Limbo

The Tide Inside The Ballroom is busy tonight. There is a keen sense of anticipation as the crowd enjoy the debut gig of The Tide Inside. They are aptly named – we hear plaintive wails like sirens calling sailors to be dashed on the rocks. Meanwhile, minimal arrangements of guitar, bass and drums ebb and […]

Edinburgh’s incendiary HRH return to headline the final Limbo of the season on Friday 8th June, supported by Glasgow newcomers Muscles Of Joy (a septet of ladies whose debut was recently nominated for the new Scottish Album Of The Year award, alongside fellow Limbo alumni FOUND, Conquering Animal Sound and We Were Promised Jetpacks) and Edinburgh […]

While support acts The Young Spooks and Snide Rhythms were both Limbo alumni, Her Royal Highness hadn’t played the club before and had only done select gigs around the rest of Edinburgh as well as choosing to launch debut album The First at this gig, so it was quite hotly anticipated.  It didn’t disappoint either […]

Zed Penguin is the brainchild of Matthew Winter, now joined by drummer Casey (formerly of The Magnificents and Pet) and James Metcalfe (The Pineapple Chunks), on bass. Zed Penguin’s warped rockabilly sound has a wonderful grittiness to it, all deep, dark, down and dirty.  He likes to use his effects pedals but the warm sound […]

Her Royal Highness have been known to tear the place to bits with their jaw-dropping live show: so simple – just guitar, synth, vox, drums and fx – and yet so devastatingly effective. They made their Limbo debut in May 2011, delivering post-modern sleaze in their unique and very punky, electro-rockabilly-glam-ragga-pop style.  Awe-inspiring front-woman Heather Craig […]

Limbo favourites Snide Rhythms and The Young Spooks return, supporting formidable aces Her Royal Highness, who make their (overdue) Limbo debut. It’s another great bill. Buy tickets here HRH Her Royal Highness have been known to tear the place to bits with their jaw-dropping live show: so simple – just guitar, synth, vox, drums and […]