past gigs
27 August 2011
Retreat! Festival,
Pilrig St Paul's Church, Edinburgh
Fun times guaranteed.
25 August 2011
Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
supporting Withered Hand, with Woodpigeon (solo) and Meursault (solo).
28 June 2011
Dulcimer, Manchester
supporting Woodpigeon, with Rob St John.
27 June 2011
Pilrig St Paul's Church, Edinburgh
supporting Woodpigeon, with Rob St John.
25 June 2011
Peacock Art's Centre, Aberdeen
supporting Woodpigeon, with Rob St John.
1 June 2011
Limbo at the Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
with the Scottish Enlightenment and Silver Fox.
6 May 2011
Homegame Festival
Town Hall, Anstruther, Fife
with all our favorite people. So happy. See Fence website for full details.
6 April 2011
Deskjob launch at the Captain's Rest
with Meursault, Panda Su, Conquering Animal Sound, Adam Beattie, Iona Marshall, Autistic Angus, The Oates Field, Adam P Gorman, and Inspector Tapehead. Yowzer.
5 February 2011
Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Special soundtracking event at the Kulturhuset.
28 January 2011
Limbo at Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
supporting The Oates Field, with Gumi Bako.
23 November 2010
Sneaky Petes, Edinburgh
Supporting Daniel Fred & Julie (ft. Julie Doiron). ** CANCELLED **
27 November 2010
Cruz, Leith
Leith Tape Club special on a boat! with FOUND, Dan Haywoods New Hawks, Iona Marshall, Wounded Knee, The Oates Field, and more. Buy tickets.
17 December 2010
Pilrig St Paul's, Leith
Stars in their Eyes Xmas Special - featuring Meursault, Jesus h. Foxx, Withered Hand & many more.
14 November 2010
the Tunnels, Aberdeen
supporting Broken Records, with Rob St. John.
13 November 2010
Bogbain Farm, Inverness
supporting Broken Records, with Rob St. John.
12 November 2010
the Arches, Glasgow
supporting Broken Records, with Rob St. John.
31 October 2010
Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
Hallowe'en special with Our Ladies of Sorrow. Support from The Leg and The Oates Field.
30 October 2010
the Luminaire, London
supporitng Meursault, with Thee Single Spy.
24 October 2010
Edinburgh Popfest
The Lot, Edinburgh
with ballboy, Bobby Baby, The Bobby McGees and Darren Hayman.
18 October 2010
Roxy Room, Edinburgh
7pm, £6
supporting Alasdair Roberts, with the Douglas Firs, the Wee Rogue and Iliop.
11 September 2010
the End of the Road Festival
Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset
the Tipi Tent, 3.30pm
playing the incredible End of the Road festival - with Meursault, Woodpigeon, Allo Darlin and many many others.
8 September 2010
Captain's Rest, Glasgow
supporting Woodpigeon.
7 September 2010
Roxy Art House, Edinburgh
supporting Kath Bloom and This Frontier Needs Heroes and Woodpigeon.
4 September 2010
the Tunnels, Aberdeen
with Benni Hemm Hemm and the Second Hand Marching Band.
18 August 2010
Haarfest!
Hew Scott Hall, Anstruther
with OnTheFly and Seamus Fogarty.
4 August 2010
Pilrig St. Paul's Church, Edinburgh
supporting Calvin Johnson, with Ben Butler & Mousepad. Buy tickets.
28 August 2010
Retreat! Festival
Pilrig St Paul's Church, Edinburgh
with lots of other people. Full details.
31 July 2010
the Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh
with Conquering Animal Sound. A We Sink Ships night.
19 June 2010
Captain's Rest, Glagsow
supporting Alisdair Roberts, with Yusuf Azak.
14 June 2010
the Village, Leith
double headliner with Blueflint. Part of the Leith Festival.
6 June 2010
Old Queen's Head, London (N1 8LN)
all dayer for Meursault's album launch, with Rob St John, Stars of Sunday League, Yusuf Asak, Max Maguire, and Thee Single Spy (solo).
29 May 2010
She Said on Sub City Radio
6-8pm
chatting and playing songs and that on Sub City radio.
28 May 2010
Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
supporting Jesus h. Foxx, with Maple Leaves.
22 May 2010
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
7.30pm, £10
supporting Malcolm Middleton, with Spare Snare. Part of Tigerfest.
