Gigs
10/05/2013 : The Glad Cafe : GLASGOW : 8pm : £6
I’ll be supporting Magic Arm on this date of his ‘Images Rolling’ album tour
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05/05/2013 : Big Day In @ Electric Circus : EDINBURGH : 3pm : £10/15
w/ Dutch Uncles + Discopolis + The Machine Room + Dems + Machines In Heaven + River of Slime & Lomond Campbell + Made of Glass
+ DJ sets from Ally McCrae (BBC Radio 1) + Vic Galloway (BBC Radio Scotland) + Errors
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04/05/2013 : Broadcast : GLASGOW : 8pm : £7
supporting Deptford Goth
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21/04/2013 : Odd Bar : MANCHESTER : 8pm : FREE
Playing at The Travelling Band’s night ‘Shut The Far Cupboard’
w/ David Rybka + John Mackie
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20/04/2013 : Common : MANCHESTER : 1pm : FREE
Record Store Day special in conjunction w/ Piccadilly Records
w/ Horsebeach + Emperor Zero + more
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30/03/2013 : The Glad Cafe : GLASGOW : 8pm : £5
Doing a back-to-back set with grnr. We’re going to take it song-about, overlap, collaborate and maybe get a guest or two up. Peter will be bashing impeccably throughout. Should be a lot of fun. Support from Flaccid Haus.
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08/03/2013 : Henry’s : EDINBURGH : 7.30pm : £5
Song By Toad presents. Jonnie Common + River Of Slime + Shift Static
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16/02/2013 : Broadcast : GLASGOW : 8pm : £5/4adv
Official single launch w/ Miaoux Miaoux + grnr + Ar Droops
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09/02/2013 : The Grand : CLITHEROE : 7pm : £10
w/ The Wave Pictures
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02/02/2013 : Tape Club : EDINBURGH : 2pm-11pm
All day Tape Club on the white boat in Leith Docks. Ironically, I have to leave early to catch another boat, so I’m playing a solo set at 3pm.
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14/12/2012 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ Stereo : GLASGOW : 7.30pm : £5
Threads OF Sound night w/ How To Swim + Turning Plates
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08/11/2012 : Sound Festival : ABERDEEN : 10pm : £5
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16/10/2012 : Nice n Sleazy : GLASGOW : 8pm : £7
supporting Michachu & The Shapes
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23/09/2012 : Jura Music Festival : JURA
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26/08/2012 : BBC @ The Fringe : EDINBURGH : £FREE
Peforming in the BBC’s ‘pink tent’ at Potterrow
w/ Eugene Twist + Tango In The Attic
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17/08/2012 : The Glad Cafe : GLASGOW
Opening night of new southside venue/cafe/hub-of-excitement w/ Conquering Animal Sound and The One Ensemble
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27-29/07/2012 : Cloudspotting Festival : WHALLEY
w/ Three Trapped Tigers, Sara Lowes, RM Hubbert and many more.
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29-30/06/2012 : The Imploding Inevitable Festival : LAKE WINDERMERE
w/ The Pictish Trail, Rob St John, Laura J Martin, Colorama and many more to be announced.
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19/05/2012 : Limbo @ The Voodoo Rooms : EDINBURGH : 8pm : £5/6/7
w/ Mitchell Museum + Gavin Prentice
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03/05/2012 : CCA : GLASGOW : 8pm : £8/10
w/ The Pictish Trail (band) + Kid Canaveral
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28/04/2012 : Culture Hack Scotland : GLASGOW : private function
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07/03/2012 : Stereo : GLASGOW : 8pm : £5
w/ The Jamboree Collective - eclectic London-based folk mingling feat. Adam Beattoe & The Consultants, Brooke Sharkey and Garance Louis.
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30/01/2012 : King Tuts (downstairs) : GLASGOW : 7.30pm
Launch night for the “Walking Heads : Glasgow Music Tour” app.
w/ Miaoux Miaoux + Wooden Box + FOUND(DJs)
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22/01/2012 : Celtic Connections “Hazy Recollections” @ ABC2 : GLASGOW
w/ Washington Irving + The Dirty Beggars + Siobhan Wilson
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10/12/2011 : Red Deer Club Christmas Party : MANCHESTER
Peter & I will be sledging down from Glasgow for this festive hoot. Details to follow.
