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One support. No plans for general lateness. Sorry for hijack, Steven. Carry on.

High five

Let's add this to the list... 28.10.10 The Great Park + Woodpecker Wooliams @ Peacock Visual Arts (No More Soundchecks, with Vocoustics)

Look! I've updated the list. How exciting... 21.08.10 Unplugged show with special guests @ Union Terrace Gardens 27.08.10 Emma Pollock + Adrian Crowley @ The Tunnels 29.08.10 The Low Anthem + Mountain Man @ The Tunnels 04.09.10 The Second Hand Marching Band + Benni Hemm Hemm + Eagleowl @ The Tunnels 10.09.10 Sam Baker @ The Blue Lamp (with Vocoustics) 17.09.10 Sam Carter @ The Blue Lamp (with Vocoustics) 22.09.10 Kelly Joe Phelps + Corrine West @ The Blue Lamp (with Vocoustics) 17.10.10 Polar Bear @ The Tunnels 24.10.10 port-royal + Ten @ Peacock Visual Arts (as part of SOUND) 06.11.10 FOUND + Indian Red Lopez @ The Tunnels (as part of SOUND) 05.12.10 Smackvan + RM Hubbert @ The Tunnels (with The Slow Club) 15.12.10 Martin Stephenson & The Daintees @ The Tunnels 29.12.10 Friends of UTG benefit @ The Tunnels

interesting music promotions present THE SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND + BENNI HEMM HEMM + EAGLEOWL Saturday, 4 September 2010 The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF. Phone (01224) 211121 Doors 8pm Tickets 6+bf in adv / 8 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or http://www.ticketweb.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.thetunnels.co.uk THE SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND - are from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Ayr, Kincardine, Cumbernauld, Neilston, Canada, Airdrie and elsewhere. They have been together since the end of 2007 and play guitars, ukeleles, mandolins, triangles, accordians, trumpets, tenor horns, saxophones, trombones, glockenspiel, castanets, marching drums, melodicas, woodblocks, tamborines, bells, violins, flutes, clarinets and other stuff. The second hand marching band are a group of 16-22 musicians who play mainly in Scotland. They play folk music which is a mixture of dance, pop and post-rock influences. The SHMB started performing in December 2007 and have in the last year been up and down Scotland playing venues, tea houses, parks, festivals, fields and now make their Aberdeen debut. http://www.myspace.com/thesecondhandmarchingband BENNI HEMM HEMM - is the band of Benedikt H. Hermannsson. He writes the bands songs and produces the bands recordings. The band is an organism that is hard to explain. Its members are in total around 300. At shows the size of the band is usually somewhere from 3 to 40. Benni Hemm Hemm was born when he released the SummerPlate E.P. in the summer of 2003. The E.P. was a solo release, produced by Benedikt H. Hermannsson. It was released in 30 copies. The first performance of the big band of Benni Hemm Hemm was on the 1st of May, 2004 at the 5th birthday of Kitchen Motors. And after that performance there was no turning backcurrently resident in Edinburgh http://www.myspace.com/bennihemmhemm EAGLEOWL are a lo-fi post-folk ensemble from Edinburgh. The Scotsman said they sound like "the soundtrack to the saddest, most beautiful art-house film you've never seen." The List once described them as "simply beautiful". Song, By Toad described them as being "torturously slow" which they regard as a huge compliment. Described as sounding like Hood, the Dirty Three, Spiritualized, Neil Young, Red House Painters, Tindersticks, John Cale, Sigur Ros, Sparklehorse, Mogwai, Graham Coxon, Low, "The White Stripes without the tits", "like the Jesus and Mary Chain had wandered into a folk club", "proof that you can cross Nirvana with the Proclaimers", "70s bastard grandchildren of doom" and "really atmospheric. Like Braveheart". http://www.myspace.com/eagleowlattack

