The Spook School

Unpop are very excited to bring you a night of awesome indiepop from Edinburgh's very own The Spook School!

Newly signed to Fortuna Pop! and hotly anticipated to do great things, they have been variously described as "particularly cute and particularly addictive", "catchy as hell" and as being the way "you always want Belle and Sebastian to sound like, but they never do" (whatever the chuff THAT means).

In any case, if you like intelligent raucous noisy indiepop and you aren't afraid of topless moustachioed drummers propositioning you, you should come and see for yourself quite why this superb little band have stirred up such an ardent following for themselves over the past few months.

Support comes from The Occasional Flickers and Colin's Godson and all in all it should be an excellent evening. We look forward to seeing you there.

Only £4.00

Includes free entry to the Egg afterwards where Unpop will be the guest DJ's.

www.thespookschool.com
www.occasionalflickers.co.uk
www.colinsgodson.com

Unpop in Glasgow 3!

Saturday 27th of April

Blackfriars
36 Bell Street

10.30pm to 3am
£4, mixtapes, badges and cake for early arrivals!

Aye, that's right; Unpop is going West once again. We had so much fun the last time we put on a night in Blackfriars, we had to come back and do it all over again. There will be cake, there will be mixtapes, there will be so very much indiepop dancing action. There will probably be a cavalcade of cardigans and gingham mittens.

We like:

Veronica Falls - Belle & Sebastian - Orange Juice - Jens Lekman - Bearsuit - Tullycraft - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Allo Darlin' - The Fall - The Magnetic Fields - The Hidden Cameras - Neutral Milk Hotel - Hefner - Stereolab - Helen Love - Acid House Kings - The Field Mice - Felt - Bis - Standard Fare - Architecture In Helsinki - The Pastels - The Flatmates - Jonathan Richman - The Smiths - Talulah Gosh, Kenickie - Mates of State - Stereo Total - & Other twee nonsense...

Unpop also likes Glasgow.

If that sounds like your cup of tea then we very much hope to see you on the 27th April when we will be breaking from tradition and putting on a night on a Saturday instead of our usual Friday slot. Eek! That's right, we're so excited we're actually squeaking.

Wear your heart on your sleeve and shoes you can shimmy in. We reckon it's going to be good.

https://www.facebook.com/events/152285104933650

Valentines Special

Friday 15th of Febuary


The Wee Red Bar
Edinburgh Art College,
Lauriston Place
Edinburgh EH3 9DF

11pm to 3am - £4 entry

After a period of intensive festive reflection/gluttony/sloth, Unpop is back again to cajole your indie pop dancing feet onto the floor of the Wee Red Bar. As it falls on Friday the 15th of February, consider it a Valentine's Day hangover special. Soothe your singleton nature with a cathartic dance to "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side", or - if you're part of a smug couple - join your partner for a feet-staring boogie to The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and The Magnetic Fields.

(Half) joking aside, you will have an ace time. You will hear songs you know and songs you mightn't have heard before. They will all be awesome!

We play pop hits of the highest order, inspired by cultural phenomena such as Glasgow's National Pop League, Indietracks and the C86 compilation.

Expect to hear:

Belle & Sebastian, Felt, Hefner, The Clean, Orange Juice, Kenickie, Jens Lekman, 'Allo Darlin', Tullycraft, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Pavement, Talulah Gosh, Plastic Bertrand, The Aislers Set, A Smile And A Ribbon, The Gingham Mittens, The Magnetic Fields, The Pastels, 'Everywhere', Bearsuit, Los Campesinos!, Eux Autres, Standard Fare, Bis, The Smiths, ballboy, Helen Love, The Spook School, Pulp, The Bobby McGees, The Hidden Cameras and many, many more.

Come early to get a copy of our ever-popular limited edition artifact that is the Unpop mixtape, as well as free Unpop pin badges and (largely homemade) cakes!

Unpop Glasgow!

Friday 9th of November

Blackfriars
36 Bell Street

10.30 pm to 3.00am
£4

Mixtapes, badges and cake for early arrivals!

Glaswegians! Fans of indiepop! Unpop enjoyed visiting your fair city so much in July that we are coming back again for more in November! There will be cake, there will be mixtapes and there will be more indiepop tunes for dancing to than you can shake a stick at. Please come along and bring all your pals because we think it's going to be pretty awesome. Advance requests via the facebook events page. We aim to please!

