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common room with Wu-Lu
For its first instalment, common room invites Warp Records's and South London's hottest, Wu-Lu.
January Danse Macabre 2025 feat Queer History of Dance Music
GOTH / ITALO / POST-PUNK / DISCO / SYNTH
The solstice has passed and the darkest times are behind us. Shaking off the January blues is essential, so we've drafted in backup: our pals Amy & Duncan have been putting on some excellent southside parties (one with us!) as Queer History of Dance Music, so we thought it only right and proper they come to the Duck and show you what they've got.
Usual rules apply: be sound, tip the bar staff, pray that the smoke machine doesn't fail us this month.
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ENTRY
Standard: £5 advance, £7 OTD
Trade Unionist: £3 advance, £5 OTD
Unwaged: £0
Tickets on the door can be paid for by cash or card. The WiFi connection can be a bit shonky with our card reader so if you have cash, that's appreciated!
Access to the event is at the venue and cash desk’s discretion, even with a ticket. Please help keep our space safe for everyone.
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ACCESSIBILITY
The venue is a basement venue, accessed down a flight of stairs. If you wish to discuss ways to access, please contact the venue directly.
We will be using mostly low lighting and smoke machines, visibility may be limited. Audio levels should be loud enough to dance to, but low enough that you shouldn’t need to raise your voice to chat. If you need earplugs, please ask bar staff or DJs.
All toilets are gender-neutral. There are two sets, both to the right-hand side of the stage.
Danse Macabre operates a strict safe space policy and will not tolerate bigotry of any kind. Anyone who feels uncomfortable, harassed, or in danger, should immediately come to the DJ booth, and a member of venue staff or security will be called if required.
Our full policy is available via our website.
The nearest railway station is Glasgow Queen Street, and the nearest Subway stations are Cowcaddens and Buchanan Street. The area is served by a number of buses, with Buchanan Bus Station only a few minutes’ walk away.
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HEALTH
Please do not attend if you feel unwell. Please take an LFT before attending (yes we know it's 2025 but we also don't like getting sick). Black FFP2 masks available at the desk or from the DJ booth.
Expand Presents Chance 3
Our annual chance event with up and coming local artists showcasing their talent
Ryan and the Limbs
Alright - another EP is done and as per the last one we'll be doing one show in Glasgow to tirelessly promote it. It's called "Your Hopeless Marriage". It deserves better. Do come along on Feb 8th to the Flying duck and hear me, Rob McGuire, Nick Gaughan and Billy Gaughan play our stupid little fingers out. February the 8th, Flying Duck!
MAQUINA
The dynamic trio from Lisbon, comprising João (guitar), Tomás (bass), and Halison (drum + vox), made a significant impact on the Portuguese music scene with the release of their debut album on January 27, 2023. With their energetic performances that blend dance culture with heavy-hook songcraft, the band quickly gained a reputation among audiences.
Drawing inspiration from repetition/minimalism-centered styles such as Krautrock and Industrial Techno, MAQUINA. fearlessly explores the boundaries of these genres by incorporating elements of rock and electronic music into their distinctive sound. The album
"DIRTY TRACKS FOR CLUBBING" showcases a mix of pulsating beats, scuzzy bass riffs, and noisy guitars, challenging norms and pushing the limits of conventional music. They have successfully carved out a distinctive identity in the music scene.
One of the standout features of MAQUINA.'s live performances is their commitment to authenticity and musicality. Unlike many electronic acts that heavily rely on machines and programmed beats, this trio challenges convention by excluding the use of machines and
clicks during their concerts. Instead, they embrace the raw power of live instruments, providing an electrifying experience that resonates with the audience on a deeper level.
Post-Party
Scruff of the Neck presents
Post-Party
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/artis…
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Post….
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/post…
Wednesday 26 February 2025 | The Flying Duck, Glasgow
With support
18+ | £12 Adv | Doors 19:30
www.scruffoftheneck.com
www.yearsendfest.com
Delivery
‘Really cool band from Australia’ - Henry Rollins (KCRW)
Top 10 Albums of 2022 - Rolling Stone Australia
8/10 - “...each track has its own fingerprint and yet it’s fair to say there’s not a bad track on the record” - Jazz Hodge (Clash Magazine)
'All the way from Melbourne, Australia, Delivery are returning after they played my favourite gig of 2023' - Ben/Delicious Clam
'a proper ripper' - Andy Hughs (Big Hands 2023 review)
Avalanche Party
Avalanche Party create a noise that blends and twists their individual influences into shapes that defy any neat label.