interesting music promotions present THE SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND + BENNI HEMM HEMM + EAGLEOWL Saturday, 4 September 2010 The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF. Phone (01224) 211121 Doors 8pm Tickets 6+bf in adv / 8 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or http://www.ticketweb.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.thetunnels.co.uk THE SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND - are from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Ayr, Kincardine, Cumbernauld, Neilston, Canada, Airdrie and elsewhere. They have been together since the end of 2007 and play guitars, ukeleles, mandolins, triangles, accordians, trumpets, tenor horns, saxophones, trombones, glockenspiel, castanets, marching drums, melodicas, woodblocks, tamborines, bells, violins, flutes, clarinets and other stuff. The second hand marching band are a group of 16-22 musicians who play mainly in Scotland. They play folk music which is a mixture of dance, pop and post-rock influences. The SHMB started performing in December 2007 and have in the last year been up and down Scotland playing venues, tea houses, parks, festivals, fields and now make their Aberdeen debut. http://www.myspace.com/thesecondhandmarchingband BENNI HEMM HEMM - is the band of Benedikt H. Hermannsson. He writes the bands songs and produces the bands recordings. The band is an organism that is hard to explain. Its members are in total around 300. At shows the size of the band is usually somewhere from 3 to 40. Benni Hemm Hemm was born when he released the SummerPlate E.P. in the summer of 2003. The E.P. was a solo release, produced by Benedikt H. Hermannsson. It was released in 30 copies. The first performance of the big band of Benni Hemm Hemm was on the 1st of May, 2004 at the 5th birthday of Kitchen Motors. And after that performance there was no turning backcurrently resident in Edinburgh http://www.myspace.com/bennihemmhemm EAGLEOWL are a lo-fi post-folk ensemble from Edinburgh. The Scotsman said they sound like "the soundtrack to the saddest, most beautiful art-house film you've never seen." The List once described them as "simply beautiful". Song, By Toad described them as being "torturously slow" which they regard as a huge compliment. Described as sounding like Hood, the Dirty Three, Spiritualized, Neil Young, Red House Painters, Tindersticks, John Cale, Sigur Ros, Sparklehorse, Mogwai, Graham Coxon, Low, "The White Stripes without the tits", "like the Jesus and Mary Chain had wandered into a folk club", "proof that you can cross Nirvana with the Proclaimers", "70s bastard grandchildren of doom" and "really atmospheric. Like Braveheart". http://www.myspace.com/eagleowlattack

Handy... BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - Sessions

That looks like a fun evening.

We've asked. Lots of times. Although Graeme is now besht mates with Stuart, so you never know... [wishfulthinkingemoticon]

Got all these ready to go - guess where I've been recently... Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela The Rise and Fall of Apartheid - David Welsh Foul!: The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote Rigging and Ticket Scandals - Andrew Jennings More Than Just a Game: Football v Apartheid - Prof. Chuck Korr, Marvin Close

6 minutes later... quick work my friend!

Come on Steven, get it sorted for Lemon Tree. Would love to see Twilight Sad in there, as the last couple of times at the Warehouse has been uninspiring.

Fleet Foxes like this video... Mountain Man "Babylon" [part 3 of 3] - Mountain Man Squint on Vimeo

Hey Alan, just so you know - Adrian is going back down the road with Emma so won't require his usual accommodation.

Tickets online, but not in One Up just yet...

interesting music promotions present EMMA POLLOCK + ADRIAN CROWLEY Friday, 27 August 2010 The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF. Phone (01224) 211121 Doors 7.30pm Tickets 8+bf in adv / 10 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or http://www.ticketweb.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.thetunnels.co.uk http://www.chemikal.co.uk EMMA POLLOCK is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding member of The Delgados, one of the most interesting and influential bands to emerge from the mid-90s Glasgow music scene. One of the most bewitching singers and natural songwriters around, Emma released her debut solo album Watch The Fireworks on 4AD in 2007 and returned to Chemikal Underground this year with the release of her second solo outing The Law Of Large Numbers . The album is crammed with unconventional arrangements and by Emmas own admission, was an almost entirely self-serving project. With taut, sparse production, hints of Dixieland jazz, abrasive pop songs; programmed drums and improvised vocal loops this record is, in short, and in the words of Emma herself, The truest representation of me as an individual - whatever that means. As well as keeping busy with Chemikal Underground duties she is a member of the cross-genre musical collective The Burns Unit, who also counts Karine Polwart, King Creosote and Future Pilot AKA among its members. The Law of Large Numbers takes a more deconstructive tack, gradually breaking down the standard rock band formation to experiment with texture and rhythm, and establish a more absorbing, nocturnal atmosphere. PITCHFORK [7.5/10] a wonderfully simple, clever and loveable record initially masquerading as a complex and awkward one. DROWNED IN SOUND [8/10] Pollock has rediscovered her former bands grandiose esoterica and stark, scratchy danger: Hug The Harbour is tribal alt.pop, Nine Lives sinister ragtime jazz and I Could Be A Saint sounds like the most tuneful slashings of a serial killer nicknamed The Xylophone. Think Flo and Regina stalking Nick Cave; the music box threat of Red Orange Green or Confessions sultry electro wouldnt be out of place on Bjrks Post. NME [8/10] http://www.myspace.com/emmapollock http://www.emmapollock.com ADRIAN CROWLEY returns to Aberdeen for his SIXTH IMP SHOW! Is this a record? We must like him, or something. Signed to Chemikal Underground in 2009, his latest album Season of the Sparks recently scooped Irelands prestigious Choice Music Award their version of the Mercury Music Prize. Here are a few snippets of nice words... "...like Leonard Cohen narrating a Tim Burton fairytale. A true magical mystery tour. Q [4/5] "A prolonged sigh for summers gone, Season Of The Sparks shimmers and hums with regret...something spare, ghostly and beautiful. A great album. SUNDAY TIMES [4/5] From the hazy melancholy of the Beekeepers Wife to the Smiths-meets-Nick Drake stylings of the title track, Season of the Sparks is a treasure youll be happy to have melting out of your stereo as the throat of winter approaches. THE SKINNY [4/5] celebrates the power and tranquility of nature with a collection of slow moving, hazy, yet oddly enchanting tales about the inner peace of the natural world. CLASH [7/10] As a storyteller in thrall to nature, Crowley can have you hanging on every line and make you remember to appreciate all the small things which get lost in the noise of everyday life. An album for all seasons RTE Entertainment [4/5] http://www.myspace.com/adriancrowley

