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.”

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!

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.

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

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.

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 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

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 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!!!

GENDO IKARI

Glasgow Noisy Grindcore

https://gendoikari.bandcamp.com/album/rokubungi

Last show from GENDO IKARI for a while.

Tlön

Edinburgh Death / Black Skronk

https://tlonband.bandcamp.com/album/through-nebulous-scars

First AND last show from Tlön for a while.

+ More

The Flying Duck

Glasgow

28th September 2024

1900 - 2200

Advance tickets: https://gendoikari.bigcartel.com/product/gerald-fest-ticket-gendo-ikari-tlon-more

£10 OTD

ASCENDED DEAD come to destroy Glasgow! Dark and chaotic death metal from the USA, their 2023 record EVENFALL OF THE APOCALYPSE is an absolute rager. Bringing to mind bands like Morbid Angel, Sadistic Intent, and even bands like Angelcorpse, fans of death metal done right won't want to miss this.

Listen: https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/album/evenfall-of-the-apocalypse

The return of SLIMELORD! No strangers to Glasgow, they've never failed to absolutely kill it every single time.

Listen:

https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/album/chytridiomycosis-relinquished

+ support TBC.

The Flying Duck

Friday 20th of September

£15

18+

For all the chaos and aggression in Tunic’s songs, the Winnipeg trio is haltingly perceptive and emotionally resonant. Composed singer-guitarist David Schellenberg and drummer Dan Unger, the punk band is responsible for bracingly intense full-lengths about the anxieties and insecurities of daily life, including the 2021 LPs Quitter and Exhaling. But with their third album Wrong Dream, which is out via Artoffact on April 28, they’ve written their most introspective and adventurous music yet. Across nine unpredictable songs, they grapple with integrity, grief, tumultuous relationships, and universal questions that come with trying to do the right thing. Co-produced by Seth Manchester (The Body, METZ) and stand-in bassist Drew Riekman (Blessed), it’s a document of a band pushing themselves as far away from complacency as possible to make something intentional and compelling.

Work on Wrong Dream began during a personal crossroads for Schellenberg. As someone who’s devoted himself to being in bands and fostering a DIY community since he was a teenager, he found himself with a day job and relative financial stability for the first time in his life. “I wasn't living in a shitty apartment anymore,” he says. “I was the happiest I've ever been, but also, I lost myself to capitalism and was struggling with my identity of who I am: Can I still call myself an artist if I work 40 hours a week? I didn’t wear a suit but I felt like a suit.” He set out to try something totally outside his comfort zone: waking up hours before his job and writing songs by himself, away from the safety net of collaborating with his bandmates. “I woke up early and made that time to still practice my craft because I felt like I was losing myself,” he explains.

As an attempt to get out of his regular routines on guitar, Schellenberg set out to start several songs just on bass and keyboards. “The biggest breakthroughs came from me trying to break out of my shell,” he says. Lead single “Whispering” began on keys and according to Schellenberg was initially “a practice in dissonance.” The track kicks off with a menacing bassline and tackles the petty arguments that arise in relationships. Schellenberg yells in the chorus, “I can’t take it back / Even if I want to.” He says of the song, “It’s about whether your partner can accept you as the worst person that you sometimes can be.” The icy single “My Body, My Blood” also deals with interpersonal tumult. The most brooding song on the LP, it’s sparse but rhythmically dense, featuring lines like “This is long over now / I’m your prey.”

With Schellenberg’s reenergized, disciplined approach to writing, the band was so prepared to record at Seth Manchester’s Machines with Magnets studio in Rhode Island. Where their previous records were made with a more casual approach, Wrong Dream is Tunic at its most intentional. “The last one was a little more off-the-cuff and relaxed but here, we've never moved so quickly,” says Schellenberg. “We finished with an extra day. There was clarity there that we should just focus on the nine songs that we have and give them everything that we’ve got and treat them with the respect they deserve.” Just take the album closer “Empty Husk,” which is by far the most ambitious song the band’s ever attempted. What starts as a pummeling dirge with clanging guitarists and ambient dissonance slowly but suddenly unfolds into something grand, cathartic, and even beautiful.

Tunic find moments of release and tension throughout Wrong Dream. Single “Disease” sounds like Meat Wave by way of Spray Paint and it finds the band absolutely locked in over panic-inducing guitar chords and Schellenberg yelping, “Complaining about work / But what you really feel is stuck / It’s cancerous / It grows within you / A disease unable to shake.” Elsewhere, songs like “Protected” and “Under Glass” deal with anxieties of everyday life and death. Written after the loss of Schellenberg’s roommate, who battled alcoholism, he sings mournfully on the latter track, “Once a confidante / Now a name under glass.” On the former, Schellenberg channels his worries into a pulsingly terrifying groove where he screams, “This is how we all live now.”

Wrong Dream is a document of trying to right the course, realizing that the decisions you make can pick you up or ruin you. Its title comes from the fact that you can chase paths that aren’t right for you: ones that lead to addiction, despair, and losing yourself. Opener “Sounds Repeat,” the song that sets the barnstorming energy for the rest of the LP, also packs the heaviest emotional punch. Here, Schellenberg sings, aggrieved and indignant, “You picked it over us / You let it win you let it take you / I never thought it would happen so soon.” It’s Tunic’s most affecting and immediate record but it’s also their most adventurous. You’ll find hints of post-punk and hardcore but also immersive textures from post-rock and the rhythmic dexterity of math rock. “It explores everything that we like as people and doesn't shy away from our musical interests,” says Schellenberg. “It’s an evolution in songwriting that really shows our versatility in a way we haven't done yet.”