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09/12/2011 : There is a false listing that I’m playing at The 13th Note in Glasgow on Dec 9th.
This gig has not been cancelled. It never existed in the first place!
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05/12/2011 : Vic Galloway live session : BBC Radio Scotland : 8-10pm
I’ll be popping into the big beeb bloc to do a live session for Vic with a couple of remixy guests!
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27/11/2011 : Mono : GLASGOW : 7.30pm : £4
Remix album launch / installation / exhibition closing party (full details to come) ft. live sets from Ben Butler & Mousepad + Dems + GRNR : plus DJ turns from FOUND + The Japanese War Effort
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23/11/2011 : Captain’s Rest : GLASGOW : 8pm : £5
Miaoux Miaoux album preview show. Julian will be previewing his much anticipated album with a full live band and a string of special guest vocalists. Certain to be a great show. I’ll be warming up the late-November crowd.
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17/11/2011 : Vic Galloway presents @ Electric Circus : EDINBURGH : 7pm : £6
Filling in for Dam Mantle alongside Remember Remember + Adam Stafford
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06/11/2011 : Hew Scott Hall : ANSTRUTHER : 2pm : £5
All day hangover-buster/refueller the day after the Fence Collective’s Hott Loggz! Festival curated by Song, By Toad Records feat. Meursault, Jesus H Foxx, Yusuf Azak + more.
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02/11/2011 : Academy 3 : MANCHESTER : 7.30pm : £10
I’ll be opening for my pals The Travelling Band on this, the home turf date of their European tour.
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01/11/2011 : Marc Riley BBC 6Music live session : 7pm
Crank up your DAB.
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31/10/2011 : Fence Records’ Hallowe’en Party : LONDON : 8pm : £7
I’ll be doing a wee opening set before Player Piano + The Shivers do the monster mash on your head.
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30/10/2011 : Cecil Sharp House : LONDON : 3pm : £18/15/11
All day Hallowe’en fun fair w/ Stealing Sheep + North Sea Radio Orchestra + Sweet Baboo + many more
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21/10/2011 : Tolbooth : STIRLING : 7pm : £6
I’ll be supporting Manchester-based force of nature, The Travelling Band
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20/10/2011 : Electric Circus : EDINBURGH : 7pm : £6
I’ll be supporting Manchester-based force of nature, The Travelling Band
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17/09/2011 : N_ilk @ The Botanics : DUNDEE : 2.30pm - 10.30pm : £6
Last year was GREAT. This year will be RIDICULOUS.
Also playing: Architeq + Samoyed + Point To C + Lukid + LOADS MORE
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10/09/2011 : Backpacker Blues @ The Southside Studios : GLASGOW : 7.30pm : £5
PLAY by Douglas Maxwell + EXHIBITION by Ben Walker + LIVE MUSIC by Jonnie Common + BBQ by Gilly Piece
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23/08/2011 : Ulrich Schnauss @ The Electric Circus : EDINBURGH : 7pm : £10
I’ll be supporting, as will Miaoux Miaoux
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11/08/2011 : Fence Records’ Haarfest @ Cellardyke Town Hall : FIFE
w/ Geese + King Creosote + Dan Lyth
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07/08/2011 : Scottish Independent Record Fair @ Summerhall : EDINBURGH
I’ll be playing an acoustic set at this amazing celebration of Scottish independent music.
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04/08/2011 : ALBUM LAUNCH @ The Castle Hotel : MANCHESTER : 7pm : £5
w/ Adam Gorman and Jo Dudderidge (of the Travelling Band) + Aidan Smith
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31/07/2011 : ALBUM LAUNCH @ The Captain’s Rest : GLASGOW : 8pm : £5
w/ The Japanese War Effort + River Of Slime
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17/06/2011 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ The Caves : EDINBURGH : 7.30pm : £7
Full whack Meursault show. Also supporting, John Egdell.