30 April 2010
EP Launch at the Roxy Room, Edinburgh
7.30pm, £5
with John Egdell and the Douglas Firs.
1 May 2010
EP Launch at the Flying Duck, Glasgow
7pm, £5
with My Kappa Roots and Rob St. John.
31 March 2010
Maggie's Chamber, Edinburgh
with the Last Battle and the Oates Field
27 March 2010
Flying Duck, Glasgow
supporting Her Name is Calla and worriedaboutsatan.
13 March 2010
Homegame Festval
Hew Scott Hall, Anstruther
11.45pm
Mash(ed) up with FOUND and the Oates Field.
12 March 2010
Homegame Fesival
Hew Scott Hall, Anstruther
4.30pm
Full band set
5 March 2010
Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
8pm, £5
supporting Copy Haho, with Debutant.
14 February 2010
Elvis Shakespeare, Leith
1pm, free entry
In-store with the Late Call
11 February 2010
Leith Tape Club at the Iso Bar, Leith
8pm, £5
with Hayley Beavis and the Stormy Seas. Lovely night in a tiny venue.
31 January 2010
GRV, Edinburgh
1pm, £8 in advance/£10 on door
Sick Kids Sunday charity all dayer, with an incredivle line-up featuring James Yorkston & Adrian Crowley (performing the songs of Daniel Johnston), Martin Henry (De Rosa), My Tiny Robots, the Stormy Seas, Zoey Van Goey, Woodenbox with a Fistul of Fivers, Men Diamler, Sparrow & the Workshop, and Broken Records.
21 January 2010
Versus at the Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
8pm, £5
Versus - a colloaboration between ourselves, FOUND and the Oates Field. Full details at the Versus website.
23 December 2009
Christmas Songwriters Club at Leith Dockers Club
7pm, £5
A rather special evening of original Christmas song, featuring performances from Broken Records, Chutes, Jesus h Foxx, We See Lights, Come On Gang, the Electric Ghosts, Bear Bones and the Stormy Seas.
14 December 2009
the 13th Note, Glasgow
8pm, £4
Glasgow single launch for 'Sleep the Winter', with special guests Withered Hand (solo set) and Ali Downer (Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers).
12 December 2009
instore at Avalanche records
Cockburn street, Edinburgh
5.30pm, free entry
Instore to celebrate the launch of 'Sleep the Winter'.
11 December 2009
the Bowery, Edinburgh
7.30pm, £5
'Sleep the Winter' single launch, with special guests Withered Hand (solo set) and Jill O'Sullivan (Sparrow & the Workshop)
30 October 2009
Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
8pm, £10
supporting the excellent Bowerbirds, with Dry The River.
29 October 2009
the Bowery, Edinburgh
7.30pm, £5
supporting ballboy, with So Cow and Local Living Guy.
2 October 2009
Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh
7pm, £7
supporting Trespassers William, with Glissando.
16 August 2009
Playing with the Past at the Filmhouse
8pm , £7.50
Second screening of the Edinburgh International Film Festival event.
26 June 2009
Playing with the Past at the Pleasance Cabaret Bar
8pm, £6.50/£5.50
Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. A series of short films from the Scottish Screen National Archive, each with a soundtrack specially composed and performed live by ourselves, Found and Meursault. Tickets available from the Filmhouse on Lothian Road or the Film Festival website.
21 May 2009
Cyprus Avenue, Cork
supporting Woodpigeon, with Honeybear.
19 May 2009
Auntie Annie's, Belfast
supporting Woodpigeon, with Honeybear.
17-19 April 2009
Homegame Festival, Anstruther
Excite-o-rama.
27 February 2009
Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh
7pm, pwyc
supporting Flowers of Hell, with Wounded Knee.
17 February 2009
Betsey Trotwood, London
8pm, £5
with Rob St. John, Allo, Darlin' and Moustache of Insanity.
15 February 2009
the Captain's Rest, Glasgow
8pm, £4
with Rob St John and State Broadcasters.
14 February 2009
Fife Kills: Love
the Bowery, Edinburgh
8pm, £5
First night of the Fife Kills tour. With Rob St John and My Kappa Roots.
29 January 2009
The Caves, Edinburgh
8pm
with Come In Tokyo.
20 December 2008
Henry's Cellar Bar Xmas Party
8pm, £5
with lots of other people.