C86, twee, jangle pop and generally heavenly pop hits are what we like to play alongside many other indie disco classics. Wear your heart on your sleeve and shoes you can shimmy in. The fey will rise again!

You can expect to hear the likes of:
Belle & Sebastian, Felt, Hefner, Orange Juice, Camera Obscura, Jens Lekman, Allo Darlin, Tullycraft, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Pavement, Talulah Gosh, The Aislers Set, A Smile And A Ribbon, The Magnetic Fields, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Pastels, Bearsuit, Los Campesinos!, Eux Autres, Bis, The Smiths, Ballboy, Helen Love, The Wedding Present, Stereolab, La Sera, The Bobby McGees, The Clean, The Hidden Cameras and many, many more.

http://www.facebook.com/events/538045699556036/
http://www.blackfriarsglasgow.com

Unpop with Guest DJ PAT NEVIN!

Friday 19th of October

The Wee Red Bar
 
11pm to 3am, £4
 
Badges, Mixtapes and cake for early arrivals!

After a post-August lull, Unpop is back for the autumn and for our (almost) 3 year anniversary...

Guest dj for this occasion is the venerable Pat Nevin, Scottish football legend and general indiepop connoisseur. This is the second time that Pat has dj-ed for us, and we're real excited to have him again. Expect to hear a winning mix of quality pop songs, both old and new... 

C86, twee, jangle pop and generally heavenly pop hits are what we like to play alongside many other indie disco classics. Wear your heart on your sleeve and shoes you can shimmy in. The fey will rise again!

You can expect to hear the likes of:
Belle & Sebastian, Felt, Hefner, Orange Juice, Camera Obscura, Jens Lekman, Allo Darlin, Tullycraft, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Pavement, Talulah Gosh, The Aislers Set, A Smile And A Ribbon, The Magnetic Fields, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Pastels, Bearsuit, Los Campesinos!, Eux Autres, Bis, The Smiths, Ballboy, Helen Love, The Wedding Present, Stereolab, La Sera, The Bobby McGees, The Clean, The Hidden Cameras and many, many more.

Unpop goes to London!
Guest DJs at Scared To Dance

Unpop #10, Festival Special

Though chock-full of comedians who have glossy posters everywhere (have you checked your front door yet?), the venerable Edinburgh Fringe Festival is suffering from a crippling indie pop deficit. This August's Unpop will act as a stimulus package for all pop fans, who would otherwise be wasting away in their rooms for want of listening to The Aislers Set through relatively powerful speakers.

As per the norm, Unpop brings out the heavenly pop hits, all the way from jangle pop to post-jangle pop and jangly pop...expect to hear the likes of:

-- Heavenly -- Orange Juice -- Pavement -- Jens Lekman -- Belle & Sebastian -- Standard Fare -- The Clean -- Half Man Half Biscuit -- Evans The Death -- The Smiths -- The Wedding Present -- Helen Love -- Jonathan Richman -- Kenickie -- Bearsuit -- The Breeders -- The Fall -- Pulp -- The Aislers Set -- Of Montreal -- Deerhoof -- Camera Obscura and many more...

We're pleased to announce that our guest DJs for the night are local indie pop heroes The Spook School, who will undoubtedly play a set of such brilliance that we will all be rendered deaf by sheer amazement at their curatorial skills.

Also, there'll be free badges, sweets and a limited number of C60 mixtapes on the night, so get down early to increase your haul of twee.

Unpop in Glasgow!

Unpop is very excited to be coming to Glasgow!

Friday 13th of July.
Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street
11pm to 3am
£4

Aye, that's right; Edinburgh's finest indiepop dance party is paying Glasgow a visit for the first time. Glaswegians rejoice! Or more to the point, come out for a dance and bring all your pals. We like indiepop, C86, jangly stuff and general twee nonsense. If that sounds like your cup of tea then we'd love to see you at Blackfriars on the 13th. We will provide you with cake, mixtapes, badges and tunes for dancing to. Can you think of a better way to dispel that Friday 13th gloom? I thought not.

Mixtapes, badges, cake and more for the first 50 people!