interesting music promotions present EMMA POLLOCK + ADRIAN CROWLEY Friday, 27 August 2010 The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF. Phone (01224) 211121 Doors 7.30pm Tickets 8+bf in adv / 10 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or http://www.ticketweb.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.thetunnels.co.uk http://www.chemikal.co.uk EMMA POLLOCK is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding member of The Delgados, one of the most interesting and influential bands to emerge from the mid-90s Glasgow music scene. One of the most bewitching singers and natural songwriters around, Emma released her debut solo album Watch The Fireworks on 4AD in 2007 and returned to Chemikal Underground this year with the release of her second solo outing The Law Of Large Numbers . The album is crammed with unconventional arrangements and by Emmas own admission, was an almost entirely self-serving project. With taut, sparse production, hints of Dixieland jazz, abrasive pop songs; programmed drums and improvised vocal loops this record is, in short, and in the words of Emma herself, The truest representation of me as an individual - whatever that means. As well as keeping busy with Chemikal Underground duties she is a member of the cross-genre musical collective The Burns Unit, who also counts Karine Polwart, King Creosote and Future Pilot AKA among its members. The Law of Large Numbers takes a more deconstructive tack, gradually breaking down the standard rock band formation to experiment with texture and rhythm, and establish a more absorbing, nocturnal atmosphere. PITCHFORK [7.5/10] a wonderfully simple, clever and loveable record initially masquerading as a complex and awkward one. DROWNED IN SOUND [8/10] Pollock has rediscovered her former bands grandiose esoterica and stark, scratchy danger: Hug The Harbour is tribal alt.pop, Nine Lives sinister ragtime jazz and I Could Be A Saint sounds like the most tuneful slashings of a serial killer nicknamed The Xylophone. Think Flo and Regina stalking Nick Cave; the music box threat of Red Orange Green or Confessions sultry electro wouldnt be out of place on Bjrks Post. NME [8/10] http://www.myspace.com/emmapollock http://www.emmapollock.com ADRIAN CROWLEY returns to Aberdeen for his SIXTH IMP SHOW! Is this a record? We must like him, or something. Signed to Chemikal Underground in 2009, his latest album Season of the Sparks recently scooped Irelands prestigious Choice Music Award their version of the Mercury Music Prize. Here are a few snippets of nice words... "...like Leonard Cohen narrating a Tim Burton fairytale. A true magical mystery tour. Q [4/5] "A prolonged sigh for summers gone, Season Of The Sparks shimmers and hums with regret...something spare, ghostly and beautiful. A great album. SUNDAY TIMES [4/5] From the hazy melancholy of the Beekeepers Wife to the Smiths-meets-Nick Drake stylings of the title track, Season of the Sparks is a treasure youll be happy to have melting out of your stereo as the throat of winter approaches. THE SKINNY [4/5] celebrates the power and tranquility of nature with a collection of slow moving, hazy, yet oddly enchanting tales about the inner peace of the natural world. CLASH [7/10] As a storyteller in thrall to nature, Crowley can have you hanging on every line and make you remember to appreciate all the small things which get lost in the noise of everyday life. An album for all seasons RTE Entertainment [4/5] http://www.myspace.com/adriancrowley

