April gigs & club nights + new opening hours

Another packed programme of live music and club nights, and this month we'll be open until 3am from Wednesday to Sunday...
  
If there's a club night on between 11pm till 3am, the early gig will run from 7pm till 10pm.

If there's no club night on (ie. on Wednesday 25th + every Thursday + every Sunday except 8th April) the gig will run later and we'll just stay open till 3am after the bands finish, with free entry after 11.30pm (last entry 2am).

Please check our full listings for details below, they are also up at http://www.musicglue.net/theraft/ (currently up-to-date for all of April, although we're still awaiting additional information for some of the dates).

If you need more info about anything or want to get in touch about playing at Henry's or hiring the venue, you can still email claire at theraft dot org dot uk  (but please do NOT send any media files, we are unable to accept mp3s or audio or video files of ANY type, you can always send us a link to material available online instead, ie. soundcloud, bandcamp, youtube, etc.)

Wed 4 Apr
7:00 PM -10:00 PM
£4
Sectioned + The Bowery + Bound To Perdition
Metal
http://sectioned.bandcamp.com/
http://www.facebook.com/wearethebowery
http://www.facebook.com/BoundToPerdition


Wed 4 Apr
11:00 PM - 3:00 AM
£4
Spanglish: Orkesta Simbolika + Pellizco Flamenco:
Flamenco fusion and more...


Thu 5 Apr
7.30 PM - 11:30 PM
£5 (free entry after the gig, from 11.30pm till 3am)
Vladimir + Royal Edinburgh Music

Noisy indie rock from Dundee with Vladimir
http://www.reverbnation.com/vladimirscotland
http://soundcloud.com/royaledinburghmusic


Fri 6 Apr
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
£3
Indie Funday Friday: Cancel The Astronauts + The Cosmonauts + Fishing For Seagulls + Astronaut Head

Monthly indie night raising funds for local charities. All profits raised this month go to Capability Scotland
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cancel-the-Astronauts/9549742151
http://www.reverbnation.com/cosmonauts69
http://www.reverbnation.com/fishingforseagulls
http://www.reverbnation.com/astronauthead


Fri 6 Apr
10:30 PM - 3:00 AM
£5 (or £4 with a ticket from the Scabies/James gig)
Anarchy in Henry’s: Bodies (Sex Pistols tribute) + Chinese Jocks (playing Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers) + Babylon Dub Punks (playing a Clash-inspired set)

Sex Pistols, Heartbreakers, Clash fabled anarchy tour from 76 finally hits Edinburgh. With no original members ……
A couple of guys who were kicked off from the original tour – Brian James and Rat Scabies from The Damned are playing the Citrus club supported by the Gin Goblins from 7pm then directly after that finishes the action moves round two corners to Henry’s where you can catch the Babylon Dub Punks doing some Clash inspired stuff, the Chinese Jocks playing Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, and finally Bodies doing their Sex Pistols set. Nostalgia is a symptom of a dying culture – catch them while you’re still alive ….
5 pounds on the door or only 4 pounds if you have been to the Scabies/James gig so dont lose yer ticket !


Sat 7 Apr
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£5
Ides Of Toad: North American War + Plastic Animals + Palms

This should be relatively loud and barely on the rails, and a fantastic evening's entertainment.
http://www.thisistheorganisation.com/sprawlingdeathtransmitter/?p=9
http://www.plasticanimals.co.uk/
http://soundcloud.com/palmstopalm


Sat 7 Apr
11:00 PM - 3:00 AM
£5 (or £3 before midnight)
Dr No’s (club): 60′s ska, rocksteady, and early reggae


Sun 8 Apr
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£4
Ambush For Flamingos + Cry And The Blocks + The Durty Wurks

Alternative / post-punk / indie
http://www.facebook.com/AmbushforFlamingos
http://soundcloud.com/cry-and-the-blocks
http://www.cryandtheblocks.com/
http://www.reverbnation.com/thedurtywurks