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12/06/2011 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ The Captain’s Rest : Glasgow : 7.30pm : £5
Phillip Roebuck has had to cancel his UK tour so we’re going to drown our sorrows with a bloody good night.
Meursault (solo) + Enfant Bastard + The Honeymoon Period + Inspector Tapehead
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07/06/2011 : The Captain’s Rest : GLASGOW : 8.30 : £12
Stealing Sheep have had to pull out, so I’ll be stepping in to support Wild Swans
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03/06/2011 : Brel : GLASGOW : 7.00 : £tba
supporting folky/indie chums Captain and The Kings with a wee solo set
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21/05/2011 : Ides of Toad presents Jonnie Common @ Wee Red Bar : EDINBURGH : 7.30 : £5
with Kill The Captains and Les Enfant Bastard
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6-8/05/2011 : Fence Records’ Homegame 8 : ANSTRUTHER : www.fencerecords.com
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas!
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22/04/2011 : Islington Mill : SALFORD : 7.00pm : £6
I’ll be supporting Lone Pigeon and The Pictish Trail on this date of their UK tour. LP gigs are rare as hens teeth. They always put my heart in my mouth and tears in my ears.
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16/04/2011 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ The Forest Cafe : EDINBURGH : 8pm : £donation
Part of the Ten Tracks gig series raising money to save the wonderful Forest Cafe from closure.
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06/04/2011 : DESKJOB album launch @ The Captain’s Rest : GLASGOW : 8pm : £5
All star line up launching an album of their tracks which I’ve produced. Make sense…?
Panda Su, Adam Beattie, Iona Marshall, Meursault, The Oates Field, Inspector Tapehead, Autistic Angus, Conquering Animal Sound and eagleowl
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02/04/2011 : Limbo @ The Voodoo Rooms : EDINBURGH : 8pm : £6/7/8/9
Meursault, Conquering Animal Sound and me. It’s going to get touchy/feely.
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31/12/2010 : Song, By Toad NYE house gig : EDINBURGH : 8pm : £5
Sets by me, Japanese War Effort and Meursault. Lines will undoubtedly be blurred and crossed.
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16/12/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ SongByToad Christmas Party : EDINBURGH : 7pm : £7
w/ Meursault, Jesus H Foxx, Yusuf Azak, Rob St John, The Savings and Loan
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04/12/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ Limbo Christmas Party (Voodoo Rooms) : EDINBURGH : 8pm
w/ FOUND, Yusuf Azak, Les Enfant Bastard & more
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30/11/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ Stereo : GLASGOW : 7pm : £5
supporting our good friend Adam Beattie & a selection of his Consultants at an all-too-rare Glasgow show.
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26/11/2010 : Yusuf Azak’s album launch @ Gambetta : GLASGOW : 7pm : £5
I’ll be supporting Yusuf at the Glasgow launch of his new album on songbytoad records.
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18/11/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ The Captain’s Rest : GLASGOW : FREE
we’re supporting the wonderful Randolph’s Leap at their EP launch.
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30/10/2010 : FENCE HALLOWE’EN PARTY : Stereo + : GLASGOW : 2pm-2am : £25
King Creosote / James Yorkston / Silver Columns / James Yuill / Lord Cut Glass / Alasdair Roberts / John MacLean (DJ) / Randolph’s Leap / John B McKenna / Gummi Bako / Pictish Trail / more TBA
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08/10/2010 : w/ Panda Su @ Bar Bloc : GLASGOW
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30/09/2010 : Inspector Tapehead album launch @ Wee Red Bar : EDINBURGH : 7.30pm : £5
Edinburgh album launch for Duress Code.
+ The Miserable Rich (Humble Soul)
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19/09/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ Odd Bar : Manchester : 8pm
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16/09/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ Kings Cross Social Club : LONDON : 8pm
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15/09/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ The Buffalo Bar : CARDIFF : 8pm
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11/09/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ n_ilk : DUNDEE : 3pm
Experimental music & arts festival feat. Noiserv, Loops Haunt, Conquering Animal Sound & plenty more.