Northern Unrest: Arkangel + Hellbound + Pay The Price + Bathed In Sin
This show is on the 13TH MARCH – NOT the 15th as originally stated.
Lineup:
ARKANGEL
HELLBOUND
PAY THE PRICE [FIRST SHOW IN OVER 8 YEARS?]
BATHED IN SIN
Buying this on our store guarantees your entry, that's all there is to it. We'll print a list of orders at the door. We won't send you a ticket.
If you would like a physical ticket go to our trusted associates at TICKETS SCOTLAND (t-s.co).
An additional £1.00 is added to cover the cost of the webstore & payment provider.
You CAN buy this ticket in combination with other stuff on the store no problem.
Flying Duck is an 18+ venue...
Any other questions? Enquire at northernunrest141@gmail.com where you're guaranteed to get a response (probably) within a few days.
Faux Real
It's hard to pin down Faux Real. The Franco-American art pop duo, comprised of brothers Elliott and Virgile Arndt, have been steadily broadening the scope of their project. Their high-octane DIY performances, involving matching costumes, synchronised dance routines, and crowd-splitting high-kicks, are taking on a more established and ever more unhinged form — think Iggy Pop meets Eurodance boyband. Toeing the line between undeniable pop potential and an off-kilter flair lies at the core of everything they do. The contradictions between order and chaos, between the visceral and the artificial — that’s where Faux Real truly shines. That said, no one really knows what is real and what is faux, and that’s the magic of it all.
Jeffrey Martin
“ Songs that are stark in their simplicity, yet emotionally rich in a way that can catch your breath in your throat or leave your eyes suddenly damp. ” PASTE
“ Martin’s most mesmerizing album — a masterpiece in any time zone. ” UNCUT
“ Martin has delivered one of the finest albums of recent times, which if there is any justice should elevate him to the very forefront of the current crop of confessional singer-songwriters and sit high in all the end of year top ten lists. ” AMERICANA UK
“ Martin has one of the best voices in folk music and should be a household name. ” GLIDE MAGAZINE
“ Such honesty, depth, wisdom, and insight. ” FOLK RADIO
18+ Only
common room & Pop Mutations present: Moin
common room & Pop mutations present Moin one of the finest live and studio acts of the last decade to The Flying Duck for their Glasgow debut.
Moin are a London-based three-piece featuring Tom Halstead and Joe Andrews of the electronic outfit Raime, alongside visionary percussionist Valentina Magaletti.
Their music recontextualizes a range of guitar-based genres—grunge, shoegaze, and post-rock—through an enigmatic reimagining of the traditional band dynamic. Employing both conventional and unique compositional techniques, their sound is marked by a visceral immediacy that comes to life in full force during their live performances.
Moin walk the line between the reassuringly familiar and the unsettlingly inquisitive.
Supports TBA
12th Isle w/ DJ Sundae & Annabel Fraser
12th Isle At the Flying Duck
w/
DJ Sundae (Idle Press)
Annabel Fraser (NTS / TWH / MIRE)
2 of the best around join 12th Isle for an end of year doozy at the Flying Duck.
A Parisian of immaculate taste, DJ Sundae is a proud owner of a priceless record collection cherrypicked from dusty shelves and limited presses. Releasing Chilean psych-folk, Japanese disco rock bands and Arthur Russell affiliate Nirosta Steel on the gone-to-soon Hollie Records, Sundae now operates Idle Press, reissuing Pitch’s no-wave classic with a stellar Tolouse Low Trax rework
He's joined by Annabel Fraser: a lover of music not genre's
Advance tickets available from RA
Red Museum VIII x SVBKVLT - sideproject, Hyph11E, Howell, AKUMU
We invite you back for our eighth instalment, in collaboration with Shanghai / UK based label SVBKVLT for something very exciting!
Our first guest is sideproject, an electronic music trio from Reykjavik, Iceland, who will be performing live for Red Museum. In 2022 they contributed beat programming to Björk’s“Fossora” , as well as releasing an official remix of the single “Atopos”. This year they released the LP 'sourcepond' through the acclaimed label SVBKVLT.
