January 2012
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Hype Williams, 23rd March, Studio Warehouse,...
Braw Gigs, Cry Parrot and Tracer Trails Present:
What can be said that hasn’t already been said about the mysterious Berlin based duo – their brand of refracted dub, lo-fi scuzz and two step syntheses has taken the underground by storm over the last few years. Blending and grinding some of the most infectious and downright bizarre rhythms with abject noise and pulsations, Hype Williams are...
Braw Gigs Presents: Gnod and Guests, 23rd...
Gnod Manchester’s mind bending psych-rock outfit will be making a quick stop off this February - and I’m mega chuffed to have them play the cavernous confines of the (newly refurbished) Banshee pit. With countless releases and appearances around Europe, Supersonic and the Supernormal fests – Gnod have been trundling their avant-kraut leanings to much critical and live acclaim, a must for fans of...
December 2011
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Braw Gigs Presents: Jazzfinger + Guests, 13th...
Jazzfinger A band who need zero introduction and a live favourite for Braw and the Edinburgh weirdo scene in previous years. The Geordie drone goliath will be rolling back into town and having opened a black hole in Inverleith House last February - expect further low end rattle and subsonic transcendence through guitars, keys and dictaphones. Easily one of the finest live acts in the UK...
November 2011
3 posts
Braw Trails Present: Daniel Higgs Trio, 10th...
Daniel Higgs Trio & Sarah Kenchington
*PLEASE NOTE - THIS HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED, DANIEL’S TOUR HAS BEEN PULLED AT THE 11TH HOUR, SO THIS SHOW WON’T BE TAKING PLACE. APOLOGIES TO EVERYONE WHO WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS*
What can we say about DANIEL HIGGS? The ex-Lungfish legend and his banjo return to the UK, this time in a trio with Maya Dunietz (piano/percussion) and Assaf...
Braw Gigs Presents: KARP LIVES! Free Screening,...
Something a little bit different from the Braw Camp. A FREE screening on the brand new KARP documentary in the Banshee cinema. We’ll have Bill the director coming along for a quick intro and Q&A. I caught a bit of his screening of this at Supersonic this year and the film is awesome.
This film is a biography of a friendship. Set in the indie rock utopia of an evergreen forested...
Braw Records: Fordell Research Unit - The Illusion...
Braw Records is back with a co-released, full length CD with At War With False Noise. We’re both chuffed to be putting out Fordell Research Unit’s The Illusion of Movement. Heavy and ethereal drone from Edinburgh’s Fraser Burnett, four tracks recorded over various sessions. I’m obviously biased, but his work has been some of the finest drone I’ve heard in years and he’s been a...
October 2011
2 posts
Group Inerane & Flower-Corsano Duo, 2nd December,...
Cry Parrot, Tracer Trails and Braw Gigs proudly present:
GROUP INERANE & FLOWER-CORSANO DUO
A dream pairing of two of the most ecstatic and transcendental rock units imaginable. Simmering up from the rebel heart of the Tuareg guitar scene, Group Inerane are a rough-hewn, tranced-out juggernaut from Niger with two white-hot albums on Sublime Frequencies to their name; Flower-Corsano Duo...
Braw Gigs Presents: Alan Courtis + Guests, 6th...
Alan Courtis (aka Anla Courtis, Alna Courtis) It’s with great pleasure to welcome back to Edinburgh one of Argentina’s most spaced out sound trippers, the Maradona of “weird” - Alan Courtis. Classically trained, he is a founding member of one of the finest (and strangest) experimental bands of the nineties, “Reynols”. Alan’s sound is as distinctively abrasive as it is exotic, renowned for...
September 2011
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Braw Trails: An Evening with Richard Youngs, 19th...
Tickets £5 : http://www.wegottickets.com/event/131707 Braw Trails are back and it’s with great pleasure we can announce a very special night of music with one of the most enigmatic and prolific songwriters working in the UK underground, Richard Youngs. With hundreds of solo and collaborative releases on countless labels (including his own “No Fans” label) Richard’s music has been heaped with...
Braw Gigs Presents: Astro + Guests, 25th October,...
Astro ASTRO is the solo project of legendary Japanese noise artist Hiroshi Hasegawa, also highly revered as a member of the seminal noise band C.C.C.C (along with Fumio Kosakai of Incapacitants, amongst others). Hasegawa is rightly regarded as a major player in the noise world, appearing on over 50 releases in various guises, famously touring the US with Hair Stylistics and Jazkamer,...
August 2011
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Braw Gigs stage at The Music Is The Music Language...
I’ve been kindly asked to curate a stage for the The Music is The Music Language Festival next weekend by DIY titans Tracer Trails and Cry Parrot. It’s an afternoon pre-gig of sorts at The 78, in Glasgow’s west end. The rest of the Festival will be commencing in SW3 and various off site locations. It’ll be a great weekend with plenty of excellent acts through out both...
