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Dalmatic fuse britpop swagger with punk grit and shoegaze textures, delivering songs that hit hard while still carrying emotional weight. Live, they’re fast, intense and unrestrained – every set a cathartic release. Support from Ecko.

Catch Delirium at their highly anticipated ‘Sisyphus’ single release show! With support from Roger Bacon and Slowdance, this is set to be a buzzing night where introspective Alternative Rock is fused with upbeat Indie sounds to form an exciting mix of high energy music.

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When you’re a founding member of one of the UK’s biggest bands, how do you assert your own, unique voice? In the case of James McVey, lead guitarist and songwriter for The Vamps, it’s by writing and producing some of the most personal and beautiful songs of your career, with a sound like nothing people have heard from him before.

Edinburgh duo No Windows – fast becoming one of the city’s most compelling acts – join us at The Mash House this October following their previous sellout headline and latest EP, ‘The Great Traitor’.

Multi-instrumentalist Morgan Morris and lyricist Verity Slangen’s evocative blend of classic pop and folk has earned them widespread support from national radio and press, as well as the coveted Sound of Young Scotland Award at the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Awards.

Lucid Liars have made a striking impact on the Scottish music scene, drawing inspiration from iconic bands such as Frightened Rabbit, The Black Keys, and Joy Division.

Their distinct sound, driven by powerful rhythmic grooves, is infused with elements of shoegaze and even rockabilly, setting them apart as a uniquely dynamic act.

Renowned for their captivating live shows, Lucid Liars have performed across Scotland, including a standout appearance on the Seedlings Stage at Belladrum Festival.

The band has also headlined iconic grassroots venues such as Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh, Broadcast in Glasgow, and Upstairs in Inverness, solidifying their reputation as an electrifying live presence.

With an impressive back catalogue of releases, Lucid Liars have gained attention and acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, building a loyal and growing fanbase

SHEARS is the musical guise of Scottish producer and artist Rebecca Shearing known for her big dance-pop earworms as well as her work as part of the acclaimed Scottish collective Hen Hoose.

SHEARS is known for merging candid, personal lyrics – drawing heavily from her experiences as a woman, both in the music industry and wider society – with a glistening mainstream pop sensibility that draws on club sounds to create highly infectious, high-energy tunes.

Come and celebrate the launch of SHEARS’ debut album with her!

Leeds gothic vanguard presents ‘Songs From The Blood’, a dramatic retelling of the Dracula legend.

Since their 2022 debut, Balancing Act have sat safely atop ‘Ones to Watch’ lists, being
tipped by Radio 1, Jack Saunders, 6 Music, Clash, Dork Magazine, and DIY Magazine. Their
previous EP, Tightropes And Limericks, showed the band coming into their own: their
songwriting had matured, their identity sharpened, and their lyricism became more personal
than ever. With their live show being likened to “mentos in a Coke bottle”, the band’s live
reputation has been built through a series of high-energy, sold-out headline shows across
London, Manchester, Paris, and Amsterdam. The band this year launch their most ambitious
chapter yet, their debut album Who’ve You Come As?, released in two parts, with the first
arriving on October 3rd.

The Lost Conformists are an Edinburgh-based band blending raw rock ‘n’ roll energy with the grit of grunge and some of the darkened atmosphere of gothic alt-rock.

Featuring seasoned musicians from the local scene—led by vocalist and frontman Jon Bissett—the band delivers a dynamic and moody live experience. With performances at some of Edinburgh’s legendary venues such as Bannerman’s & Whistle Binkies already under their belt, The Lost Conformists are building momentum.

Currently working toward their debut EP, they aim to bring their sound to stages across Scotland and the UK in the months ahead.

Merging a dynamic sound of intricate guitars, disquieting monologues and a rhythm section both technical and unruly, London’s Legss create a wholly unique sound: “there is a case to be made that Legss are one of the most underrated acts to grace the British musical landscape today” (So Young).