interesting music promotions present THE LOW ANTHEM + SUPPORT Sunday, 29 August 2010 The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF. Phone (01224) 211121 Doors 8pm Tickets 12+bf in adv / 14 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or www.ticketweb.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.thetunnels.co.uk THE LOW ANTHEM Recently announced as Breakthrough Act of the year at the MOJO Magazine Awards, and riding high on the back of triumphant performances at last years Glastonbury, SXSW, Lollapalooza, and Newport festivals, The Low Anthem are one of the music worlds most hotly tipped acts right now. Their unique brand of Americana makes room for gospel, folk, and blues and manages to rise way above its influences, through its startling lyrical imagery and magical melodies. The Low Anthems musical palette is a very broad one, hushed solemn moments are punctuated by soaring rock-outs, which show off some apocalyptic folk influences. After making their independent debut with 2007's What the Crow Brings, the band rang in 2008 by recording an album with producer Jesse Lauter which the band initially self-released under the title Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. As their buzz continued to build, the Low Anthem signed a contract with Nonesuch Recordings and reissued Oh My God in 2009 "The Low Anthem could have sprung fully formed off a Fillmore poster, circa 1968: one part Dylan's erudition, one part Neil Young's hallucinatory visions, one part The Band's rootsy austerity, one part Leonard Cohen's apocalyptic melancholy." (Uncut) "ethereal transcendence laden with poignancy" (The Guardian) "The Low Anthem are a classic American band in the making. Their last album, Oh My God Charlie Darwin, which came out on Bella Union last year, fired up the MOJO readers' imagination with its mix of Dylan-meets-Waits Americana. To be honest, they're still a well kept secret but this year will belong to them. MOJO readers prove themselves once again one step ahead of the pack by voting them the Breakthrough Act of the last 12 months." (Phil Alexander, MOJO Editor-In-Chief) http://www.lowanthem.com http://www.myspace.com/lowanthem

interesting music promotions present THE LOW ANTHEM + SUPPORT Sunday, 29 August 2010 The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF. Phone (01224) 211121 Doors 8pm Tickets 12+bf in adv / 14 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or www.ticketweb.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.thetunnels.co.uk THE LOW ANTHEM Recently announced as Breakthrough Act of the year at the MOJO Magazine Awards, and riding high on the back of triumphant performances at last years Glastonbury, SXSW, Lollapalooza, and Newport festivals, The Low Anthem are one of the music worlds most hotly tipped acts right now. Their unique brand of Americana makes room for gospel, folk, and blues and manages to rise way above its influences, through its startling lyrical imagery and magical melodies. The Low Anthems musical palette is a very broad one, hushed solemn moments are punctuated by soaring rock-outs, which show off some apocalyptic folk influences. After making their independent debut with 2007's What the Crow Brings, the band rang in 2008 by recording an album with producer Jesse Lauter which the band initially self-released under the title Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. As their buzz continued to build, the Low Anthem signed a contract with Nonesuch Recordings and reissued Oh My God in 2009 "The Low Anthem could have sprung fully formed off a Fillmore poster, circa 1968: one part Dylan's erudition, one part Neil Young's hallucinatory visions, one part The Band's rootsy austerity, one part Leonard Cohen's apocalyptic melancholy." (Uncut) "ethereal transcendence laden with poignancy" (The Guardian) "The Low Anthem are a classic American band in the making. Their last album, Oh My God Charlie Darwin, which came out on Bella Union last year, fired up the MOJO readers' imagination with its mix of Dylan-meets-Waits Americana. To be honest, they're still a well kept secret but this year will belong to them. MOJO readers prove themselves once again one step ahead of the pack by voting them the Breakthrough Act of the last 12 months." (Phil Alexander, MOJO Editor-In-Chief) http://www.lowanthem.com http://www.myspace.com/lowanthem

The instore yesterday was great. More of the same tonight, please!!! Really looking forward to catching Barn Owl and Winter in Siberia, both of whom I've never seen before.

