This Week's Gigs: 22nd - 28th November

Before I get on to the gigs for the week, a couple of reminders.

Firstly as I mentioned yesterday I'm looking for Christmas songs to run throughout December, look here for more details.

Secondly, because hardly anyone does it, a wee reminder that if you have a gig coming up that you want included here the best way to let me know about it is to send the details to gigs@ayetunes.org.uk, which will hopefully save me getting messages saying "oh, you missed my gig" in the hours after posting the gig guide. I didn't miss it, you never told me it was on.

Now, on to this week, which I was planning on spending indoors to save some money. We'll see how well that works out. The gig guide is surprisingly Edinburgh biased this week, so this might be my last chance to save up some Christmas money.

Monday:

Spokes, The John Knox Sex Club, Blood of the Bull. The 13th Note.

Tuesday:

Kristina Cox, Linky Gray, Susanna McDonald, Augustalia. Pivo Pivo.

Wednesday:

Steve Heron, Trapped Mice, Happy Vandals. Sneaky Pete's.

Launch gig for Steve Heron's album "Honest One", with some pretty darn fine supports. If like me you can't get along the album is also available on Bandcamp.

Hannah Peel, Blue Roses, Esperi. The Captain's Rest. (Tickets)

Blue Sky Archives. Bloc, free entry.
There's possibly other bands playing too, but I'll be buggered if I can find any details.

Thursday:

Ethan Ash, Yusuf Azak, Amber Wilson. Cellar 35, Aberdeen.

Ethan & Yusuf set off on a rather rearranged co-headline tour to promote their new releases, Ethan Ash's No Early Nights EP and Yusuf Azak's debut album Turn On the Long Wire.

Friday:

Ethan Ash, Yusuf Azak, Johnnie Common. The Winchester Club, Glasgow

United Fruit, Pensioner, Verse Metrics. Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh.

And So I Watch You From Afar, Tubelord, Carnivores. King Tut's (Tickets)

Pin Up Nights 7th Birthday: For Abel, Skinny Villains, Strawberry Ocean Sea. The Flying Duck.

Our pals at PinUp's celebrate 7 years of good music and fun with a birthday party. They've even roped in The National to DJ after their sold out gig at The O2 Academy. Could be an awkward moment there, as For Abel were formerly known as Nacional, until they were asked to change by none other than the management of The National...

Saturday:

Ethan Ash, Yusuf Azak, The Japanese War Effort. St. Stephen's Centre, Edinburgh

Sneaky Fest: Cabaret Voltaire, Sneaky Pete's, Electric Circus, Edinburgh.

We've been quite spoiled with these multi venue type things in Glasgow recently, now Edinburgh gets a shot. Over 30 bands playing across three venues all day long, all for £10. Not much to complain about there. The full line up and stage times can be found here and you can buy tickets here.

Sunday:

Lori McTear Single Launch. The Winchester Club.