January gigs + clubs

More info to be added shortly, along with (hopefully) a shiny new website almost as shiny as our new chairs! In the meantime for more info you can get in touch via email: theraftedinburgh at googlemail dot com

Friday 6th January, 7pm-11pm, £3
Indie Funday Friday with: Night Noise Team, The Jacarandas, Gigantic Leaves, Censor Thoughts, Little Love & The Friendly Vibes. All profits go to the Edinburgh Marie Curie Hospice.
http://www.facebook.com/events/123834101062410/

Friday 6th January, 11pm-3am, FREE
Soundburger (club): our newest club night is starting with a wee free taster, it's free entry and you can also expect a free CD on the door (whilst stocks last). And the music? Well get ready for some 60's and 70's stuff: heavy psychedelic funk, hard and funky rock, fuzz guitars, hammond organ, hard drums, heavy bass, piercing horns, psychedelic sitars, moody flutes, deep jazzy and trippy grooves, psych soul, latin and afro influences, obscure cover versions and more! All 45's, all night!

Saturday 7th January, 7.30pm-3am, £4 (or free / donations with invite)

The annual Henry's X-Mess party with: Hosemox, Pump Action, Blacken The Day, Slind Bummit, Mayonnaise*, Dancing Mice, Denghis.

Everyone tends to have their Christmas parties in December, it's a bit predictable... We have ours in January, when we've just about recovered from New Year excesses. This year Santa's been good to us and brought us just what we'd asked for: some new (wipable!) chairs, so come and see our new chairs, you can piss on them time and time again! We'll also have (recycled) Christmas trees and decorations, party food, and an all 90's playlist in-between bands (to tie in with the return of 90s post rock legends Mayonnaise*).

Fri 13th January, 7pm-10pm, £4
The Colours, Fitzroy Soul, Dusty Cut

Friday 13th January, 11pm-3am, £5 (£3 before midnight)
Rude (club): Reggae, Ska, On-U Sound, Dub, Early Ragga 

Saturday 14th January, 7.30pm-10pm, £4
World Of Tanks, James Metcalfe (of the Pineapple Chunks)

Saturday 14th January, 11pm-3am, £5

Basics (club): 50's and 60's rhythm and blues and northern soul

Thursday 19th January, 7.30pm-11.30pm, £4
Shock & Awe, Dirty Red Turncoats, Desperation A.M., The Depressants
Pop-punk, post-punk & garage sounds

Friday 20th January, 7pm-10pm, £5
Carbona Not Glue (Ramones tribute), Bodies (Sex Pistols tribute), The Frauds

Friday 20th January, 11pm-3am, £5 (or £3 in space trash dress)
Edinburgh Tekno Cartel: <ETC>01: Space Trash (club, bass / techno / hardcore)
feat. Alias23, Damaged Electronics, Morphamish, Toxicologist
http://www.facebook.com/events/128451843934393/

EdinburghTeknoCartel bring the best underground electronics to Edinburgh and the best Edinburgh has to offer to the rest of the world and this will be the launch of their own regular club night: ETC. Each night will represent a journey through electronic music with a focus towards creating a happy, hedonistic party environment. Expect musical diversity, while still gravitating towards the harder end of the spectrum.
Nights will be themed, with the incentive of cheap entry to those willing to dress up and bring a bit more vibe to the party. The theme for ETC 01 is Space Trash: we are looking for broken robots, Barbarellas, sleazy cyborgs and spaced out princesses to come and boogie down to some sleazy sci-fi beats.

Saturday 21st January, 7pm-10pm, £4

Foo Birds + Heidi Heidelberg
http://soundcloud.com/thefoobirds

Saturday 21st January, 11pm-3am, £5 (£3 before midnight)
Dr No's (club): 60's ska, rocksteady and vintage reggae

Wednesday 25th January, 7.30pm, £5 / £4 concessions
All We Are - http://www.reverbnation.com/thisisallweare
Fablewood - http://www.facebook.com/fablewoodband
World Of Tanks

Thursday 26th January, 8pm-midnight, £4

Ragged Music night:
The Skilitant (10pm): roots and dub reggae with a drop of jungle
One SP (http://www.mc1sp.com) will spin on vinyl some French reggae/afro and hip-hop and play an accoustic French duo with Julien Pearly (8pm-10pm)

Friday 27th January, 7.30pm-3am, £5

Rock Chick Night with:

Down To Kill, Scrag Fight, Daddy No, Seafield Foxes, Ste McCabe, The Creeping Ivies, The Fnords, November Orchid + DJ Van Nee Jerk

Saturday 28th January, 7pm-11pm, £5

Bainbridge Music Showcase with:
Ames, Toy Machine, Little Birds, 96 Tears, Flags Of Fire