They have been very active in the local Reykjavik scene, organizing concerts and parties as well as releasing albums, with their 2021 release “radio vatican ep” winning the electronic album of the year at the Icelandic music awards.
Their music is characterized by heavy, fast-paced, intricate beats and textured, flowing synths. stealing from everyone and everywhere, sideproject’s music becomes a cryptic mix of electronics.
For our next guest, we welcome back Hebei-born, Brighton-bassed Tess Sun, better known as Hyph11e, who produces and DJs an intense, post-industrial hybrid of bass-heavy club styles and advanced sound design. Her releases such as 2020's Aperture fuse footwork, gqom, noise, and breakcore while exploring themes related to biology and geology.
Originally from Hebei, China, Sun grew up practicing piano for several hours a day. She eventually worked at a recording studio in Beijing, and after a friend took her to see Japanese dubstep producer Goth-Trad at Shanghai club Dada in 2014, she quit her job and moved to the city. Recording and performing as Hyph11E, her music was first heard on a 2016 compilation that launched the Shanghai-based Genome6.66Mbp label. Quickly attracting the attention of experimental club DJs and producers worldwide, Hyph11E signed to SVBKVLT, another Shanghai collective, and released her debut EP, Vanishing Cinema, in 2017, including remixes by M.E.S.H. and Tzusing. Performing frequently throughout Asia, she began making European performances in 2018, and an appearance at Uganda's Nyege Nyege Festival in 2019 coincided with the release of the EP Slip B, her collaboration with Kenyan producer Slikback. Hyph11E's debut album, Aperture, themed around the parasitic nature of holes, arrived in 2020. Its lead single, "Barnacles," featured a remix by Hyperdub founder Kode9.
Closing off the night we also have a DJ set from Howell,
SVBKVLT’s label boss and founder, and your host AKUMU will be welcoming you in from the start.
So hyped for this, it's going to be absolutely wild! Make sure, as always, play nice, have fun, & see you there xo
Digital Garden
A mighty knees up...
Roo Honeychild (Club Comfort/Dublin Digital Radio)
Pigeon Steve (Seated Records/Clyde Built Radio/Partial)
Tia Cousins (Noods/Music To Watch Seeds Grow By)
Manuol Bone (Noods/Inner Rhythm Mysticism/Rainworld)
£5 Advance / £10 on the door
THE BURGERS / START FROM SCRATCH / LOST ANGELS
On December 6th at The Flying Duck, around the two-year anniversary of The Burgers’ release of the unknown Chinese punk album Amusement Park of Beijing, they’re inviting two amazing punk bands, Start From Scratch and Lost Angels, to throw a kids’ punk party together.
Trilogy Tapes: Brassfoot | Mother | Rosa | Will Bankhead
Brassfoot
Mother
Rosa
Will Bankshead
Trilogy Tapes at The Flying Duck
Angry Birds
Half Past Now and Phlox birds flock together for a night of raging, raving and rollicking. Expect techno, bass, breaks, avant-garde, ANGRY, euphoric, weird, caw caw, chirp, shriek, you get it. Lineup: birds Genre: angry Vibes: (O )<
Core. Presents: Dear Seattle | Superbloom
DEAR SEATTLE
Having formed in 2013, Dear Seattle have carved their own path within the Australian music industry, releasing their debut EP Words Are Often Useless months after their formation. Since then, the band have dropped their self-titled sophomore EP and much loved debut album, 2019's Don't Let Go.
SUPERBLOOM
Rock hasn’t had its last gasp yet: Not with bands like Superbloom around.
Feverish and raw, and with an instantly memorable punch, Brooklyn’s latest rock phenomenon is a group of four guys making the songs that they *want* to hear. That means searing, overdriven guitars and thrashing drums; heavy, hearty riffs full of fire and flavor; and impassioned, driving vocal melodies that get stuck in your head for weeks on end.
It’s all about the music for Dave Hoon (vocals/guitars), Tim Choate (guitars), Brian DiMeglio (bass) and Matteo Dix (drums), who came together in 2018. This is much more than four friends jamming in a basement; having played in bands for their whole lives while pursuing full-time careers, they formed Superbloom out of a calling they couldn’t deny.