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10/09/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ Barrels Alehouse : BERWICK UPON TWEED : 8pm
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09/09/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ Westgarth Social Club : MIDDLESBROUGH : 7.30pm : £8
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28/08/2010 : Harvest @ Tramway : GLASGOW
Harvest is a celebration of urban growing with lots of homegrown foody fun activities.
Myself & Inspector Tapehead will be providing the music for this event, performing various material over the course of the afternoon.
thisiscentralstation.com/events/glasgow-harvest
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21/08/2010 : Sonic Soak @ Govan Baths : GLASGOW : FREE but ticketed
I’ll be taking part in a piece arranged by George Murray (dBass / One Ensemble) designed to utilise the unique acoustics of the empty baths and play on refelection a bit I guess.
Our slot is 1.30-2.00pm
There’s lots of really great stuff going on over the weekend.
thisiscentralstation.com/events/a-sonic-soak
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17/08/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ Haarfest : FIFE
fencerecords.com/news/haarfest/
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07/08/2010 : w/ Panda Su @ Belladrum : INVERNESS
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31/06/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ Doune The Rabbit Hole : STIRLING
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25/07/2010 : w/ Panda Su @ Secret Garden Party : Stage 2 : CAMBRIDGE
secretgardenparty.com - you should check out this website regardless of your intentions to attend :)
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23/07/2010 : w/ Panda Su @ Wickerman Festival : Solus Tent : DUMFRIES
www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk
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17/ 07/2010 : w/ Panda Su @ Charity Baw : Roxy Art House : EDINBURGH : 7pm : £10
+ King Creosote, Found, Over The Wall and more.
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01/07/2010 : @ Wee Red Bar : EDINBURGH : 7pm : £5/3
+ Meursault (solo), supporting The Last Battle at their single launch.
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09/06/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ Nice N Sleazys : GLASGOW : 7.30 : £5
+ GRNR, supporting Mitchell Museum at their single launch.
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29+30/05/2010 : Allotment 4 : Glasgow : 8pm : £5
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19/05/2010 : Song, By Toad Records showcase @ Mono : GLASGOW : 7pm : £5
w/ Meursault + Loch Lomond.
Loch Lomond are over on tour from the states. They pronounce it Lock Lahmonde. Can’t wait to see how that goes down!
I’ll be filling in for Tapehead by doing a set with Neil (Meursault). Bit seat of the pants, but should be fun.
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18/04/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead @ The Roxy Rooms (formerly The Bowery) : EDINBURGH : 7.30 : £5
The Gentle Invasion presents: Inspector Tapehead, Nathalie Stern, The Japanese War Effort
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27/03/2010 : w/ Inspector Tapehead : Ten Tracks presents The Verden Whistle Test @ Verden Studios, Portobello.
10 bands, 2 rooms, 100 tickets and a DVD of the whole gig for each ticketholder
more info: www.tentracks.co.uk
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12-14/03/2010 : Fence Records’ Homegame 7 : ANSTRUTHER : www.fencerecords.com
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13/02/2010 : The Flying Duck : GLASGOW : 7.00pm : £5
hosted by The Gentle Invasion
w/ The Late Call & The Go Away Birds
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12/12/2009 : w/ Inspector Tapehead : The Song, By Toad Xmas Party @ The Bowery : EDINBURGH
w/ Jesus H. Foxx & Rory from Broken Records
I’ll be jogging across town after playing a set of my own at Trampoline, to pitch up with Tapehead and watch Toad mince pie about. This is also the closing night of the lovely bohemian love nest that is The Bowery. Let’s see it off in style.
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12/12/2009 : Trampoline all day-er @ Wee Red Bar : EDINBURGH
w/ Mitchell Museum, Lyons, Debutant, The Scottish Enlightenment, Jill Leighton, Esperi, Lady North, Conquering Animal Sound
Roy Mohan Shearer will be joining me on beats & bops. Whoop!