After meeting and forming in London, Legss released their experimental, darkly satirical debut EP Writhing Comedy in 2019, which received airplay on BBC 6 Music, “its stabbing, urgent musicality setting the group apart from their peers” (Robin Murray, Clash).

Just a year later the band’s much-anticipated, genre-bending sophomore EP Doomswayers was released in the shadow of the pandemic, championed by BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders and BBC 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq, “ambitious and accomplished, an imaginative shot in the arm in a year when bluff doggerel passes for poetry and insight.” (Echoes and Dust).

Following the release of their single Hollywood, Legss signed to The state51 Conspiracy and released their third EP Fester in 2023, recorded at The Church, which saw acclaim from the likes of the Sunday Times, Quietus, Independent, NPR, Line of Best Fit, So Young Magazine, DORK, L&Q, and DIY.

It’s been one hell of a wild ride for Wine Lips. Originally formed in Toronto back in 2015 as a part-time project between Cam Hilborn (vox, songwriter, guitar) and drummer extraordinaire Aurora Evans, Wine Lips quickly escalated into a full-blown, full-time, full-on international phenomenon.

In 2020 the band used their mandatory downtime to fully dedicate themselves to crafting their groundbreaking third full-length “Mushroom Death Sex Bummer Party”. The record was released in October 2021 and then sh*t really hit the fan. The international music press lost their collective minds, penning over 250 glowing reviews. The album blasted past 20 Million spins on Spotify. The vinyl release of MDSBP is currently in its 7th pressing with 9 different colour variants. The lead track “Eyes” has been licensed to a metric ton of films, series and video games. Even more endless touring ensued, except this time the venues were huge and mostly sold-out.

Which brings us to the new record… “Super Mega Ultra” is an absolute beast. Recorded by Simon Larochette at The Sugar Shack in Ontario, the album is jam-packed with 12 ramped-up supersonic ear-scorching auditory delicacies. SMU is probably Wine Lips’ most ambitious undertaking to date, exploring new thematic territory while firmly maintaining their signature psych garage punk rock panache. Y. The wild ride continues!

“Now that’s what I call music!.” – Iggy Pop BBC Radio

“It’s pure adrenaline” – Exclaim!

This radical East London duo are known for their intense live shows exploring the raw holler of folk, synths, spoken word and intricate rustic dobro guitar. Full-force reworkings of centuries-old work-songs speak to contemporary issues of class, using multi-layered sonic palettes to deeply reflect hidden histories, told with a razor-sharp authenticity. Stick In The Wheel have created their own London vernacular, a contemporary roots music that celebrates the collective stories and traditions of the city – conjuring the past to point toward the future.

“Echoing early Billy Bragg with his dogged optimism” – Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
“A rising Scottish folk star“ – Jim Gellatly, Amazing Radio
“A wonderful songwriter” – Charlie Ashcroft, Amazing Radio USA
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Jess Silk is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from the Black Country. Her shouty but melodic brand of folk/punk music often has her being likened to a female Frank Turner or Billy Bragg, and it gets people sitting up and listening. Over the past couple of years Jess has appeared at a number of festivals including Glastonbury where she shared a stage with Billy Bragg as part of his Radical Roundup on the Left Field stage.
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David Sinclair Four (DS4) bring their sharp, soulful brand of literate blues-rock to one of Edinburgh’s most intimate and electric venues. With a powerful new single just released and more in the pipeline, the band are on a creative roll — following the acclaim of their 2022 album Apropos Blues, ranked among the Top 10 Blues Albums of the Year by Blues Matters magazine.

Recent collaborations hint at special guests on the night: Glaswegian rapper Johnny Cypher, whose spoken-word tour-de-force lit up Apropos Blues, and Edinburgh singer Lorna Reid, who duetted with Sinclair on Coming Out of the Rain, a standout from the group’s 2015 Yellow album.

Special guests to be confirmed — and as Sinclair has worked with many stellar rock’n’roll performers in his journalistic life, who knows who might turn up?

