Tag: Electric Circus

Following the announcement at the end of last year that the Fruitmarket Gallery is to extend into neighbouring premises it seemed that the writing was on the wall for the Electric Circus.Although they said...

X Factor contestant Janet Devlin is about to embark on her latest UK tour, stopping off at Edinburgh's Electric Circus on 25 November 2016. Since her time on the show, Janet has built up a massive online following of devoted fans (known as...

Pure Beauty, the support band from London, was enough to make the trek to Electric Circus worthwhile, even on a Monday night in January in Edinburgh. Despite the cold and lethargy this jazz and...

It's encouraging to see a band play from the heart, more precisely an indie rock band that doesn't want to be analysed and branded as an obscure indie rock genre. Frontman Dominic McGuinness does, however,...

Australian singer-songwriter Josef Salvat will begin a six-date UK tour next month to promote his new single 'Open Season', out on 16 October.Salvat played to substantial crowds at this year's Latitude Festival and also at the...

Leicester-based singer-songwriter Hannah Boleyn will release her new album The Boleyn Affair on 2 October on the Tudor Gate Records label, and will play one Scottish show at Edinburgh's Electric Circus on 19 October to promote it.Boleyn's new...

Young Kato are the ultimate six-piece that notch up hard-hitting melodies incorporated into their list of convincing indie anthems. After coming together as a band in 2011, the band have worked their fingers to...

Three EPs into his already promising music career, David Rhodes is renowned for his idyllic songs with a mesmerising atmospheric edge. Rhodes has already toured with some huge names in current pop music, boasting...

Quiet as a Mouse are the latest exciting band from Edinburgh and are almost changing the way indie is defined. Their anthemic-cum-fragile sound draws comparisons to Editors, Nirvana and The Smiths, and the band...

Three albums into his already promising music career, Ghostpoet (aka Obaro Ejimiwe) has already won a Mercury Prize nomination, only losing out to PJ Harvey's Let England Shake.Ghostpoet's new record, Shedding Skin, will be released on 2...

Six-piece Young Kato are to release their debut album Don't Wait 'til Tomorrow on 3 May through the Republic of Music label.The first single from their new album will be entitled 'Children of the Stars', a...

British musician Ghostpoet has published details of his upcoming album release, Shedding Skin, which is to be released on 2 March 2015 through the label Play It Again Sam.Ghostpoet, born Obaro Ejimiwe, released his new...

 A great night of acoustic music will take place at Edinburgh’s Electric Circus, on 21 February 2015 in aid of children’s charity Cash For Kids.Julia Hall, a music business student at Perth College UHI, hopes that...

 You wouldn't believe that Young for Eternity has been released for nearly ten years. The Subways reached considerable heights with that album – supporting AC/DC on their previous stadium tour and hitting up main stage at...

London band of five, Eliza and the Bear, are half way through their extensive UK tour and they don't look remotely fatigued by any of it. The only thing that is affecting lead singer,...

'I got friends, I got family here' rings out the first lines of Eliza and the Bear's vigorous set at Electric Circus. Beginning with arguably their best known song – solely because it has...

It is the inaugural year of the Communion New Faces Tour – a tour that showcases some of the brightest talents that are tipped to become something a lot more substantial in the foreseeable...

 Back in the 1980's U2, Simple Minds and Big Country all made their mark on the music scene and while  I was, and still am a huge fan of these artists, there is one...

It’s not often a band gets on the cover of NME when their debut single is still a fortnight away from release. And it’s even rarer that they live up to the excitement. Palma Violets...

Returning for a second year to wear out the soles of Edinburgh gig-goers' shoes, EH1 Live landed for a full day of the finest unsigned Scottish music across five of the capital's best venues.Kicking...

Final preparations are underway for the return of EH1 Live this Sunday 16 September.The one-day music festival, which takes place at five venues across the city, will see 40 of the country’s finest unsigned...

Hype is a beautiful thing. It’s that magical quality that can transform you from pulling pints to downing champagne in a matter of mere months. With the stroke of a few pens bands are...