With no room for bluffs or half-hearted attempts, Superbloom introduced themselves with 2020’s “*Level Head*,” followed the next year by their 12-track debut album *Pollen*. The record, mixed by Joe Reinhart and Mastered by Will Yip, received critical praise from such influential outlets as *Consequence*, *Visions*, and *Atwood Magazine*, who called it “an explosion of energy that hits hard while cutting to the core of human experience.” To date, its tracks have garnered over 1.7 million global streams on Spotify alone, with “*1994*”, “*Falling Up*” and “*Daisy*” receiving additional radio airplay from BBC Radio 1, Triple J and others. *Pollen* represents Superbloom’s early era of self-discovery – an era that is already well in the rearview.
Superbloom’s new EP *Life’s a Blur* is music you can feel in your gut: A conscious progression from *Pollen*, its songs have a harder edge and an undeniable, ever-present weight. Superbloom reach greater depths of sound through dynamic, varied songs and interludes that range from ethereal to manic, all while retaining those signature hooks, dreamy tones, and infectious bouncy rhythms that made their debut so irresistible. Recorded by Brian DiMeglio at Brooklyn Recording Paradise and mixed/mastered by Zach Tuch, these new songs showcase an expansion into new sonic dimensions and dynamics as Superbloom find themselves in both roaring, heated high-octane songs like “*Pig*” and “*Head First*,” as well as the peeled-back, cinematic, and pop-leaning standout, “*Tiny Bodyguard*.”
A hard-hitting band with an unapologetic sound, Superbloom is a success story to never give up on your dreams, and they have a lot more in store as they step into a bold new era. “I’d be lying if I said we planned to throw away the playbook for the EP, but I’m glad we did, because everything cool and unfamiliar mushroomed from there — on and off stage,” Dave Hoon says. “*Pollen* is in the rearview and I’m hungry for what’s next.”
*Life’s a Blur* is out June 8.
Poster Club's Big Gothy Disco
A carefully curated night of Glasgow’s finest post-punk offerings. Featuring Poster Club along with friends Park Safely & The Slackhead Incident. Saturday 16th of November, The Flying Duck. Tickets £8/ £12 OTD
Uranium Club | Kaputt
Pop Mutations, Sentinel & Static Shock present:
Uranium Club
Kaputt
Tuesday 12th November
The Flying Duck
18+
Daddy Long Legs | support
New York City’s most diabolical rhythm and blues street gang aren’t back, they never left. In dark times, DADDY LONG LEGS continue to shine their light everywhere they go, leaving a piece of themselves on stage every night because it’s in them and it’s got to come out.
Now the sharp-dressed trio-turned-quartet make their post-pandemic return to the studio to present their latest LP: Street Sermons (Yep Roc, 2023). An album of the times, for the times, by a band of the people. Written and recorded against a backdrop of political tension, riots in the streets and a deeply uncertain future, these 12 new tracks are a testament to triumph over adversity.
In the first moments of Street Sermons, DADDY LONG LEGS beseech their troubled congregation to “Work with one another/Not against each other” as the Brooklyn band evolve into a chain gang that sounds like they’re emanating through the cracks of a hot and sticky subway station.
During the depths of the lockdown, frontman/harpman Brian Hurd experienced a terrifying dream and awoke in a cold sweat. To exorcise the terror he immediately scribbled down his memories of the dream that became the album's first single, “Nightmare,” a scream-worthy rocker about dealing with a world gone wrong: “We’re livin’ a nightmare and this world is condemned; I’ll see you if this nightmare ever ends.”
Meanwhile! “Rockin’ My Boogie” lets the listener know that when it’s our time to go, DADDY LONG LEGS will be the band leading the funeral parade. “Harmonica Razor” is a dangerous rhythm and blues instrumental which shows off Hurd’s prowess on the instrument, and “Star” proves guitarist Murat Aktürk and drummer Josh Styles can cool things down and deliver a country blues ballad of the highest order when the time calls for it.
DADDY LONG LEGS fled the madness of the city to record Street Sermons at Old Soul Studios in Catskill, NY with Oakley Munson (Black Lips/Nude Party) producing and stepping in on organ and piano. The LP also features some guest appearances from John Sebastian (Lovin’ Spoonful) and Wreckless Eric of “Whole Wide World” fame.