You can expect to hear the likes of:
Belle & Sebastian, Felt, Hefner, Orange Juice, Deerhoof, Camera Obscura, Jens Lekman, Allo Darlin, Tullycraft, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Pavement, Talulah Gosh, The Aislers Set, A Smile And A Ribbon, The Magnetic Fields, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Pastels, Bearsuit, Los Campesinos!, Eux Autres, Vivian Girls, Bis, The Smiths, Ballboy, Helen Love, The Wedding Present, Stereolab, La Sera, The Bobby McGees, The Clean, The Hidden Cameras and many, many more.

http://www.facebook.com/events/427312283974998/

Indiepop Dance Party # 9!

The Indietracks warm up special!

Friday 29th of June
The Wee Red Bar

11pm to 3am
£4


C86, twee, jangle pop and generally heavenly pop hits will be busted out, alongside many other melodic classics.

Wear your heart on sleeve, dress up for a dance and shimmy along with us for the night. As always, cakes, goodies and Unpop's 9th mixtape are there for early-comers, and all for the very reasonable price of £4! The fey will rise again!

Expect to hear the likes of:
Felt, Hefner, Orange Juice, Deerhoof, Camera Obscura, Jens Lekman, Allo Darlin, Tullycraft, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Pavement, Talulah Gosh, The Aislers Set, A Smile And A Ribbon, The Magnetic Fields, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Pastels, Bearsuit, Los Campesinos!, Eux Autres, Vivian Girls, Bis, The Smiths, Ballboy, Helen Love, The Wedding Present, The Bobby McGees, The Clean, The Hidden Cameras, Belle and Sebastian and many, many more.

www.facebook.com/events/162210210577602

The Just Joans, The Spook School and The Hector Collectors

Unpop is delighted to prestent The Just Joans with there Edinburgh launch of their new record "Buckfast Bottles In The Rain". The evening will also feature The Spook School and The Hector Collectors!

The Wee Red Bar
7pm to 10pm
Only £4 and includes entry to The Egg.

The Just Joans
If the Just Joans were to be personified, they would a combination of early '60s Tom Courtenay and Stephen Patrick Morrissey, drinking Buckfast on a park bench in Motherwell. Indie pop legends in their own right, having played Popfests around they world (as well as being namechecked in Allo Darlin's "If Loneliness Was Art"), The Just Joans are a fantastic live act. Unfortunately, their live appearances round these parts are rare. Fortunately, we've got them this time for an Edinburgh launch of their new record "Buckfast Bottles In The Rain". It will be awesome.

http://www.facebook.com/The-Just-Joans
http://www.weepop.net/releases.php#POP!050

The Spook School
Kieran from Unpop used to say that Edinburgh didn't have any indie pop bands apart from ballboy. What a misguided fool he is - apparently, there are several, one of whom are the excellent The Spook School. Fresh from their breakthrough appearance on the last Unpop tape (!), these poptastic kids will sweetly rock your world; if you haven't seen them live, now's your chance to redeem yourself.

http://www.facebook.com/thespookschool
http://www.thespookschool.com

The Hector Collectors
It might be almost a decade since The Hector Collectors played Edinburgh supporting Half Man Half Biscuit and they are not to be missed. Expect the finest ramshackle indie pop.

http://www.myspace.com/thehectorcollectors

Thanks to Emma for making the poster for us! You can find more of her work at http://emmaahlqvist.blogspot.co.uk 

Unpop! Indiepop Dance Party # 8!

Unpop is back!

Friday 24th February 2012
The Wee Red Bar
£4, Free mixtapes, badges and cake for early arrivals.
11pm to 3am

http://www.facebook.com/unpopdanceparty

It's been too long, folks. After having a super awesome time bringing Unpop to Indietracks in Derbyshire in July, we had to take a wee break for other somewhat less awesome commitments. However, 2012 sees the return of Unpop to our beloved home town. Since July, Team Unpop have been busy thesis-writing, putting on various gigs, pushing real ale, home-brewing, watching documentaries about pop bands and even saving people's lives (no shit!). But finally, our slumbering indie pop appetites will be sated by playing jangly tunes until the early, bleary hours of Saturday morning...