Saturday 28th January, 10.30pm-3am, £4

Longhorn - http://www.facebook.com/LonghornRock
Acid Fascists - http://www.facebook.com/AcidFascistsBand
Fireside Aliens - http://www.reverbnation.com/firesidealiens

Sunday 29th January, 7.30pm-11.30pm, £4
Lucille Le Seur + more tbc

December gigs and clubs

More details regularly added / updated, for additional info / booking enquiries please email theraftedinburgh at googlemail dot com

Friday 2nd December, 7.30pm-3am, £5

Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty fundraiser: http://www.facebook.com/events/139481416157048/

Riotous rock 'n' roll, garage-punk, grrl punk, dub punk, post punk and space-pop, with (in likely order) Glassface (first), Sam Barber & the Outcasts, Ugly Baby, Tango Rhums, Davey Sloan, Babylon Dub Punks, Acid Fascists, The Fnords (last)

Saturday 3rd December, 7pm-10.30pm, £5 (allows you to stay for the later gig)

3 Wise Monkeys, Bodies

Old school punk covers

Saturday 3rd December, 10pm-3am, £4

The Brothers Of Justice, Mad Nurse, The Frauds

Monday 5th December, 7.30pm-11.30pm, £5

Le Singe Blanc, Pump Action, Hosemox

"Regressive rock" from France, with two bass players! http://www.facebook.com/events/133450506765805/

Thursday 8th December, 7.30pm-1am, £4

Conscious Collective night: http://www.facebook.com/events/215690038501884/

Conscious Collective bringing you the another evening of diversity of arts culture from in and around the city of Edinburgh. This event we have acoustic roots, Africa, Latin America, Celtic, beat boxing, hip hop fusion bands, with: The Conscious Route Band, Sacre Noir / Savage Sound System feat. Riddlah and Werd, Jugalbandi, Combo Combo, DJ Miro + rap battle

Friday 9th December, 7pm-10.30pm, £3

Indie Funday Friday (monthly live music night raising funds for local charities) returns for a special festive show: http://www.facebook.com/events/228058197257399/

The Cosmonauts will headline with their eclectic earthy mix of alternative and 60s style rock . Support will come from the indie pop stylings of Thank You So Nice, the fun and uplifting Jen and the Gents and the energetic Little Love and The Friendly Vibes, and The Lost Telegrams. All profits from the event will go to the Marie Curie Hospice in Edinburgh

Friday 9th December, 11pm-3am, £4

Missing Cat's Winter Party: http://www.facebook.com/events/306077602749430/ with

Andy Mill & the Stolen Pirates, The Black Diamond Express, Missing Cat

Saturday 10th December, 7pm-10pm, £6 on the door (£5 in advance)

Edinburgh Undersound presents - HomeGrown: Scottish hip-hop night http://www.facebook.com/events/292712004096090/ with: Blasfima Sinna + Nasty P, Jordan Butler, Conscious Route (solo), Savage Sound System ft. Sacre Noir + The Riddlah, Deeko.

Saturday 10th December, 11pm-3am, £5 (£3 before midnight)

Dr No's (club): ska, rocksteady, bluebeat, and early reggae

http://www.facebook.com/events/293141917387059/

Wednesday 14th December, 7.30pm-midnight, £7

House Of Crust presents:

Hard Skin, Oi Polloi, Jockney Rejects, Jock Sparrer

Legendary Oi band from London play a rare Scottish show

http://www.facebook.com/events/234251593289826/

Thursday 15th December, 7.30pm-11.30pm, £4
Chaos Creek, Sunflower Tuesdays, This Is a .44 Magnum, Sean Arnold

Friday 16th December, 7pm-10pm, £5

Bainbridge presents - http://www.facebook.com/events/200922426651458/

Hagana, The Red Show, Half A Dead Bird, Royal Edinburgh Music

Friday 16th December, 11pm-3am, £3

Papi Falso (club): http://www.facebook.com/events/197957523615901/Sci-fi pop, outsider folk, soul r'n'b, psyche rawk, machine funk and more weirdo records for weirdo dancing, with DJs from bETAMAX/The Sausage Rolls/FAST/Ride This Train/The Gentle Invasion, plus extra special guests.