Sun 8 Apr
11:00 PM - 3:00 AM
£5
Club Sesh (club): hard trance / hard dance
http://www.facebook.com/events/329960617063865/


Wed 11 Apr
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£5
Ides Of Toad: United Fruit + Shudderpulps + Fat Bicth

Old school slacker indie and mental racket come to Henry's, in the shape of furious Glasgow lot United Fruit, Shudderpulps and the utterly unpronounceable Fat Bicth.
http://unitedfruit.bandcamp.com/
http://shudderpulps.tumblr.com/
http://fatbicth.bandcamp.com/


Wed 11 Apr
11:00 PM - 3:00 AM
£4 (or £3 before midnight)
Shake Yer Shoulders (club): Minimal / Electro / Techno / DnB


Thu 12 Apr
7:30 PM - 11.30 PM
£4 (free entry after the gig, from 11.30pm till 3am)
Pump Action + Hosemox + Sacre Noir + Coeliac Dawn

Claire celebrates her birthday with a selection of bands and the enticing promise of vegetarian Mediterranean Swedish sandwich cake!
Pump Action: a fusion of grinding alt rock, hip hop, noise punk and furious libidos
http://pumpaction.bandcamp.com/album/the-pleasure-was-all-yours
Hosemox: fuzz-prog-punk
http://soundcloud.com/hosemox/sets/triple-threat-ep/
Sacre Noir: dark female-fronted electronica act performing their intense live show
http://www.savagerecordings.com/sacrenoir/
Coeliac Dawn: first exclusive set of new instrumental rock 3-piece


Fri 13 Apr
7:00 PM -10:00 PM
£5
The Reverb Syndicate + Preston Pfanz and the Seaton Sands + The Fnords

The Reverb Syndicate (surf/spy/go-go from Canada)
http://www.thereverbsyndicate.ca/
Preston Pfanz and the Seaton Sands (Edinburgh surf)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Preston-Pfanz-The-Seaton-Sands/278230008865763
The Fnords (Edinburgh garage)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fnords/182418645133589


Fri 13 Apr
11:00 PM - 3:00 AM
£5 (or £3 before midnight)
Rude (club): Reggae, Ska, On-U Sound, Dub


Sat 14 Apr
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£4
The Law Of The Chord + The Durty Wurks + Plastic Babies + The Caravan Club
http://www.reverbnation.com/lawofthechord
http://www.reverbnation.com/thedurtywurks
http://www.reverbnation.com/caravanclub


Sat 14 Apr
11:00 PM - 3:00 AM
£5 (or £3 for mutants)
EdinburghTeknoCartel: ETC04 – Post Apocalyptic Mutants (club): techno

http://www.facebook.com/events/181105252008884/
Entry will be £3 for Mutants /£5 for Puny Humans
You’d have to be madder than max to miss this judgment night of beats and bass from the underground survivors. Whoever the nuclear fire doesn’t burn away is welcome in our little bunker - road warriors, ninja turtles, mutoids, x-men and cyclops girls bring along your freaky thing and shake it about!

ETC03 was full to capacity by 12:30, so come early to avoid disappointment!

Guests:
Vinyl Vandal (2-3): Head honcho of hardcore, grindcore, breakcore label Noize:tek http://www.noizetek.co.uk/
Stevoid (11-12): Stevoid has been playing some astonishing laptop DJ sets for a couple of years now. His tunes are a bass heavy mixture of techno, house and electro mixed up with a funk machine and peppered with a dash of insanity.
http://soundcloud.com/stevoid
+ Residents Morphamish (12-1) and Toxicologist (1-2)


Sun 15 Apr
7:30 PM - 11:30 PM
£4
Ettrick Blues + Caezium + Frankhan + El Rey De Los Pantalones (formerly Plats Combinats)
http://soundcloud.com/ettrick-blues
http://soundcloud.com/caezium
http://www.myspace.com/frankhan
http://www.myspace.com/platscombinats


Sun 15 Apr
11:30 PM - 3:00 AM
FREE entry till 3am
Fritz Van Helsing Memorial Gig “aftershow”: bands tbc