13 December 2008
Drive Carefully Xmas Special
the 13th Note, Glasgow
9.30pm, £4
With Skeleton Bob and Diamond Sea.
4 December 2008
Limbo at the Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
8pm, £5
with Pumajaw and Sparrow & the Workshop.
29 November 2008
Gimme Shelter Festival
The Caves, Edinburgh
with Broken Records, De Rosa, Steve Mason (DJ), Wake the President, Jesus H Foxx, Withered Hand, ballboy, Meursault, Little Pebble, The Kays Lavelle, Team Turnip and Kat Healy
22 November 2008
the Captain's Rest, Glasgow
8pm, £7
supporting My Latest Novel.
14 November 2008
the Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
8pm, £5/4
with Saint Jude's Infirmary and Audrey Sings Nico.
1 November 2008
Bongo Club, Edinburgh
7pm, £5
supporting the amazing Broken Records on their new single launch, with the similarly amazing Sparrow and the Workshop
26 October 2008
The Loft, Ashton Lane, Glasgow
6.15pm, entry by donation
Part of the Oxjam festival.
25 October 2008
Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
11.30pm, £6
supporting the Week That Was.
23 October 2008
Fat Sam's, Dundee
supporting Malcolm Middleton and Los Campesinos!
2 October 2008
GRV, Edinburgh
supporting De Rosa, with Kid Canaveral and Woodenbox.
27 September 2008
the Red Lion, Stoke Newington, London
supporting Small Town Boredom, with Paul Goodwin.
25 September 2008
Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh
7pm, £4
supporting Small Town Boredom, with Paul Goodwin.
8 September 2008
the Captain's Rest, Glasgow
8pm, £5
supporting Woodpigeon (full band show! whoop!) with the French Wives.
16 August 2008
the Scottish Scullery (St. John's Church), Edinburgh
8pm, £3
Debut EP launch! With the rather lovely allo, darlin. Attendance is mandatory. Part of the Retreat! festival.
18 July 2008
Captain's Rest, Glasgow
8pm, £5
with James Blackshaw and If You Lived Her You'd Be Home By Now. Who are both rather brilliant.
5 July 2008
Elvis Shakespeare, Leith
12pm, free
Elvis Shakespeare third birthday party, with a veritable feast of music and prsose performances.
4 June 2008
The Clock, Leith
7pm, free
with Woodpigeon, Withered Hand and Rob St. John.
15 May 2008
Collective Gallery, Edinbugh
7pm, £3
with the lovely Emily Scott.
29 April 2008
Henry's Cellar Bar , Edinburgh
7pm, £5/4
supporting the Low Lows. Who are awesome.
29 March 2008
Homegame V, Anstruther
part of the tracer trails stage at fence records' homegame festival.
20 March 2008
Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh
7pm, £10
with The Twilight Sad and Make Model. An i fly spitfires night.
22 December 2007
Elvis Shakespeare Christmas Party
Leith Walk, Edinburgh
from 12.30pm, free entry
with a host of local talent, in the best second hand record store in Edinburgh.
1 December 2007
Bristo Hall, Edinburgh
8pm, £5
with Viking Moses, Tiger Saw and Golden Ghost.
25 November 2007
Forest Cafe, Edinburgh
8pm, free entry
Fife Kills: Hippies, with the Fife Kills gang.
20 September 2007
The Buff Club, Glasgow
8pm, £4
with Woodpigeon and Tom Snowball.
19 September 2007
The Ark, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh
8pm, £5
with Woodpigeon, and Withered Hand
16 August 2007
Capitol, Glasgow
8pm, £5
with Small Town Boredom, Zoey Van Goey and Early Songs. Should be belting.
14 August 2007
13th note, Glasgow
8pm, £4
with Golden Ghost and Les Enfant Bastard. Charity Benefit for Kidney Research UK.
12 July 2007
The 13th Note Cafe, Glasgow
9pm, £4
supporting the amazing amazing amazing Sleeping States, with Hyena.
13 July 2007
The Village, Leith
8pm, £5
with Little Pebble and Fuzzy Star.
5 July 2007
Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
7pm, £8
supporting The Strange Death of LIberal England, with Y'all Is Fantasy Island.
4 July 2007
Octopus Diamond, Edinburgh
8pm, £3
Independence Day! with Broken Records and The Byrons.
