Radar recommends: 14 - 20 June

[Meursault: playing Sneaky Pete's on Saturday]

We're doing things a bit differently this week. Instead of a select handful of shows, we're trying to broaden the scope by including everything (yes, EVERYTHING) that takes our fancy in Scotland over the next week. And because writing full previews about each and every band would lead to a novel-length blog, we'll keep it brief. It's the info you want, after all. Or is it? Let us know below...

Aberdeen

Viking Moses, Golden Ghosts, Debutant
Tuesday @ The Tunnels. Doors 8pm, £6
Viking Moses is a Missouri-born electro folkster on the go since 1996. Get there early for the sublime dream pop stylings of Debutant, who we'll be featuring on the blog very soon.

Play: Debutant - Thirst



Edinburgh

Sol, Storm in a D Cup, The Merchants, Pose Victorious, Black Sea Sailors
Sunday @ The Ark. Doors 8.45, £3
Sol mix driving rock with strong pop sensibilities, Storm in a D Cup are an all-girl rock group whose eclectic style jumps from grunge to punk to goth, Glaswegians The Merchants play brash traditional punk with ska influences while Pose Victorious are a modern, anthemic indie rock outfit. Black Sea Sailors, meanwhile, play catchy indie pop but are otherwise something of an unknown quantity.

Viking Moses, Golden Ghost, Tissø Lake, Rob St John
Monday @ The Bowery. Doors 7.30pm, £6
The Viking Moses tour hits Auld Reekie. Support from UtR's own guest blogger Rob St John and another member of the Fife:Kills collective, Tissø Lake.

Tissø Lake
Tuesday @ Elvis Shakespeare. Doors 1.30pm, FREE
If you didn't get enough of them last night, Tissø Lake play a free show at the rather wonderful Elvis Shakespeare shop on Leith Walk.

The Xcerts, Computers, The Morgue Party Candidate
Wednesday @ Cabaret Voltaire. Doors 7pm, £5
Aberdeen-born trio The Xcerts continue their UK tour in support of debut album In the Cold Wind We Smile.

Limbo/Irregular: Modernaire
Thursday @ Voodoo Rooms. Doors 8.30pm, £7
The latest collaboration between the Limbo guys and Canongate Books, featuring Mancunian band Modernaire and guest writer types.

The Leg (album launch)
Thursday @ Sneaky Pete's. Doors 7pm, £tbc
Even without drawling frontman Paul Vickers, The Leg are a fearsomely potent proposition. The masked maniacs launch their album at this show, with support from Enfant Bastard.

Jesus H.Foxx, One Inch Volcano, Katy Bar the Door, 19 Folds
Friday @ The Bowery. Doors 7.30pm, £5
Jesus H. Foxx are a fast-rising Edinburgh band, while Dundee is represented by edgy trio Once Inch Volcano and post-rockers Katy Bar the Door. Local fledglings 19 Folds also make an appearance.

Lords of Bastard, Deadotter, Jackal-headed God of the Dead
Friday @ Bannermans. Doors 9pm, £4
Sludge rockers Lords of Bastard return to the capital with an all new line-up, fronting a bill of some of the grimiest acts Scotland has to offer. Deadotter, from Paisley, bring post-rock influences to the party while still managing to jam out psychedelic, cathartic walls of noise. Edinburgh's Jackal-headed Guard of the Dead, meanwhile, are a doom metal act inspired by budget horror flicks and the literary works of H. P. Lovecraft.

**UtR's gig of the week**
Meursault, Yahweh
Saturday @ Sneaky Pete's. Doors 7pm, £6
New night Brown Bear has some great line-ups planned over the summer, and none moreso than this coming Saturday, with everyone's favourite laptop-folk (lap-folk or folk-top? Vote now) band Meursault. Even more exciting is that Edinburgh punters will finally get a chance to hear Yahweh, one of UtR's favourite bands, up close and personal.

Play: Yahweh: Laps(e)



Glasgow

Das Filth, Punto the Feef
Sunday @ Box. Doors 8pm, free
Glasgow's Das Filth are one of the more eclectic bands on the Scottish scene, adding synths and disco beats to post-punk. On paper, this kind of sonic anathema just shouldn't work but, somehow, it does. Punto the Feef, also from Glasgow, are an alternative rock outfit with an experimental edge.

Luxury Car
Sunday @ 13th Note, Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, £3/4
Luxury Car are two Perth brothers who make German-influenced electronic pop and are signed to the Edinburgh-based Biphonic label.

We Were Promised Jetpacks, Over The Wall, Lyons
Monday @ King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow. Doors 8pm, £6
The Jetpacks' ascent shows no signs of running out of gas, so don't miss the launch of their debut album These Four Walls. Excellent support comes from electro-popsters Over The Wall and Glaswegian duo Lyons.

Play: WWPJ - Quiet Little Voices


My Cousin I Bid You Farewell
Wednesday @ Captain's Rest, Glasgow. Doors 8pm, £tbc
A certified UtR favourite. Back in April we said their music was "as uplifting and infatuating as being in love". Singletons also welcome.

Beerjacket, French Wives
Wednesday @ Oran Mor, Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, £5
Beerkjacket has already played support to an array of big-hitters, from The National to British Sea Power. We should really have had him on the blog by now. As for French Wives, Billy recently wrote that "their songs flutter the heart strings with grace and vigour." Nice.

Play: French Wives - Your Friends and Mine


How To Swim, Jesus H Foxx
Thursday @ 13th Note, Glasgow. Doors 9pm, £4
You may not learn the front crawl at a How To Swim show, but you will get a lesson in full-on orchestral pop. Busy week for The Foxx!

You Already Know (album launch), with Le Reno Amps, Bronto Skylift, Deadotter
Thursday @ Stereo, Glasgow. Doors 7.30pm, £tbc
You may or may not already know about Glasgow band You Already Know, but why not become better acquainted with their progressive rock at this launch show for debut album Stop Whispering. Not a bad support billing either.


Words: Nick Mitchell, Jodi Mullen

What have we missed? Tell us below, or add it to our gig guide by emailing utr.scotsman@gmail.com