Over the last decade these gentlemen have burned down houses the world over with their explosive fire ceremony and have amassed a cult-like following all their own with a tough to beat reputation for being one of the finest live acts on the road today.
The boys recently returned from their first tours in Australia and New Zealand and their previous album, Lowdown Ways (Yep Roc, 2019), reached #4 on the Billboard Blues Chart. The band has received high praise from Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke, who calls DADDY LONG LEGS’ sound “Chicago blues fired at the moon played by the demented children of the Pretty Things.”
Cold Open: Elena Colombi | Cardopusher | Prest | Lewis Lowe
Elena Colombi
Cardopusher
Prest
Lewis Lowe
Powerplant | Middlemen | The Strongest Tool | Kute
Pop Mutations & Sentinel present:
Powerplant
Middlemen
The Strongest Tool
Kute
Saturday 2nd November
The Flying Duck
18+
Powerplant occurs somewhere in the shadows of synth and post-punk that produces music to be listened to only at night. Once a solitary bedroom project of Ukrainian Theo Zhykharyev, that found its footing on the Internet and grew meat around the bone, becoming a full animated live band with members of London experimental electronic and hardcore scenes.
Powerplant’s sound is ever evolving, stretching from early lo-fi garage-punk recordings, straight synth-punk ‘People in the Sun’ LP to post-punk ‘A Spine / Evidence’ EP and 2022’s unexpected hour-long dungeon synth release ‘Stump Soup’. PP is back to its electronic roots with the latest ‘Grass’ EP that is out now on Static Shock Records.
With Powerplant, any time of the day, you are guaranteed to smell the sizzle of synthesisers, hear fast precise drums - 100% live, jumpy giddy bass and a little guitar to go with unintelligible, yet mesmerising oral performance! This could be just your kind of thing!
To better days!
HALLOWEEN: CWFEN | DRUIDESS | MOUNTAINFOG
The Flying Duck presents: HALLOWEEN
CWFEN
Glasgow occult blackened doom metal, atmospheric and crushingly heavy. New single released on Halloween, don't miss the launch!
https://cwfen.bandcamp.com/album/embers-demos-3
https://www.instagram.com/cwfenband
DRUIDESS
Heavy psych from Newcastle, worshipping at the altar of the Iommic riff. First time in Glasgow!
https://druidessuk.bandcamp.com/album/hermits-mandrakes
https://www.instagram.com/druidessuk/
MOUNTAINFOG
Mysterious dungeon synth from Glasgow.
https://mountainfog.bandcamp.com/album/mountainfog
THE FLYING DUCK
THURSDAY THE 31ST OF OCTOBER
8PM START
LATE FINISH
£8 ADV
18+
Foyer Red | support
Pop Mutations presents...
FOYER RED (USA, Carpark Records)
Plus support
30th October 2024
The Flying Duck
18+
Foyer Red
https://foyerred.com
https://linktr.ee/FoyerRed
Brooklyn’s Foyer Red makes sweet yet abrasive songs that careen into delightfully unexpected places. They bounce between time signatures, boast bass lines and guitar riffs that clang and shimmer, and feature vocals that seamlessly crisscross over each other. Whenever the songs feel like they might dissolve into near-chaos, they’re reined in by earworm hooks and masterful leftfield pop songwriting. It’s organized clamor.
The band started as a trio with singer and clarinetist Elana Riordan, drummer Marco Ocampo, and singer/guitarist Mitch Myers. The three would email each other song ideas and record the ones that stuck. In 2021, they started playing music together in the same room and immediately came out with the Zigzag Wombat EP, which Pitchfork raved about, writing, “They make fuck-you crayon rock. At its best, their debut is a little bit freaky and more than a little bit funny.” Though they had been a band for only a few months, their self-recorded and charming debut proved that they had hit the ground running almost fully formed with a distinct, tongue-in-cheek, deconstructive take on indie rock.
Instead of sticking to their guns and retreading similar ground, Foyer Red reinvented itself as a five-piece, adding singer and guitarist Kristina Moore and bassist Eric Jaso. “We were working on a song called ‘Toy Wagon’ that needed a guest vocal, so we reached out to Kristina Moore, and as soon as we saw the way she approaches music, we knew we needed her in the band,” says Riordan. “Plus, Marco and Eric have held down a rhythm section together for seven years in Hypoluxo. They’re just super locked in and super tight and know each other so well.” As a quintet, Foyer Red’s songs have gotten fuller and stranger thanks to their egalitarian songwriting approach. “Everyone’s invited with their ideas,” says Riordan “We are always all encouraging each other to take the idea further, so everyone has an equal part in what we make.”
