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Few in the field of explorative ambient music have remained as questing and unclassifiable as Canadian composer Tim Hecker. Across his 15-year career he has moved through shades of reflective... [more]

American wanderer Julie Byrne's second album, Not Even Happiness, vividly archives what would have otherwise been lost to the road – bustling roadside diners, the stars over the high desert, the... [more]

Norwegian artist and writer Jenny Hval has developed her distinct take on intimate sound since the release of her debut album in 2006. For her last two solo albums, 2013’s Innocence Is Kinky and... [more]

This is a story of impossible dreams and outrageous misfortune, of glory and tragedy. The story of The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads, a work of breathtaking ambition and tangible magic, and the story of... [more]

Since bursting onto the Madrid DIY scene, Hinds - Ana Perrote, Carlotta Cosials, Ade Martin and Amber Grimbergen - have mastered a raw and playful sound all their own. With just a handful of released... [more]

Yorkston/Thorne/Khan return to Summerhall with their new album Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars. It follows the band’s debut album, 2016’s critically acclaimed Everything Sacred, and presents a... [more]

Solo guitarist extraordinaire, ‘New Weird America’ pioneer and fret board shredding collaborator – Ben Chasny’s ever expanding and adventurous solo moniker of Six Organs of Admittance has... [more]

Steve Ignorant is a singer/songwriter and co-founded the anarcho-punk band Crass with Penny Rimbaud in 1977. After Crass, he sang with Conflict, Schwartzenegger and Stratford Mercenaries. In 2007 he... [more]

Ducktails is the solo side project of Matthew Mondanile, a member of Ridgewood, New Jersey-based indie beach bums Real Estate. While not too dissimilar in tone from the sun-kissed pop of his main... [more]

Where 2014's Present Tense album found Wild Beasts in reflective mood, absorbing a fascination with online culture and electronic music, Boy King has them, as Tom Fleming puts it, "back to being... [more]

Eugene is a Glasgow born musician/songwriter who began writing and recording music in 1987 with The Vaselines.The Vaselines released two singles and one LP on Edinburgh label 53rd & 3rd and... [more]

Best known for his collaborative work in with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Mick Harvey has had a varied career spanning the roles of musician, singer-songwriter, composer, arranger and record... [more]

The music of Folk-Noir Balladeer, Rachel Sermanni, has the flesh of Folk but, if you were to cut the skin, you’d find it pumped with contemporary, genre blended blood.Born under a rainbow, in... [more]

Austra is a band for people who understand the dancefloor as a source of radical ideas and radical joy. For this show, Austra will be showcasing brand new tracks from her third and most ambitious... [more]

PAWS are Phillip Taylor, Josh Swinney and John Bonnar.More than just the third PAWS record, No Grace is representative of a transformative period of time in the bands life and is... [more]

Say "farewell to the flesh" as we welcome you to dance off with rivals and romances in Summerhall's first take on the New Orleans grandiose extravaganza: Mardi Gras.Nothing Ever Happens Here... [more]

Meursault is a creative offspring of Edinburgh’s champion of “epic lo-fi” Neil Pennycook, who describes it as “a solo project with a revolving cast of friends/musicians”.Since their... [more]

Sarah Neufeld is a violinist and composer based in Montréal, Canada. Best known as a member of Arcade Fire, she is also a founding member of the acclaimed contemporary instrumental ensemble Bell... [more]

Modern Studies are a chamber pop band from Glasgow-via-Yorkshire.  Their quietly experimental landscape songs are played on analogue synths, cello, double bass, drums, guitars, a wine-glass... [more]

The immensely talented Kristin Hersh returns again to the UK (Ireland) for a rare solo tour in support of her critically-acclaimed new double CD and book, “Wyatt At The Coyote Palace” (Omnibus... [more]

Lee Ranaldo will hit the road to Europe one more time this year with a clutch of brand new songs from his just completed new album Electric Trim produced by Lee and Spanish multi-instrumentalists... [more]

When Xylouris White recorded their second album, this most intuitive and inquisitive of duos did what comes naturally to them: expanded their horizons. For George Xylouris, the Cretan lute player who... [more]