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Do pubs close on Easter Sunday? (More specifically, Under the Hammer?)

My mate reckons they do, I think they don't.

Wow. Just... wow.

On the other hand it does give folk another wonderful opportunity to moan about something.

S'what Aberdeen does best

In response to a couple of posts further up...

No, there's not six stages - there are three stages, over two days. A couple of the stages change names.

Not sure about Fiddle Stixx, but I know Bombskare are a pretty fun ska band.

And finally, a HUGE congratulations to all those involved in organising this. it's definitely the biggest thing to happen to the Aberdeen music scene for a few years, and here's hoping it carries on for years to come. I, for one, can't wait for July to roll around!

Fingers crossed this thing gets the full go-ahead.

Surely it wouldn't be at the Ticketmaster stage on Monday if it didn't already have the full go-ahead? I'm actually getting really quite excited to find out who is definitely on the bill, and how many stages etc. According to the facebook page, the full line-up will be announced on Monday, so potentially many more acts than have already been rumoured

In the other thread about this festival, in the Networking section, there is a thing about local bands. Seems like Drummonds and Tunnels will have some local band showcases, some involved will then be picked to play on one of the stages.

This was just put on their Facebook page:

Although a line-up is currently in circulation, Northern Lights Music Festival cannot confirm that this is in anyway representative of the actual festival line-up. However folks, the wait will soon be over as the full line-up will be announced this coming Monday, 18 April.

Jewel in the Crown and Shabaaz are both pretty damn good. I think the BYOB place mentioned above might be Gurkha Kitchen, which isn't Indian, but supposed to be very good.

And apparently a few of my friends felt quite ill after going to Spice Dabba, although I've never been there myself.

I got all the way through the Iwrestledabearonce track and thought it was just a mediocre cover, with slightly off singing. Then I got to the screamy bit at the end, and almost spluttered my glass of OJ out of my nose with laughter.

The War Pigs one is pish too.

**EDIT** That Pink Floyd almost made me cry. But not in a good way.

Which Way Now have been pimping an upcoming gig on Facebook. Sunday night at Tunnels I believe. Cracking wee band them, worth checking out if you haven't seen them before.

Think it's for charity. I believe I also saw The Shakedown Project on the line-up.

Not sure, just stumbled across the Facebook page.

Whilst looking up info on Northern Lights, I also discovered a wee indoor one-day festival being held in The Tunnels in August. Not on the same scale, but it still looks interesting and is probably worth heading along to.

T Fest | Facebook

it introduces a very dangerous notion to low level music - competition. Competitiveness in music makes me very sad. As does nepotism' date=' which these sort of things also breed.[/quote']

Yes, I agree at the very base level that competitiveness in music can be a very negative thing. For that very reason, I'm not a fan of battle of the bands-type competitions. However, take Indian Red Lopez for example: they are still very much part of the underground scene, but were awarded a prize at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards earlier this year. Perhaps these sorts of awards ceremonies are aimed at recognising those bands who have worked for years to improve their sound, but have never made it "big". I can think of a few more in Aberdeen that fit into that category.

As for nepotism, I think you're probably right. All I can say is that for the two nominations I've got - Hercules Moments and Mixtape - I don't know who nominated. However big or small the nomination/awards, however, I am very humbled to be considered.

Did they approach press type people in different areas or something?

No, I was made aware of the awards through a few posts on this very forum, and it was an open nomination process.They also posted somewhere about a forum they set up, can't find the post, but it's god-awful!

http://www.aberdeen-music.com/forums/gigs-event-announcements/61979-scottish-music-awards.html

http://www.aberdeen-music.com/forums/gigs-event-announcements/64403-only-3-weeks-left-industry-award-nominations.html

90 for the two days seems expensive.

Still more acts to be announced though. Apparently it will be multi-stage...

Idlewild, Maximo Park, Futureheads, Madness, Twilight Sad, Xcerts and more I'm not caring so much about... Apparently all confirmed. Wow, I'm actually quite impressed and excited now.

There's a thread about this looking for local acts in the Networking bit. To be honest, it would be cool to have a(nother) festival on our doorstep. Only time will tell if the line-up will be any good. Can't be worse than Free at the Dee, can it?

doubt there'll be any camping since it's Seaton Park, but this could be really awesome if it's done well

Saturday 23rd April

Son Henry Electric Blues Band

The Amorettes

Good Police

At The Moorings

Lap Steel Blues, Rock & Roll and Post Rock.

Really mixed line-up, this sounds like it could be awesome!

I saw their website a few days ago and honestly thought it was a parody/joke thing.

To be honest, I reckon anything that celebrates Scottish music - especially something which seems to focus more on the smaller scale things - can't be a bad idea. Should we not be celebrating the fact that people are interested in Aberdeen music, rather than finding reasons to belittle it?

(And I'm not just saying that because I'm nominated.)

Who nominated the Aberdeen nominees?

I nominated a couple of folk for things. Some got through, some didn't.

I don't understand this at all

Sorry; these are the folk from Aberdeen who are nominated, and the categories they are nominated in.

Aye, this was a decent gig apart from the shit dancing at the front.

They Polish guy with the hat? he took one look at me and my mates, said "Wow, you're all wearing glasses!", then disappeared off into the crowd...

not quite there yet but loads of potential.

Agree totally with this. I'll be very interested to hear them in 6-12 months time, and see how they've progressed. There is some great burgeoning talent in Aberdeen right now (Foxhunting also springs to mind, to name but one more).

The only thing I seem to have been tempted by this week is the instore in one Up for Record Store Day with Indian Red Lopez; Seas, Starry; and Craig John Davidson.

Alas, I will be at work.

Record Store Day | Facebook

Also, I should say thank you to anyone who nominated Hercules Moments or Mixtape - we are very, very grateful