Former Ghosts & Parenthetical girls May 16th Freebutt

Experimental ambient electronic from the States, Former Ghosts and Parenthetical girls are coming to the Freebutt. Connected via James Stewart from Xiu Xiu’s collaborations like a vendiagram, the ambient coupling are touring the UK throughout May. The ‘girls mix of fragile, wavering vocals over an orchestration of strings, sometimes brass, to cutesy xylophone is confection for the ears.

Jim Bob Saturday 22nd Westhill Hall

The comic musical stylings of Jim Bob take to the stage at Westhill Hall. Singing being a sideline for fighting crime on the mean streets of Goffam, which Jim Bob writes down in truthfully humorous detail in his last album of the same name. Joining him is fellow comic, Isy Suttie of Dobby off Peep Show fame. Whether she’s playing herself or the musical character stylings of an old jazz singer or an American singer songwriter, this is one to have a ganders at.