Music: Subsource, Super Six, A-ZI Cool
June 9, 2010
Friday 11 June | The Tunnels | 10pm | £6.50
I hardly read the NME these days, but their description of Subsource as being ‘like The Prodigy teaching a noise violation seminar to Sonic Boom Six’ is pretty nail-on-the-heid. Cheers NME.
Consisting of ’a Cambridge educated British-Chinese science prodigy, a Norwegian born multi instrumentalist, a nu-skool breaks double bass player and a D ‘n’ B drummer’, the Surrey outfit are an unlikely mix of electro, punk, metal, dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass. It works though. Which is why they get invited to loads of festivals and have worked with the likes of the aforementioned Prodigy and Akil from Jurrasic 5…
Support comes from local funk band Super Six and hip-hop types AZ-I Cool, both of whom have new EPs done, dusted and available on the night (the first 40 through the door get a free CD in fact…)
Music: Mr Scruff Interview
May 7, 2010
Saturday 15 May | The Warehouse | 10pm | £12.50 Tickets
Genre-hopping Manchester DJ/producer Mr Scruff is back in town touring his Keep It Unreal night and anyone who’s caught one of his marathon sets in the past will know what to expect, this time around we’ve got a whole five hours to look forward to as well…
We caught up with him to talk tunes, gig preparation (there’s lots of it in his case) and how he ended up running a tea company…
Music: Do It!
May 6, 2010
Friday 7 May | The Tunnels | 1opm | £5
We always seem to end up covering the Do It! nights, probably ‘cos they’re invariably ace parties. It’s not just us though, they’ve recently been featured in the excellent Juxtapoz mag for example…
Anyway, this is going to be a stormer as expat Aberdonian (and recent singing to Big Dada records) Offshore joins the regulars. Big things are expected from him this year, very big things indeed, check out this mix from Bonafide zine for a few eclectic, beat-laden pointers as to why…
Music: Kill Em All
April 21, 2010
Thursday 22 April | Snafu | 10pm | £6/£5adv
The Filthy Dukes bring their famed Kill Em All night North from its home at London’s Fabric for the first of a new bi-monthly residency at The Dirty Hearts Club. They’ll be joined by KEA co-promoter and one of the DJs/producers du jour Stopmakingme whose eclectic mix of electro, techno, house, post-punk, pop and anything in between pretty much sums up the ethos of the night. Which sounds fine by us. Check out some mixes here, they sound fine by us too…
Music/Arts: Pop Boutique/Do It!
March 10, 2010
Pop Boutique: Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 March | 22 Schoolhill | 10am-5pm| Free
Do It!: Saturday 13 March | The Tunnels | 9pm | £3
A couple of events this weekend in aid of social care charity VSA:
First up, in the old Harley Clothing store at 22 Schoolhill, Pop Boutique (Facebook event page) gives you the chance to buy exclusive pieces from young Scottish artists, designers and creative bods…
Then it’s off down The Tunnels from 9pm on the Saturday for an afterparty courtesy of the Do It! crew. A move from their regular haunt of Cellar 35 means they can kick up things a notch, so expect all the things they’re good at (great visuals, eclectic selectors, funk, house, 80s tunes, dancing, artwork, that kind of stuff) to be somewhat multiplied and amplified, which, to state the screamingly obvious, is a good thing. Soundtracked by Do It! resident White Chocolate alongside guest Kid Bell, the night also sees the launch of the Aberdeen Sketch Book project (look! another Facebook event page). Aye, this lot know how to fuse art and music together alright. More power to them…
Music: Errors, Marionettes, Min Diesel
February 22, 2010
Friday 26 February | The Lemon Tree | 8pm | £8.50 Tickets
Glasgow instrumentalists Errors’ soon-to-be released second album ‘Come Down With Me’ sounds like that Channel 4 show you pretend you don’t watch if said in a clipped, 70s sitcom upper-class English accent: Come Dine with me. Let’s go Dine to my Hice. Hmmm. Kind of works. I’ll leave it in anyway. I’ll read it back later and wonder what the hell I was on about though. Guaranteed.
Anyway, Errors are signed to Mogwai’s Rock Action label and their new stuff is a pretty glorious mix of synths, guitars and driving drums which draws on krautrock, house, funk and post-rock with some big, swirling sounsdcapery thrown in for good measure. Check out their ace, bouncy, new single (out today, Mon 22nd) below. F**k knows what’s going on in the video though…
Support comes from tight, melodic and energetic local indie types Marionettes and the mysterious Min Diesel.
Music: The Deep End
February 12, 2010
Saturday 13 February | Snafu | 11pm | £6/£3 before 12
Some of the city’s best up-and-coming talents join regular Saturday night resident Funky Transport down Snafu way this weekend. Expect quality underground house in all its shapes and forms. Pre-party upstairs in The Athenaeum from 9pm with discount/free passes on offer too…
Music: Liquid Liquid (DJ Set), Findo Gask & more
January 30, 2010
Sunday 31 January | Snafu | 9pm | £6
A little reminder for this one, the second of The Dirty Hearts Club’s 4th Birthday nights (Thursday with the Filthy Dukes was a stormer by all accounts). There’s a wee bit more info in our previous post here (the competition’s closed now, obviously). Get down early to catch Findo Gask live. Good band…
Music: Haiti Fundraiser
January 28, 2010
Thursday 28 January | 99 Bar & Kitchen | 8pm | £5 (Donations)
Tonight (Thursday)! Great cause. Nice bar. Excellent line-up of DJs. What’s not to like?
Music/Competition: Dirty Hearts Club 4th Birthday
January 21, 2010
We’ve got a great prize to give away for this, but more of that later…
I’d imagine quite a few of you reading this have been to the Dirty Hearts Club down Snafu way at some point; it’s a beacon of good taste on a Thursday night, I mean check out some of the bands and DJs who’ve played there on their myspace. Pretty impressive.
Anyway, they’re celebrating their fourth birthday in style with two cracking nights which encapsulate the club’s eclectic nature perfectly…
