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The Tidal Wave of Indifference Presents: Numéro Trois

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April 24, 2012

We’ve already been shamelessly hawking this round Facebook and Twitter, so here’s the slightly tardy actual blog puff piece.

The Tidal Wave of Indifference is back on the gig trail! After packing out the Wee Red Bar with PAWS, Edinburgh School for the Deaf and more in February, our third gig is right in the middle of summer, again at our favourite venue in the city. Sod the Euros, sod the beer garden, sod yer holidays, get yer butts down to this, it’ll be awesome!

So what have we got?

From the ashes of Come on Gang! and The Kays Lavelle have come The Bad Books. From low key beginnings, they’ve quickly established a reputation as one of the city’s most exciting live bands. Sounding nothing like Mikey Morrison (guitars) or Graeme Anderson’s (vocals/guitars/synths) previous acts, think of something more like Grandaddy or Modest Mouse. That good. Really.

We’d normally fill this space with a wee Bandcamp excerpt, but as yet, the Bad Books have nothing recorded. Tsk.

As good as Loch Awe’s debut album Artificial Life From a Digital Sea was, the band has changed beyond recognition since its releases, adding Brian (Trapped Mice/ex Last Battle) on guitars and multi-instrumentalist Oliver to the original line-up of Matthew, Joy and Jack. Now aiming for something louder and more expansive, they’ve been recording at Chem19, in preparation for a new release later this year. Expect to hear the results at the Wee Red Bar in June. Here’s a number from their first album, but as we said, they’ve moved on somewhat.

Edinburgh lo-fi indie-pop foursome the Spook School have attracted a gaggle of devoted followers in the short time they’ve been together and released two lovely EPs – they are, without question, the perfect fit for the Tidal Wave of Indifference.

Finally, we’ve also got Glasgow two-piece The New Fabian Society involved. We can’t believe their huge-sounding debut EP Exhibition of Love was created by just two people, but it’s awesome and fans of Bauhaus, Interpol and Echo and the Bunnymen will love these guys. Get down early and show them a lot of love!

Because we’re nice we’re also offering up some nice cheap early bird tickets at £4 over at Brown Paper Tickets. But once these are gone, they’re gone and the standard price will be £6 – still a bargain, I’m sure you’ll agree! It’ll be £7 on the door.

For more information, please email Stu at thetidalwaveofindifference@gmail.com or tweet @stu_lewis.

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In Pictures: PAWS/Edinburgh School for the Deaf/Sebastian Dangerfield/Jamie Sutherland, February 25, 2012

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March 8, 2012

Yeah so, a few weeks back we had another gig and it was awesome. The bands were great, we sold out the Wee Red Bar and everything, and everyone had a spectacular night.

There was a the ragged folk of Jamie from Broken Records, upbeat pop fun with Sebastian Dangerfield, dischordant noise from Edinburgh School for the Deaf and guitar-smashing drama (and a whole lot more) from PAWS.

Also on board was intrepid photographer Erlend Barclay to capture the evening in photos. The results are below, and I think they sum up the evening rather nicely!

Sorry about the length of the post, but we hope you enjoy the visuals.

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M83/Porcelain Raft, Glasgow Arches, January 19, 2012

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January 20, 2012

Here’s a few do’s and don’ts for increasingly popular European recording artists when playing Glasgow.

DO pick a beautiful venue like the Arches for your first Scottish show in bloody ages.

DON’T forget that it’s a cavernous multi-room open space you’re playing rather than the single streched area where the stage is, so the PA system should be adjusted accordingly.

DO pick an up and coming, similar-sounding European pop for your support.

DON’T let them have a name that could be construed as a euphamism for vomiting, i.e. “I was hanging onto the Porcelain Raft for dear life”.

DO kick off your set with the creepy, atmospheric opener from your recent album with breathless vocals from Zola Jesus piped in.

