6 SFTW Friday, September 16, 2011

DEATH DISCO TRANS-EUROPE man-of-the-moment Falty DL ! EXPESSWAY @The Arches & also takes to the decks. As if SWG3, Glasgow, tomorrow: that wasn’t enough, dubstep Take abulging line-up of experimentalist Boxcutter and electronic talent and two of rising star Young Montana

TOM the city’s coolest venues, then both play live sets.

BY add adedicated disco bus to ZZZAP @Wee Red Bar, take you between them and % , tonight: Abonus NEWMUSIC CHURCHILL you’vegot one of the most Friday party for this BY JIM GELLATLY adventurous parties of the popular Edinburgh techno and year. tech-house night which Norwegian nu-disco pioneers normally runs every other CHARLEENA Lindstrom and Prins Thomas Tuesday at the Liquid Room. WHO: Charleena Maughan top the DJ bill, while super- Tonight Clubsoda, Steve WHERE: Edinburgh hyped trio Factory Floor, Hunter, Sandy Bells and the FOR FANS OF: Rihanna,

right,are the live headliners — Juicy DJs provide the sound- Nicki Minaj, Florence &The CHRIS track. BY fresh from the success of their Machine SWEENEY debut single on Optimo MIXED BIZNESS @Snafu, Aber- JIM SAYS: With Scots like Records earlier this year. & deen, tonight: Glas- Emeli Sandé and Yasmin Also performing across the gow’s leading hip starting to make amajor two venues are Retro/Grade, hop, beats and bass impact on the scene, the Feadz, Sh** Robot, Stay+ and party heads north with time is surely ripe for Walls,aswell as the usual main man Boom Monk singer-songwriter Charleena. DDresidents. Ben on the decks and My introduction to the MOUNT HEART ATTACK @La Hahaha playing live. starlet was her cracking $ Cheetah, Glasgow, tonight: AXIS @Cabaret Voltaire, electro RnB number Lipstick BLUES boy Marcus ( Edinburgh, tonight: Back Fell. But anew song called It’s the third birthday for Stop This World really Foster has connections this hedonistic night devoted at the Cab for afresh- ers’ week special with bowled me over. With hints that are worth their to the freshest bass music of Florence &The Machine, around, and they’ve put Sheffield’s Vandal drop- she’s come up with a weight in gold. together aline-up ping bigelectronic beats wonderful track that shows His best mate is Twilight that’ll have the alongside Kris Meja, another side of the much in- megastar Robert Pattinson. connoisseurs drooling. Hot Knives, Anarkid demand singer. He needed agirl to play Romania-born, Berlin- and Frequent Flyers. My radio show is all about arole in the video for his based techno hero Q Email your news and cutting-edge new music, and new single IWas Broken — Cosmin TRG tops the listings to tom.churchill@ she’s the perfect fit. Aformer so Marcus got the other bill, and New York the-sun.co.uk pupil at St David’s in half of Twilight’s diamond Dalkeith, Midlothian, initial couple, Kristen Stewart, to encouragement came from do it ...for NOTHING. her music teacher Phillip Marcus said: “I wanted to Thorne, when she was just do something quite honest Q&A: HUW STEPHENS classic of course, but athrilling Kylie on the other. I’d be happy before Guns N’ Roses was a 14. In her school report, he with the video, Ihad the tune whichever way you look at it! with that. I’m not really adancer, special moment! recommended that she camera straight in my face INDIE club phenomenon Propaganda so Iwanted to deliver some is launching at Edinburgh’s HMV Q: What gets you on the though, Imust admit. Unless it’s at Q: What else are you up to at the pursue music. dancefloor? awedding. Or Propaganda when Now 20, her drive to kind of performance. Picture House tomorrow night with moment? “I’m really happy with A: Abit of booze and some Pulp. no one’s looking. succeed is ajoy, but you do Huw Stephens, left,atthe controls. A: My Radio 1show goes out need abit of luck. She how it ended up, Kristen So SFTW sat down with the Radio Q: If you could hit the dancefloor Q: What’s your best DJing Wednesday nights at midnight, with did agreat job. anecdote? certainly had that when she 1favourite to pick his brains ... with anyone, alive or dead, real or loads of the best new music on it. was spotted online. “It seems that people are Q: Ultimate Propaganda fictional, who would it be and why? A: Getting 60,000 people to sing I’m on the weekends too, 1- 4pm, Charleena, below,was into it but then some have floor-filler track? A: I’d like to dance with Andre along with The Proclaimers’ 500 playing tunes and seeing what folk kind of assumed Ionly A: Blur’s Song 2. An obvious 3000 from Outkast on one side, Miles on the Reading main stage are up to on their days off. asked her because she’s so well-known.

