Preview: Pin Up Frights

As October comes to a close you can be sure of two things - it is time for Pin Up Nights, and it is almost Hallowe'en. Never ones to miss a trick the Pin Up Nights crew have noticed this, and so their next night will be Pin Up Frights.

As usual they are likely to pull out all the stops to live up to their promise of "the full-on Halloween experience". I'm told there’s going to be a special spooky soundtrack, loads of decorations (including The Tunnel Of Terror), Halloween games, discounted entry if you’re dressed up, goody bags for the first 50 to arrive in fancy dress, prizes for the best costumes, a face painter, and free adult incontinence pads if things get just too exciting/terrifying! And if all that wasn’t enough, we will also be welcoming incredible special Guest DJs from beyond the grave - both Michael Jackson and Freddy Mercury shall be in attendance to share their record collections and meet their adoring public one last time!

In adition to those hijinxs there's the regular selection of cracking bands appearing.

Playing live this month (or "playing dead" rather, to fit the theme) are PopUp, Endor and The Social Services. We've caught both Endor and The Social Services recently and left pleased with what we've seen and heard, not to mention the excellent albums they've both released. It has been almost exactly two years since I last got to see PopUp though, back in the good old days when we had a pub in Paisley that put bands on, so it'll be very nice to see them again. You can get a sample of each of the bands down below.

Should be a frightfully good evening. Hey, if they can make bad puns, so can I.

PIN UP FRIGHTS.

FRIDAY 29^TH OCTOBER.

THE FLYING DUCK, 142 RENFIELD STREET

DOORS - 9PM – 3AM

PRICE - £5 (£4 FOR ANYONE IN HALLOWEEN COSTUME).

For more details visit the Pin Up Nights website.

PopUp

Love Triangle

Endor

The Social Services

Oxjam Takeover Glasgow Timetable - Updated

When they called Saturday's event Takeover they weren't kidding. With umpteen bands spread across six venues, The

Classic Grand, The Sub Club, Pivo Pivo, The Admiral, Sloans and Stereo here's the list of who will be on where, and when.

Note: As always, times might change, but this is what we have for now.

Edit: Times updated on Friday.

Thursday: The Apple Store, 7pm

Alan McKim

St Deluxe

Young Fathers

Saturday: Takeover

THE ADMIRAL
19:00 Doors
19:30-20:00 IONA BAIN
20:15-20:45 6IXTY PERSONS
21:00-21:30 MIKE NISBET
21:45-22:15 FICTION FACTION
22:30-23:00 VIGO THIEVES
23:00-03:00 DJS

CLASSIC GRAND
19:00 DOORS
19:30-20:00 THE LONELY BOY
20:15-20:45 SUSPIRE
21:00-21:30 ST DELUXE
21:45-22:15 THE BLACK HAND GANG

PIVO PIVO
18:30 DOORS
19:00-19:30 KEEP IT SECRET
19:45-20:15 CITIES & SKYLINES
20:30-21:00 TOY FIRES
21:15-21:45 THE LITTLE YELLOW UKULELES
22:00-22:30 THE WINTER TRADITION
22:45-23:15 PAWS

SLOANS
19:15 DOORS
19:45-20:15 THE ZIPS
20:30-21:00 JOHN RUSH
21:15-21:45 LOUISE MCVEY & THE CRACKS IN THE CONCRETE
22:00-22:30 TRAGIC OHARA
22:45-23:15 ISA & THE FILTHY TONGUES
23:30-00:00 SONNY MARVELLO

STEREO
18:00 DOORS
18:30-19:00 ALAN MCKIM
20:00-20:30 BWANI JUNCTION
20:45-21:15 MARCO POLO
21:30-22:00 JUMPERS KNEE
22:15-22:45 BLUE SKY ARCHIVES

SUB CLUB
19:15 DOORS
19:45-20:15 HOMEWORK
20:30-21:00 ANY COLOR BLACK
21:15-21:45 YOUNG FATHERS

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Free Tommy Sheridan

As the perjury trial of Tommy and Gail Sheridan is entering its second week at the High Court in Glasgow, the fine folks at Armellodie thought they would soundtrack the affair and celebrate the release of Super Adventure Club’s ‘Chalk Horror’ (out on Monday 18th October) by giving away a free download of the rifftastic cut ‘Tommy Sheridan’.

Listen to and download Tommy Sheridan below, and buy Chalk Horror from Bandcamp.

