#braw gigs

You can find out more & buy tickets to this Braw Gigs show here.

You can find out more about this Giant Tank & Braw Gigs co-production here.

To celebrate 10 Years of Braw Gigs in Edinburgh this September, I'm very pleased to welcome back the Michigan wrecking ball to the capital - Wolf Eyes (Nate Young, John Olson) along with probably the finest live band in the UK - Guttersnipe, plus the very mystical Wheel of Eyes. Book now or forever hold your peace. A free after party is being arranged in a very near by venue for those wanting to KEEP GOING, so keep your eyes peeled in the next few weeks. This will be an over 14's show but all under 18's will need to be accompanied by an adult at all times and wrist banded. The venue is wheelchair accessible and has ramps, but feel free to contact the venue ahead of time if you need arrangements made. 7pm -10pm, Saturday 29th September The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art Tickets are £14 plus booking fee from wegottickets.com

Doors 11pm, 17th August Dissection Room, Summerhall, Edinburgh Tickets available from the Summerhall Box Office

Damon & Naomi Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang started playing music together as the rhythm section, co-songwriters, and sometime singers in Galaxie 500. When that band ended, they continued as a duo, first recording for Shimmy Disc and then on a series of albums for Sub Pop Records. In 2005, they formed their own label (20/20/20) and have since released four further Damon & Naomi albums – The Earth Is Blue, Within These Walls, False Beats and True Hearts, and Fortune – alongside reissues of their own and the Galaxie 500 back catalogue. In addition to their work as musicians, Damon & Naomi are the publishers of Exact Change, a small press dedicated to avant-garde literature and artists’ writings. Individually, Damon is a writer (books, blog, articles for Pitchfork, Artforum and others), and Naomi is a visual artist (photography, video, and graphic design). “A quarter of a century ago, Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang sold the world that pervasive slowcore guitar sound with Galaxie 500, then split to work as a duo with subtler methods. They have been peddling diaphanous acid folk-pop for two decades now, bowing their heads patiently as it billows in and out of fashion, and their ninth album is among their best. The quicksilver guitar of Michio Kurihara, from the Japanese psychedelic collective Ghost, drips magic dust over lightly jazzy drums, arrestingly inexact harmonies and cautious, languid melodies that uncoil like cats in the sun.” – Stewart Lee, The Sunday Times Richard Youngs Born in Cambridge and raised in the Fens, Richard Youngs began making music at the start of the seventies. His early work centred on the family piano. When this was sold in the late seventies, however, the classical guitar and cassette recorder became his instruments of choice, along with anything at hand that made a sound. From then on he has played any number of roles with bands such as Astral Social Club, Concrete Hedge, No Deserts, Jandek and Future Pilot A.K.A. Recent collaborative work with Andrew Paine, Heatsick, Kawabata Makoto and John Clyde-Evans also show him as a highly social musician. His catalogue of releases wanders into all kinds of zones over a vast array of albums on various labels including his No Fans imprint: they include accapella, guitars, pipes or electronics and come out of solitude and in partnership with atmospheres that range from fragmental folk to all-out fuzz. “THE iconic figure of the modern UK underground … Richard Youngs evolves in the shadows where most won’t look, but those who do will forever be dazzled and amazed” – The Quietus Bell Lungs Bell Lungs is from Scotland, UK, where she has been carving out her unique sound using layered vocals, electric violin, guitar, tuned percussion, field recordings and effects pedals since 2015. Her music is atmospheric; a shifting soundscape that incorporates snippets of songs with field recordings to create a live show which is inherently transcendental, musing upon rural idylls, post-industrial heartlands​ and​ online culture infused with psychedelic, improvisational and folk elements. 7.30pm doors. Friday, 16th February. Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh. £8.50 tickets plus BF from wegottickets or £10 on the night.

In keeping with tradition, I'm pleased to announce our end of year Braw Gigs bash back in the hidden crevice that is Henry’s Cellar Bar - with an awesome line-up of old and new pals alike. So sack off the office party and come on down and get egg nogged AF at this yuletide event of the season. With very special performances from: Guttersnipe Blitzkrieg noise rock and electronics from West Yorkshire with some incredibly trebly guitar squeal blended in with grinding mini-drum chaos - set to self-destruct mode. Armed with one very plugged and coveted Demo EP – they’ve been devastating eardrums down south and across Europe this past year and sit nicely alongside the likes of prime Lightning Bolt and vintage Harry Pussy with a bit of grindcore and death metal thrown in. Easily my favourite live act in the country right now, an absolute must see. Joanne Robertson Glasgow based artist, poet and musician; Joanne’s recent music releases include ‘Black Moon Days’ Feeding Tube, ‘Wildflower’ Escho. Joanne has collaborated, recorded and toured with Dean Blunt, albums include ‘The Redeemer’, ‘Black Metal’, ‘Stone Island’, ‘Skin Fade’ and ‘Wahalla’ ‘Her poetry, painting and music all have the same binary quality — they pour sugar directly onto raw wounds in a way that is healing and transformative. Alchemical, I guess.’ - Byron Coley City Vegetables The red and blue boxes are singing in the street outside of your house. Sweeping concrete dust, skateboarding woods, a rake through the soil of plastic flowers. Some of the above, seagulls always above…talking about the weather on their mobile phones. A solo project by cartoonist Malcy Duff. Using unrecyclable packaging, recordings and voice, sounds are created from reading drawn scores. Fordell Research Unit Fordell Research Unit (aka. Fraser Burnett) will be invoking the spirit of Phillip K. Dick and the Theatre of Eternal Music via beer soaked equipment and blood shot vision. Heavy static and spiritual drone by way of Oxgangs – swamping and all encompassing. Blanck Mass (DJ set) Electronic artist from the UK and one-half of F*ck Buttons. Known globally for his sweeping dronescapes and his sweeping hair – Ben Powers will be on the 1s and 2’s after the live music finishes, till close. £7 on the door. 9pm till 3am, 15th December. Henry’s Cellar Bar, Morrison’s Street, Edinburgh