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UNRAVEL An interactive concert where Aidan Moffat reads stories, but the crowd decides what the tone should be. FOUND’s specially created robot-band plays the tunes. See interview, page 70. ■ Queen’s Hall, 226 0000, Wed 15 Aug, 8pm, £10, unravelproject.com, @ FOUNDtheBand
✽ HITLIST
TNGHT The collab between Glaswegian Hudson Mohawke and Canadian producer Lunice, aka TNGHT, brought to you by LuckyMe. Read our interview with Hudson Mohawke, page 93. Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 11 Aug, 11pm–5am, £10.
Tatyana Modern ballet from Brazil, with Terry Riley, Kraftwerk (pictured), Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky providing the soundtrack. See our feature on composers, page 18. Edinburgh Playhouse, 473 2000, 11–14 Aug, 7.30pm, £10–£30, part of EIF. Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman He’s a cult author, and she’s a cabaret-punk doll, and they’re doing a husband & wife song & spoken word show. See preview, page 70. Queen’s Hall, 226 0000, Sun 12 Aug, 7.30pm, £17.50.
The Lost Fingers Jazzy covers of ‘Pump Up the Jam’, Circa Local tropical-popsters Bwani Junction,
as well as hits from King of Pop Michael Jackson, Culture Club, Bon Jovi and others. The Famous Spiegeltent, 15–26 Aug, 6.30pm, £14 (£13). 68 THE LIST 9–16 Aug 2012
‘rap rockers’ The Lafontaines, with Glasgow’s Mortar & Pestle dance label play us some tunes. Electric Circus, 226 4224, Wed 15 Aug, 11pm–5am, £5.
Com Truise The slowed down, glistening synth odyssies of New Jersey producer Seth Haley. See list.co.uk for our review of recent LP In Decay. Sneaky Petes, 225 1757, 16 Aug 10pm, £8.
Rodrigo Y Gabriela Stupidly fast guitar- plucking from the rather popular (and exceedingly talented) Mexican guitar duo. HMV Picture House, 226 0000, 16 Aug, 7pm, £25.
EAT, SLEEPand BREATH
ALI MCGREGOR The opera singer turned cabaret diva looks like a 1940s forces sweetheart, but will be singing Salt- N-Pepa, Madonna and Kiss hits in this year’s show. Fuelled by chai and an occasional tequila, apparently . . .
What time is breakfast? 6am with my two-year-old or 8.30 if my wonderful husband is on duty!
Tea or coffee? Neither. Unless you have chai, which cafés rarely do here.
Smoking or non-smoking? Non smoking. Unless it’s 3am and I should know better.
Sweet or savoury snacks? Savoury, unless . . . (see above)
What food do you miss when you tour? Home-cooked food.
Who’s the best cook you know? I fancy myself as a bit of a cook actually. #humble
What’s on your rider? Water. And tequila but I usually have to supply that myself.
Which country / city has the best food? Melbourne, without a doubt.
Do you eat out a lot? When we are touring then yes. Sometimes that’s awesome but these days it means entertaining a two-year-old with crayons and breadsticks until the food arrives.
Do you drink onstage? Um. Usually I like a glass of white but during a festival it’s water all the way (until the last week maybe).
Ali McGregor’s Alchemy, Assembly George Square, 226 0000, until 26 Aug (not 8, 13, 20), 9.10pm, £14 (£13). alimcgregor.com