Saturday 17th December, 7pm-10pm, £6 (£5 in advance)

Edinburgh Undersound presents - HomeGrown: Scottish hip-hop night with:

El Green + Mr Jinx (Scotland Yard Emcees), Loki + more tbc

Saturday 17th December, 11pm-3am, £4 (£3 before midnight)

Ad Hoc (club): a mix of indie, alt-rock, punk, grunge, new wave and more... http://www.facebook.com/events/184069138350977/

Sunday 18th December, 7pm-10.30pm, £5

The Black Tambourines, Joanna Gruesome & Dolfinz

Three noisy, messy bands at this Ides Of Toads gig

Wednesday 21st December, 7.30pm-11.30pm, £4

Messiah Komplex, Hope In Dystopia, Lunar Landing Module, The Downs

A night of noise music and dark sounds: http://www.facebook.com/events/310260789003929/

Friday 23rd December, 7pm-10pm - Postponed!


Friday 23rd December, 11pm-5am, £5 (£3 before midnight)

Rude (club): Reggae, Ska, On-U Sound, Dub, Early Ragga with the revival of this legendary night from the 90s: http://www.facebook.com/events/286217164746022/

Wednesday 28th December, 8pm-midnight, £5

The Decades Christmas Bash:
Edinburgh covers band The Decades play hits from Amy Winehouse to the Zombies and are the only group to play the fade-outs!

Thurday 29th December, 7.30pm-midnight, £4
Sad Society, Glassface, The Static, Panic Attack


Friday 30th December, 7pm-10pm, £4
Frantic Chant, Sacre Noir + one tbc

Friday 30th December, 10pm-3am, £tbc
Macka Rising, Chris O'Neill, Sonny Bone, Mog, Chris Morris, Mitchell and Peterson, William Kellibrew III
A mix of folk, blues, hip hop and psychedelia.

Saturday 31st December, 7pm-10pm, £5

Shooting Stansfield, Oceansfall, Fablewood

Saturday 31st December, 11pm-5am, £10 (£8 stbf in advance from Tickets Scotland, Ripping Records, online at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/147793 and directly from us during our opening hours)

Dr No's: ska, rocksteady and early reggae

November gig + club listings

More info to be added shortly... For all enquiries please email theraftedinburgh at googlemail dot com

Friday 4th November, 7pm-10pm, £3
Indie Funday Friday: a monthly night of live indie rock and pop raising funds for 'The Sick Kids Friends Foundation' with Fishing For Seagulls, Little Love and The Friendly Vibes, Jym Ponter, Stevie B Good, and Alex Foottit.

Friday 4th November, 11pm-3am, £5 / £4 with UK Subs ticket
UK Subs aftershow party with: Sad Society, Shock & Awe, The Puzzlers

Saturday 5th November, 7pm-10pm, £5
The Last Battle, Dad Rocks!, Shoes and Socks Off
Ides Of Toad gig

Saturday 5th November, 11pm-3am, £6 / £5 in advance
Viv Albertine (ex-Slits), Lach, The Fnords

Sunday 6th November, 7.30pm-11pm, £6
Paper Aeroplanes, Anna Macdonald 
Alternative pop band from Wales. The BBC described them as "a west coast, easy-riding, folkish indie with a pop sensibility", and The Guardian as "disarming, breezy pop that's tinged with melancholy".

Thursday 10th November, 7.30pm-11pm, £4
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=303474606329834
Mickel Mass
Parallax Scrolls
Hold Me, Neighbour, In This Storm...

Friday 11th November, 7pm-10pm, £6

Edinburgh Undersound presents: HomeGrown (Scottish hip-hop night) featuring
Vagabonds-Werd+Wardie w Cbas/ConsciousRoute/Nity+KayceOne/Mog+ZA/Tickle
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=273346986039094

Friday 11th November, 11pm-3am, £4
Basque Conspiracy

Saturday 12th November, 7pm-10pm, £6
Edinburgh Undersound presents: Blow, The Clock, Maydays, Green Man Running
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=223400434390966

Saturday 12th November, 10pm-3am, £4
The Bucky Rage, Acid Fascists, Dirty Red Turncoats, Seafield Foxes
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=262455270467021

Thursday 17th November, 7.30pm-11.30pm, £4
Skeleton Verse - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Skeleton-Verse/153860614688491
Longhorn - http://www.facebook.com/LonghornRock
Sonic Thrill - http://www.sonicthrill.com/

Friday 18th November, 11pm-3am, £4

Audacious (club): breakcore, hardcore, electronica

with Eraserhead (Bristol, Lovelove Records), Gizmode ((Bristol, Lovelove Records), and Lobotomist (Newcastle, Necropolis)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=291461257540123

Saturday 19th November, 7pm-10.30pm, £5 (allows entry to Dr No's afterwards) 
The old Gits, Isaac Brutal and the Trailer Trash Express, Forever 22, 35mm Dreams, Shock and Awe

Saturday 19th November, 11pm-3am, £5

Dr No's (club): ska, rocksteady, bluebeat, and early reggae
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=304705676221635

