Radar recommends: 21-27 June

[Paper Planes: gliding into Stereo on Saturday]

Like last week when we trialled our bigger, longer, uncut gig round-up for the first time, we've gone for the wide-screen approach once again. Here you'll find everything from hyperactive electro-pop to brooding singer-songwriters, with some disco-punk thrown in, so there's no excuses for staying in and watching Big Brother - not that there ever is.


Aberdeen

Unicorn Kid,Soft Toy Emergency, Get in Get Out
Wednesday@ Moshulu. Doors 7pm, £5
Digitised hyperactivity from this sickeningly gifted Auld Reekie school-kid. He’s got a pretty nifty taste in head gear too.

The Debuts, Free Korps
Friday@ Moshulu. Doors 7.30pm, £5
Wonky, synth-infused indie rock from this anthem-hankering Edinburgh outfit who recall The Jam and, more awkwardly, The View. A good or bad thing? You decide...

Edinburgh

Tenteleni Charity Fundraiser: My Kappa Roots, We See Lights, Seven Deadly Sins
Sunday @ Cabaret Voltaire. Doors 7pm, £5
A delectable soiree of local songsmiths, all in the name of charity. Can’t really grumble at that can you?

Limbo: Joe Gideon & The Shark, Sarah & The Snakes, Paper Planes, Duke Garwood Thursday @ Voodoo Rooms. Doors 8pm, £6
The final Limbo before the lads take a well-earned summer sojourn is shaping up to be a scorcher, abounding with babbling pslams (Joe Gideon...) and cranked-up sonics (Sarah & The Snakes, Paper Planes). Trust us, you don’t want to miss this curtain closing spectacular.

The Boycotts, King Hats, The Marvels
Thursday @ Sneaky Pete’s. Doors 7pm, £TBC
The Boycotts’ hook infused indie-pop is as moreish as candyfloss, while The King Hats fashion out angular throbs that recall early-days Placebo. All in all, an intriguing juxtaposition.

Jocasta Sleeps, Curators, Cielo Drive
Friday @ Sneaky Pete’s. Doors 7pm, £5
Expect a wash of rankled guitars and heart-felt crooning from decibel-fondling Glaswegians Jocasta Sleeps. Edinburgh’s Curators and Cielo Drive provide less polished but equally as frenetic support.


Glasgow

The Moth & the Mirror, Endor and Hindle Wakes
Monday @ Captain's Rest. Doors 8pm, £4
Quirky collective The Moth & the Mirror include members of Make Model and Brother Louis Collective, and vocalist Stacey once introduced Arab Strap to their feminine side. Indie-folk stylings from Endor and Hindle Wakes.

Codes in the Clouds, Soothsayer, Hen Night and Katerwaul
Tuesday @ The 13th Note Café. Doors 9pm, £4
In the mood for dynamic-heavy, air-cracking post-rock? Then Kent's Codes in the Clouds are the band for you. Of the support, Soothsayer are more melodic, Hen Night make scuzzy grunge-punk (not karaoke music as you might expect) while Aberdeen's Katerwaul indulge in off-key twinklings and shuddering guitar blasts.

De Rosa
Tuesday @ Oran Mor. Doors 7.30pm, £6
The latest Chemikal-championed band perform tracks from their two superb albums.
*Update* According to this Drowned in Sound message thread, De Rosa have split up, and fans can claim refunds for this gig. Sad news.

The Gothenburg Address, Tempercalm, The Colin Hunter Band and What the Blood Revealed
Wednesday @ The 13th Note Café. Doors 9pm, £4/£3
We like The Gothenburg Address. They make chilly, ethereal soundscapes.

**UtR's gig of the week**
Ross Clark & The Scarfs Go Missing, Sparrow & the Workshop, There Will be Fireworks
Wednesday @ Oran Mor. Doors 7.30pm, £5
We praised Ross Clark's "eclectic brand of Americana" a while back, and here he heads up a stonking bill. Sparrow & the Workshop are winning plaudits from all and sundry for their modern country & western, and TWBF are a band not to miss, with a sound that roams from plaintive paeans to stratospheric guitars.

Union of Knives, Ming Ming & the Ching Chings, Indian Red Lopez
Thursday @ King Tut's. Doors 8.30pm, £7
Dirty electro rock is the order of the day from Union of Knives; the Ming Mings are one of our own UtR bands (we claim them all y'see) and Indian Red Lopez are an Aberdeen band who make lean indie-dance with processed beats.

Wake the President, Peter Parker
Friday @ Captain's Rest. Doors 8pm, £4
Calling all fans of chiming guitars, post-punk intellect and wry lyricism: go see Wake the President. Peter Parker, meanwhile, are a primitive, raucous all-girl punk-pop trio.

Pinup Nights Festival: Nevada Base, Lost Knives, RBRBR, MJ Hibbett
Friday @ The Flying Duck. Doors 9pm, £5
Guitars and synths collide in the clinical stylings of Nevada Base, Lost Knives are a thumping Mancunian quartet, and Edinburghers RBRBR make synth-pop with a sense of humour.

Lord Cut-Glass
Saturday @ King Tut's. Doors 8.30pm, £8
Former Delgados man Alun Woodward's latest musical project. Read The Scotsman's interview here.

Paper Planes, Pooch, French Wives
Saturday @ Stereo. Doors 8pm, £5
Not one, not two, but three UtR bands on one bill. Wowza. Read more here, here and here.


Stirling

Tango in the Attic
Sunday @ Cape. Doors 8pm, £tbc
Before they get their big 'T Break' at a certain music festival, Glenrothes' finest band since, er, Sergeant, preview their boptastic, Vampire Weekend-esque wares.

Malcolm Middleton
Friday @ Tolbooth. Doors 8pm, £12/10
We can never resist plugging one of Malcy's shows, especially since the one-time Arab Strap man has vowed to put a hold on his solo career after this album and this could be your last chance to see him for a while. Unless you live in Aberdeen, where he plays The Tunnels the following night.

Words: Nick Mitchell, Billy Hamilton

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