Being long enough after the 14th to not really count, let's call it a Pseudo-Valentine's hop, dedicated to both pandas (because they're around these days, adorning our posters and whatnot) and groundhogs (cos it's in February).

C86, modern twee, jangle pop and generally heavenly pop hits will be busted out, alongside many other melodic classics.

Wear your heart on sleeve, dress up for a dance and shimmy along with us for the night. As always, cakes, goodies and Unpop's 9th mixtape are there for early-comers, and all for the very reasonable price of £4! The fey will rise again!

The Just Joans, We See Lights and The Occasional flickers

Unpop presents an indiepop dance party at The Forest Cafe

Friday 22nd July 2012

Featuring
The Just Joans (/www.facebook.com/pages/The-Just-Joans/40408923713)
We See Lights (www.facebook.com/weseelights)
The Occasional Flickers (www.facebook.com/occasionalflickers)
& Unpop DJ's

Free entry
B.Y.O.B. (there is a small corkage charge)

Tapes and tapes and tapes and tapes and...

Hello all,

As you know, Unpop puts out a mixtape for each one of its nights, painstakingly "mixed" and with its tracklisting neurotically jumbled about. We've always loved this often unloved format (didn't Jack White give out about cassettes in an interview a few years back? anyhow, Meg's way cooler..), probably because of our formative music purchases being on tape and because we can still remember meticulously making mixtapes that you knew would help the morning walk to school as an angstified teenager far more bearable (this is not to mention the legendary nature of C81* and C86). We're pretty much always psyched to see new tapes being released, and I was really happy to pick up a new tape only compilation by Fierce Panda records called TAPE FEAR in the course of a brief visit to London town earlier this week. It contains some Unpop favourites like the Dum Dum Girls and Tennis and is basically a collection of new/newish American (mainly) lo fi indiepop and indierock with lots of awesome bands that I'd never heard before (Savoir Adore and Weekends to name but two). It's really poppy and fuzzy and suits the tape format down to the ground - get yrself a copy if you can (available from http://www.fiercepanda.co.uk/news.php?story=258, but it's a limited edition-er so be quick or be dead, friends!)

In tape making solidarity(é),
Unpop x

* Gotta give props to this - it has Scritti Politti AND Pere Ubu on it, ffs!

Mayday bank holiday special with Pat Nevin!

The New Year has passed by slowly, and not without its fair share of sunny days, grey days and outbreaks of random snowing or sleet. Fortunately, spring time can be trusted to be here in our temperate climate by about the end of April, which, luckily, is the time the next Unpop is on.

Unpop 7 will bring you all the things you've learned to love about the night - the free mixtapes, cakes, badges, the awesome tunes, the friendly atmosphere - and even more, in the form of special guest DJ PAT NEVIN!!

The capital letters indicate how really excited we are to have Pat spinning indie pop on the night, and this Radio 5 commentator/former footballer/general legend comes with an impressive dj-ing pedigree - he has played at pop discos to great success throughout the land for years, and his djing was considered one of the highlights of ATP's (Belle and Sebastian curated) Bowlie II weekender before Christmas.

So there. No excuse. Come along and celebrate the late-coming of Spring with your friendly neighbourhood dance party.

Expect to hear the likes of Belle and Sebastian, The Smiths, Pavement, Hefner, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Royal We, Of Montreal, The New Pornographers, The Field Mice, Jens Lekman, Betty and the Werewolves, Orange Juice, 'Allo Darlin, The Wave Pictures and other pop classics

The 6th Unpop

Mixtapes, badges, cake and more for the first 50 people!

Guest DJ, Paul Richards from Scared to Dance

...http://www.scaredtodance.co.uk/

After a snowed in winter, punctuated by the brilliance of Bowlie II in December and many seasonal whiskies, Unpop is back to ring in the new year with our customary batch of twee and general heavenly indie pop hits. Our last outing was during the inaugural Edinburgh Popfest and it's safe to say we had an awesome time dj-ing on its opening night. Now we hit the Wee Red for a February 11th pop bonanza.

Influenced by the impending arrival of Valentine's Day, we'll be spinning lots of pro/anti love songs, from the Magnetic Fields and The Smiths, to Hefner and Tallulah Gosh.

Paul from London's Scared to Dance will be a very special guest, playing his own idiosyncratic selection of indiepop, new wave and post-punk. His night and fanzine have been a beacon of light in the London scene for quite a while, and we're really excited to have him here for Unpop.