Sunday 20th November, 9pm-1am, free entry
Brothers of Justice

Monday 21st November, 8.30pm-midnight, free entry

Live improv psychedelic sounds from "mystery band"

Wednesday 23rd November, 7.30pm-11.30pm, £4

Deas & Denton, Sounding, King Rib

Noise / Improv / Electronic

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=232752500118547

Thursday 24th November, 8pm-1am, £5

Norman Silver & the Gold, Stoned Holy Rollers, Space Siren
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101205839994311

Friday 25th November, 7.30pm-3am, £5 / £4
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=295259807163887

Beezer - Europe's only Weezer tribute band!
Dick Dangerous & the LoveBastards
Falcon Glove
Mayonnaise*
Dickie Le Voy
Space Siren

Blind Summit

Saturday 26th November, 7pm-10pm, £5

Bainbridge Music Showcase featuring: Reubam, Ded Rabbit, Nobody's Heroes, Jason Kyrone
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=216259941780427

Saturday 26th November, 10pm-late, £4
The Graeme Mearns Band + more tbc

Sunday 27th November, 7pm-10.30pm, £5

Samantha Crain, Withered Hand, Michael McFarlane

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/198453 

Monday 28th November, 7.30pm-11.30pm, £tbc
Slackerville, Hosemox + more tbc

Details for Saturday's mystery show (11pm-3am): Viv Albertine (the Slits), Lach, The Fnords

The details for Saturday's mystery show (5th November 11pm-3am) have now been revealed and you can buy advance tickets (£5 + bf) by following this link: http://www.wegottickets.com/sct/3EmyVkqvCd

You can also email amy at theraft dot org dot uk to reserve one; please note Sara and the Snakes are no longer playing, and the line-up is Lach (first at 11.30pm), Viv Albertine (the Slits), and the Fnords (last).

On the night itself (unless the show is sold out in advance) you should also be able to pay on the door (£6), but if you are also attending the early show that night (The Last Battle, Dad Rocks!, Shoes and Socks Off from 7pm till 10pm) we will be able to sell you a ticket for the late show for £4 only.

VIV ALBERTINE (http://www.vivalbertine.com), ex-guitarist and main songwriter for highly influential, all female punk, and indeed Post-Punk band, The Slits, plays her first ever Scottish solo dates in November. A founding member of The Flowers of Romance with Sid Vicious, a band of legendary proportions in the punk scheme of things, but who never wrote a song or played a gig; and latterly of The 49 Americans, and Adrian Sherwood’s Dub-influenced collective, New Age Steppers. Viv retreated from Rock’n’Roll to study film-making in 1982 after the demise of The Slits, then working mainly as a director, mostly for television, throughout most of the 1980s and 1990s. Her freelance directing work included stints with the BBC and the British Film Institute
In 2009, she began performing as a solo artist, playing venues around London showcasing new material.. In March 2010 she released a four-song debut solo E.P. titled Flesh on Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace! label.
She additionally recorded a cover version of David Bowie's Letter to Hermione for the Bowie tribute album We Were So Turned On: A Tribute to David Bowie which was released on September 6, 2010.
Viv Albertine's debut solo album is scheduled for release in 2012, her first major recorded work in 25 years, and she is currently writing a book, to be published in tandem with the album release.

‘Viv Albertine made a place for girls in music before girl became grrrl’ Courtney Love

‘Viv Albertine doesn’t so much turn back time as stop the clock all together!’ Thurston Moore


LACH (New York/Edinburgh) - http://www.lachtoday.com

"Lach is rarely less than a face-ache funny, beat-punk-unplugged joy, and likely to send you home with several favourite new songs"- The Guardian UK

“Lach is the mastermind of Antifolk, like a Lower East Side rendezvous of Bob Dylan and Patti Smith. Like black snow, stalled subway cars and random violence, Lach is a Manhattan institution.”- NY Times
“Lach is so what the East Village used to be all about. He's a gruff‑and-tough punk turned poet with a heart o'gold singing jangly, funny, pop‑punk songs.”-TimeoutNY

"Think battered acoustic thrashings, think sarky, smart-mouthed wit and wisdom but most importantly think Lach. Lach is rarely less than a face-ache funny, beat-punk-unplugged joy, and likely to send you home with several favourite new songs"- The Guardian UK


THE FNORDS (Edinburgh/Glasgow) - http://www.reverbnation.com/thefnords

October gig + club listings

More details to be added shortly, for all enquiries please email theraftedinburgh at googlemail dot com