Emerging into a trepidatious live music scene, Foyer Red made the most of their time, playing all over New York and the Northeast with acts like Cola, Empath, Babehoven, Why Bonnie, Peaer, Momma, Mamalarky, and Diane Coffee; they embarked on their first tour in 2022 with New Orleans’ post-punk outfit Lawn, taking them through the midwest and into Chicago.
SPECTRES | PARK SAFELY
SPECTRES
Rad noise rock from Bristol. New album on the way, immensely cool vibes. Don't miss out.
https://wearespectres.bandcamp.com/album/am-dram
Support from Park Safely. Glasgow. Loud. Sadness. Yes.
https://goldmoldrecords.bandcamp.com/track/remember-when
Times to Be Realised #3
DEBONAIR is a force to be reckoned with - from being a standout pillar of early NTS, to strongly championing the ethereally-weird and gutter-wonky sensibilities of dance music & beyond, we’re really so spoiled to have them through on the 26th.
With definitive mixes via Blowing Up the Workshop (RIP) / FACT / Truancy / MIXMAG… there is no one way to define DEBONAIR’s sound. Strap in.
Bristol’s FKA Boursin is an acolyte of the deep-deep sound and an Accidental Meetings associate, having recently put out one of the most memorable & tonally-direct EPs of the year, ‘you just give in, giving it all to the wind’, which one of the best releases of the year so far, undoubtably. We're incredibly honoured to be hosting his Scottish debut.
Also joining us we have Glasgow’s own Ribeka (of 'So Low' fame), another local hero and an incredibly gifted selector / performer + one half of the inimitable 'Ribeka & Sofay'. Playing this time with TTBR’s young chancer, Luca, in a late-nite slot; expect all sorts of bizarro dubs & psychic chugs.
Prepare for the total soul resonance.
Duck & Cover
Bum Notes & The Flying Duck present :
DUCK AND COVER (Drag Me to Hell 3)
That's right! Our annual COVERS BAND HALLOWEEN BALL is back again!!
After a looong hiatus we return to the Duck for a 3rd helping of incredible star power!
Expect a night of unparalleled entertainment from Glasgow's most uninhibited karaoke night!
Two rooms of tricks and treats!
Hosted by International super-nobody Pink Pound!
Come down from 7pm to catch live bands featuring some of the most treasured musicians on the Glasgow scene giving thier best Stars In Their Eyes impressions! Full sets from :
Alanis Morisette
Busted
Pavement
Yarasure (Yazoo/ Erasure mash up)
And from 10 you can enjoy incredible drag performances and KARAOKE from Bum Notes!
It's getting HOT in here!
£8 advance tickets available now!
More on the door/ once they're gone!
18+
26th October!
The Flying Duck!
xo
Erosion: Tim Reaper | DJ Flight
We invite Future Retro don Tim Reaper down to The Flying Duck for a night of full on DnB & Jungle. Supported by EQ-50 co-founder and pillar of the scene DJ Flight.
Billiam & the Split Bills
Billiam has been putting out records, both self released and on labels like Goodbye Boozy, Erste Theke Tontraeger, Warttmann Inc, Under The Gun and Legless Records since 2020 jumping back and forth between endless sounds of drum machines, blown out synthesizers and screeching vocals telling tales of Sonic The Hedgehog, Cardboard Boxes and Autism Spectrum Disorder. He records and plays everything himself out of sheer boredom and terror in a mad scientist fashion in order to keep his specific brand of “autismcore” going.
His most recent LP, Animation Cel, is his most fully formed yet with an endless barrage of idea after idea moving out of step with itself trying to get to the next sound quicker than the last blown out with fuzzy warmth and harsh feedback in a soup that’s aroma can be smelt two states across with an equal amount of songs about figuring out your brain and Knuckles the Echidna.
Billiam & The Split Bills formed on New Years Eve 2022 as a ragtag group of early 20s degenerates with the only goal of making a lot of very stupid noise as fast as they can, blowing out the sound of the records to Mach 51 speeds, blasting through song after song with only breaks for strange improv and an endless barrage of brechtian alienation.
