Stanley Odd / Tickle & Asthmatic Astronaut @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 21 November

The wonderfully named Tickle & Asthmatic Astronaut provide strong support tonight. The latter is a founder of the Black Lantern Music collective that has supported a variety of Scottish hip-hop artists, as well as being responsible for creating some of the finest beats in the underground scene, while the former is a skilled rapper with a memorably witty turn of phrase. With their talents combined they have no trouble winning over the crowd. The biting satire of Love the Government – released last year by Tickle's group Ill Papa Giraffe – is a stand-out.

Stanley Odd are back in their hometown to unveil their third full-length album, A Thing Brand New, and look in confident mood. MC Solareye leads the group on stage to the sound of new track Get Back in the Basement, complete with a thrusting beat and a shout out to Chelsea Manning. Solareye has a canny ability to share his political beliefs – whether it be the importance of voting or a mistrust of invasive surveillance – in a sincere manner without ever sounding unnecessarily forceful or condescending. You fancy he could lead almost any crowd to his way of thinking.

Most of the assembled are converts anyway, most likely attracted by the success of 2012's Reject. It provides the tracks that get most of the biggest responses of the evening, but it's a new number that brings the loudest cheer. Son I Voted Yes has already established itself as something of an unofficial anthem among pro-independence supporters. Tonight it sounds tinged with genuine regret. [Chris McCall]