DON’T do it almost a full hour after your support band has finished which included a good ten minutes of fannying about after playing the first keyboard note of the aforementioned Intro.

DO batter straight into a sequence of absolute bangers like Teen Angst, Kim and Jessie and Reunion that will get the crowd moving despite the muted sound system.

DON’T then follow it with a lengthy series of album tracks from your critically acclaimed-but-arguably-overlong-and-maybe-just-a-teensy-bit-samey-new-album, leaving the crowd restless and even the most hardened fans considering getting that earlier train home.

DO break out of the mire with an international mega-hit like Midnight City followed by the pounding trance beats of Couleurs.

DON’T forget that you need to build your setlist around a venue’s curfew, not the other way round, and that if you started late it’s your own fault that you “only have time for one more song, mes amis” for pissing about the start.

Mr Anthony Gonzalez, we know that you and your crew can do much, much better than this (T in the Park in 2009 for example). An okay gig. Nothing more, nothing less.

Still, it could have been worse, we could have been among the hundreds of Frightened Rabbit fans stuck outside Cabaret Voltaire without a ticket.

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Broken Records man joins Tidal Wave line-up

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January 18, 2012

Yes folks, you read that correctly.

Not content with packing the bill with some of the finest local talent, we’re delighted to announce that Broken Records frontman Jamie Sutherland has joined the line-up of The Tidal Wave of Indifference Presents on February 25.

Taking time out from writing a new album, Jamie will kick things off with a short solo set of new songs and old, setting the scene nicely for the rest of the night.

With Sebastian Dangerfield, Edinburgh School for the Deaf and PAWS also on the bill you’d be batshit crazy to miss this one.

Tickets are available now from Avalanche Records and Brown Paper Tickets. Might we suggest that now might be a good time to get one to avoid the feeling of crushing disappointment that would come with missing out?

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Remember Remember/AdamStafford/Jonnie Common, Edinburgh Electric Circus, November 17, 2011

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November 19, 2011

It’s a disappointingly sparse Electric Circus that greets one of the finest triple bills the city has seen in quite some time.

Our host for the evening Vic Galloway is visibly hacked off that venue is less than packed out, but no matter, the only people who should be annoyed are those who didn’t make it along. With three of the most original artists on the Scottish live circuit playing, this was a great night of music.

First up, islander Jonnie Common, who’s been producing lo-fi electro pop for some time now. Aided by an acoustic guitar and a sample bank of Vic Galloway’s voice saying such things as “that was a great tune!” and “drum and bass influence?” he keeps the crowd entertained in more ways than one.

Adam Stafford is a rather different proposition. We last saw him playing with a full band earlier in the year, launching his acclaimed Build a Harbour Immediately album, but tonight, it’s just him and an electric, and of course his precious loop pedal.

With the spotlight squarely on Stafford and Stafford alone, he copes admirably and puts in a performance that’s nothing short of astonishing. Personnel limitations mean that he has no choice to drop some album highlights, notably Fire & Theft, but the likes of Shot Down You Summer Wannabes captivate the audience and that song’s “wah-wuh-a-wah-wuh” refrain will be buzzing round everyone’s head for days.

From their beginnings as a solo project, Graeme Ronald’s Remember Remember now crowd the tiny Electric Circus stage, numbering seven in total and make a noise befitting twice that many. Where bands like Mono and Explosions in the Sky flirt with classical arrangements, Remember Remember embrace them entirely and Ocean Potion is crafted as a series  of near-orchestral movements, loaded with sax, xylophone and string FX.

This is still a rock band, however, and there are three guitars being played for most of the set. Unclean Powers sounds huge and John Candy rocks like the morbidly obese beast of an actor it’s named after. Our evening’s host declared The Quickening his album of the year before they took the stage. Few in the room would disagree with him after this performance.

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The Tidal Wave of Indifference Presents… Part 2

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November 11, 2011

“Award winners, hot tips, and beautiful, beautiful noise….”