“A show with imagination, flair and the chops to match — energetic, literate, and sharply in the moment.”
— GetReadyToRock

DIY hero, fallen Romeo, karaoke weirdo — the Mexico-based French balladeer is everything (and nothing) you might expect from an art-rock divorcé chasing dreams at your local dive bar.

With lo-fi synthy soundscapes, lyrical melodies, poetic songwriting, and cathartic one-of-a-kind performances, Ryder The Eagle tells his history with love more than his love stories – coating romantic despair with a chiseled wit that’ll transport you straight into a Kaurismäki movie soundtracked by a caffeine-driven Leonard Cohen.

EADES are back! New album in September, and live tour in October. Previous shows sold out with good reason, get on this.

Hot one! girl/boy centred vocals and eccentric fuzzed guitars lying on a bed of break beats and thunderous bass. Yum.

An eerie, beautifully crafted vision of a future that never was – instrumental folktronica filtered through period inspirations such as Pentangle, Mike Oldfield and early Tangerine Dream.

Presented by Off Axis Gigs

Aurora Engine is a harpist, pianist and electronic songwriter whose haunting voice cuts through dark, cinematic folktronica. She crafts a unique sound world from piano interiors, field recordings and layered vocal harmonies.

For this show she performs with a band, fusing her own deft playing with strings, guitar, synths and rich harmonies. Her songs are often feminist, darkly comic, with stories of drunken brawls, miniaturists, imaginary friends to the disturbing exploitation of Marilyn Monroe by Hugh Hefner. Epic instrumental breaks reveal her classical and jazz roots.

www.auroraengine.com

Previously known as Jo Jo And The Real People, the Real People were formed in 1989 by two brothers, Tony Griffiths (b. 7 April 1966, Liverpool, Merseyside, England; bass, vocals) and Chris Griffiths (b. 30 March 1968, Liverpool, Merseyside, England; guitar, vocals), and Sean Simpson (b. 9 October 1968, Liverpool, Merseyside, England; guitar) and Tony Elson (b. 2 January 1966, Liverpool, Merseyside, England; drums). The quartet started playing local pub gigs in the Bootle area of Merseyside and soon found themselves embroiled in a scene that included Rain, Top and the La’s. Unfortunately, the Real People’s natural instinct for muscular tunes and powerful melodies was undermined by the demands of the music industry. Although the quartet signed to CBS Records (soon to be Sony), at the end of 1989, and had enormous fun spending their advance on a trip to India, it was to be a whole year before any records were released. ‘Windowpane’ reached only number 60 in the UK and when the album charted for only one week (at number 59) the Real People complained about Sony’s lack of promotion. They returned to Liverpool and the unemployment register. In 1995, they formed their own record label, Egg Records, and, without Sean Simpson, recorded The Real People EP, which reached number 13 in the UK’s independent charts. Earlier, Chris Griffiths had met Liam Gallagher of the yet-to-be-discovered Oasis and invited the group to use the Real People’s eight-track studio to record their first demos. As a result, Chris co-wrote the song ‘Columbia’ with Liam, long before his band’s breakthrough. The connection helped rekindle interest in the Real People, who continued into 1995 with the release of ‘Bring You Down’ and in 1996 with What’s On The Outside.

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The Utopia Strong – featuring snooker legend Steve Davis, experimental musician Kavus Torabi and Mike York — perform their kosmische electronic soundscapes here for the first time this October.

“An exciting new entry in the book of UK psychedelia” – Louder Than War

Back after a class previous sellout show, ones to watch big time.

Eastside is the exciting new Scottish hip hop collaboration of creative powerhouses Chef, Madani, and Princyboii. Come down to Sneaky Pete’s on the 24th of October to catch their live debut!

Who We Are is Tommy Jules on vocals and Simon Bass on piano.

Tommy was the live singer for Rudimental for five years. Simon is a four-time Cannes Lion-winning film composer. They wanted to find a bridge between their different musical worlds and write songs about their real lives; about their relationships and about their children. The core of Who we Are is beautiful song writing, telling the truth about how we feel and what connects us. Music for healing.