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08/11/2009 : w/ Inspector Tapehead : Red Deer Club c/o Fuel Cafe : MANCHESTER
w/ The Miserable Rich
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08/11/2009 : w/ Inspector Tapehead : The Gladstone : LONDON
w/ Adam Beattie & The Consultants
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06/11/2009 : w/ Inspector Tapehead : Cafe Z Bar : LONDON
w/ The Bonfire Band
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01/11/2009 : I’ll be joining Panda Su for a couple of songs in her set @ Classic Grand, hosted by the gorgeous Glasgow PodcART
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17/10/2009 : w/ Inspector Tapehead : El Rancho Picante c/o The Flying Duck : GLASGOW
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10/10/2009 : w/ Inspector Tapehead : Lmbo c/o The Voodoo Rooms : EDINBURGH
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24/09/2009 : w/ Inspector Tapehead : Gandolfi Goes Pop c/o Hutchesons’ Hall : GLASGOW
We’ll be on @ 10pm. Event info: Herald article
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09/08/2009 : Toad Hall : EDINBURGH : 8ish-11ish : £5
http://songbytoad.com/index.php?s=house+gig
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08/08/2009 : Trampoline @ Wee Red Bar : EDINBURGH : 8.00pm : £5
+ Conquering Animal Sound + Animal Magic Tricks
THIS JUST IN, KEN :
Iona Marshall will be joining me to perform my ‘version’ of her wonderful song ‘2 Hearts’ live
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23/07/2009 : I’ll be joining Panda Su on banjo duty for a song in her set @ King Tuts (9-9.30pm)
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13/06/2009 : CCA : GLASGOW : 2-8pm : FREE
I will be joining Roy Mohan Shearer for an Electron Club open-day where we will be demostrating the Tapehead Inspectors we made together.
22/05/2009 : Red Deer Club @ the Klondyke : MANCHESTER : 7.30pm : £5
Double-whammo: i’ll be doing a set of my own songs chosen by RDC’s Dunc Le Chunk
and Inspector Tapehead shall be headling.
+ Charlot Webster
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07/05/2009 : w/ Inspector Tapehead : The Bowery : EDINBURGH : 7.30pm : £5
+ Meurault + The Japanese War Effort
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18/04/2009 : w/ Inspector Tapehead : Fence Records’ Homegame 6 : ANSTRUTHER
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17/04/2009 : Fence Records’ Homegame 6 : ANSTRUTHER : www.fencerecords.com
special homegame 6 live band + special homegame 6 set = special homegame 6 hoots!
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09/04/2009 : w/ Inspector Tapehead : Concrete Campfire @ Brel : GLASGOW : 7.30pm : £5
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29/03/2009 : w/ Inspector Tapehead : Captains Rest : GLASGOW : 8pm : £5
supporting Dent May fresh from his tour with Animal Collective
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05/02/2009 : w/ Inspector Tapehead : LIMBO: EDINBURGH : 8pm : £4
+ FOUND + Over The Wall
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30/11/2008 : DTTS : Gimme Shelter 4 @ Mono : GLASGOW : all day : £tbc
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08/11/2008 : DTTS : De-fence @ SOUND festival c/o The Blue Lamp : ABERDEEN
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07/10/2008 : DTTS : Piccadilly Records : MANCHESTER : Red Deer Club Showcase @ ITC : FREE
+ Sara Lowes & Sophe’s Pigeons : first band at 6.30 / DTTS at 8.10pm
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05/10/2008 : DTTS : UN-CONVENTION @ The Sacred Trinity Church : SALFORD : 8pm : £7
+ PACIFIC!, Cynic Guru, Stranger Son of WB / (DTTS on stage at 11pm)
A music conference aimed specifically at the grass roots of the industry, the goal of Un-convention is to bring together like minded individuals to discuss the future of Independent music. Live bands 7-midnight.
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27/09/2008 : DTTS : 13th Note : GLASGOW : all day event : FREE
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21/09/2008 : DTTS : Down At The Red Bricks c/o The Gladstone : LONDON
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20/09/2008 : DTTS : The Strongrooms : LONDON : 7.00pm - 2.00am : £5
+ Player Piano (solo), Art Pedro and Hardsparrow : hosted by Astonishing Sounds
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15/09/2008 : DTTS : King Tuts : GLASGOW : 8pm : £6 : supporting Golden Silvers w/ Exlovers