Super Adventure Club - Armellodie Records

Mitchell Museum - Tiger Heartbeat

Yep, this is pretty much a blatant plug rather than a proper post, but since it is for one of our favourite bands I feel clean and guilt free.

Mitchell Museum have a new single out now.
Tiger Heartbeat was released first last summer and managed to be the first cassette I'd bought in around 10 years. The launch gig in King Tut's also happened to be one of the things that helped give me a boot up the backside with regards Aye Tunes and wasn't just my first time seeing Mitchell Museum live, but also We're Only Afraid of NYC.

The single isn't a straight re-release though, Tiger Heartbeat has been completely rerecorded and reworked a bit since the original release. Also, there's a splendid video, which you can watch below.

Mitchell Museum: 'Tiger Heartbeat' 8-bit Extended Directors Cut from mitchell museum on Vimeo.

Tiger Heartbeat is available now from pretty much everywhere, including eMusic iTunes and Amazon.

Also, you can download a couple of remixes for free!

This Week's Gigs: 11th - 17th October

Well after complaining a few weeks ago that I wasn't posting enough in between gig listings I've spectacularly failed to do anything at all in the last week. Poor show Jim. The "to be listened to/reviewed" pile is threatening to take over my life, so I will attempt to get laid into that this week. Wish me luck and in the meantime here's what is going on gig wise.

Monday:

Vendor Defender, Cancel the Astronauts. Electric Circus, Edinburgh

Tuesday:

Dan Mangan, Bear Bones. Captain's Rest

Don't want to watch the football? There aren't an awful lot of other options, but this one sticks out. Good luck getting fighting your way to the bar upstairs though.

Wednesday:

Detour. Bloc. Free.

As usual the Detour boys are keeping tight lipped on the line up for this gig, but their track history means they are trustworthy types, so it ought to be good.

Let's Buy Happiness!, Skibunny, Trapped In Kansas. Captain's Rest.

The Girobabies, Emma Foreman, Dead Stars, Sleepy Eyes Nelson, Matt Fortheringham. The Griffin.

More details on this one over on Facebook.

Thursday:

Vendor Defender, Peter Parker, Mammals. Nice N Sleazy.

Vendor Defender launch their new single Golden Shivers. Tickets and the single are available here.

Trapped Mice, Hiva Oa. Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh.

Friday:

Aspen Tide. Ceol-Mor, Inverness

Jonathan Sebastian Knight. Tchai-Ovna House of Tea.

Mr. Knight is playing a double header on Friday, with two 40 minute sets, one at 8pm the next at 9pm, and entry is free.

B-Movie Junkies. Classic Grand.

Andrew Lindsay & The Coat Hooks. City Halls.

Saturday:

Oxjam Takeover. Classic Grand, Sub Club, Pivo Pivo, The Admiral, Sloans, Stereo. Tickets

Dominating Saturday, this is a pretty mighty one. The line up so far includes Alan McKim, Any Color Black, Astral Planes, The Black Hand Gang, Blue Sky Archives, Cities and Skylines, Fiction Faction, Homework, Isa & the Filthy Tongues, John Rush, Keep It Secret, Little Yellow Ukuleles, The Lonely Boy, Louise McVey & The Cracks In The Concrete, Marco Polo, Mike Nisbet, Paws, Sonny Marvello, St. Deluxe, Toy Fires, Tragic O'Hara, The Vigo Thieves, We're Only Afraid of NYC, The Winter Tradition and Young Fathers, spread out over the six venues. For the sake of my sanity I'm skipping the usual links to the bands. Early bird tickets are currently available for £6, but the price goes up soon so get in quick. I'll see if I can get hold of who is on where and when and post that during the week.

Jacob Yates & the Pearly Gate Lock Pickers, SHe'S HiT, North American War. Captain's Rest

Launch gig for the excellent SHe'S HiT/Jacob Yates split single.

Apsen Tide. Hustler's, Dundee.

The Ballad of Alex K, Shambles Miller, Paul McGranaghan. the Hidden Lane Tea Room.

Honeytrap, Jesus H. Foxx, Sebastian Dangerfield. Medina, Edinburgh.

Sunday:

The Savings and Loan, The Last Battle. The Song, by Toad house, Edinburgh.

Since this takes place in the home of Song, by Toad numbers are limited, so if you fancy going buy a ticket.

The Unwinding Hours, The Twilight Sad, RM Hubbert. Oran Mor Auditorium.

I've already babbled about this one before, so go read my preview here.