Korbenski’s deeply expressive take on lo-fi art-pop indie invokes this optimism in an unexpectedly emotional way. Throughout the record, catchy-as-hell hooks and canny lyrical wordplay sing straight to the soul. Moments of boxy, torn-cone distortion and octave-dropped vocals coalesce with the sweetest synth and vocal interplay. The record crosses references points as broadly spread as Kurt Vile, Helado Negro, Black Sabbath, The xx, Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie Sioux, Jagwar Ma and Calvin Johnson while retaining a crucially singular energy: Milo’s underlying unreality is more haunted than the indie-leaning acts mentioned here, and the blown-out cassette grit lends an intimacy beyond the prettified sheen of his pop influences.

Alien Chicks are a dynamic post-punk trio from South London known for their electrifying blend of rap, jazz and punk. The band has quickly become a fixture in the area’s storied local music scene, creating a raw and innovative sound that captures the spirit of London’s underground music culture.

The Wytches are one of the UK’s most thrilling underground rock bands, known for their feral energy, woozy surf riffs, and shadowy psychedelia. Formed in 2011, the Brighton-based group led by Kristian Bell blend garage rock chaos with doom-laced grunge and gothic flair—imagine a séance hosted by Nirvana, Black Sabbath and The Cramps.

Their breakthrough debut Annabel Dream Reader (2014) made a stormy entrance with lo-fi fuzz and venomous hooks, while follow-ups All Your Happy Life and Three Mile Ditch pushed their sound into darker, moodier corners. Their latest album Our Guest Can’t Be Named (2023) is their most expansive and ambitious work yet—rich with sludgy textures, reverb-soaked riffs and eerie lyricism.

Praised for their visceral, sweat-drenched live shows, The Wytches have toured with METZ, The Cribs and Pixies, cultivating a cult following with every snarling, spiralling performance. This is not a band you watch from the bar.

Reelin’ in the Dan are an ensemble celebrating the music of Steely Dan, performing songs from the catalogue between 1972-1980.

Born from a shared passion for, and upbringing on, Walter Becker and Donald Fagan’s songwriting prowess, the young band is dedicated to recreating the Steely Dan sound as faithfully as possible. Expect the big hits as well as some lesser-known album tracks, including songs from Can’t Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy, Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied, The Royal Scam, Aja and Gaucho. 

Georgie Weston – vocals/ keyboards

Sarah Sands – vocals/ saxophone

Owen Bryce – trumpet

Jack O’Hanlon – vocals/ guitar

Rob Holland – vocals/ bass

Will Brown – drums.

Matt Wilde is a Manchester-based artist, producer and pianist whose music lives at the intersection of electronic beat making and jazz improvisation.

Shaped as much by J Dilla, MF DOOM and early UK garage as by jazz harmony and crate-digging discoveries like Bill Evans, Wilde’s sound embraces the rawness of live improvisation while remaining beat-forward and heavily textured – built around drum machines, his vintage Rhodes piano, looped melodic fragments and a fearless sense of rhythm.

He joins us this November following standout performances at major UK jazz festivals and at institutions like Camden’s Jazz Cafe.

Born of Berlin’s fertile DIY pop scene, Albertine Sarges’ latest record ‘Girl Missing’ (Moshi Moshi) blends indie rock, blues, art pop and 1970s influences with Albertine’s agile vocals to explore sisterhood, resilience, loss and renewal.

Sterling Press are a four-piece rock band from West London, merging gritty rock riffs with the infectious thud of dance-punk. The band – childhood neighbours & long time best friends Marlon, Ed, Greg, and Lucien – spent their formative years playing every dive London had to offer, bonding over shared obsessions with The Beatles & Blur. After living in Liverpool for a couple of years the boys became DJ’s at the iconic Jacaranda Club, hosting weekly indie disco parties and using the money they earned to buy synthesizers, providing the songwriting foundations for their new sound.

