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FREAKENDER, 22-28 Renfield Lane, Glasgow (2026)

28/05/2026

few weeks away~ supports added~
Pop Mutations & Freakender present:
Levitation Room
+ The Miracle Seeds
+ The Floor Dwellers
Wednesday 24th June
Stereo
18+

Levitation Room emerges from the heart of Los Angeles, a city where the weight of fast-paced culture can make your legs feel like pillars, yet this cosmic quartet defies gravity, lifting listeners into a dreamlike state with swirling, mind-expanding soundscapes and thought-provoking lyricism. Their hallucinogenic melodies hum with echoes of the Summer of Love, conjuring sun-drenched visions of carefree afternoons spent in euphoric haze. Infused with meditations on life, love, society, and self- awareness, Levitation Room crafts a sonic journey that feels both timeless and transportive—an invitation to drift beyond the ordinary and into the unknown.

26/05/2026

Freakender turns ten — ten years of chaos, mayhem, and the best DIY, underground, independent, garage, psych, punk, pop whatever!
First line up drop is a strike! few more TBA for a perfect game

You know how we do it: three days, two stages, twenty-plus bands. A full weekend of everything freaking our world right now. This one sums it all up, get ready!

Weekend passes are now live at the *link in bio*
Day tickets and splits coming soon. Early birds are gone! Don’t sit on this one.

We can’t wait to see you at our beloved Hairdressers in September!

25/05/2026

tonight~~
Pop Mutations & Freakender present:
screensaver
+ Pink Pound
Monday 25th May
The Old Hairdresser's
18+

Throwing off the shackles of existential dread with hypnotic beats, punk energy and swirling synths, screensaver take weighty themes about power, lies, corporate coercion and systemic failure and deliver them via their blend of maximalist post punk. With a dance heartbeat, a kraut-rock back bone and new wave glimmer, there’s a catharsis in their anxiety induced compositions that is both dark but danceable.

The band has released 3 full length albums to date all of which have received praise from the likes of
Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll, KEXP, Post Punk.com and Henry Rollins to name a few. The band has toured
Australia multiple times, embarked on two international tours, the USA in September 2022, playing Gonerfest 19 in Memphis, Tennessee and the UK and Europe in August 2024 including Get Lost Fest X in Hamburg, Germany.

They’ve also shared bills with Sleaford Mods, Tropical F**k Storm, Party Dozen, Snooper, Coffin, Power Plant and more. The band on tour in Europe and the UK thanks to Annibale Tours in May/June 2026.

20/05/2026

Pop Mutations & Freakender present:
Meatbodies
+ Special Guests
Tuesday 4th August
The Glad Cafe
18+

By 2017, Meatbodies frontman Chad Ubovich had reached a crossroads. After years of increasingly insane shows playing to heaving crowds with an ever-evolving and rotating door of personnel, fatigue had taken its toll and Ubovich realized another change was on the horizon. “It was like the car had run out of gas in the middle of the road, and I knew I had a long walk ahead of me.” Retreating to the seedy Los Angeles underbelly– in search of meaning and a reset. Ubovich escaped into that world, ignoring his own well being, trying to forget his successes. “I was living like a 90’s vampire out of a comic book. Stumbling around LA with the socialites, partying away my sorrows, trying to forget.”

It was at this point that Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom began to take shape—a project built by a man searching for new beginnings and his own sense of self. After sobering up, writing sessions began at Ubovich’s home and various studios with longtime collaborator Dylan Fujioka. Eventually, the official production for Flora began in 2019, but it was a story left on

the editing table. Due to discrepancies with the studio, tensions were high and the plug was pulled. Left with an album only half baked, it seemed like Flora had been put to rest. After the fires cooled and many discussions about the future of the album. Ubovich finally got the green light to finish production for Flora in 2020 when he hit another snag– the pandemic.
And as the world took a back seat, so did the idea of Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom.

