August: A Good Month to Be In Edinburgh

...except towards the end of it I'll be in Rome. Oh dear!

Anyways, aside from the craziness of the Edinburgh, Fringe, TV, Book and gawd-knows-what-else Festivals, you can also rock your bahookie over to the T on the Fringe shows. I haven't made it to T in the Park this year (obviously), but some of this lot might more than make up for it!

CERYS MATTHEWS Liquid Room 4th Aug.

MARK RONSON Liquid Room 6th Aug.
MY ROBOT FRIEND Cabaret Voltaire 6th Aug.

AKIRA THE DON Cabaret Voltaire 8th Aug.

IAIN ARCHER Cabaret Voltaire 9th Aug.
THE BEES Liquid Room 9th Aug.

NIZLOPI Liquid Room 11th Aug.
JO MANGO Cabaret Voltaire 11th Aug.

THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH Corn Exchange 12th Aug.

BREAKS CO-OP Cabaret Voltaire 13th Aug.
RICHARD HAWLEY Liquid Room 13th Aug.

BELL-X1 Liquid Room 14th Aug.
KASABIAN Corn Exchange 14th Aug.

EUROS CHILDS Cabaret Voltaire 15th Aug.

MICHAEL FRANTI & XAVIER RUDD Corn Exchange 16th Aug.

STARSAILOR Corn Exchange 17th Aug.
QUINN Cabaret Voltaire 17th Aug.
THE FRATELLIS Liquid Room 17th Aug.

DANDY WARHOLS Liquid Room 18th Aug.
SOMA NIGHT Cabaret Voltaire 18th Aug.

BEST OF T BREAK Liquid Room 19th Aug.

EDITORS CORN EXCHANGE 21st Aug.
REGINA SPEKTOR Liquid Room 21st Aug.
CAPTAIN Cabaret Voltaire 21st Aug.

THE UPPER ROOM Cabaret Voltaire 22nd Aug.
MATISYAHU Liquid Room 22nd Aug.

THE DEAD 60s Liquid Room 23rd Aug.
THE AUTOMATIC Liquid Room 23rd Aug.
THE RACONTEURS CORN EXCHANGE 23rd Aug.

MAXIMO PARK CORN EXCHANGE 24th Aug.
MUSE + My Chemical Romance Meadowbank Stadium 24th Aug.
YOUNG BLOOD BRASS BAND Cabaret Voltaire 24th Aug.

SNOW PATROL + Elbow Meadowbank Stadium 25th Aug.
MONEY MARK Liquid Room 25th Aug.
SHY CHILD Cabaret Voltaire 25th Aug.

PAULO NUTINI Liquid Room 26th Aug.

THE SUBWAYS Liquid Room 27th Aug.
BELLE & SEBASTIAN Princes St Gardens 27th Aug.
THE TWILIGHT SINGERS featuring Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan Cabaret Voltaire 27th Aug.

SIMPLE MINDS Princes St Gardens 28th Aug.
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS CORN EXCHANGE 28th Aug.
PLAN B Liquid Room 28th Aug.
METRIC Cabaret Voltaire 28th Aug.

THE HEDRONS Cabaret Voltaire 29th Aug.

SANDI THOM Liquid Room 30th Aug.
KEANE Princes St Gardens 30th Aug.

Think I'll probably pop along for the Editors and Regina Spektor, whose Begin To Hope has been rocking my world for the last few days (go to the Hype Machine, and download "On the Radio", which is just fabby) - it's released on Monday, over here in the UK.