On his sophomore album Blurring Time (2025), Toronto-born, Montreal-based Bells Larsen collapses time into a series of patient ceremonies. Guided by the satisfaction of simply “being” as a political act, the record explores the ways we write the ever-arriving self into existence. Oscillating between lo-fi ‘90s indie and searing folk ballads, Larsen’s project features the haunting accompaniment of voices frozen in time. Aligning with his transition timelines, he recorded his “high” voice and instrumentation in 2022, waited for his voice to drop after starting testosterone, and then asked longtime friend and frequent collaborator Georgia Harmer to arrange harmonies for his new “low” voice in 2023, creating a multilingual act that surrenders to change. Unlike past projects where vocals were set in the backdrop, Blurring Time unites both voices at the forefront, delivering an unyielding devotional.

Leron Thomas aka Pan Amsterdam is a musical enigma who’s found fame working with Iggy Pop, Lauryn Hill and British indie royalty Metronomy, now making shapeshifting, adventurous hip-hop out of the music’s spiritual home, New York.

He returns this November following the release of his latest album ‘Confines’ on Heavenly Recordings.

Delivering a swooning 21st century update of dream pop, industrial electronica and post-rock that builds on the legacy of their Northern England roots, White Flowers is Joey Cobb and Katie Drew. Having left the North to attend art school in London, the pair returned to Preston following their graduation and have since found themselves an artistic base in an old Victorian textile mill.

Between here and a greenhouse in the middle of the Northern countryside, the pair have been working away in isolation preparing for their highly anticipated sophomore LP, as well as continuing to delve into their other artistic endeavours such as design and ceramics. Having recently invited Ali Chant and Matthew Peel into the studio, the band have been pushing themselves outside of their previous shoegaze sphere to work on creating a record that spans a multitude of textures and genres.

Selective about the shows in which they take, the band are looking to grow on what has been a whirlwind 12 months or so. Having been personally invited by Beach House on the entirety of their European and UK tour, hit the road with Just Mustard, sold out multiple physical runs of both their debut LP and EP and gained great support from the likes of Radio 6, MOJO, CLASH and many more, the Preston based duo have built a cult like following for their intricately crafted sound and aesthetic.

And the band has only grown on this since. Whilst this year they’ve been away in the studio, they have put on a string of very select but all sold out headline dates across the UK which has led to the pair continuing to craft a name for themselves in the live scene.

14+ this show is for all persons 14 years and over people UNDER 18 MUST be accompanied by a responsible adult, standing only. Doors 7pm curfew 10pm. IF you have access needs or the price of a ticket is a barrier please contact us. Venue is on the ground floor.

Eyes of Home are a promising indie rock band who specialise in creating emotional, upbeat hits for fans of Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Kings of Leon and The Strokes. Consisting of identical twins Shaun and Arron Leishman, with Jack Brady, Tomas Potter and Gregor Smith completing the lineup. Airplay courtesy of BBC Introducing, Amazing Radio and secured the Artist of the Week feature

Decius bring techno sleaze swollen with punk energy. With fans including Iggy Pop, Depeche Mode, DJ Harvey and Honey Dijon, the supergroup (of sorts) joins us after standout shows at Berghain, Glastonbury, Les Nuites Sonores and more.

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Norwegian duo Smerz operate at the intersection of genres, drawing inspiration from compositional techniques in classical music, the experimentation of computer music, and the immediacy of pop music. Their collages capture moments of everyday life and dreams, telling stories of apathy, loneliness, internal monologue, love, and friendship.

Their sophomore album, ‘Big city life’ (Escho) is a Joycean night trip fizzing with slinky postmodern pop and potent reflections of cosmopolitan womanhood, thriving on contradictions, balancing camp spectacle and coarse truths.

Josef Akin is a composer, producer and musician living in London. Primarily a pianist, Joe grew up with all kinds of music surrounding him and so his influences are endless, and since 14 he has never been far from an instrument, or a laptop to make beats on.