Here's the deal for the rest of the year...so far. 29.08.10 The Low Anthem + support @ The Tunnels 04.09.10 The Second Hand Marching Band + Benni Hemm Hemm + Eagleowl @ The Tunnels 10.09.10 Sam Baker @ The Blue Lamp 17.09.10 Sam Carter + support @ The Blue Lamp 22.09.10 Kelly Joe Phelps + Corrine West @ The Blue Lamp 17.10.10 Polar Bear + support @ The Tunnels 06.11.10 FOUND + Indian Red Lopez @ The Tunnels Tickets on sale here >> TicketWeb

It's mostly a 'The Pessimist' gig and we were asked if we wanted to co-promote. How could we say no?

interesting music promotions & The Pessimist present CODES IN THE CLOUDS + BARN OWL + WINTER IN SIBERIA + KATERWAUL Sunday 13 June 2010 The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF. Phone (01224) 211121 Doors 7.30pm Entry 5 http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.thetunnels.co.uk Do you ever get annoyed by people who tell you about that amazing time when they saw Sigur Ros support Godspeed You! Black Emperor in the Lemon Tree? You would have gone had you only a)not been working instead b)been old enough or c)gotten round to expanding your musical taste beyond that of which is played to us via the Radio or your mate Chris had lent you that Sigur Ros CD a week earlier! I'm going to be honest but that ship has sailed my friend. You can only live for the day that you might stumble upon such a gig and piss people off with such a tale of a line up so good that it merits talking about it in the years to come like its been written into local folklore. CODES IN THE CLOUDS released their debut album "Paper Canyon" last year on one of the UK's most highly regarded Independent Labels, Erased Tapes Records. It was an immediate hit with the media. 'Is the world ready for yet another post-rock band? The answer is yes! "Paper Canyon" overflows with gaping gorges of pretty passages prone to gathering momentum before enveloping unsuspecting ears whole... A debut record of real maturity!' Best New Music ROCK SOUND 'Paper Canyon is a remarkably tight ship...from soppy piano picks to lush, pounding heroism and epic rabbit-punches of distortion. It goes to confirm that, in the right hands, post-rock works like a dentist, extracting bicuspids of bloody emotion from the mouths of people with weak spots.' COKEMACHINEGLOW (US) Codes In The Clouds are in the middle of writing and recording their second album, and want to showcase their new material by doing a Scottish mini tour. I believe that if you miss them on the 13th June you may just miss out on an opportunity to piss off future generations of musos. Has this sold it for you yet? http://www.myspace.com/codesintheclouds with support from: BARN OWL http://www.myspace.com/barnowltheband WINTER IN SIBERIA http://www.myspace.com/winterinsiberia KATERWAUL http://www.myspace.com/katerwaulmusic

interesting music promotions & The Pessimist present CODES IN THE CLOUDS + BARN OWL + WINTER IN SIBERIA + KATERWAUL Sunday 13 June 2010 The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF. Phone (01224) 211121 Doors 7.30pm Entry 5 http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.thetunnels.co.uk Do you ever get annoyed by people who tell you about that amazing time when they saw Sigur Ros support Godspeed You! Black Emperor in the Lemon Tree? You would have gone had you only a)not been working instead b)been old enough or c)gotten round to expanding your musical taste beyond that of which is played to us via the Radio or your mate Chris had lent you that Sigur Ros CD a week earlier! I'm going to be honest but that ship has sailed my friend. You can only live for the day that you might stumble upon such a gig and piss people off with such a tale of a line up so good that it merits talking about it in the years to come like its been written into local folklore. CODES IN THE CLOUDS released their debut album "Paper Canyon" last year on one of the UK's most highly regarded Independent Labels, Erased Tapes Records. It was an immediate hit with the media. 'Is the world ready for yet another post-rock band? The answer is yes! "Paper Canyon" overflows with gaping gorges of pretty passages prone to gathering momentum before enveloping unsuspecting ears whole... A debut record of real maturity!' Best New Music ROCK SOUND 'Paper Canyon is a remarkably tight ship...from soppy piano picks to lush, pounding heroism and epic rabbit-punches of distortion. It goes to confirm that, in the right hands, post-rock works like a dentist, extracting bicuspids of bloody emotion from the mouths of people with weak spots.' COKEMACHINEGLOW (US) Codes In The Clouds are in the middle of writing and recording their second album, and want to showcase their new material by doing a Scottish mini tour. I believe that if you miss them on the 13th June you may just miss out on an opportunity to piss off future generations of musos. Has this sold it for you yet? http://www.myspace.com/codesintheclouds with support from: BARN OWL http://www.myspace.com/barnowltheband WINTER IN SIBERIA http://www.myspace.com/winterinsiberia KATERWAUL http://www.myspace.com/katerwaulmusic

^^^ What Jim said. Good appointment.