After the success of the first ‘the Tidal Wave of Indifference Presents…’ gig in September featuring Star Wheel Press, French Wives, the Douglas Firs and Lost Telegrams, we’re delighted to say that we’re putting on another event!

It’s on February 25 (yes, we realise this is ages away!) and will be at the fantastic Wee Red Bar once again.

So who’s playing?

In short, it’s another absolutely superb line-up. Topping the bill will be PAWS, whose ragged, spiky brand of pop bluster has caused quite a stir in the last six months. BBC sessions, a T in the Park appearance, NME mentions and a split single on Gerry Loves have been among their recent achievements. Excited to have them on board? Yes we are!

That’s subject to your eardrums being able to withstand Edinburgh School for the Deaf, of course. The capital-based six-piece make utterly beautiful, melodic music that just happens to be drenched in reverb with everything turned all the way up. Already planning their second album, they’ll have new material and a new line-up for February and we’re very pleased to have them involved.

Finally, we have Sebastian Dangerfield. Not a dashing tweed-wearing detective, but an exciting Edinburgh folk-pop band who’s The Sound of the Old Machines EP from earlier this year caused quite a stir to the extent that they’ve just been crowned winners of the Scotsman’s Radar Prize 2011. With 2010 winners French Wives going from strength to strength (including the inaugural Tidal Wave gig, of course), we’re tipping these guys for big things too.

No promises, but we MIGHT be able to pull a wee surprise or two out on the night to add to what’s already a splendid line-up. And we’re not just taking about the sweetie lollies which proved to be a massive hit last time round…

You can get tickets over here and the Facebook event page is here. Now for some audiovisual action…

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A Blogger Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas

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November 9, 2011

Christmas is coming and the Tidal Wave of Indifference is getting fat.

Turkey, mince pies, huge fuck off vol-au-vents and the suspension of our weekly outdoor football match to allow Meadowbank to thaw out means that we’re likely to be a bit on the porky side come early January, and we haven’t even mentioned the copious amounts of booze to be consumed.

Undoubtedly, a lot of that is going to be at various Xmas-themed gigs happening throughout December. So who’s doing what and when? Well here’s a wee round-up for you.

1. Ok, not strictly a Christmas gig this, but it IS happening in December… Last Year’s Girl is the latest internet scribe to ignore the adage “bloggers putting on gigs? It’ll never work” and is dipping her toes into shark infested waters with her first event at on Dec 2. It’s billed as a “Friday Night Speakeasy” – it’s a great line-up, and a massive departure from other blogger nights, in that it’s not focused on quality local talent. Instead, we have former Hold Steady man and accomplished solo artist Franz Nicolay, Londoner Chris T-T and a chap called Dave Hughes who we’re not familiar with.

It’s at the intriguing Old Hairdresser’s venue which is across from Stereo in Glasgow Tickets are HERE:

2. Gerry Loves Records are now an Edinburgh institution and them holding a Christmas party is no great surprise. Nor is the fact that the line-up is all about the best of the bands who’ve put out material on the label, with PAWS headlining and Trapped in Kansas, Wounded Knee

It’s at the Banshee Labyrinth, also on Dec 2 and there’s more info on the Gerry Loves Facebook page.

3. New-ish Edinburgh blog Beard of Truth – which may or not be inextricably linked to the Last Battle – are putting on their Heavy Christmas Pop Party on December 3. Edinburgh NME tips PET are headlining with jangly indie from Spook School and the mysterious Calypso Brown also on the bill. There are also promises of mince pies for gig-goers. Yum! Tickets are HERE.

4. Song, By Toad‘s bash last year at the Queen Charlotte Rooms in Leith last year was absolutely superb and we’re delighted it’s happening again, this time fleshed out to an all-dayer (December 10) and relocated to the St Stephen’s Centre in Stockbridge. Matthew Toad says the emphasis should be on fun, with loose performances and collaborations by the cream of the label’s talent – including Meursault, Rob St. John, Lach and the Japanese War Effort… We’ll see you there, yes? You can get tickets HERE.

