Nothing Ever Happens Here… – Summerhall August Festival 2015

The Vaselines

Re-Sync — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 02:07:16 +0000

Nothing Ever Happens Here and Summerhall are pleased to announce The Vaselines will be performing in The Dissection Room.

There’s that sound again, that Vaselines sound: a winsome sweetness, a touch of melancholy and a lithe, libidinous drive that recalls all the best, coolest rock & roll. Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee’s voices intertwine in that ineffable way they have, a sort of highland Nancy ‘n’ Lee. And those songs: joyous slices of classic pop songwriting brimming with heart and wit. But on their new album V for Vaselines, the guitars are bigger and fuzzier, the beats hit harder and tighter, and the whole affair bursts with punky energy.

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Stanley Odd

richardx — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:06:54 +0000

Commenting on aspects of society and culture ranging from Scottish Independence to quality of life to the inexplicable rise of Robin Thicke, alternative Scottish hip-hop band Stanley Odd like to keep an eye on things.

Releasing their third album ‘A Thing Brand New’ at the end of 2014, the band have continued to gain widespread support from national papers, magazines and radio outlets including the Sunday Herald, The List, The Skinny, BBC Radio 1, RTE 2FM and BBC Radio Scot. ”

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We Were Promised Jetpacks

richardx — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 18:26:44 +0000

Nothing Ever Happens Here and Summerhall are pleased to announce We Were Promised Jetpacks are playing a very special hometown Fringe show in our Dissection Room.

Releasing their first of three records in 2009, through the venerable FatCat imprint, The Jetpacks have steadily built up a reputation for explosive live shows built around the distinctive brogue of singer Adam Thomson and one of the most dynamic rhythm sections in British music.

Supermoon and support

richardx — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 18:26:43 +0000

Supermoon is the new project rising from the ashes of Meursault. The music has morphed from expansive indie into something more elusive, and rather darker. The magnetic delivery is still there, although the characteristically evocative lyrics have become a little more morally ambiguous these days.

The Sun Ra Arkestra with Richard Youngs

Dave — Wed, 27 May 2015 03:05:29 +0000

Summerhall is proud to present the Sun Ra Arkestra, live in the Dissection Room. Led by legendary alto saxophonist and original member, Marshall Allan, the band move forward not as a repertory or ghost band, but as a spirit band, maintaining the discipline centred on the study, research and further development of Sun Ra precepts.

Supporting is one of the most enigmatic and prolific songwriters working in the UK underground, Richard Youngs adds a touch of humanity to any project he’s involved with.

The spirit of Sun Ra is alive and well!

The Ex

Dave — Wed, 27 May 2015 15:31:59 +0000

The adventurous and inspiring Dutch punk/noise/jazz quartet have defied categorisation for over 33 years. Operating completely independent of record companies, managers or roadies – using guitars, bass, drums and voice as their starting point, The Ex have continued to musically explore undiscovered areas.

With support from My Two Dads
My Two Dads are Drew Wright (Wounded Knee) and Dylan Mitchell (PET). With two guitars, a kick drum and a love of drone, minimalism, riff and groove they cook up a richt stocky brose of Canedolian Psychedelia that thankfully sounds nothing like Martyn Bennett.

Sun Kil Moon

Dave — Wed, 27 May 2015 03:05:27 +0000

Over the last 20 years Mark Kozelek has been ploughing his own unique furrow, through his work in the band Red House Painters and the moniker Sun Kil Moon, leading him to one of his most critically acclaimed albums to date, Benji.

In the top ten lists from most major music publications and newspapers in 2014, this is a chance to see a world class artist at the very top of his game.

Summerhall’s Opening Night Party– Prosumer with House of Traps

Dave — Wed, 27 May 2015 03:05:42 +0000

Prosumer aka Achim Brandenburg has a fever for Chicago’s Jack flavour with a vision, passion and knowledge which makes Prosumer a guardian of house music history and one of the finest party spinners operating today.

He is supported by Lindsay Todd (aka House of Traps), head honcho of Firecracker Records and proprietor and vinyl pusher in Edinburgh’s The Living Mountain record shop and print studio. His sets effortlessly jilt between blissed out afro futurism, jacking techno to slabs of obtuse music concrete.

Owen Pallett

Dave — Wed, 27 May 2015 03:05:00 +0000

Owen Pallett’s new album In Conflict was released in 2014.

Made in collaboration with Brian Eno, it features Pallett’s trademark looping string and electronic arrangements – ‘beautiful and often strangely euphoric’ (Guardian). Pallett has also released work as Final Fantasy, with his 2006 album He Poos Clouds winning the Polaris Prize in Canada.

He regularly collaborates with Arcade Fire, co-writing the string arrangements for their albums Funeral and Neon Bible, and has also worked with The National, The Last Shadow Puppets and Caribou.

Orkestra Del Sol – Larger Than Life

Dave — Wed, 27 May 2015 03:05:59 +0000

Globally inspired, but distilled in Scotland. Orkestra Del Sol’s explosive reinvention of global brass band music has captured imaginations, set pulses racing and left a trail of pummelled dance floors across continents.

Ska,Columbian porro, Balkan brass, klezmer and funk combine to create a living, breathing, polkaing, pogoing honkstep for the 21st century. Legendary live shows bursting with anarchic humour, wildly skilful musical arrangements and a roguish sense of theatre.