1 July 2007
Nice n' Sleazy's, Glasgow
2pm, £3
Hangover Club. Rather lovely afternoon gig, with My Kappa Roots and The Wee Rogue. I can't think of a better way to spend a Sunday.
28 June 2007
This is Music at Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinbugh
8pm, £4
10 June 1007
Bacchus
80 Glassford Street, Glasgow
7pm, £4
supporting Chippewa Falls, with Groaner.
9 June 2007
Octopus Diamond, Edinburgh
8pm, £5
supporting Chippewa Falls, with Y'all is Fantasy Island and Wounded Knee.
5 May 2007
Bristo Adventist Church Hall, Edinburgh
free
super secret Gimme Shelter post-launch, pre-festival after-show party, with Adrian Crowley and Serafina.
14 April 2007
Homegame festival, Anstruther
with the fife kills: gang.
13 April 2007
The Tunnels, Aberdeen
7.30pm, £4
with copy haho.
6 April 2007
Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
7pm, £4
with gasgiant and shutter. Early show 7-10pm.
27 March 2007
Octopus Diamond, Edinburgh
8pm, £3
the gentle invasion, with seaside and the great bear.
17 March 2007
Biddie Brothers, Clapton, London
free entry
part of Fife Kills: London, with lots of Fife Kills acts. Who are all great.
12 March 2007
Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
8pm, £4
supporting the Low Lows with Music for One and Julien Pearly.
21 February 2007
The Lion, Church Street Stoke Newington, London
8pm, £4
Birds of Prey Tour 2007 - with woodpigeon. In association with good grief.
19 February 2007
Bristo Adventist Church Hall (beside Forest Cafe), Edinburgh
7.30pm, £4
Birds of Prey Tour 2007 - with woodpigeon, withered hand and wounded knee. In association with tracer trails.
18 February 2007
The Captain's Rest (gt. western road), Glasgow
7.30pm, £4
Birds of Prey tour 2007 - with woodpigeon and woodenbox.
4 February 2007
Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
8pm, £4
with Gnome and the Volcano, Julien Pearly and Red Squirrel.
30 January 2007
Capitol, Glasgow
8pm, £4
with Lahoya and Blue Whiskey.
7 January 2007
Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
8pm, £4
with Sazava and The Action Group.
17 December 2006
Mono, Glasgow
1pm, entry by donation
Gimme Shelter - a day of music in aid of the homeless charity shelter. For full details, check the Gimme Shelter myspace page.
16 December 2006
Festive Foodstock!
The Clock, Leith
11.30am-7pm, free
another afternoon of peace, music and sandwiches - this time with a seasonal slant.
12 December 2006
This is Music on fresh air radio
6-7.30pm
playing a session on the This is Music show on fresh air radio. Think the show starts at 6pm, we come on for about 6.30pm. To listen in: www.freshair.org.uk
30 November 2006
Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
8pm, £4
supporting Dragging an Ox Through Water. With Les Enfant Bastard.
22 November 2006
Head of Steam, Newcastle
8pm, £3
with chippewa falls and beth jeans houghton.
17 November 2006
Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art
6pm, free
early evening show, with the mighty scrim.
11 November 2006
SNAFU, Aberdeen
8pm
supporting The Kays Lavelle and Underbelly.
10 November 2006
Queen Charlotte Rooms, Leith
8pm, £6
A disco maskquarade full of costumes and an amalgam of live bands including Action Group, Fossil Record, Sarah and the Snakes and Will Pickvance & The Cowgate Cartoon.
25 October 2006
Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
8pm, £5
Part of This is Music, with the Low Miffs, Popup and Private Jackson.
2 October 2006
Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
7-10pm, £6
supporting Field Music. With Roys Iron DNA - note early evening show. Don't be late.
31 August 2006
henry's cellar bar, edinburgh
8pm, £4
supporting Small Town Boredom (keep records), with Rob St John.
14 August 2006
nicol edwards, edinburgh
part of the I Fly Spitfires festival extravaganza
12 August 2006
the clock deli, the shore, leith
11am-7pm, free
foodstock 2 - featuring Royal Edinburgh Music, Fuzzy Star, Lindsay West, Craig & Elly (single fish), Chris - the American guy Craig & Elly met on the bus down, Lindsay Sugden, Son of Thom, Withered Hand and My Kappa Roots.