Saturday 1st October, 7pm-10pm, £5
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=284222774925552
The Ides Of Toad:
The John Knox Sex Club - http://thejohnknoxsexclub.bandcamp.com/
Easter - http://soundcloud.com/easterband
Fuzzystar - http://www.fuzzystar.co.uk/

Saturday 1st October, 10.30pm-3am, £4
Flying Man Shark - http://flyingmanshark.bandcamp.com/

Miasma - http://miasma-band.bandcamp.com/
Auxygen - http://www.facebook.com/auxygen


Wed 5th October, 7pm-11pm, £4
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=256656844372955
Static City Promotions present:
Jack's Big Break - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jacks-Big-Break/130288280351774
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - http://www.facebook.com/dirtyrottenscoundrels
Seafield Foxes - http://www.myspace.com/seafieldfoxes
November Orchid - http://www.facebook.com/pages/November-Orchid/168286793194056

Friday 7th October, 7pm-10pm, £3

Indie Funday Friday with:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=237071659678491
Charity gig in aid of the Sick Kids Friends' Foudnation with:
The Asps - http://www.myspace.com/theasps
Morris Major - http://www.facebook.com/morrismajorband
Son Of Portslade - http://sonofportslade.bandcamp.com/

Stephen Borthwick
The Friendly Vibes, featuring Lisa McGlynn (Aperture) and Euan Weddell (Little Love): http://www.facebook.com/littlelove.official

Friday 7th October, 10.30pm-3am, £4

Missing Cat - http://www.facebook.com/MissingCatMusic
The Brothers Of Justice
The SixSevens
The Colours - http://www.facebook.com/thecoloursband

Saturday 8th October, 8pm-3am, £4
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=221056721287812
Papi Falso ("club"): a bunch of oddballs playing records to make you drink better - DJs from bETAMAX, Ride This Train, FOUND, Beep Beep Yeah!, The Gentle Invasion, and The Sausage ROLLS play some of the weirder stuff from their record collections that they might not get to play if they were DJing at a "proper club night". Expect anything from sci-fi pop, outsider pop, psyche rawk, space funk, soundtracks, disco, garage rock to afrobeat and whatnot...

Sunday 9th October, 7pm-11pm, £5 (gig now at Henry's, previously billed elsewhere)
Regardless Of Me - four piece progressive female fronted band from Milan, Italy, drawing influences from Opeth, Katatonia, Cynic, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden and more. http://www.facebook.com/regardlessofme
Farseer - Scottish power metal act 'Farseer' are a 5 piece unit on a mission to bring you a 7 string metal guitar assault featuring furious beats whilst retaining the catchy vocal melodies commonplace to the genre http://www.facebook.com/Farseermetal
Vantage Point - http://www.facebook.com/vantagepointrocks
Firebrand Super Rock - http://www.facebook.com/firebrandsuperrock
Edgeville Hellride

Thursday 13th October, 7.30pm-11.30pm, £5
Men Diamler - West Country wanderer Men Diamler vows crowds with his voice, battered old
nylon-string guitar and eccentric charm. http://mendiamler.bandcamp.com
Stoned Holy Rollers - a Jazz / Rockabilly / Gospel Melange - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stoned-Holy-Rollers/214487771905175
Denghis - sometimes described as "Warren Zevon meets Killdozer" - http://www.myspace.com/denghis9
Lucille Le Seur -

Friday 14th October, 8pm-3am, £5
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195581397176562
The House Of Crust presents:
Junkmans Choir (Ex Nyah Fearties and Dub Skelper) - Ayrshire's infamous Lugton Loonies coming to Edinburgh to belt out a heady gumbo of semtexmex-stompabilly-shan

ty-punk. http://www.myspace.com/thejunkmanschoir

Puddock Stew - Whitburn's finest one man Punk/folk looneytune band
http://www.myspace.com/puddockstew
Norman Silver & The Gold - Country Supergroup
http://www.myspace.com/normansilverandthegold
Frank Satan & His Husbands - Country comedy mayhem

Saturday 15th October, 7pm-10pm, £4
Jen and the Gents - http://www.jenewan.co.uk/
James Metcalfe (from the Pineapple Chunks) - http://thepineapplechunks.bandcamp.com/
The Oates Field - http://www.theoatesfield.com/

Saturday 15th October, 11pm-3am, £5
Basics (club): 50s and 60s r'n'b and northern soul

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123462121078642

Friday 21st October, 7.30pm-3am, £5
Parcel Of Rogues (club): techno, house, dubstep, hardcore and more
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172554172819579

Saturday 22nd October, 7pm-10.30pm, £5 (also allows entry to Dr No's after)
Jade & The Jacks - 9-piece band playing a mix of music including soul, ska, rhythm & blues...
James Brown Is Annie - http://soundcloud.com/jamesbrownisannie

