Radar recommends: 13 - 19 March

[Citizens: rocking Sleazy's on Tuesday]

Plan your gig-going with our pick of the week's finest live music nights...

The best...

Four Tet
Saturday @ Bongo Club, Edinburgh / 7pm / £12
If you weren't lucky enough to get your hands on a Homegame ticket for this weekend, at least there's an opportunity to catch the supremely talented Kieran Hebden when he passes through the capital on Saturday en route to Anstruther.

Frank Turner and Chuck Ragan
Tuesday @ HMV Picture House, Edinburgh / 7pm / £12
Two graduates of the school of rock performing their solo material. Ex-Million Dead man and current radio favourite Frank Turner will be airing numbers from his most recent album, Poetry of the Deed, and Chuck Ragan, formerly of punk rock favourites Hot Water Music will be showing off his grizzled voice over some Americana.

Citizens, Jackie Onassis, Guns of Parlophone, Xavier and the Bastard
Tuesday @ Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, Glasgow / 8pm / £tbc
If desperately in need of some light (heavy?) relief from a week filled with indie-pop, try Citizens and Jackie Onassis on for size. Melodic, tuneful hardcore, proving that idea-filled rock music may indeed still exist.

Miaoux Miaoux, Firebrand Boy, Errors DJs
Tuesday @ 13th Note, Glasgow / 9pm / £4
Recently featured on this very site, Julian Corrie is launching his Blooms EP this week. It’s a late starter, but with so many sweet electro beats to be had, it’s worth the scary trek down through the Trongate.

Mono (plus support)
Wednesday @ Oran Mor, Glasgow / 7pm / £12
The epic, emotive post-rock sounds of Mono are back on tour, following last year’s Hymn to the Immortal Wind. The Japanese quartet are epic, emotive and definitely too loud to miss.

Pensioner, Bronto Skylift, Degrassi, Curators
Wednesday @ Sneaky Pete’s / 7pm / £6
Dundee’s Pensioner feature ex-members of Alamos, making a slightly heavier but still intelligent kind of noise. With Glasgow’s Bronto Skylift and the capital’s own Degrassi and Curators in support, this is a great value evening for the more discerning rocker.

Findo Gask, Paper Planes, French Wives
Thursday @ Captains Rest, Glasgow / 8pm / £6.15
It’s time to wave farewell to UtR’s favourite synth-poppers, Findo Gask. And what would nip your sadness in the bud better than knowing your door money is going to charity? Not much, other than the surfy punk of Paper Planes and the crooning melodies of French Wives.

The Mill: The Gothenburg Address and The Elements
Thursday @ Cabaret Voltaire / 7pm / Free but ticketed
One of the first bands we featured, The Gothenburg Address exhibit the wintry sonic landscapes of their recent debut album, with support from locals The Elements.

Withered Hand, The Starlets, Skeleton Bob
Thursday @ Mono, Glasgow / 8pm / £5
Silence Can Break Your Heart bring us the fragile folk of Withered Hand, in between the long-mopped front man’s numerous jaunts across Europe.

Egyptian Hip Hop and Bwani Junction
Friday @ Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh / 7pm / £6
Mancunian indie quartet Egyptian Hip Hop may still only be in their teens but they’re already garnering a bit of a buzz. Make up your own mind at their first Edinburgh show.


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Words: Lauren Mayberry, Craig Dickson

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