Mon 16 Apr
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
£4
Fuzzy and the Peaches + The Loungers + November Orchid + Slackerville
http://www.reverbnation.com/fuzzyandthepeaches
http://www.facebook.com/theloungers/info
http://www.reverbnation.com/novemberorchid
http://slackerville.bandcamp.com/album/slackerville


Tue 17 Apr
7:30 PM - 11:30 PM
£5 (or £4 concessions)
Red Kites + Elephant Gun + Andy Ruddy

Red Kites: Explosive and emotive folk rock from Guildford
http://www.redkitesmusic.com/
Elephant Gun: Scottish alternative indie / folk music with an Eastern European edge
http://www.facebook.com/elephantguntheband


Wed 18 Apr
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£4
Havana Rising + Skinny Rhino + Steal The Sun
http://www.myspace.com/havanarising
http://soundcloud.com/skinny-rhino
http://www.facebook.com/stealthesunuk


Wed 18 Apr
11:00 PM - 3:00 AM
£4
Spanglish: Orkesta Simbolika + Pellizco Flamenco
Flamenco fusion and more...


Thu 19 Apr
7:00 PM - 11:30 PM
£4 (free entry after the gig, from 11.30pm till 3am)
Ragged Music Night: Craig Souter + Architect Of Glass + Julien Pearly

In collaboration with http://www.ragged-online.co.uk/

Craig Souter:
Hailing from the North-East coast of Scotland, Craig is a breath of fresh air into the Scottish music industry. With his husky voice and infectious pop/rock sound, Craig’s songs appeal to all ages. His debut album ‘Via Dolorosa’ is now available for purchase.
http://soundcloud.com/craigsouter

Architect of Glass:
Using gentle acoustic stylings and thought provoking electrical instrumentation, the architect of glass creates soundscapes to take you on a musical journey.
http://www.myspace.com/architectofglass

Julien Pearly:
Smoky French song writing. A pen, a ukulele/guitar, a 7D cam and a laptop. This way he is always ready to leave home for the road. His mind is very young though his body is not and he has memories of many places, people, times of the past.
http://www.myspace.com/jupearly


Fri 20 Apr
7:00 PM -10:00 PM
£5
Ides Of Toad: RM Hubbert + Yusuf Azak + Rory Sutherland

RM Hubbert's mesmerising new album features all sorts of inspired collaborations to complement his intricate Flamenco guitar playing. Yusuf Azak's new album is finished too, and should be released sometime this Summer. And opening will be Rory Sutherland, more usually known as the violin player in Broken Records.

http://www.rmhubbert.com/
http://www.myspace.com/yusufazak


Fri 20 Apr
11:00 PM - 3:00 AM
£4 (or free entry before midnight)
Robigan’s Reggae (club): reggae and dancehall


Sat 21 Apr
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£5
Bainbridge Music Showcase: Reverend Rift + Sister Bitch + Universal Thee
http://www.reverbnation.com/sisterbitch
http://www.reverbnation.com/universalthee


Sat 21 Apr
11:00 PM - 3:00 AM
£5 (or £4 before midnight)
Corruption Live (club): dance, trance, electro, house, hard style and old skool
http://www.facebook.com/events/278204895582159/


Sun 22 Apr
7:30 PM - 11.30 PM
£4 (free entry after the gig, from 11.30pm till 3am)
Dovetail + Constant State + more tbc
http://www.myspace.com/dovetailmusic
http://www.myspace.com/constantstateuk

 
Wed 25 Apr
7:30 PM - 11.30 PM
£5 (free entry after the gig, from 11.30pm till 3am)
Martin’s Uganda 2012 fundraiser: Thin Livi + The Gastric Band + more tbc