Saturday 22nd October, 11pm-3am, £5 (or free for those who attend the Jade & The Jacks gig earlier)
Dr No's (club): ska, rocksteady, bluebeat, early reggae
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=236327239750517

Sunday 23rd October, 7.30pm-11.30pm, £5
Former Monarchs - Formed in Cork, Ireland, in 2010 from the ashes of local cult acts, Former Monarchs' draw influences from a diverse range of bands, including Irish stalwarts The Redneck Manifesto and the sadly-defunct Danish trio Marvins Revolt. Their sound interweaves edgy guitar lines and a thumping rhythm section, with strong emphasis on vocal and instrumental harmonies. http://formermonarchs.bandcamp.com/
Free Nelson ManDoomJazzOceansfall - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oceansfall/162880163729653
Grievlings - http://www.grievlings.bandcamp.com



Wednesday 26th October, 7pm-midnight, £tbc
EML presents - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=290630500956469
Shooting Stansfield -
Where We Lay Our Heads
Ded Rabbit
+ one tbc


NOW POSTPONED - Thursday 27th October, 7.30pm-11.30pm - NOW POSTPONED
Vladimir - http://www.reverbnation.com/vladimirscotland
Hookers For Jesus (ex-Candy Store Prophets) - http://manicpopthrills.wordpress.com/tag/hookers-for-jesus/    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hookers-For-Jesus/167802723305260
Dundee School for the Deaf (Edinburgh School for the Deaf invitational!) - http://www.bubblegumrecords.org.uk/edinburghschoolforthedeaf.html
Sacred Heart Losers (ex-St Jude's Infirmary / 55's)

Friday 28th October, 7pm-3am, £5
The Starlets, Falling And Laughing, Ace Bushy Striptease, Flea Monkey + DJs till 3am

Saturday 29th October, 7pm-10pm, £5
Bainbridge Music showcase, with: Defcon One, The China Pigs, Shameless, Little Boxes

Saturday 29th October, 11pm-3am, £4
Driven (club): goth, industrial, EBM, synthpop, electro, darkwave, alternative and more
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=270171179681487

Monday 31st October, 7pm-1am, £4
The Edinburgh Rascal presents: "A Halloween Damn Fine Jamboree"
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128549473911347

The Lovely Eggs - Lancastrian indie absurdist legends promoting their new single
http://www.thelovelyeggs.co.uk/

Hearts! Attack - London/NY indie pop romantics

http://www.myspace.com/heartspowattack

Viennetta - ex-Dirty Summer and Damn Shames play skewed Magnetic Fields-influenced pop

http://soundcloud.com/vienetta

+ Rascal DJs Joel, Kieran Unpop and Marcus spinning eclectic weird-core from early 80s punk to ragga

September listings

More details to be added shortly.
For all enquiries please email theraftedinburgh at googlemail dot com

Friday 2nd September, 7.30pm-3am, £4
"Rusty Cage" with:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115972075165522
Lords of Bastard - http://www.facebook.com/pages/lords-of-bastard/302164966478
Sagat - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sagat/183572948340747
Paradigm Complex - http://theparadigmcomplex.bandcamp.com 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Paradigm-Complex/162491017123381
we ate them off the floor - http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Ate-Them-off-the-Floor/122416934505540
Degrassi - http://www.myspace.com/degrassi
Forester - http://www.facebook.com/ForesterBand
Slow Motion Replay - http://www.facebook.com/slowmotionreplay

Saturday 3rd September, 7.30pm-3am, £4
"The Scene" with:
Adam Holmes, Chris O'Neill, The Revelators, The 9s + DJs Danny Kash & Kyle Hall
A mix of live acts playing folk, blues, soul and rock + DJs playing house mixes.

Sunday 4th September, 7.30pm-11pm, £5
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196469803747261
35mm Dreams celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of their first single (now available on a critically acclaimed messthetics compilation #105 alongside such luminaries as the dirty reds, fire engines and paul eekie) with a one off reunion gig.
My-T-Hi are a hip band from Osaka, with members who have played for Shonen Knife
Shock And Awe unleash yet more new songs in their pop punk style and as ever promise "special guests....."

