lonely carp’s studio debut, funded by Help Musicians UK, is a concept album curated as a gripping descent to the underworld. ‘KATABASIS: an underworld opera’ progresses through seven movements of coalescing mythology, each more intense than the last.
Skateboarding, music and a celebration of 21 years of Focus.
Summerhall’s programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 is now live!
Summerhall is a space for everyone. Whether you’re engaging with our performance programme, partying at one of our club nights, grabbing a drink in the pub, or simply soaking up the atmosphere in our hidden courtyard, there is something at Summerhall for you to explore, discover and enjoy this August.
Panthers prowling through a desert. Cowgirls swaggering into a saloon and kicking up dust. Riding shotgun with a Tarantino heroine. Having the fiesta of your lives under a giant piñata
The past few years have seen Le Bon emerge as a much lauded and sought-after collaborator, producing albums for contemporaries such as Deerhunter (Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?), John Grant
The duo of Merill Garbus and Nate Brenner, tUnE-yArDs combines soulful vocals, unusual percussion, and trenchant social commentary into uniquely vibrant music.
Their 2021 album Sketchy., builds on the introspective feel of their previous work with an energetic, dynamic approach.
For over twenty years, Efterklang have been pushing the barriers of experimental, electronic, emotional chamber-pop. Announcing their sixth studio album Windflowers, their first for City Slang, the Danish trio of Mads Brauer, Rasmus Stolberg and Casper Clausen continue a creative journey that’s brought them closer together, even as their lives grow apart. Channelling the motifs of hope and change its namesake flora represents, the album sees their many years of collaboration and experimentation distilled into some of their most concise, most direct and confidently Efterklang-style pop songs to date.
One of the most acclaimed acts of the early 21st century, Deerhoof mix vibrant melodies, noise, and an experimental spirit into utterly distinctive music. Their approach was so singular that they could explore any style or influence — from classic rock to classical music — and make it sound purely Deerhoof.
Ignorance, the critically acclaimed album by the The Weather Station, begins enigmatically; a hissing hi hat, a stuttering drum beat. A full minute passes before the entry of Tamara Lindeman’s
Gentle Sinners – the new project from Aidan Moffat (Arab Strap) and James Graham (The Twilight Sad) – released their first album These Actions Cannot Be Undone earlier this year. It’s the album’s cathartic, rousing finale ‘Landfill’ – built from rolling, toppling drums and flashes of synths and strings as atop it all layers of intersecting vocals from Graham explore addressing your mental health head on and the conflicting emotions it can bring.
Kakatsitsi are a group of traditional drummers, dancers and singers from Ghana. Their music rearranges traditional rhythms and chants from a variety of Ghanaian tribes in a ‘neo-traditional’ and accessible
Undertow Overflow is a new collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Amy Duncan and award winning director and writer Ben Harrison. Amy and Ben promise an evening of emotionally charged, surprising
It’s been nearly a year since Optimo graced Summerhall with their presence – The duo of JD Twitch and JG Wilkes return to the Dissection Room with another eclectic and
We all know the tunes – Heart of Glass, Denis Denis, Sunday Girl, etc – as the list of classic hits Debbie Harry & Blondie created in the late 70s
The Wannadies are one of Sweden’s sweetest secrets, a band that was lucky enough to look beyond the pop sensations of Abba, Ace of Base, and Roxette to establish a career inside modern rock. Hailing from Skelleftea, the Wannadies formed in the late ’80s and brought Sweden’s alternative rock scene to the forefront nearly a decade later.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS SEATED (UNALLOCATED SEATING). Approximate Timings: Doors – 19:30 Matthew Thomason – 19:45-20:15 Lubomyr Melnyk – 20:30 – 22:00 Curfew – 22:30 Lubomyr Melnyk is
The Robinson Panoramic Quartet is a pioneering group exploring the possibilities of an alternative to the conventional string quartet in which both tonal palette and range are extended. Composers have
Kosheen, one of the UK’s booming live electronic music showstoppers, broke into prominence with their debut hit ‘Hide U‘ off their debut album in 2001, the platinum selling Resist, following by crossover hits ‘Catch‘, ‘Hungry‘ and ‘All In My Head‘. Kosheen successfully placed two UK Top Ten albums, topped the UK and European music charts and won lots of awards with their unique blend of breakbeat rhythms of drum’n’bass to more traditional songcraft, a side of the band embodied by singer and songwriter Sian Evans.
SCO Ensemble Hosted by Gemma Cairney DJ Dolphin Boy Simone Seales cello Co-curated by Su-a Lee, Louise Goodwin and Gemma Cairney Step outside the confines of the concert hall and join us for
Injury Reserve is an American hip hop group formed in 2013 in Tempe, Arizona.
Following on from the release of her 2020 EP, Hailey Beavis is back with her debut album “i’ll put you where the trombone slides” set for release on OK Pal