Not wanting to sit still at home, Ubovich began to comb through his previous demos with Fujioka while writing for Flora. And with that, 333 was born, the now de facto third Meatbodies LP. Yet Flora was never far from Ubovich’s mind and once again he revisited the idea of completing the now fabled album. As restrictions started to lift, Ubovich headed to Gold Diggers Sound, backed by engineer Ed McEntee and a team of colleagues and friends, Ubovich completed the final act to the album, but he still wasn’t quite out of the woods just yet. He now faced a new crisis, one tha

19/05/2026

monday~~
Pop Mutations & Freakender present:
screensaver
+ Pink Pound
Monday 25th May
The Old Hairdresser's
18+

Throwing off the shackles of existential dread with hypnotic beats, punk energy and swirling synths, screensaver take weighty themes about power, lies, corporate coercion and systemic failure and deliver them via their blend of maximalist post punk. With a dance heartbeat, a kraut-rock back bone and new wave glimmer, there’s a catharsis in their anxiety induced compositions that is both dark but danceable.

Beginning as a trans Pacific collaboration between Christopher Stephenson (Spray Paint/Exek) and Krystal Maynard (Bad Vision/Polo/Swim Team) back in 2016, the project spent three years in an incubatory state. By 2019 Christopher had long since relocated to Melbourne and the current line up now consists of James Beck (Personal Touch/ex Rat Columns) on drums, Dorian Vary (Soundtrackmusic) on bass and Jonnine Nokes (Horse Pills/Activities of Daily Living) on synth.  

In 2021 the band delivered their 10-track debut album Expressions of Interest on Upset the Rhythm (UK) and Heavy Machinery (AU) to positive international response. Establishing a sound on the album that ranged from electronic driven krautrock, to post-punk full of tribal toms and dirge-y synths to death-disco style tracks with touches of EDM. See praise for the record on Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll, KEXP, Post Trash, Blunt Magazine, Clash (UK). The album was also a regular feature on Henry Rollin’s KCRW Santa Monica radio show.

In 2023 screensaver released their sophomore album Decent Shapes which came out as a split release on Poison City Records (AUS) and Upset the Rhythm (UK) and extended on the bands brand of maximalist synth driven post-punk established on their debut. The first single The Guilt found itself in the AMRAP Independent Music Charts top 10 during its first few weeks of release and received praise on Rolling Stone Australia , Post Trash , Raven Sings the Blues and PBS FM. The album has received excellent reviews on NME, KEXP, Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll and Brooklyn Vegan to name a few.

15/05/2026

Monday~~
Pop Mutations & Freakender present:
MAQUINA.
+ ALL MEGA
Monday 18th May
The Flying Duck
18+

The fierce Lisbon trio MAQUINA. pushes the edges of body music with hypnotic krautrock rhythms, driving industrial beats, and raw punk power. Their live-centered sound thrives on relentless drums, gritty bass, and sharp guitar noise, delivering primal intensity that breaks genre boundaries. Their 2024 album ‘PRATA’ channels organic dance energy perfect for both underground clubs and dance floors alike. MAQUINA.’s live performances are second to none where the repetition leads to steaming mosh pits every single time.

13/05/2026

Pop Mutations & Freakender present:
GEE TEE
+ Special Guests
Friday 24th July
Stereo
18+

Based in Sydney, Australia and lead by Kel Mason, Gee Tee was born in 2016. The project started in Kels garage on the Gold Coast where he would write and record. Kel relocated to Sydney in 2019 and put together a band which included Michael Barker, Ishka Edmeades, Ryan Ellem and Campbell Payne. Since 2021, Gee Tee have been selling out records and selling out shows in Sydney and Melbourne. Gee Tee have earnt headlining spots at Gonerfest in Memphis and Anti Fade's Jerkfest in Geelong. After covid 19 ended, Gee Tee embarked on their first international tour in the USA for 8 shows in 2022. This then lead to a Europe tour with 23 shows in 2023. In 2024, Gee Tee return to the USA with another headline spot at Gonerfest and a 21 show run across the country. This most recent tour was met with warmth and admiration as 9 of the 21 shows were sold out. Gee Tee have also received praise from Pitchfork for the latest album 'Goodnight Neanderthal' which received a rating of 7.7 by Evan Minsker.

