
So our 3rd Birthday night was a mega success. We had two separate gigs running at the same time and both were well attended.
At our regular venue of Sneaky Pete's we had young Edinburgh upstarts HOMEwork and Tie for Jack sharing the stage with relative old timers Y'all is Fantasy Island (they are about to make their 5th album!).
Across town in the hip basement hang out that is The Bowery the line up was more folk influenced with the delicate tones of Rob St John and his "super-group" backing band kicking off proceedings. Rob was followed by New York based underground darling Mike Bones. Finally Edinburgh heroes Broken Records took to the stage for another passionate set of up lifting Scottish-Eastern-European-folk-rock.
After all guitars, amps, drums and assorted music gear was packed away at both venues the party continued at Sneaky Pete's with an eclectic DJ set from BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio Scotland's Vic Galloway. After Vic's storming set This Is Music residents iTallah-Disco and Bargain Harold took over the wheels of steel with their own take on party tunes and old skool anthems for the final part of the night.

T.I.M. Podcast 5: Chutes // The French Quarter

Howdy folks!
First of all a quick note to say if you have not heard or downloaded the first edition of our lovely podcast then act fast as we will have to take it down in a few weeks to make way for May's podcast. This is due to storage limitations.
So our April night saw fine performances from two epic bands, ambient five piece The French Quarter and the anthemic Chutes.
THE FRENCH QUARTER



The Stirling outfit opened proceedings with their brand of big-sound post rock bliss that Scottish bands seam to excel at. I've never heard the crowd so quiet and receptive to an opening act as they were for The French Quarter. myspace.com/thefrenchquarter
CHUTES
The Edinburgh lads collectively known as Chutes have been lying low for the past year but for a good reason as you'll hear in this podcast. Never the less it was great to see them back on stage with new tunes and old faves sitting comfortably side by side in the set. myspace.com/chutesmusic
NEXT MONTH....its our 3rd birthday! Details of what we've got planed are in this episode so go download or stream this bad boy to find out more. Enjoy!
One love
HP, Tallah & Jim xo

T.I.M. Podcast 4: Over the Wall // RBRBR

Hey all
So this podcast is a little late, sorry. Tallah managed to loose the disk with the interviews I did with the bands at the March This Is Music. So this episode is a little different.....
Our March night was an other packed-to-the-rafters blinding affair.
First on were Glasgow duo Over the Wall who did a great job getting the crowd at Sneaky Pete's into the party mood with a fantastic set. The boys were so keen to get going the they went on before their stage time! That's dedication for ya!
Local lads RBRBR lit up the stage with their bouncy grooves, flashing tshirts and fairy lights! Apparently in the run up to their set at This Is Music RBRBR's laptop wizard Dan almost burnt him self trying to hook up a strobe light to the inside of his helmet for the show. Dont try that at home kids! Thankfully in the end he decided not to go ahead with it and the band lived to play another amazing set.
After the bands our friends from Playdate spun some cracking tunes into the wee small hours (or "closing time" as the staff at Sneaky Pete's call it).
Normal podcast service will resume next time, hope you enjoy this one.
Peace and love
HP, Tallah and Jim
xo

Last month we all learnt How To Swim with Meursault

Another day another dollar, another month another blogger.....
Last month This Is Music was pretty darned exciting!  I know we said that our January night was possibly the best This Is Music we'd ever put on, but truth be told I think this one was just as brilliant, if not more so.  People were queueing.  Queueing!
Unfortunately, I was on the door when the bands were on so I couldn't really see anything.  What I heard though, was ace!  First up were Glasgow million-piece, or more accurately, ten-piece, How To Swim.  Since 2006 they've released a series of EP's, and in Spring of this year are set to release their debut album.  They're a really fun band, and they make very exciting, fun and interesting music.
Next up were our headline bandido, Meursault. Darlings of the Edinburgh music scene at the moment, they really can't seem to put a single foot wrong.  During the gig, a queue, which I mentioned earlier, formed.  We hit capacity half way through How To Swim's set, and so it became 'one in, one out'.  People were queueing in the hope that other people would leave once they had seen How To Swim.  Unfortunately this wasn't the case, but we managed to shoehorn in a few extra people for Meursault anyway....and then those that couldn't get in for the gig came back later for the club.  Yay!
Meursault recently released their debut album, Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues, on Song by Toad.  They're going to be playing the Fence Homegame Festival this coming April in Anstruther, and if you're not from Scotland or indeed Edinburgh, then fear not as they could be coming to a town near you soon as they're going to be doing a wee bit of touring in 2009.
The club saw Rory and Gill from Broken Records take to the wheels of steel.  Playing such a varied set is really what This Is Music is about, and we had a lot of fun listening, dancing and singing along to their tune selection.  Thanks to Lewis (HP's mate) who DJ'd for us between the bands, and thank you thank you thank you to Rachel Maclean who provided us with some pretty mental visuals for the night too.  If you were there, then you'll know what I'm talking about.
What's happening in March?
RBRBR
Edinburgh's own RBRBR had a busy 2008 supporting the likes of Metronomy and appearing in session for Vic Galloway's Introducing show on Radio 1. The boys bring their pounding live show - and possibly some dancing Ninjas! - to This Is Music
OVER THE WALL
Glasgow based Over The Wall are a two piece who use keyboards, laptop beats, guitars, mandolins, trumpets, cowbells, harmonicas, hurdy gurdys and kazoos to create their own brand of "euphoric pop". They released their EP "The Rise and Fall of Over The Wall" on Motive Sound at the tail end of last year and were named as one of the Skinny Magazine's "Ones To Watch" for 2009.
PLAYDATE DJ's
Sneaky Pete's venue mates PLAYDATE complete this months line-up, the boys have just celebrated their 1st Birthday in January after a year of going from strength to strength, culminating in a roof blowing appearance from DRUMS OF DEATH. The boys headline with support from residents WHAY? and i-TALLAH DISCO
Plus Visuals by KNIGHTS WITHOUT ARMS
It's £3 for the bands // Free from 11pm for the club
Right, time to download that podcast then....or to subscribe if you haven't already.  There are some free tracks this month from How To Swim and Meursault, and there's a sneak preview of what to expect for our night on Friday 13th March.
Looking forward to seeing all your lovely faces down at Sneaky Pete's this month.
Peace out guys and gals.
Tallah, Jim & HP
xoxoxox