Whilst his earlier releases explored more of a spiritual jazz world, increasingly Joe is leaning into the piano and his own voice to create, and, though keeping the jazz influences, is beginning to delve into the worlds of R&B, soul, and rock, but always trying to stay true to his own, ever-evolving sound.

Herefordshire-based indie band Pentire are making waves as a fully independent act, building a strong fanbase through pure hard work. After selling out their 11-date 2024 UK tour, they announced a February 2025 run of shows in larger venues, including Manchester’s Deaf Institute, Glasgow’s King Tuts, and Hackney’s Oslo. Alongside this, they released a new single, ‘Love On TV’, following their EP release ‘Now In A Minute’. Led by frontman Jack Morgan, the band draws inspiration from acts like The Killers and Stereophonics. They’ve earned support from tastemakers such as BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders and have gained exposure through Channel 4’s Made in Chelsea. Over Spring/Summer ‘24, they performed at Beavertown Gamma Ray Presents in Manchester, Live At Leeds ‘In The City’, Dot2Dot Nottingham and Y Not? Festival. Pentire’s 2025 tour saw sell outs across Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle and London, marking them as one of the hottest, new and up-and-coming indie bands.

tickets on sale Friday 27 June at 10am

Benefits merge noise, house, hip hop, industrial rock, electronica, and an angry social media feed to get their point across. 

A resolutely DIY outfit, they have managed to gain fans as diverse as Sleaford Mods, Steve Albini, Black Francis, Garbage, Jehnny Beth and Elijah Wood, as well as getting significant features in the NME, Rolling Stone, the Guardian, and the Quietus. 

In 2023, they released their debut album “NAILS” on Invada Records, which garnered significant critical acclaim as well as numerous Album of the Year nods, most significantly from Louder Than War magazine and BBC6music. 

An inspiring, loud and formidable live outfit, they kept the momentum going with their follow-up album, “Constant Noise,” which topped the list of best-reviewed albums in the world when released in March 2025.

World News are a London-based quartet creating jangly, atmospheric and dreamy guitar-driven music. Last year, they released 2 standout EP’s, all brimful of their trademark addictive guitar lines, seductive melodies and ever-guessing moods. Recently nominated in Stereogum’s 40 Best New Artists of 2024, and featured in SPIN’s and The FADER’s artists to watch in 2025, this year they’ve set their sights on their debut album.

14+ this show is for audiences 14 years and over, standing only. Doors 7pm curfew 10pm. IF you have access needs or the price of a ticket is a barrier contact us.

Dear Heather are well-known for their fun, electric live gigs, for fans of The Beastie Boys, The Pixies and Beach Boys. They’ve enjoyed airplay on Amazing Radio, Radio Wigwam and toured the UK, including performing at Glasgow’s iconic King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, and a sold out show in Edinburgh’s Sneaky Pete’s. They headline Sneaky Pete’s in EDINBURGH on Saturday 22 November 2025

Copenhagen act Snuggle evoke melancholic beauty with shimmering indie-pop and foreboding lyrics; ?”love songs for an apocalypse”.

Stockholm’s Horse Vision winkingly reframe contemporary indie sounds and beloved pop samples in a goofy yet undeniably beautiful way.

Psychedelic indie-rockers The Dream Machine blend smooth vocal harmonies with tantalisingly hypnotic Americana grooves, influenced by iconic psych-rock songwriters such as Patti Smith and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

“The Dream Machine are one of my favourite bands. They bridge the gap between pop stars and psych punks effortlessly. Small Time Monsters is an incredible album.” James Skelly, The Coral

Forged by Amsterdam’s underground scene, Marathon combine the sharp edges of post-punk, shoegaze haze and indie introspection to explore the complexities of modern existence with gripping live performances.