Friday 9th September, 7pm-11pm, £5
Doghouse Blues Night with:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124708260961424
Thirsty Dog - http://www.facebook.com/ThirstyDogBand
The Pentatonics -  http://www.reverbnation.com/thepentatonics
Shameless - http://www.reverbnation.com/shamelessinleith

Friday 9th September, 10.30pm-3am, £4
Fitzroy Soul - http://www.facebook.com/pages/fitzroy-soul/180865670497
Stoned Holy Rollers - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stoned-Holy-Rollers/214487771905175
Horse Cranked Canoes

Saturday 10th September, 7pm-10pm, £5
Edinburgh Undersound presents:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=224795947567048
Work and Weather - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Work-And-Weather/169140336463092
Forest Fires - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Forest-Fires/241612562527793
The Black Tongues - http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Black-Tongues/147870061938545
Jason Kyrone - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Kyrone/91632665452

Saturday 10th September, 10pm-3am, £4
Post-punk, progressive new wave and more...
The Incendiary Bats - http://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-INCENDIARY-BATS/75873254847
Cry And The Blocks - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cry-and-The-Blocks/137091893019295
Man And Super Man - http://www.facebook.com/manandsuperman
The Wrong Boyfriends - http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wrong-Boyfriends/155149691170970

Wednesday 14th September, 7.30pm-11.30pm, £5 / £4
Goodluck Jonathan - http://soundcloud.com/tom-something-nothing/sets/goodluck-jonathan-this-is-2
Shooting Stansfield - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shooting-Stansfield/195837807104
Oceansfall - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oceansfall/162880163729653

Friday 16th September, 7pm-10pm, £3
Indie Funday Friday - charity gig for the Sick Kids Friends Foundation with:
Thank You So Nice, Night Noise Team, Little Love, Coral Brierly
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=241332742577563

Friday 16th September, 10.30pm-3am, £4
Tam's Railways - http://www.facebook.com/Tamsrailwayspage
Ded Rabbit - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ded-Rabbit/195506367164301
Fireside Aliens - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fireside-Aliens/135810203148474
The Colours - http://www.facebook.com/thecoloursband

Saturday 17th September, 7pm-10pm, £4
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218910738167395
Sad Society - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sad-Society/194549413893108
The Puzzlers - http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Puzzlers/184540798231295
 + more tbc


Saturday 17th September, 11pm-3am, £5

Dr No's (club): ska, rocksteady, bluebeat, early reggae
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=244926462211730

Thursday 22nd September, 7.30pm, £4
Skeleton Verse - NOW POSTPONED, SORRY!

Friday 23rd September, 7.30pm-3am, £5
Conscious Route - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Conscious-Route/108346142599877
New Urban Frontier - http://newurbanfrontier.bandcamp.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/newurbanfrontier
Jade And The Jacks - http://www.facebook.com/jadeandthejacks
The Foo Birds - http://www.soundcloud.com/thefoobirds

Saturday 24th September, 7.30pm-3am, £4
Miasma - http://www.facebook.com/miasma.band or http://miasma-band.bandcamp.com/
Mad Nurse - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mad-Nurse/145310642161839
Voracity - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Voracity/186234534739483
Rhythm Beats Workin
Royal Edinburgh Music - http://soundcloud.com/royaledinburghmusic
Lucille Le Seur

Sunday 25th September, 8pm-midnight, £5
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193773024022518
Mystery Juice "Eye For An Aye" EP launch Plus special guests Hailey Beavis & Jed Milroy, an exhibition and sale of Superlectric poster art and a DJ set from Big Gus of The Go-Go and Land of a Thousand Dances

Thursday 29th September, 7.30pm-11pm, £4
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196660740407355
Les Yeux De La Tete - French bass/drums/sax trio playing heavy instrumental prog/jazz/noise/rock hybrid; highly recommended for fans of Zu, early Guapo (circa 1998-2001), etc.
http://www.facebook.com/lesyeuxdelatete
Check this link for a short review + video:
http://freejazz-stef.blogspot.com/2010/09/les-yeux-de-la-tete-nerf-rude.html
Aulkirk - Doomgaze/Psychejazz/Krautdrone outfit from Edinburgh
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aulkirk/392986376674 
Black International - Edinburgh trio "shovelling fuzzed-up guitars and clattering drums down an acrid hole of industrialised post-punk" (Radar blog)
http://www.facebook.com/blackinternational

Friday 30th September, 7pm-10pm, £5
Great Junction Music Studios present:
The Rules, Hangover Sundays , Toy Machine, The Kennel Wage

Friday 30th September, 11pm-3am, £5
The Bunker presents - Santisima Virgen Maria + Narcopsy (club): breakcore / jungle / hardcore

August listings

More details to follow, for all enquiries please email: theraftedinburgh at googlemail dot com

Thursday 4th August, 7.30pm-11.30pm, £5
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=250679614944894

Alright The Captain - http://alrightthecaptain.bandcamp.com/
"The instrumental rock stylings of Alright the Captain veer from ‘jazz odyssey’ moodscapes to fist-making stadium-rousers" - CultureNorthernIreland
“Experimental rock, which bursts from trippy melodic surf to ‘all guns blazing’ progressive and aggressive rock in moments!” - The maze
"enveloping math-rock, chock full of huge noises and complex structures" - Leftlion

