This is not a review as such.  It’s not a review at all to be honest (they’re coming soon though), merely an excuse to post up some photos of last night’s excellent Copy Haho, Moon Unit & AZI Cool show at The Tunnels.

‘Twas a genuinely eclectic bill, and it worked:  Haho ruled, Moon Unit assaulted and AZI flowed.  Good times.

All photos by Neil Henderson, expect more of his work on the site very soon indeed…

Copy Haho

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Thursday 4 March | The Tunnels | 7.30pm | £5 Tickets

If you’ve been paying any attention at all to this site, you’ll know about Stonehaven’s Copy Haho; and you’ll know they’re rather good indeed.  This is likely to be their last Aberdeen show for a wee while, so it’d be rude not to check it out.  Support comes from psychedelic Glasgow types Moon Unit (formerly Nackt Insecten Trio) and excellent local hip-hop MC Kuda.

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: Do It!

December 9, 2009

Friday 11 December | Cellar 35 | 8.30pm | £3

The Do It! crew have been putting on great little parties down at Cellar 35 for over a year now, and there’s no reason why this night with a distinct Norwegian flavour to it will be any different.

Said flavour comes, not from a taste of that weird sweet brown cheese they have over there (which is, quite frankly, minging) but rather in the shape of guests Put Your Hand Up For Neo-Tokyo, a duo who’ve been making waves in Bergen’s burgeoning scene of late.  Influences? Aphex Twin, Dimlite, Jeru the Damaja, Gary Numan and Devo. Not bad. Not bad at all. There’s a bit of early Madchester stuff in there too for good measure…

Glasgow deep house/disco don DJ Clinical (Cosmic Microwave) and Do It’s own funk/80’s selecter White Chocolate provide ample extra tuneage alongside all the extra visuals and artwork we’ve come to expect from this lot.  Getting down early gives you the chance to pick up a free exclusive mix from Bergen’s Nabovarsel collective too.  Done.  Forget the oil,  this is one Scando-Scottish exchange we heartily endorse.  Skål!

Update: Dananananaykroyd have cancelled. See homepage/post above for details

It’s not even the weekend yet and here’s the third show featuring some superb Scottish acts we’ve featured in the space of four days…

This time it’s the turn of glorious, shouty, bouncy, ‘fight-pop’ (their phrase) Glasgow outfit Dananananaykroyd.  Now pretty firmly established on these shores and beyond, the word ‘energetic’ doesn’t do them justice.  Let’s just say they know how to put on a show.

In an inspired piece of booking, support comes from local hip-hop type Kuda and post-punks Carson Wells while the Teenage Lust/Copy Haho DJs provide some recorded musical interludes.  We thought the scary poster was worth including too, so without further ado…

dana

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Music: Le Weekend

November 6, 2009

There’s no reason for the ‘le’ whatsoever, just being slightly affected.  Anyway, without further ado, here are les picks for this weekend

Two of Scotland’s most popular acts are in town; Idlewild (The Warehouse, Fri) and The Proclaimers (AEEC, Sat). Both sold out though, so enjoy if you’ve got tickets.  Friday also sees a couple of Sound Festival shows outside the city; King Creosote and The Pictish Trail at The Woodend Barn, Banchory (8pm, £14, really nice venue) and most interestingly, experimental music with Mark Wastell and Will Guthrie at The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Fraserburgh (7.30pm, £7/£5, Free bus from Aberdeen Art Gallery at 6pm).  How cool does that sound?  I mean, it’s in a lighthouse museum…

Ace local group Super Six Funk Machine are promoting two shows over the weekend; Newcastle hip-hop/funk band The 27 Club at Drummonds on Friday (9pm/£4, with the Funk Machine themselves in support) and superb US hip-hop outfit Ugly Duckling on Saturday (The Tunnels, 10.30pm, £5) while further beat-driven goodness can be had at Origin when Everything Else Sucks welcome Manchester house, breaks ‘n’ bass duo Heavy Feet (Saturday, 10pm, £6).  That lot should keep you going, however, as always, see our listings if nothing here takes your fancy.  Hiv a good een folks

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