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MUSIC NEWS Scotland <strong>GIGguide</strong> the mns collection …. page 13: edinburgh :: glasgow + surrounding area 6 NOVEMBER 28 MAY KATHERINE ALY :: At Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh. Katherine Aly is generating a significant industry buzz. Her last single Glow & Ignite was Single of the Week on The Afternoon Show on BBC Radio Scotland got lots of love on BBC Introducing from Phoebe I-H & Shereen Cutkelvin who said, “..that hook is SO catchy, we’ll be singing it for sure. Katherine is definitely reeling us in with those ear worms..I love it, I love it” Championed by Vogue Italia, Artist of the Week in The Scotsman, Tenement TV plus support on radio throughout the USA, Canada, France, and as far afield as Australia, Aly is one to watch, with lots of live shows approaching www.facebook.com/itskatherinealy 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 hip-hop 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 20<strong>22</strong> 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 20<strong>22</strong>. www.facebook.com/thelovelyeggs GLASGOW + AREA Send us all your gig dates for Glasgow and West Coast area Email them to Carol - carol.musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 28 SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAY CAKE! :: At Hug and Pint, Glasgow. A Glasgow-based Indie Art Rock band that'll make you boogie till you drop. They have just released their debut EP 'Methods Of Madness' which carries on from the charismatic eccentricities and buoyant swagger of their two singles to date and heralds them as ones to watch as the live circuit begins to open up again. The EP is a genre bending introduction from a band confident in their own sound yet still comfortable improvising with it, moving from moments of chaotic noise to calm tropical sun soaked vibes, from indie rock rollickers to classic crooner jazz the EP is an eclectic mix, with Donald McDiarmid’s uniquely articulate vocal styling coming out at you like fresh faced star atop contrasting yet sparkling musicianship. Birthday Cake! are Donald McDiarmid (guitar/vocals), Elise Atkinson (drums), Louis Bonne (guitar) and Calum Stuart (bass). All songs written by Birthday Cake! and produced, mixed and mastered by Calum Stuart. www.facebook.com/birthdaycakebandglasgow 29 SEPTEMBER EMILY BARKER / KIRSTEN ADAMSON @ Glasgow Americana (Opening Night) :: At Cottiers Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU. Tickets £16, doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. www.glasgowamericana.com PSYCHEDELIC FURS :: At SWG3, Glasgow. The Psychedelic Furs legend has continued to grow in the 21st century with the band’s catalogue achieving over 150 million streams. Since arriving, and in some way defining, the post-punk landscape four decades ago, The Fur’s influence continues to resonate, with The Strokes, The Killers, Foo Fighters and even Bob Dylan tipping their hats to them. www.facebook.com/psychedelicfurs 30 SEPTEMBER NATHAN BELL plus KIRSTEEN HARVEY @ Glasgow Americana :: At The Admiral Bar 72a Waterloo St, Glasgow G2 7DA. Tickets £13, doors 7.30pm, 8pm start. www.glasgowamericana.com JILL JACKSON plus support @ Glasgow Americana :: At Saint Lukes 17 Bain St, Glasgow G40 2JZ. Tickets £18.50, doors 7pm, 8pm start. Please read additional COVID measure in place for this show. www.glasgowamericana.com 1 OCTOBER DIANA JONES plus support @ Glasgow www.musicnewsscotland.wordpress.com Read all the <strong>MNS</strong> digital publications from links at www.musicnewsscotland.wordpress.com