Pensioner - http://www.facebook.com/pensionerband

Black International - Edinburgh trio "shovelling fuzzed-up guitars and clattering drums down an acrid hole of industrialised post-punk" (Radar blog) http://www.facebook.com/blackinternational

Eastern Block

Friday 5th August, 7pm-10pm, £5 / £4

Avital Raz - http://soundcloud.com/avitalraz
Avital Raz is a vocal artist from Israel who travels across many borders, a multi-cultured get-together of many strange characters, all rolled up into one quirky singer- songwriter. Her songs may resemble old English lute songs, Indian Classical Ragas, Cabaret, Blues, Country music or Eastern-European Jewish melodies.
One of the odder things she's done was record an album based on James Joyce’s Chamber Music” song-cycle with extensive use of Indian instruments and musicians.
Avital now lives in Berlin and performs throughout Europe. She’ll be releasing her new album Infidelity later this year.
Seductively dark melodic songs with eccentric lyrics. Raz's crystal clear contralto voice is dream-like and bewitching. Featuring use of conventional instruments like banjo, guitars, bass, and drums with tanpura, bansuri and sitar. Besides being a singer-songwriter, Avital Raz is also a highly trained and active performer of both Western Early music and Indian classical music. Her unique composing and singing styles blend the diverse musical traditions she studied rigorously. Now she performs her own material which is of mostly dark, alternative, folksy, Indian-influenced nature. 
Little Egypt

Mr Wishart

Friday 5th August, 11pm-3am, £tbc
"The Scene" with: Adam Holmes, Danny Cash, Macka Rising

Saturday 6th August, 7pm-10pm, £4
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168040146592781

Dead On The Live Wire

Comptroller

Sister Bitch

Saturday 6th August, 11pm-3am / 5am tbc, £5 / £3 before midnight

Edinburgh Unsigned Tekno Showcase with:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207222505981718

Damaged Electronics

Alias23

Mic Sin
Stevoid
VJ Mavdog

Friday 12th August, 7pm-10pm, £3 (early show only)

The Seven Deadly Sins

Fishing For Seagulls

Little Love

Alex Foottit

Friday 12th August, 10.30pm-3am, £4 (late show only)

The Mechanical Arms

Seneka

The Colours

Saturday 13th August, 7.30pm-3am, £4
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=100976443336852

"Rusty Cage" with:

Scrap Brain
As In Bear

Slow Motion Replay

Eras

Ra Durties 

Wednesday 17th August, 7.30pm-11.30pm, £4

Shooting Stansfield - http://soundcloud.com/shooting-stansfield
Red Kites - http://www.reverbnation.com/redkites

Flying Man Shark (solo) - http://flyingmanshark.bandcamp.com/

Friday 19th August, 7.30pm-3am, £4 all night

The Chimney Boys

New Urban FrontierJade And The Jacks (3rd)

Combo Combo (2nd)

Rhythm Beats Workin' (first)

Saturday 20th August, 7pm-10pm, £4

Night Noise Team

Dancing Mice

Miasma

Saturday 20th August, 11pm-3am, £4

Driven (club): EBM, industrial, goth, electro

Sunday 21st August, 7.30pm-1am, £4

Conscious Collective presents:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=234998686518099

Conscious Route

Basic Funk

Big Fat Panda

Nity Gritz

8 Mile style MC Battles feat. Silver Tongue, C Bas, Spawn, Nity Gritz

Combo Combo

Harry Giles

Monday 22nd August, 7.30pm-midnight, £3
The Ragged University and Ragged McSounds present:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=239297782775990

Organically Funked
Darnell
Frazer from Ion & Knox

Wednesday 24th August, 7pm-10.30pm, £4
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133581950069728
We Come In Pieces
Mr Dirty
Hipster Bitch

Friday 26th August, 7pm-10pm, £5

Great Junction Music Studios present:

Flags Of Fire, Ames, The Rules, The Mechanical Arms

Friday 26th August, 11pm-3am (5am tbc), £4

Ad Hoc (club): indie, alt-rock, punk, grunge, new wave and more...

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=270361882978365

Saturday 27th August, 7pm-10pm, £5

Edinburgh Undersound presents: "Home Grown" - Scottish hip-hop night featiring Madhat McGore, Nity Gritz, Werd, Jordan Butler and more

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=247221575301680

Saturday 27th August, 11pm-5am, £5 / 4
Dr No's (club): the best 60s ska, rocksteady, bluebeat and reggae

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=244165245605499