Ungagged Bands

The Agitator

Are you agitated? You should be… This rabble-rousing act feature 24yr-old Derek Meins on vocals, accompanied by both Robert Dylan Thomas and ‘T-Train’ on thunderous double-drums. Derek’s force-of-nature voice and rallying-call songs are unashamedly political but aim to inspire and energise rather than dictate some dubious ideology. The Agitator’s music is stripped-down, loud and in […]

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Pilgrims

  A sound born in a storm. This is what happened when a bird fell from the sky and foxes followed us home. This is supernatural, homespun honesty. This is soup, at 4am. This is a map of the stars that trace our fate. This is paprika tea. This is animal instinct. This is our […]

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Chess Smith

Chess Smith, a singer-songwriter based in Kent, began her career working with local bands in London and the southeast. Her talent, strong work ethic and infectious personality soon brought her to the attention of international songwriter and producer Ben Copland. Ben mentored Chess, shaping her as the voice of electronica outfit ‘Mooli’ and wrote, produced […]

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Husky Tones

Husky Tones’ punk blues style favours the common rawness, simplicity and emotion shared between the punk and blues genres. Live it is delivered by the unique set up of a female drummer singer Victoria Bourne and guitarist Chris Harper. Their approach to music styles mirrors what they love as audience members: inventive, individual and fully […]

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The Kara Sea

  The Kara Sea was a one-woman band; the woman in question is Glaswegian/Mancunian hybrid multi-instrumentalist and “flâneuse” (according to an early review) Sarah Bradley, who guides violins, guitars, omnichords and assorted found-sounds into songs that have been described as “Cocteau Twins-esque electronica”. After spending her formative years working as co-founder of Valentine Records, DJing, […]

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Frank Waln

Photo by Tomas Karmelo Amaya Frank Waln is an award winning Sicangu Lakota Hip Hop artist, producer, and performer from the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. A recipient of the Gates Millennium Scholarship, Waln attended Columbia College Chicago where he received a BA in Audio Arts and Acoustics. Waln’s awards include three Native American Music […]

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Sporting Hero

Sporting Hero  relocated from Belfast to Manchester where he released his own EP, Calendar on  Switchflicker Records. He later moved up to Scotland and collaborated with Roy Møller  on tracks from his debut album, ‘Speak When I’m Spoken To’. He is a guitarist and pianist with The Parsonage choir, band leader in The Gracious Losers […]

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Gerry Mulvenna

An acoustic session host with an extensive repertoire of eclectic songs, Gerry loves to belt out a song & keep his repertoire fresh. You can follow him on Facebook, check him out on Reverbnation, or catch him on the first Saturday of every month at the Captain’s Bar, Edinburgh from 3.30 til 7pm.