June 2011
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Braw Presents: Bong + Guests, 23rd July, Sneaky...
Facebook event page - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110079535750282
Bong Newcastle’s drone heathens will be making a one off return to Scotland this July at Sneaky Pete’s. As seen opening for the likes of Sunn O))) at Stereo and performances at Supersonic, Roadburn and Kraak festivals - as well as headlining various gigs around the UK, respectively. Expect tantric low end vibrations...
May 2011
2 posts
Braw Trails Present: Two Wings + Arborea + Long...
Overdue: the latest in the ‘Braw Trails’ series, from Braw Gigs and Tracer Trails! TWO WINGS is the ace new project from Hanna Tuulikki (Nalle, Scatter) and Ben Reynolds (Baby Dee, Trembling Bells), plus Lucy Duncombe and Kenneth Wilson (Trees), Owen Curtis Williams (Benni Hemm Hemm, Rob St John) and Emily Roff (Tracer Trails!). Two Wings were recently described by total legend...
Braw Presents: Astral Social Club + Guests! 17th...
Facebook event - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154595054608172
Astral Social Club
Braw is chuffed to welcome back to Auld Reekie the solo project of one of England’s finest noise luminaries, Neil Campbell. As described by Wire magazine as having - “provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s”.
Neil’s...
April 2011
2 posts
Braw Presents: Turn To Crime, Float Riverer and...
Monday 9th May £5 pay on the door. 7.30pm The Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street. Edinburgh.
FB event - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122642067810758 Turn To Crime Derek Stanton aka Turn To Crime is better known as lead singer and guitarist with Awesome Color whose trio of maniacal Stooges/MC5 inspired LPs were released on Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore’s label Ecstatic...
Braw Presents: Kommissar Hjuler & Mama Baer +...
Monday 18th April £5 pay on the door. 7.30pm The Banshee Labyrinth, 29-35 Niddry Street. Edinburgh. Kommissar Hjuler & Mama Baer Kommissar Hjuler and Mama Baer are modern anomalies even within the relatively unrestricted plaines of the experimental and underground art scenes. As witnessed when they divided audiences in half during their now legendary live performance in Brighton at the last...
March 2011
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Pyramidion + CK Dexter Haven + Homunculus, 19th...
(facebook event here - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207071412639651)
Pyramidion Glasgow’s answer to the likes of Ash Ra Temple and Amon Duul II, made up of various heavy hitters in the Scottish experimental scene with members of Boom Edan, Moon Unit, Scrim, Cheer, Lanterns. Expect tantric vibrations, whale calls and a thunderous rhythm section through some full on psych explorations....
February 2011
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Braw Recommends: Non-Stick Erratic Carvery, this...
Winners Don’t Shiver are proud to present the best line-up in a million years at NON-STICK ERRATIC CARVERY, an afternoon of the lowest-brow experimental weirdo sounds from all over the UK. This will take place in Inverleith House in the Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh from 2.30pm onwards.
With performances from Jazzfinger, Hobo Sonn, Duncan Harrison, Acrid Lactations, Wheel of Eyes,...
January 2011
2 posts
Eagulls + Serious Sam Barrett + Harbour + Guests,...
Braw Gigs and Cold Dead Hands Present:
Eagulls No, not those Eagles but some young bright things from Leeds who are bridging gaps between those late 80’s DC hardcore bands you like to reminisce about - along with the anthemic volume of Jesus and the Mary Chain, No Age and Dinosaur Jr. Catchier than the Christmas flu and gravely good. http://www.myspace.com/eagulls Serious Sam Barrett The...
Our Love Will Destroy The World + Guests, 18th...
(Facebook event page - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183826581636197&ref=ts )
Our Love Will Destroy The World Just excoriating blood-drones and blitzkrieg ragas from Nowhere, New Zealand, in search of fleeting moments of infinite density; where everything is louder than everything else, time slows to a crawl, and brains under stress slip into warm, prickly comas. Think the wiggiest...
December 2010
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Cam Deas + Guests! 25th January
(Facebook event - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=153459548034580)
Cam Deas Braw is chuffed to present the Edinburgh debut for youngster Cameron Deas, an incredible 12-string extraordinaire who’s bridging gaps between the tantric vibrations of Robbie Basho and John Fahey with the stark minimalism and improvisational work of Derek Bailey and Charlemagne Palestine. The now London...
November 2010
3 posts
Braw Presents: A Braw Christmas Bash at The...
FB event - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142353795816883 Vom Pummeling goth-noise-rock from the west coast. Vom in the live context conjure up some pretty ‘far out’ frequencies, reminiscent of Ramleh, Swans, Killing Joke and Scream-era Siouxie and the Banshees having a punch up over the secret santa. A Braw festive favourite and rare treat for us pie munchers, don’t forget...
Taco Bells, Pekko Kappi + Guests this Friday @...
