4 SFTW Friday, September 28, 2012 CHECK OUT ABIT OF SCRUFF MR SCRUFF’S TEA PARTY @Cham- man techno master Chris Liebing and local focusesonelectro, with aguest ! bre 69, Glasgow, tomorrow: Arare heroes Slam. The second arch sees influen- appearance by the mighty Keith TOM TOM treat for connoisseurs of quality music as tial Berlin club Watergate take over as part Tucker. the mighty Mr Scruff, pictured,touches of its 10th anniversary celebrations, with The man behind the Aux down for an epic five-hour set. The Mancu- sets from Matthias Tanzmann and Pan-Pot. 88 and Optic Nerve With With nian maverick —real name Andy Carthy GREEN VELVET @Potterrow, Edin- projects and the CHURCHILL CHURCHILL —isrenowned for his eclectic taste, % burgh, tonight: Chicago lynchpin Cur- revered Puzzlebox which encompasses soul, funk, hip hop tis Jones dons his green afro wig for a label has been rock- BANDS normally do and house, all mixed to perfection. storming DJ set in his Green Velvet guise. ingcrowds since the ONE2HEAR And Scruff puts as much care into the The man behind timeless club bangers 1980s and his set will their best to avoid ART rockers Every- visuals —based around his own distinc- Preacher Man and Flash has aunique be as educational as it is cheesy stereotypes. thing Everything got tive hand-drawn animations —ashe take on tough, jacking house and entertaining. respect for their debut does into the tune selection and never fails to ignite the dance- JAK @Stereo, Glasgow, tonight: But metal supergroup Axe- album Man Alive. sound system quality, so as an floor. ( Rounding off the city’s busy night Wound are jumping right in But follow-up Arc all-round experience it’ll be Support comes from ahost of of techno action comes this excellent CHRIS there with both feet. looks like being a hard to beat. Karnival and Pulse residents. event featuring a90-minute live set from The outfit —set up by Bullet game-changer. By PRESSURE @The Arches, MOTOR CITY ELECTRON- underground electro stalwart Dez SWEENEY For My Valentine frontman Matt It’s not out until Jan- $ Glasgow, tonight: Rising & ICS @LaCheetah, Glas- Williams, with support from Signal_1 and Tuck —includes some of the uary but first single star Gary Beck plays ahome- gow, tonight: The second in a BeatPHreak. scene’s biggest names. Cough Cough is town set to launch debut album, special series of nights dedi- Q Email your news and listings to Matt plays lead guitar, Liam genius stuff —areal Bring AFriend, alongside Ger- cated to the music of Detroit [email protected] Cormier from the Cancer Bats barnstorming track. handles vocals, Glamour Of The It’s released Octo- CLUBBING Kill’s Mike Kingswood is on gui- ber 14 and has amad tar, Joe Copcutt formerly of Rise video made by front- To Remainisonbass and Pitch- man Jonathan Higgs. shifter’s Jason Bowld is on drums. Check out: every- Matt said: “We wantedittobe thing-everything.co.uk over-the-top songs about cliché things like crows and Satan as people who’re not into metal Chain gang think that’s what it’s all about. ONE2SEE JIM JIM Downtime MARINA And The Dia- “We thought f*** it, let’s give it monds has had abelt- ing year. With to them —and we have.” With GELLATLY GELLATLY Matt and Jason recorded the Her second album is on track album, then recruited the others. Electra Heart did the The finished product Vultures is need to find guys to play it’. because of that.” Amazingly, “We’re not that super at all. business and she was Everyone we asked wanted to do despite their conflicting sched- We’re abunch of guys who are invited on tour with COURTNEY’S CHAIN all the band.” The seeds of Court- out on Monday. Matt, 32, said: “It started off as it. There was no stress involved.” ules, the boys have managed to in bands and did something in Coldplay. WHO: Courtney Elena Stuart ney’s Chain were sown at Perth Liam put the lyrics on top and set up ashort UK tour which is our spare time. And she’s rounding College where ground-breaking WATCH something Idid in my spare (vocals/guitar), Paddy Brown (gui- time. All of asudden it’s areal left lots imperfections in instead stopping at Glasgow’s King Tut’s “We’ll do what we can, when things off in style, with tar), Kris Boyd (bass), Stefan Mal- musiccourses have produced a of making it sound super-clean. on Tuesday. we can. We’ll never get bored of 2 band with an album and tour. arun of UK dates. lows (keyboards), Michael Clena- stream of industry professionals “I asked Jason if he wanted to Matt said: “We took apunk But while the touring will be it and we have all agreed we’ll Catch the flamboy- ghan (drums) over the years. do something in his downtime. rock approach —the motto was infrequent, the good news is this make another record. ant popster at WHERE: Dundee Performing together as part of We recorded the album as a ‘is it good enough? Yeah, let’s is not aone-off. “The sky is the limit. It could Dundee’s Fat Sam’s FOR FANS OF: Fleetwood Mac, their studies, Courtney and Paddy musical piece, we did one track move on’. AxeWound are here to stay — turn into something special.” on Tuesday night. Texas, Taylor Swift discovered they had amusical aday for 11 days. “Everything is live, there’s no although Matt is not sure about Q Get the album and tour tickets at Get tickets from bond, and the two 18-year-olds JIMSAYS: It’s taken me awhile to “Then we thought ‘OK, now we trickery and it comes over better the supergroup tag. He said: axewounduk.com marinaandthediamonds. form the core of the band. com get my hands on the debut album The rising stars of the Dundee from Courtney’s Chain, but boy is it music scene, they’ve been inspired worth it. by the success of their friends in ONES Centred around the talents of The Viewand Anderson McGinty singer-songwriter Courtney Stuart, Webster Ward And Fisher. it’s all I’d hoped it would be. It’s some time since the teenager Affair first sent me recordings, initially as asolo artist. Iloved what Iheard, To be honest, the Courtney’s though she did seem to have abit Chain album doesn’t sound at all of an identity crisis. like aself-produced affair from a She’d sent me material under bunch of teenagers. three different variations of her Pictures is an accomplished col- name before forming the band and lection of songs delivered in their settling on calling it Courtney’s stunning interpretation of country- Chain. Ithink it’s awise move. rock and sounds like apotential She may be one of the freshest worldwide hit. and most exciting things on the Courtney said: “Our goal is to be scene at the moment but there are signed in the next year and tour the alot amazing Scottish female UK creating afan base. singer-songwriters out there. “We are really looking forward to Edinburgh youngster Nina Nes- playing King Tut’s in Glasgow on bitt has just released her first single December 6. So many great bands through Island Records while I have played Tut’s and to play there recently heard some incredible ourselves will be just amazing.” tracks from another teenager Before then, Courtney’s Chain called Megan D. will support Anderson McGinty Going down the band route does Webster Ward and Fisher at The distance Courtney from that singer- Corinna in Perth on October 6. songwriter thing, and she’s happy They also play with Sandi Thom at making music as part of acollec- the HMV Picture House in Edin- tive rather than asolo artist. burgh on November 12. She said: “I’ve played many solo MORE INFO: facebook.com/ acoustic gigs, but now Ithink I’d be courtneyschain lost without the band.” Q Jim will be playing Courtney’s Chain Guitarist Paddy contin- on In:Demand Uncut this Sunday ued: “This album was from 7pm on Clyde 1, Forth One, Northsound 1, Radio Borders, Tay written by Courtney but FM, West FM &West Sound FM. the next one will be by indemandscotland.co.uk MUSIC NEW.