12/05/2026

Pop Mutations & Freakender present:
MAQUINA.
+ ALL MEGA
Monday 18th May
The Flying Duck
18+

The fierce Lisbon trio MAQUINA. pushes the edges of body music with hypnotic krautrock rhythms, driving industrial beats, and raw punk power. Their live-centered sound thrives on relentless drums, gritty bass, and sharp guitar noise, delivering primal intensity that breaks genre boundaries. Their 2024 album ‘PRATA’ channels organic dance energy perfect for both underground clubs and dance floors alike. MAQUINA.’s live performances are second to none where the repetition leads to steaming mosh pits every single time.

11/05/2026

Tuesday~~tomorrow!!
Pop Mutations & Freakender present:
Styrofoam Winos
+ Youth Of America
+ Curtis Miles
Tuesday 12th May
The Glad Cafe
18+

Styrofoam Winos is the voltron of songwriters, multi-instrumentalists, and longtime friends Joe Kenkel, Trevor Nikrant, and Lou Turner. The trio formed in Nashville’s DIY scene and released their debut self-titled studio album in 2021. Styrofoam Winos’ recordings and live sets buzz with the energy of the band’s radically communal approach, rotating vocal and instrumental roles within their exploratory folk rock songs. The band went on to release a Michael Hurley covers tape in 2022 and appeared on MJ Lenderman’s And the Wind (Live and Loose!) album in 2023. Their sophomore studio album, Real Time, is out now via Sophomore Lounge.

Praise for Real Time:
“An endearing and invigorating collection of shaggy southern rock and dusty, woolen folk” - Aquarium Drunkard
“Bursting with great songs, channeling their individual personalities into a cohesive and delightful whole. Front porch Americana at its best.” - Post Trash
“If a batch of songs could be worn and patched, ripped, rumpled, darned, and laid out to iron in the cold light of morning, they’d sound something like the patchwork pearls on Real Time. The album is lived-in and stripped of pretense. It’s lost and found, an easy friend in all times.” - Raven Sings the Blues
“The Winos meld together here more than ever before, creating a cohesive album that sounds relaxed and comfortable as a whole. It’s not like “laid-back country rock” is new territory for Styrofoam Winos, but the way that they do it here–effortlessly passing the torch between the three of them, creating a singular vibe across these ten songs–is a palpable leap.” - Rosy Overdrive

18/11/2025

this doozy is a couple weeks away~ Dallas Love Field added
Pop Mutations & Freakender present:
Mo Dotti
+ Blue Zero
+ Dallas Love Field
Saturday 6th December
The Old Hairdresser's
18+

Mo Dotti -
An accomplished work of punk ethereality, Mo Dotti's debut record Opaque (out September 2024) exemplifies the mix of Dinosaur Jr.-esque clamor cut with sweet Sundays-worthy melodies that the Los Angeles four piece have been meticulously crafting over the course of their brief but compelling discography. Building upon the glow-in-the-dark fuzz of 2020’s Blurring EP and the psychedelic pastiche of 2022’s Guided Imagery, Opaque showcases the sound of a band that has figured out how to bend and shape abstract washes of noise in and around memorable pop hooks into songs that reach for the stars.

A formidable live band who’ve been tapped to open for groups like beloved Japanese hardcore punks Otoboke Beaver and were invited by shoegazers Nothing to join the line-up of their inaugural Slide Away Festival, Mo Dotti bring the thrill of their live show to Opaque, which has the aggressive, in-the-room feel of Ride’s first four EPs mixed with the lush yet caustic beauty of My Bloody Valentine in their Isn’t Anything era. Through it all shines the essential quality that has always made Mo Dotti stand out in the oversaturated dream pop field: the songs themselves.

Blue Zero -
The Bay Area has long been a fertile landscape for arty DIY rock innovators to fashion together some of the best music to come out of the US- the local musicians pushing the boundaries of pop and counterculture aesthetics. In the middle of this creative oasis you’ll find multi-instrumentalist songwriter Chris Natividad making iridescent waves with his many projects including Marbled Eye, Public Interest, Aluminum, and now- Blue Zero. What started as a few outlier demos cultivated in Chris’ studio has now fully bloomed into a live band featuring members Lauren Melton of SUCKER and Rick Altieri of Blue Ocean, and a forthcoming LP titled Colder Shade Blue. The songs on the record harmoniously tow the line of warm and meditative artrock and fuzzy, damaged grunge a là Lily’s, Sonic Youth, and My Bloody Valentine.

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