5. Details about this one are still a little sketchy, BUT Supermarionation and Trapped Mice will be playing the Wee Red on December 15, with hopefully a few more acts. Sounds like fun, we say. Find out more HERE.

6. Lets move west for what could be a massive mindfuck. The Phantom Band putting on a panto? Oh yes. It’s on the 16th and 17th of December at Stereo. The band will be playing live on both nights with a number of special, secret guests (try RM Hubbert for starters) and DJs. There will be art installations too, and the nights will be dressed up as a ‘proper’ panto albeit with a weird and wonderful narrative and over two nights. Baffling. Tickets HERE though.

 

7. Then there’s Kid Canaveral’s Christmas Baubles. This went down an absolute storm last year and it must have been an easy decision to bring it back for a second year. The Fence pop maestros are naturally playing, along with Scottish indie über-fan Josie Long, eagleowl and ex-De Rosa man Martin John Henry. Topping the bill are the rather fabulous Slow Club, whose new album has been getting rave reviews all around.

It’s happening at Summerhall in Edinburgh on Dec 17 and tickets are HERE.


 

8. Last, but not least is Glasgow Podcart’s Nightmare Before Christmas at the Captain’s Rest on December 18. Topping the bill are As In Bear with rather splendid support bill of PAWS (yes, them again), Citizens and Lady North. Tickets are a mere fiver on the door!

And hey – we’re not exactly all knowing like that fella Jesus. Or was it Sauron? Anyway, if there’s a Christmas themed music bash happening that we need to know about, tell us and we’ll update this post!

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Gratuitous October Plugs

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October 10, 2011

Evening bairns.

This seems to be happening with increasing regularity. Us getting sent lots of stuff that we want to tell you about, that just don’t fit with our Album of the Week/Bandcrush template.

- So what’s on our minds just now? Well, we’ve made no secret of our love for French Wives, even them roping them into our debut gig, which we promise to shut up about one of these days, but we’re now happy to say that their pre-album release promotion trail is now in full swing with a new single and live dates upcoming. The single’s called Numbers, and you can listen to it below and catch them at the following dates. Do go, etc…

Oct 19 Aberdeen Drummond’s Café

Oct 20 Glasgow Mono – single launch with Endor and Blochestra

Oct 22 Edinburgh Third Door

Oct 23 Newcastle Tyne Bar

Oct 24 London Bull and Gate

- And while we’re on the subject of plugging tours, Brooklyn’s Numbers and Letters are over for an unusual, and dare we say brave tour, taking in the following dates:

Oct 11  House show at 26 Peterswell Brae, Stirling

Oct 12 Gourock Cafe Continental

Oct 13 “Surprise Show” in Glasgow (nope, us neither)

Oct 14 Inverness Hootananny

Oct 15 Thurso Newmarket Bar

Oct 16 Glasgow Brel

God knows what dark folkie types from NYC will make of Gourock and Thurso, but good luck to them. We like how they sound anyway, so here’s hoping they find a willing audience in Scotland. You can have a listen to them covering Tom Waits below.

 

- Soooooo, speaking of gigs, you’ll have got your ticket to Pendulum Man’s night of Michael Feerick, Matthew Collings and Debutant in Edinburgh on October 16, yes?

- And how about this… Laki Mera who we featured earlier in the year are in the final five in a competition to head to the Big Apple. They’ll perform two songs in front of a panel of, ahem, “industry experts” at the Garage in Glasgow for their chance to play at Scotland Week 2012 in New York and at the prestigious Scottish Music Awards – The Tartan Clefs in November 2011. Also up for the cup are Woodenbox and Song of Return so it sounds like an evening of quality music is in the offing. We like Laki Mera muchly so wish them the best of luck. They’ve also had album track Crater remixed by Mogwai. It’s rather splendid and available to download for nowt over on their Facebook page, where you can also win tickets for the above event.