CLUBBING “I didn’t use her in any way, she was more than happy to help me out. “We needed agirl with dark hair who was an actress, Kristen was the first person Iemailed and that was it.” Soulful boy Marcus’ career has alot more going for it than his celeb links. invited over to New York last His debut album Name- November. It was afruitful less Path —out on Septem- trip as she was introduced to ber 26 —iscreating waves. legendary producer Phil He explained: “I’m in a Ramone. She’s been flying strange position as I’m not back and forth since the start making pop music but I’m of this year. Along the way signed to amajor label, she’s met some pretty so I’m walking that line impressive figures, including between art and compromise. Chaka Khan, ZZ Top, “I just want to be able to multi-million-selling make the music Iwant and songwriter Skylar Grey, play to as many people who Drake, and even Billy Joel! want to hear it. She revealed: “Billy asked “It’s all about having something to say —and Ido. to be introduced to me at the “I grew up in the UK but songwriter’s Hall of Fame. acouple of years ago Idid “He sat down and spent atour of America. some time chatting with me “I do everything the found my sound.” Marcus is summer —and that’s what I about my music.” wrong way round. I’d love joining The Pierces on tour want to do, play to as many Iremember when it was to go back as it was crazy —hitting Glasgow’s ABC on people as Ican. It really announced that the MOBOs although it was premature, October 8. makes you feelgood about were coming to Glasgow. A Iwasn’t quite ready. Then he’s back up north yourself to go for it and few down south sneered that “The kind of music Iplay for his own tour in Novem- everyone is still there. Scotland wasn’t Urban is more accessible to people ber —and the Twilight gang “It’s not really as hard as enough. Charleena is further out there as it has that could be there too. you’d think for Robert and proof that they were wrong. blues influence —they get He said: “I’ve done afew Kristen to come —whenever MORE: reverbnation.com/ it. But over here, people smaller tours and been up they’re around, they do. charleenamaughan think of it being more elit- to Scotland acouple of “Although Iamlooking Q Jim will be playing ist and not as popular. times. But it’s good to be forward to playing bigger Charleena on In:Demand “Back then it was just me going out with The Pierces places where it’s easier for Uncut —Sunday 7-10pm on and my guitar but I’ve as I’ll be playing some big- them to hide.” Clyde 1, Forth One, realisedsince then what I ger venues. Q Download the album and get Northsound 1, Radio wanted to do was more “I’m pretty excited. I’ve tour tickets at marcusfoster Borders, Tay FM, West FM electric and soulful — done afew larger places music.co.uk

&West Sound FM. See ATCH between then and now, I’ve and some festivals over the [email protected] jimgellatly.com 2W INDIE gang Hard-Fi have announced afull CHINGFORD’S finest, The Rifles, are back European tour. —locked and loaded. But there’s only one Scots gig —atthe They’ve changed afew members and ABC in Glasgow on September 27. are having another crack at it. It’s been afew years since their last Comeback single Tangled Up In Love is tour, so it should be abelting night. spot-on, good old rock ‘n’ roll with some Tickets are still up for grabs via melody. hard-fi.com Give it alisten now at therifles.net ONES