Radar Recommends: 7 - 13 Nov

[Japandroids: heating up Edinburgh on Friday]

Avid readers of this blog may be confused. Yes, this is Radar Recommends, but no, it isn't Sunday. Better than that, it's Friday evening, and you still have the whole weekend ahead of you. Hurrah.

To make things clear, we've moved the gig guide forward as a trial this week. We'll see if it likes its Friday slot enough to lay down a deposit and move in.

Aberdeen
sound festival
Until 22 Nov @ various venues
This festival aims to 'broaden your musical horizons'. A grand ambition, if it works.

Meursault, Holy Folks, Debutant
Monday @ The Tunnels / 8pm / £5
Edinburgh's Meursault mix up delicate banjos and searing beats to great effect. But you knew that.

Broken Records
Wednesday @ Café Drummonds / 8pm / £8.50
Earnest love songs and Balkan-folk gestures from these Edinburgh lads done good.
Also playing: Perth on Tuesday, Inverness on Thursday and Glasgow on Sunday.

Dananananaykroyd
Thursday @ The Tunnels / 8pm / £tbc
Are you man enough for the 'wall of cuddles'? Find out at one of Dana's typically anarchic shows.
Also playing The Ironworks, Inverness on Friday


Edinburgh
The Go Away Birds, Adam Stafford & Louise Hendry
Saturday @ Henry's Cellar Bar / 7.30pm / £tbc
Side projects ahoy! Catherine Ireton, also one half of God Help the Girl, joins up with Zoey Van Goey guitarist Michael John McCarthy. And you might know Adam Stafford from his YiFi exploits.
Also playing Brel, Glasgow on Sunday

Citizens, Hosemox, Munchkins
Sunday @ Henry's Cellar Bar / 8pm / £4
We bigged up Citizens last month, so check out their post-hardcore racket in this intimate, potentially deafening setting.

The Proclaimers
Tuesday & Wednesday @ Usher Hall / 7.30pm / £22.50-25
What kind of a Scottish music blog would we be if we didn't mention Fife's finest musical twins? I ask you.
Also playing Aberdeen on Saturday, Perth on Monday and Glasgow on Friday

The Specials
Thursday @ Corn Exchange / 7pm / £32.50
Another group of veterans that definitely ain't Scottish. Priced at, cough, £32 quid, this is probably one for the die-hards.

Cuddly Shark
Wednesday @ Henry's Cellar Bar / 8pm / £4
90s slacker rock from this Glasgow trio.

The Graham Coxon Power Acoustic Ensemble
Thursday @ The Queen's Hall / 7.30pm / £16.50
Blur guitarist goes all mellow on us, with help from Robyn Hitchcock and chums.

**UtR's gig of the week**
This is Music: Japandroids, Super Adventure Club, Bronto Skylift
Friday @ Sneaky Pete's / 8pm - 3am / £3 (members free after midnight)
The monthly gig/club regulars have pulled out a corker of a line-up this time, with Vancouver duo Japandroids leading the charge.

Glasgow
Take a Worm for a Walk Week, Hey Enemy, The Ballad of Mable Wong
Saturday @ Nice'n'Sleazy / 8.30pm / £tbc
Love metal riffs and don't mind having your personal space invaded? Take a Worm are the delicious noise you're looking for. And they have a great name.

Action Group
Sunday @ The 13th Note / 9pm / £4
Synth, keys and violin all thrown together - in a funky pop way, it works.

Meursault, Barn Owl, Brother Louis Collective, Olympic Swimmers
Tuesday @ The 13th Note / 9pm / £tbc
How nice! Not one nor two nor three but four bands who've been featured on UtR all playing together. And a chance to hear Meursault's new Nothing Broke EP live too.

Jay Reatard, Paper Planes
Wednesday @ King Tuts / 8.30pm / £8
UtR-tipped Paper Planes pick up a sweet support slot with the scruffy punk from Tennessee.

Make Love, The Ballad of Mabel Wong, Lyons, Monoganon, Mr Peppermint, Fox Gut Daata
Thursday @ Stereo / 8pm / £6
Monoganon is the fantastic John B McKenna playing tunes with some pals - and the rest of this night is a lovely mix of acousticy-to-noisy electro goodness.

A Place to Bury Strangers, Japandroids
Thursday @ Captain's Rest / 8pm / £6
Total sonic annihilation promised from New Yorkers APtBS, plus two-piece fuzz fun from Japandroids.

The Cave featuring: Black Rat Death Squad, Russell and the Wolves, Suicide Party
Friday @ The Flying Duck / 8.30pm / £5(£4)
Raucous riffs from the theatrical BRDS, kicking off a new garage/surf/punk club for the Duck.

The Fall
Friday and Saturday @ The Ferry / 8pm / £25 (for two nights)
Can you handle two whole nights of Mark E Smith and his latest incarnation of a backing band? Sounds like hell to me - but heaven to plenty.

Words: Elaine Liddle, Nick Mitchell


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