They’ve played with the likes of Snooper, The Meanies, Split System, Ghoulies, Civic, The Cavemen and Electric Chair and have gone all over Australia playing in any state that will let someone get on stage and yell about Hall And Oates. Their debut European/UK tour is brought to you by Wild Wax Shows and Budget Living and will take place from September 27th to October 31st.
H4LW4 x WSHWSH
H4LW4 & WSHWSH are teaming up to bring you a night of club focused sounds including hard drums, breaks & bass while paying homage to their SWANA MENA heritage.
The H4LW4 launch went so well, we’re so excited to be back with our friends from WSHWSH, at the Flying Duck, to join us this time round.
This time we’re going full SWANA ‘barty’ vibes with henna and homemade sweet treats from Sumag available from 11-12:30pm so get down early with the girlies.
H4LW4 and WSHWSH operates on a safer space policy and prioritises the Queer and femme folks in our communities.
Born from our collective vision as people from MENA/SWANA communities. Our aim was clear - to create an inclusive space where we could honour and celebrate the richness of our unique and beautiful cultures.
As part of the Safe Space Policy, we ask that those who attend do what they can to foster an environment where we can all feel physically and emotionally safe, respected, and valued. This space prohibits any form of discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, immigration status… etc.
This includes both overt and subtle forms of discrimination, including, microaggressions, othering, or fetishization. We have an expectation that all who join us make this a priority.
Diall / Louse / Coded Marking / Care Home / Bleaks
A night of hardcore, punk, noise, post-punk, kraut, etc at the Flying Duck.
The stars have truly aligned for this one - Diall and Louse are up from Newcastle and will be joined by Leeds' Coded Marking and Care Home for the Scottish date of their tour of the north! Local legends Bleaks will also be joining in with the festivities. Advance tickets for a tenner, £12 on the door. Invite your mates so I don't bankrupt myself, what else are you going to be doing on a Friday night?
Doors from half 6 - bands to start almost immediately, so get down early!
Jade Helliwell | Katie Rigby
Jade Helliwell announces ‘How Love Goes’ Acoustic Tour, promising an Intimate journey of stories and song, and giving her fans an up-close and personal experience!
Multi-award-winning singer-songwriter Jade Helliwell is thrilled to announce her highly anticipated "How Love Goes" Acoustic Tour, set to kick off on October 9th, 2024. The tour will showcase her forthcoming EP, providing fans with a unique opportunity to experience her music in an intimate setting.
Spanning across 8 vibrant cities, including London, Nottingham, Bristol, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, and Manchester, the tour promises to be a memorable journey through Helliwell's enchanting melodies and sincere, emotionally resonant lyrics. Fans can expect stripped-down renditions of her songs, offering a raw and authentic glimpse into her creative process.
Expressing her excitement for the tour, Jade Helliwell shared, "I’m so excited to heading out on the How Love Goes Tour. Not only do I get to play the songs from my new EP live for the first time but it’s my first fully Acoustic tour. I’ll be stripping my songs back to the bare bones of how they sounded in their infancy, indulging in lots of storytelling and celebrating the intimacy of an Acoustic show with audiences. This year I’m going to be visiting some of my favourite cities as well as visiting some Cities for the first time ever! I can’t wait to spend the night with audiences taking them on a song writing journey on How Love Goes."
Joining Jade Helliwell on the road and opening every night will be cosmic cowgirl Katie Rigby, adding an extra layer of charm and magic to each show.
In addition, there will be very limited VIP tickets available for purchase. The VIP experience includes a pre-show Meet & Greet with Jade, where she will perform some unreleased music and engage in a Q&A session, an exclusive piece of merchandise not available to the public is included, and premium seating in the front two rows. Fans are encouraged to act quickly to secure these coveted VIP packages.
This event is strictly 18+ - no refunds will be issued for tickets purchased for anyone under the age of 18
Cold Open: Bitter Babe | Tammo Hesselink | Lewis Lowe
Bitter Babe
Tammo Hesselink
Lewis Lowe
Salon Dion | support
Pop Mutations & 432 present: Saloon Dion + Special Guests
A product of lockdown, Saloon Dion have honed their songwriting to match their energetic and uncompromising live performance.