- You can’t fail to have missed the latest announcement by the BBC on cuts to staff, services and so on to cope with the licence fee freeze, and in particular the imminent end to Ally McCrae’s BBC Introducing show on Radio 1. Now we found the midnight-2am Sunday night timeslot a little prohibitive, and often didn’t quite manage to go back on iPlayer, but that’s by the by. McCrae is an engaging presenter with maximum focus on up and coming young Scottish talent and the axing of this show removes an excellent chance for new bands to be heard from the airwaves. Let’s face it, a non-regionalised BBC Introducing show just won’t present the same opportunities. There’s a whiff of last year’s (successful) campaign to save 6 Music about this, but a petition to save Ally’s slot from the axe is now open. If you’re interested in Scottish music we suggest you sign it.

- More promisingly, entries for the 2011 Radar Prize are now open. Last year’s winners French Wives (yes, yes, them again) have gone from strength to strength and with 60+ entries already received for this year, we’re hoping for the same quality that 2010 presented. As a Radar contributor, we’ll be on the judging panel too. Details HERE.

- Finally. something a bit different. A friend of a friend has made a feature-length documentary about the Oxford music scene, not just looking at the biggies like Radiohead but mainly at other guys like Ride, Foals and the smaller fish from way back like Talulah Gosh and the Candyskins, called “Anyone Can Play Guitar”. You might have heard of it. Anyway, you can read more here, and director Jon Spira will be taking it to Edinburgh’s Cameo on November 29. There’s no distributor and he’s doing the whole thing independently, so come along and show your support for good music and fine film-making! Here’s the trailer. Guten nacht!

Anyone Can Play Guitar Trailer from video jon on Vimeo.

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Some things we’ve learned about running gigs… and some more gigs we like

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September 26, 2011

Hello there.

We’ll get to the post mortem of The Tidal Wave of Indifference Presents… shortly, but first here’s a sorta gig guide to help keep you entertained for the next few weeks.

First up is the latest Ayetunes-branded gig at Glasgow’s Captain’s Rest on Wednesday (Sept 28). School night gigs are always a problem for us, especially in Glasgow so we won’t be there, but with Jim’s latest venture involves the redoubtable Shambles Miller,  plus the Sea Kings and Spook School who we’re less familiar with. We recommend you make up for our non-attendance and get yourself along – it’ll cost you a mere fiver.

Saturday (Oct 1) brings an unfortunate clash with both the launch of Supermationation’s new EP Amongst the Northern Lochs at the Wee Red Bar (playing two sets – one acoustic, and one plugged in!) plus support, all for free…. and over at Henry’s is the latest Ides of Toad gig (tickets) featuring John Knox Sex Club, Easter and Fuzzystar.

Tough one, this and we don’t envy anyone having to make that choice. Ours is made for us by virtue of a poorly-planned weekend up north which means that we won’t be heading to either. Hopefully you’re getting a bit of a theme here?

Finally, another mention for Michael Feerick and Matthew Collings at the Wee Red on October 16, as put on by Pendulum Man (tickets). Feerick was the frontman of Tidal Wave faves Amusement Parks on Fire so we’re cursing Maw & Paw Tidal Wave for choosing that weekend to foist themselves on us, especially now that the superb Debutant has been added to the bill. Bugger.

And so, to Saturday’s shenanigans at the Wee Red Bar. Some things we’ve learned:

1. Come loaded with pound coins if you’re going to charge something stupid like £6… alternatively just charge a simple price, like a fiver. Keep It Simple, Stupid.

2. Never have any expectation that the soundcheck will run as you’ve planned.

3. A wide variety of instruments will upset a soundman. Greg, our excellent technical guy was stunned that we’d managed to find four bands with a fiddler, which caused some stress. And that’s before we got to Lost Telegrams’ accordion and mandolin.