10 August 2006
sculpture room, Edinburgh College of Art
7.30 pm, free
Musique Cinematique - performing a live soundtrack to a series of short avant-garde films
3 August 2006
henry's cellar bar, edinburgh
7.30pm, £4
Us, with Lindsay West and Fuzzy Star & the Malfunctioning Androids (aka Mr. Andy Thomson without a p)
4 July 2006
henry's cellar bar, edinburgh
8pm, £4
upporting capulet. with oso and gasgiant.
10 June 2006
the clock deli, the shore, leith
free, 12pm-5pm
Foodstock 2006 - all day music in the clock deli, with performances by chris dooks, andy thomson, david mcneil, the kays lavelle, rob st. john and my kappa roots. Also reasonably priced deli-style snacks on offer. Delicious.
11 June 2006
treefest, inverleith park, edinburgh
free, 12pm
Come and listen to some music, then sample the fine hand crafted wooden trinkets.
6 June 2006
the tron (basement bar), hunter sq, edinburgh
£3. 7.30pm
an evening of electro-goth rock courtesy of our side-project, Our Ladies of Sorrow, with support from Wounded Knee and live giallo horror visuals.
2 June 2006
cabaret voltaire, edinburgh
£5, 7pm
supporting the kays lavelle on the launch of their ep. With the dead beat club.
26 May 2006
henry's cellar bar, edinburgh
£4, 7.30pm
with chippewa falls, north altantic oscillation and my kappa roots.
19 May 2006
the loft (upstairs in les trois seours), edinburgh
£3, 9pm
with chocyamo, the amateurs and north foundation.
16 May 2006
the left bank, edinburgh
7.30pm, free
ith Aaron Wright and the Aprils, Paul Gladwell and Andy Hill.
9 May 2006
henry's cellar bar, edinburgh
8.30pm, £5
art of Tigerfest. With Barzin, The Black Spring and Greathead.
7 April 2006
stereo, glasgow
£3, 7pm
A celebration of the life and art of Mr. David J McNeil, featuring Paul McCluskey, Writers I've Known and Table 57.
25 March 2006
the cluny, newcastle
£5, 4pm
The First Big Weekend, featuring Dad They Broke Me, John Egdell, Les Cox (Sportif), Mansions of Glory, Meet Eric Roberts, Chippewa Falls and Dressed in Wires.
20 February 2006
henry's cellar bar, edinburgh
8pm, £5
supporting Jack Rose and Chris Corsano on the Edinburgh leg of their UK tour, with My Kappa Roots.
9 February 2006
wee red bar, edinburgh
8pm, free
with Lindsay West, Lindsay Sugden and Andy Thomson.
2 February 2006
henry's cellar bar, edinburgh
7.30pm, £4
with Gamble, Gamble and Drever, Yahoo Serious, and mr. Andrew Hill.
23 November 2005
cottiers bar, glasgow
8pm, free
Playing as part of Woodpigeon. With Gav Prentice, Cherry Ghost and Charlemagne.
14 November 2005
the tron (basement bar), edinburgh
8pm, £2
Birds of Prey World Tour 2005. With Mark from woodpigeon. And Linseed West.
1 October 2005
the tron (basement bar), edinburgh
8pm, entry by donation
playing as part of 'From a Basement on a Hill'
A tribute to Elliott Smith
featuring William Douglas, Lindsay West, Andy Thomson,
Lindsay Sugden, Shug and more.
27 September 2005
nektar, edinburgh
8pm, free
with Peanut and - fresh from his European tour - My Kappa Roots.
26 August 2005
lamb's house, leith
8pm, £3
with Rosie Bell, Graeme Mearns, Chris Brown and the Houdini Box.
7 August 2005
the three tuns, edinburgh
3pm, free
19 July 2005
caledonian backpackers, edinburgh
8.30pm, £3
Acoustica with Aaron Wright & Harry Weeks, Graeme Mearns and the Houdini Box.
30 June 2005
subway, edinburgh
9pm, £4
supporting a Hawk and a Hacksaw, with Wounded Knee and My Kappa Roots.
10 June 2005
subway, edinburgh
8pm, free entry
with Seaside and the Double Deads.
31 May 2005
bookville, newcastle
6pm, free
Narbfest with Greenspace, A Woman of No Importance, Nev Clay, Lachrymose One, Chippewa Falls, Field Music, Dressed in Wires, and King Biscuit Time (DJ set).