Thin Livi:
Formed especially for this show, West Lothian's answer to the Irish rock legends playing classics from the Live and Dangerous album.
Martin Little (Sleepy Vole/ex-Indafusion)
Jed Potts (Jed Potts and the Hillman Hunters/ex-Jackie Treehorn)
Barry Topping (ex-Rodent Emporum/Amid Concrete & Callousness/Expendable Penguins of War)
Johnny Christie (Jed Potts and the Hillman Hunters)

The Gastric Band:
An instrumental rock band with "world music", electronic, and 20th century orchestral influences, among many others. Some have called their music "surprisingly accessible", whatever that means.
Featuring alumni from Secta Rouge, Super Adventure Club, Jackie Treehorn and others, the Gastric Band launch forth a gut-tightening onslaught of progrock-chamberjazz-electronica reminiscent of Nels Cline and Autechre jamming soundtracks to futuristic underwater movies.

All proceeds go to send Martin to Uganda in July to work with an AIDS charity.


Thu 26 Apr
8:00 PM - 0:00 AM
£5 (free entry after the gig, from 11.30pm till 3am)
Found On The Floor + Sufferinfuck + Headless Kross + Conflagration

Found On The Floor: metallic hardcore punk from Eire
Sufferinfuck: West Lothian grindcore
Headless Kross: heavy psychedelic sludge


Fri 27 Apr
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£4
Echo Arcadia + more tbc


Fri 27 Apr
11:00 PM - 3:00 AM
£5 (or £3 before midnight)
Soundburger (club): acid rock, fuzz, funk, heavy psych

A new night offering fresh sounds from the 1960′s and 70′s. Expect a heavy dose of fuzz-laden, psychedelic grooviness! Covering heavy garage rock, hard psych, trippy soul and tough funk! All 45′s all night.


Sat 28 Apr
8:00 PM - 3:00
£5
Papi Falso (club): sci-fi pop, psyche-rawk, outsider folk, weirdo country, soul-r’n’b, machine funk, etc.

Papi Falso celebrates its first birthday by taking over the entire night from 8pm till 3am, and promises us a secret special guest performing live...


Sun 29 Apr
7:30 PM - 11.30 PM
£4 (free entry after the gig, from 11.30pm till 3am)
Black Jack + Theatrical Angles + Steel Rose + one tbc

http://soundcloud.com/blackjacksounds
http://soundcloud.com/theatricalangles
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Steel-Rose/153488951344624?sk=info

March listings + new opening hours / club nights

Our March listings are now up at http://www.musicglue.net/theraft/ (currently up-to-date for all of March, although we're still awaiting additional information for some of the dates).

If you need more info about anything or want to get in touch about playing at Henry's or hiring the venue, you can still email claire at theraft dot org dot uk  (but please do NOT send any media files, we are unable to accept mp3s or audio or video files of ANY type, you can always send us a link to material available online instead).

We also have new regular opening days / hours for the month of March (and after hopefully!).

We'll now be open until 3am from Thursday to Sunday, plus occasional Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

On Thursdays and Sundays (except on Sunday 11th March), it will generally be FREE ENTRY after the bands finish (from 11.30pm/midnight until 3am).

We will continue to have our regular rotation of club nights on Fridays and Saturdays, plus some new ones starting on Wednesdays ("Shake Yer Shoulders" on 14th March, "Spanglish" on 21st March and fortnightly after that), as well as another new night called "Replei-k8" on Sunday 11th March... They're all listed at http://www.musicglue.net/theraft/  and we'll be adding more info here shortly...

February listings and new website

We've started using Music Glue as the main point of reference for our gig and club listings and we should be selling advance tickets there shortly as well; we are also in the process of sorting an entirely new website for Henry's Cellar Bar and the Raft but in the meantime you can find a provisional list of events at http://www.musicglue.net/theraft/ (currently up-to-date for the first half of February, and gradually adding more events).

We'll probably keep the blog here alongside the main website but make it more bloggy instead of having just listings.

If you need more info about anything or want to get in touch about playing at Henry's or hiring the venue, you can still email claire at theraft dot org dot uk

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
Little Love & the Friendly Vibes + Lucille Le Seur + Sacre Noir

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