An Alternative Rock band from Glasgow

Sneaky Pete’s & Hip Hop Scotland Present – Airospace

Born and raised through the traumas of the trenches in Southeast DC, Airospace has made beauty of their harsh reality with the medicine of honest expression. A revolutionary artist, musician and photographer, Airospace creates multidimensional raps for the people still living in the BPM of sensitivity. If their thought provoking lyrics and elevated, layered beats weren’t enough to bring catharsis – their vocal range is sure to invite the most hesitant and unlikely listener. Known for the critically acclaimed Sorry to Bother You, AZALEA, and their Senjougahara Hitagi, Vol.III series.

Marconi Union continue to side step traditional genres forging their own path. In their music can be found hints of Dub, Jazz, Ambience, Minimal Techno and Electronica which are blended together with melodies to give a unique atmospheric vibe.

They frequently draw comparisons to artists such as Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, Biosphere, Tangerine Dream and Boards of Canada, while at the same time moulding these influences into their own distinct sound. Tracks from their new studio album The Fear of Never Landing have been described vicariously as Electronic Head Music or a new Electronic Shoegaze.
 
Marconi Union have worked with many artists including Jah Wobble, Max Richter, Biosphere, Steve Jansen (Japan) and Marina Ambramovich Institute. The group have previously played at a variety of festivals and events, notably Big Chill festival and Punkt! Festival in Norway, the latter at the invitation of Brian Eno where they we asked to play live re-mixes of the previous performer’s works.

Praised by Noel Gallagher for their “great guitar sound,” CUSP have built a loyal following, sharing stages nationwide with DMA’s, Red Rum Club, The Snuts and Corella, while making committed fans of their own at headline shows.

A band with a single-minded vision to make guitar music that feels familiar and sounds brand-new, CUSP are shaping a bold, anthemic sound with real depth beneath the surface.

RESTRICTED CODE

The Codes will be launching their debut album, ‘Chasing Shadows,’ available here released November 1st on the Last Night From Glasgow label. Restricted Code enjoyed fantastic critical success and something of a ‘cult’ following in the early 1980s. Signed to Bob Last’s Pop:aural label alongside label-mates The Fire Engines, Boots for Dancing, and The Flowers, Sounds music paper claimed they delivered the ‘best gig of 1981.’ They also received rave reviews and features in magazines including NME, The Face, and Melody Maker.

The band split up late in 1981, perhaps due to the pressures of not achieving breakthrough success despite such critical acclaim, but reformed with all original members. After releasing new music digitally in 2020 and 2023, the band is back with a brand new album to be released in November 2025.

Visit restrictedcode.com to hear music from the band, including John Peel sessions and previously released music. At Sneaky Pete’s, they will play the entirety of Chasing Shadows, plus highlights from their back catalogue.

BIG LANES

Big Lanes is a Scottish post-punk/psych rock band from Edinburgh. They formed during the pandemic in 2021 and are influenced by bands like Yo La Tengo, Galaxie 500, and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

WOOM is comprised of Alice Barlow, Gray Rimmer, Lara Laeverenz, and Isobel Risk. A low hum, a harmony and ripple, a mirror of reverberating melismatic vocals carrying listeners to the heart of a sound.

South London four-piece choir WOOM have just released their latest single ‘Circe’ to critical acclaim from the likes of The Guardian, Crack Magazine and The Line of Best fit and 6 Music and Radio 3 amongst others. This spellbinding introduction to their forthcoming project follows the acclaimed 2021 debut EP ‘Into The Rest’, which saw them reimagine a diverse selection of tracks from luminary artists into bewitching new forms.

The notoriety of WOOM’s performances have already garnered an impressive live legacy, with the band recently joining Clarissa Connelly on stage at the ICA alongside Caroline Polachek and supporting King Krule, The Big Moon and Grouper. The band have also performed at many prestigious festivals, including Glastonbury, Mirrors and Boiler Room Festival, including two consecutive sold-out headline shows at the Southbank Centre.