Wear your heart on sleeve, dress up for a dance and shimmy along with us for the night. Cakes, goodies and Unpop's 6th mixtape await you, all for the very reasonable price of £4!

Unpop's first birthday and popfest spectaculaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!

Mixtapes, badges, cake and more for the first 100 people!

After our autumnal dance-a-thon, Unpop is back and ready for action as part of the inaugural Edinburgh Popfest. Taking its cue from similar celebrations of indie pop worldwide, it'll be running from the 22nd to the 24th of October at venues around Auld Reekie. Edinburgh popfest boasts some of the best exponents of the genre, like Bearsuit, Darren Hayman of Hefner fame, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names and Edinburgh's own Ballboy. Unpop will be part of the Friday night event will be creating our unique indiepop dance party after sets from Ballboy and Withered Hand.

This will also be Unpop's 1st Birthday so no expense will be spared to ensure that this is a spectacular evening.

Only £4.00 and free if you have a popfest ticket.

In case you hadn't heard, Unpop plays the best of classic indie pop, from C86 luminaries like The Wedding Present and The Pooh Sticks, through some of the greats of '90s music like Belle and Sebastian and Hefner, and onto modern jangley bands like The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and Strawberry Fair.

As usual, we'll be providing a cavalcade of additional benefits to awesome dancing tunes: badges with nifty animals on them, our 5th Unpop mixtape, cakes and assorted sweets... so really, you can't help but love it!

Love,
Team Unpop
x

www.edinburghpopfest.co.uk

P.S Hit us up on the facebook event page! 

4th Unpop, Friday the 24th September!

Hello indiepop kids!

Team unpop have spent the summer on holiday from the Wee Red Bar but are very excited to announce our imminent return there planned for Friday 24th September!

Yes, we have spent the long, not-so-hot months of summer riding steam trains at Indietracks, paddling in the sea at Cramond, picnicking in the Meadows, camping 'neath the starry skies, singing Magnetic Fields songs around the campfire and generally engaging in all manner of twee summery fun. But now, as the nights draw in, the trees start to turn and town starts to fill up with wide-eyed, tiny freshers once more, our minds turn to indiepop dance parties, disco lights and making the mixtape to end all mixtapes.

The autumn has lots of indiepop fun in store, with Popfest just around the corner in October. Make sure you don't miss the start of all the fun; come and dance the night away with us at unpop. Aside from the best selection of indiepop records in town, there'll be the usual free cake, badges and mixtapes for the first fifty people through the door. So, send us your requests, put on your dancing shoes, come over and say hello. We've really missed you!

Love from,

team unpop
x 

 

Confirm at the Facebook event 

The 3rd Unpop!

 Indie Pop Dance Party!!!

Friday 21st May 2010

Wee Red Bar
Edinburgh College of Art,
74 Lauriston Place, EH3 9DF

11pm to 3am
£4.00

It will be the start of the summer, school will nearly be out, the holidays will be just around the corner and we think this unpop should be the only way to kick off your awesome summer of indiepop!

Aside from all the usual ace music, dancing and fun times that are always involved in unpop, we will also be launching a wee unpop zine to serve as your guide through the long sunny days ahead.

The first 50 people will get a copy of the zine, a summer fun time mixtape, cakes and badges. There will be lollipops for all. Hurrah!

C86, modern twee, jangle pop and generally heavenly pop hits will be busted out, alongside many other melodic classics. Wear your heart on your sleeve and shoes you can shimmy in. The fey will rise again!

Expect to hear the likes of:
Felt, Hefner, Orange Juice, Deerhoof, Camera Obscura, Jens Lekman, God Help The Girl, Tullycraft, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Pavement, Talulah Gosh, The Aislers Set, A Smile And A Ribbon, The Magnetic Fields, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Pastels, Bearsuit, Los Campesinos!, Eux Autres, Vivian Girls, Bis, The Smiths, Ballboy, Helen Love, The Wedding Present, The Bobby McGees, The Clean, The Hidden Cameras, Belle and Sebastian and many, many more.

DJ set at The School gig

Unpop will be playing a guest DJ set as part of the Indie Pop club on after this gig.