It would be difficult to suggest that these five musicians are making music for anything other than the love of it.
Their passion has taken them across the world to appearances at SXSW in Texas and New Colossus in Manhattan's Lower East Side.
Regulars alongside the likes of Big Special, Grandmas House, Courting, Opus Kink and Getdown Services, the band is ready to take their music further than it has ever taken them before.
Saloon Dion are the sum of their parts; Taryn McDonnell, Ben Molyneux, Luke Mullins, Tom Simpkins and David Sturgess.
A CUT ABOVE X GLOBAL FOLK - Chris Imler | Dayahuasca | Clyde Arcalis b2b Gouren | Becky Sparks
A Cut Above has joined forces with Brussels-based party outfit Global Folk for a unique, one-off collaboration at The Flying Duck
***CHRIS IMLER***
Chris Imler, standing drummer, dandy with offbeat and "grandseigneur of the Berlin underground" accentuated countless Berlin music affairs (The Golden Showers, Die Türen, Peaches, Soffy O, Jens Friebe, Oum Shatt, Driver&Driver and many more) and has been playing the stages of Europe as a solo artist for a decade. The kinetic magic of his wicket playing style makes him the voodoo priest of Berlin's music scene.
Chris Imler has appeared on several albums (including a sound installation at the Robert Wilson Institute in NY). Under his own name he has released 'Arbeiterjunge' (Meew), 'Nervös' (Staatsakt), 'Maschinen und Tiere' (Staatsakt), 'Country Club' (Rio), and recently 'Operation Schönheit' (Fun in the Church).
***CLYDE ARCALIS***
Sonic explorer, unique selector, master of all things dub, post punk, shoegaze, trip hop and psychedelic. Clyde Arcalis is a Paris-born, Brussels-based DJ, promoter, Kiosk/Lyl Radio resident and label boss of Disques de La Spirale, as well as 1/? of stoner doom country band OGMA.
***GOUREN***
Used to endless after-hours sets, Brussels-based DJ, Kiosk/Lyl Radio resident, promoter and 1/? of stoner doom country band OGMA Gouren brings a psychedelic and punkish vibe to the dancefloor, blending together krautrock and deviant dance burners in his very own way.
***DAYAHUASCA***
Dayahuasca is a Brussels-based DJ who specialises in heavy beats and jazz drumbreaks
***BECKY SPARKS***
Becky Sparks is a multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer based in Glasgow.
Blasphemer | Death Collector | Repulsive Vision | BrainBath | Tymvos
A night of UK old school death fucking metal!!!
Five bands that play old school death metal the way it was meant to be played.
Blasphemer - OSDM act from Yorkshire, plying their trade since 1990. They are playing their best OSDM to date recently, so join the pit and welcome these Yorkshiremen to Glasgow.
Death Collector - Supergroup of individuals from Bolt Thrower/Zealot Cult/Ashen Crown and Severe Lacerations. Enough said!!!
Repulsive Vision - Old school death metal from Cumbria coming back to The Flying Duck. Listen to their last album Necrovictology as well as new material.
BrainBath - What else there to be said about this band. Making a noise wherever they go, this will be another blistering show from these all round good guys!!
Tymvos - After releasing their stunning debut album s entitled World of Abominations. If you like Morbid Angel, you will like these guys!!!
Erosion: Pinch | Mantra
Erosion invites Tectonic boss & Dubstep pioneer Pinch down to the Flying Duck with support from Ruture's Mantra
Cold Open: Tom Boogizm | Finn | Mother
Excited to have 2 of Mcr best join us for our first Cold Open party at The Duck alongside Glasgow stalwart Mother.
Tom Boogizm
For our money Tom Boogizm's one of the finest DJS on these cursed isles. Alongside the achingly beautiful music he releases as Rat Heart and his curation of the always on point $hotta tapes label, Tom's sets are masterclasses in technical control and swaggering attitude and have left us floored more than most.
Finn
Finn's spent the best part of the last decade releasing gems that join the dots between UK and American house / garage lineages on Local Action, To Be real amongst others. His sets apply a similarly crafty balance of endorphin rush euphoria married to UK grit.
Mother
The only person we'd want rounding this out, Mark doesn't need too much blowing of smoke, one of the best around.