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

Gigs for the week, in a guide format. I'm quite short on witty banter this week. No change there then.

Monday:

The Japanese War Effort. Mono. Free.

As well as being half of Conquering Animal Sound, an Inverness fan and very tall, The Japanese War Effort is also ace. Free entry too, bonus.

UPDATE: This has been cancelled, so don't go.

Tuesday:

The Seventeenth Century. Mono. Free.

If you don't know what I think of the Seventeenth Century by now you just haven't been paying attention. I think they'll be playing a bit more stripped back than usual for this gig.

Wednesday:

Jeniferever, Where We Lay Our Heads. The Captain's Rest. (Tickets)

Toy Horses, Luigi Strauss, Alkotron. King Tut's. (Tickets)

Crayons, Tempercalm, Weather Barn, Dilectrics, Sonic Hearts Foundation. Stereo. (Tickets)

Thursday:

Lone Pigeon, The Pictish Trail. Pilrig St Pauls, Edinburgh.

Pop Goes The Revolution Live: Skinny Villains, Napoleon In Rags, Male Pattern Band, Butterflies on Strings. Captain's Rest.

Shambles Miller, Where We Lay Our Heads (acoustic). The Free Hetherington.

A wee bit of free acoustic fun at The Free Hetherington. I've said free too much now.

Nevada Base, Alpine Ski Champion. Nice n Sleazy.

Six Storeys High, People, Places, Maps. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh.

Literary Death Match. The Arches.

Not a gig, but likely to be good and I don't just do music. Especially when it means I can sneak in a plug for Cargo Publishing. More details on Facebook.

Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, She's Hit, JD Twitch. The Vic Bar.

Paul Vickers and The Leg, Zed Penguin. Sneaky Pete's.

Friday:

Fridge Magnets, Indian Red Lopez, VsVs. ABC2.

The Boy Who Trapped The Sun, This Silent Forest, Little Fire. King Tut's. (Tickets)

Pianos Become The Teeth, Your Neighbour The Liar, Departures, Suis La Lune, Notebooks. Nice N Sleazy.

Barmellodie: Chris Devotion and the Expectations, Johnny Reb, Steven Milne, Helsinki Seven. Bloc.

First band on at 11, free before 12, carnage till 3.

Foxgang, Monsters on Movie Posters, Stu Goodall Band. The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh.

Saturday:

Record Store Day! Info on instores etc will be in a separate post on Monday.

Popcorn Fiend, Battery Face, Public Spaces. Captain's Rest.

A very special one off full band reunion for Popcorn Fiend, to celebrate the launch of their new EP.

Verse Metrics, Black International, LightGuides, The Sailplanes. Relentless Garage, London.

Admittedly it is a bit unlikely I'll have any Londoners looking at the blog for something to do on Saturday, but worth a try.

Aperture, Last Minute Glory, Animal Passion, Lost Weekend, New Addiction. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh.

Wrongnote, Monstro. Nice N Sleazy.

Ryan Bisland, Brigade. Altnaharra Hotel, Altnaharra