MNS GIGguide (Jun21-24)

MUSIC NEWS Scotland GIGguide
page 8: edinburgh + west + mid + east lothian :: glasgow + surrounding area
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Mustard consist of vocalist Katie Ball, guitarists David
Noonan (also backing vocals) and Mete Kalyon,
bassist Rob Clarke, and drummer Shane Maguire.
Their heady blend of noise, trip hop, and electronicinfluenced
music has helped them build a reputation
as one of Ireland’s most thrilling new bands. Their
2018 debut ‘Wednesday’ earned acclaim at home and
abroad – most notably capturing a Choice Music Prize
nomination for Irish Album of the Year. Fader praised
the band’s “intense and rich shoegaze-meets-noise
sound,” NME called their album “a two-toned
masterpiece,” the Irish Independent described it as “a
swirling atmosphere-heavy thrill-ride,” and Stereogum
said “it’s easy to imagine Just Mustard garnering more
international attention in the near future”. Their 2019
double A-side ‘Frank/October’ earned spotlights from
KEXP as a ‘Song Of The Day’ and from BBC Radio 1 as
‘Tune Of The Week’. The band supported Fontaines DC
on their sold out 2019 UK tour, and emerged as a
‘band of the weekend’ at Brighton’s Great Escape
Festival - The Independent (“worth waiting for”), Dork
(“unforgettable”), DIY (“a monstrous wall of sound”),
Gigwise (“cinematic at every turn”), Loud And Quiet
(“distinctly fixating and eerie”). They were a highlight
of Primavera in 2019, with NME calling them one of
the “12 best acts” of the festival, and that same year
were also handpicked by Robert Smith to support The
Cure at Dublin’s Malahide Castle. More new music
coming soon.
www.facebook.com/justmustardmusic
13 NOVEMBER
CHUBBY AND THE GANG :: At Mash House,
Edinburgh. Fast rising London punk 5-piece Chubby
and the Gang have announced a bumper 40-date tour
of the UK and Ireland through November and
December of this year offering a chance for many to
finally see just why they've become one of the most
exciting and talked-about punk bands in the world
over the past year. Fronted by Manning (a former
cabbie who now also works as an electrician), Chubby
and the Gang have been leading a pack of bands
coming out of a new wave of British Hardcore. Speed
Kills was one of the critical surprises of the year
thanks to its unrelentingly fun concoction of hardcore,
pub rock, doo wop, and blues. The album was
produced by Jonah Falco of F**ked Up, and boasts
songs of deep substance and political conscience with
a precise sense of time and place. It received an 8.0
Pitchfork review, Stereogum praised its “massive
barroom gang choruses, power chords at breakneck
tempos, rock spelled R-A-W-K and visceral
gratification,” while The Guardian declared them "UK
punk's most vital new band" and NME called them
"the scene's clear front-runners" and Speed Kills "a
thrilling white-knuckle ride through multiple flavours
of hardcore punk".
www.facebook.com/Chubbyandthegang
14 NOVEMBER
CHECK MASSES :: At Stag & Dagger Festival,
Edinburgh. (Subject to Covid-19 Restrictions). ‘Philly’
Angelo Collins, Saleem Andrew McGroarty and Vic
Galloway of CHECK MASSES have helped shape the
sound of their hometown of Edinburgh for years
through underground gigs, club culture and
broadcasting. Debut album, Nightlife flits between the
shadows, smudging the lines between cinematic hiphop
collages, expansive dub, wiry electronics,
psychedelia and Lynchian unease across 10 superb
tracks. Nightlife Remixed takes you even further into
their own shady but alluring world of psychedelic soul.
Moroccan Skies EP is out 23 July via Triassic Tusk
Records, and Nightlife Remixed in September.
Meanwhile subject to Covid rules see the band around
Scotland very soon! Pre-Order Moroccan Skies EP @
https://ffm.to/moroccanskies
www.facebook.com/CHECKMASSES
24 NOVEMBER
JAWS :: At The Mash House, Edinburgh. JAWS take
to the road this winter for their first live dates since
2019. The band’s new limited edition book includes
intimate behind the scenes photographs and
captivating images from the stage during the band’s
2019 tour dates in Bristol, Southampton, Oxford,
Nottingham, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Belfast,
Dublin, Leeds and Coventry. Speaking about the book,
Connor elaborates: "Originally there was no intention
to make a book, we had Peter out on the road with us
taking pictures but we thought it would be cool to use
all the photos from one period of time to create
something physical rather than images just sitting on
Instagram or my hard drive for the rest of time. We’re
all really happy with how the book has turned out, and
hope that other people can find just as much
enjoyment out of it as we do flicking back through it."
www.facebook.com/JAWSJAWSJAWSJAWS
2022
28 MAY
DJANGO DJANGO :: At The Mash House, Edinburgh.
Back in the old world at the start of 2020, our
psychedelic punk heroes The Lovely Eggs were primed
to release their new album ‘I Am Moron’ – their
greatest work yet, over-flowing with political venom
and fresh ideas, set to a gloriously independent noise.
Then, of course, the pandemic happened. The Lovely
Eggs pushed ahead, and the album came out to
critical-acclaim and indie chart-topping status, but
their plans to tour it far and wide were obviously
scuppered. At first, their UK tour was rescheduled to
just two months later, thinking there’s no way the
pandemic could last more than a few weeks…. Fast
forward a year, their UK tour has been rebooked
independently by the band at least five times and The
Lovely Eggs are still yet to play the new album live,
but new tour dtaes are now on sale for 2022.
www.facebook.com/thelovelyeggs
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24 JUNE
Celtic Connections at UEFA Euro 2020 with TIDE
LINES’ - BREABACH - KINNARIS QUINTET :: At
UEFA Euro 2020 Fan Zone Festival in Glasgow Green.
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