“WOOM weave music of spare plaintive beauty, from the most minimal of elements: four voices, and one (tastefully deployed) guitar” – Loud & Quiet

“There are shades of Cat Power at her most downbeat here, but it’s all about the harmonies with this indie-folk quartet: dreamy but with an edge of threat.” – The Guardian

Punkrock’s daughter has a son with a robot.
The hellish cyborg offspring is exiled.
Sick riffs and spite are his only solace.
This is our ancestors story.

Long Island, NY singer-songwriter Laura Stevenson brings her slow-mo folk rock and alt-country here this December following the release of her stunning sixth album ‘Late Great’.

In the four years since her self-titled album was released, Laura’s entire life has been upended by pandemic-era motherhood, a painful split, and navigating new loves.

Her new album is about letting go, taking charge, and learning to rebuild from the deepest layers of your being: “It’s a document of loss for sure, but it also kind of draws the map of this exciting precipice that I’m standing on. I am making my own life now. With the record, with everything, this is the first time I get to call all the shots.”

Megan Black is an award-winning artist from Scotland creating music that combines the nostalgia of ’60’S/’70’s rock with the modern sound of queer, feminist pop. Megan has recently won ‘EP of the Year’, had her single ‘Funk for introverts’ named one of the top 20 singles released in Scotland 2024, and has been one of only 6 UK based acts invited to perform at Tallin music week – supported by the PRS international development fund to do a mini tour of Europe beginning in March 2025 which allowed her to showcase her new album (releasing in 2025).

We are very sorry to announce that our Edinburgh and Newcastle shows will have to be postponed until later in the year. We were hoping for Ollie to make a full recovery from surgery by this weekend but he is back in hospital with complications. He should be home in a day or two, but we need to clear the decks for him to recover fully before he can be signed off for playing shows. Thanks in advance for your understanding. Xx

Miki Berenyi began her career as a recording artist in 1989, as co-founder of the band Lush, releasing a series of EPs (Scar, Mad Love and Black Spring compiled as Gala) and LPs (Spooky, Split and Lovelife) on the iconic 4AD label. The band toured extensively, many times in the US — with Ride, Babes in Toyland, Jane’s Addiction, Flaming Lips, Weezer and, most notably, as openers on the 1992 Lollapalooza tour.

split in 1996, and Miki retired from music, but a 2015-16 reunion tour, which included a Coachella date and release of an EP Blond Spot, revived her enthusiasm and she formed Piroshka, who released two albums on Bella Union: Brickbat (2019) and Love Drips and Gathers (2021).

When the global pandemic made touring impossible, Miki spent the lockdown months writing her memoir, Fingers Crossed, released in 2022 to widespread acclaim. To provide some musical accompaniment for the string of book events and signings, Miki Berenyi Trio was formed, with her partner Kevin ‘Moose’ McKillop on guitar and Oliver Cherer on bass (both had played in Piroshka).

The band has developed a momentum of its own and they are now writing new songs, inserted into the set of and Piroshka tracks as they continue to fulfil live bookings, with a plan to record and release an album in 2025.

Alex Spencer is an 18-year-old artist known for his sharp songwriting, magnetic energy, and vibrant stage presence. After an apprenticeship busking in his native Manchester, he’s since gained support from BBC Radio 1, BBC Introducing, Radio X, CLASH Magazine, and featured globally on the EA SPORTS FC25 soundtrack with his single Nightmares.

His latest and third, independent EP – ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ explores the urgency of youth, blending personal and cultural influences from many travel adventures and the occasional lyrical use of Spanish as a nod to his second language to also explore wider themes. The release has earned praise from tastemakers including John Kennedy at Radio X, and Jodie Bryant and Mollie King at Radio 1.

On stage with his band, Alex brings to life his own powerful and charismatic brand of indie-pop. He has been billed on major festivals like TRNSMT and Sound City throughout the year, and has supported artists such as The Black Keys, Miles Kane, Jamie Webster, The K’s and Seb Lowe. In 2025, Alex sold out his debut headline show at Manchester’s 500 cap Gorilla, further building his hometown audience.
From the streets to the stage, Alex Spencer is fast becoming one of the UK’s most exciting new artists.