4. Don’t trust Facebook. Our list of attendees looked healthy pre-gig, but around a dozen or so people we know personally didn’t show. Things come up, we understand, IT’S OK. But it doesn’t work that well as an indication of attendees. But to be quite honest if everyone that said they were coming on Facebook had showed, we would have had to start turning people away. Seriously.

5. Do expect to have an absolute ball.

Seriously, any pre-gig worries about numbers were already dispersing 20 minutes after doors opened as Lost Telgrams were striking up, and absolutely blown away by the time the Douglas Firs hit the stage. We had almost 130 paying punters through the door, and even though a decent chunk of that came from the bands’ cheaper guestlist, we still had enough money to pay all four acts handsomely (we think) and made a modest profit ourselves which we promptly drank in Brauhaus and the Citrus Club.

So….

Thanks to everyone who came along – you surely couldn’t have failed to have fun?

Thanks to the bands. You were all absolutely brilliant. Well, we think… we were rather busy at the door for Lost Telegrams and the Douglas Firs, then totting up money and selling merch during Star Wheel Press. But there were plenty of wonderful sounds coming from behind us. The only band we were able to focus on fully were French Wives, and they were indeed superb. Everyone told us in the pub how great you all were anyway (and here’s a lovely review of the evening if you’ve not already seen it) and I was delighted to see a bundle of merch being shifted too.

Thanks to the staff at the Wee Red. Like the bands, you took a chance on a rookie promoter. I can only assume you made an absolute packet at the bar?

Thanks to Mrs Tidal Wave for keeping me sane on the night, helping with – no, doing – the door and putting up with my drunken foolishness once we’d moved on.

Phew.

We enjoyed it so much we’re DEFINITELY DOING IT AGAIN. Stay tuned!

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Gratuitous Plugs for Stuff We Like

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August 18, 2011

So we’re, ahem, tossing off the shackles of our usual WE ONLY REVIEWS ALBUM REVIEWS AND DO Q&As WITH BANDS, WE DON’T DO NEWS, NO WE WON’T ‘JUST PUT UP YOUR VIDEO’ mantra and, well, doing exactly that.

We’re not going to be doing a regular news slot but if a clump of interesting things that tickle our fancy crop up at around the same time, we’ll try and do something with them.

First up, following our exclusive Amusement Parks on Fire feature from a few months back, we’re delighted to hear that the band’s Michael Feerick is coming to Edinburgh on October 16. Hooray! To quote Pendulum Man, for tis he that’s putting on the gig:

Amusement Parks On Fire have variously been described as “sporadic, hedonistic, teenage genius”, “a subconscious, sleeping study in nightmarish beauty”, and “adventures in sound that merely wipe the floor with every seismic pretender who’s ever tried to work out the lyrics to ‘Soon’ and recreate every chord sequence found on ‘Isn’t Anything’ “.

This, though, promises to be something rather different to their usual thunderous crescendo of stargazing as perfectly highlighted in their third album, 2010′s ‘Road Eyes’.

In his first visit to Edinburgh since May 2009, Michael Feerick will return for a unique, intimate, acoustic solo show. This promises to be a rare chance to experience the ethereal APOF assault stripped back to it’s most haunting, beautiful rudiments.

Oh yes. It’s at the Wee Red Bar, £5 a skull with support from Matthew Collings. More details on the Facebook event page.

Get your asses along.

Staying with gigs, those big bairns Ayetunes and Peenko are staging their fourth gig on Saturday night (August 20) in Glasgow’s Stereo. The thunderous PAWS have pulled out, but it’s the launch night for Adam Stafford’s acclaimed new album with support from Miaoux Miaoux and Mondegreen.

£6 on the door, hope to see you there.

Finally, some news from Tidal Wave faves the Son(s). There’s a lovely new video for old single Dogs, Boys and Men doing the rounds and they’ve made another two songs to download for free as well. That makes us immensely happy, as does the video:

Dogs, Boys & Men from The Son(s) on Vimeo.

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