The Taco Bells and Pekko Kappi show will now be taking place in the Sunbear Gallery, 4 Lorne Street. Just off Leith walk and directly opposite Boda Bar. It’s a very intimate space too so get down early. BYOB and we’ll have some cheap refreshments on sale as well. Same time, same price. Phew, I’m quite glad this got sorted out in the end!
http://sunbear.org.uk/
Map...
The Roxy Art House RIP
As I’m sure most of you will know, The Roxy has been closed down due to the bankruptcy of their owners - Edinburgh University Settlements. I’m trying my best to relocate the upcoming Taco Bells and Pekko Kappi gig scheduled for the 12th November amongst some other gigs that had yet to be announced, so i’ll keep you posted on that in due course. I’d just like to thank...
October 2010
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Demons + Sick Llama + Wraiths, this Thursday @...
Samhain might be coming early this October with a spooky line up via Michigan, with Demons (ft. Nate Young of Wolf Eyes) and Sick Llama. This will be their only Scottish date on their UK jaunt before the Supersonic fest in Brum the night after. There will also be some rip roaring support from Edinburgh’s Wraiths. Live visuals, analog synth and noisy invokations at Sneaky Pete’s...
September 2010
2 posts
Muscletusk Record Launch this Saturday!!!
Braw Gigs: Muscletusk - Ask The Universe Record Launch! Muscletusk
It’s the home turf LP launch for Reekie’s thugged out avant-noise team. Guitar squeal, testosterone and wido antics aplenty. It’s been a long time coming, time to Ask The Universe for a lighter - it’s going off! Moon Unit
Krauted out space psych via Glasgow with a new album out on Blackest Rainbow. Recently seen opening...
Muscletusk - Ask The Universe LP, order it now!
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August 2010
5 posts
Braw Recommends: Nalle - Wilder Shores of Love
One of my favourite albums of the year. Order it from Alt Vinyl
“Inspired by the Greek myth of doomed lovers Hero and Leander, and named after a Cy Twombly painting, the third album by vocalist Hanna Tuulikki, viola player Aby Vulliamy and multi-instrumentalist Chris Hladowski fuses ancient and modern in a song cycle of love and loss.
Bookended by two solitary slide-guitar laments and...
Braw Recommends: Part Wild Horses... live this...
August 22nd 2010
Bandita Trails present Part Wild Horse’s Mane On Both Sides Usurper Tube O’Mould Neil A. Simpson & Red Death at Leith Dockers’ Club Academy Street, Leith
PWHMOBS (Singing Knives): From Lyon (via Manchester), avant-primitivism of real beauty on flute, voice and an assortment of percussion courtesy of Kelly Jones and Pascal Nichols of Stuckometer/Cooper-Jones/Axis...
Muscletusk / Scrim – Ask the Universe mini-tour!
Reekie’s Muscletusk and Scrim are gonna be cosying up for a UK jaunt south of the border this September, in support of their debut LP “Ask The Universe” LP on Braw which “should” be printed up in time despite the original pressing plant going bust, fingers crossed. Either way, this will be a rare chance to encounter the Tusk in full effect since their thunderous set at Colour Out of Space a...
Braw Gigs: Demons + Sick Llama, October 21st
Michigan analog horror invades Reekie this October with Demons (ft. Nate Young of Wolf Eyes) and Sick Llama (Fag Tapes). More info to come!
http://www.myspace.com/demonscool
http://www.myspace.com/fagtapes
Braw Shivers: Skullflower + Guests, 14th September
Braw and Winners Don’t Shiver team up this September for a last minute gig in a new and very intimate space in the middle of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Skullflower will be making a low key return to Edinburgh in preparation for their appearance in Oslo later that week. It’ll be a rare chance to catch Mathew Bower and pals ride the proverbial wave of… ritualistic feedback and guitar...
July 2010
5 posts
Braw Gigs: Islaja + Guests, 22nd September
Islaja and guests live at in The Roxy Room, The Roxy Art House. September 22nd. More info to come.
http://www.islaja.com/
Braw Records: Muscletusk - Ask the Universe LP
You may or may not be aware, but Braw will be branching out into a label pretty soon with a full length from Reekie’s very own noise chiefs - Muscletusk. Over 40 minutes of tremendously bizarre avant-rock madness from one of the finest improv units in the country. You’ll hear Sun Ra, Crazyhorse, The Magic Band, Airwave, the creepy duck voice from New York Ripper, Dead C guitar squeal and...
Braw Trails: Charlie Parr & The Black Twig...
Live in The Roxy Theatre, 19th September. More info coming soon!
http://www.myspace.com/charlieparr
http://www.myspace.com/blacktwigs
Braw Demolition: Jazzfinger + Guests, 24th July!
Braw and the vinyl daft loons of Controlled Demolition have teamed up for a special crossover club night celebrating our love of LOW end and old Detroit techno with our special guests – JAZZFINGER. The Geordie drone giants will be making a special live appearance on the night; probably our favourite UK band and anyone who caught their last two sets in Reekie will know not to miss them. I’m...