MUSIC LIST/ROCK
undeniably commercial appeal. Let‘s hope their‘recent showcase. comprising material that was a year or two old. wasn‘t representative.
I Canteen Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free. Unable toconfirm this at time ofgoing to press. but possibly Edinburgh popsters Ranacanteen.
I The Hootsies Duo Ryrie's. llaymarket Terrace. 337 7582. 9pm. Free. See Fri 27. I The Brothers Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. Residency.
FRIDAY 3
Glasgow
I The Primitives Barrowland. 244 Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. POSTPONED until 25 Nov.
I Slide and Farewell Parade The Mayfair. 470 Sauchiehall Street. 332 3872. 8pm. Both bands share a few 70s influences. although that doesn‘t necessarily mean that they sound alike. Slide's debut album. Down 50 Long. is now out — acreditable effort that shows a band who have matured a lot since signing to Phonogram a few years ago.
Edinburgh
I The River Detectives Queen's 1 tall. South Clerk Street. 668 2019. So. are they going to be the biggest thing since Deacon Blue. or is the quietly-voiced scepticism about their pulling power justified“? The book of Scottish pop continues.
I The House of Love Calton Studios. Calton Road. 556 7066. Ticket info: TOCTA. 031-557 6969. See Music Preview.
I Little Angels Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. Scarborough-spawned heavy rockers who ask. in their new single. ‘Do You Wanna Riot'.". and whose publicity shots reply. ‘Well. okay. but let me finish my blow-dry first‘.
I Live music Basin Street. llaymarket
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Terrace. 337 1006. 8pm—midnight. See Fri 27.
I Guilty Party Preservation Hall. Victoria
Street. 2263816. £1 after9pm.
I Silent Falls Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free. See Wed 1.
I The Hootsies Duo Globe. West Port. 229 4553. 9pm. Free. See Fri27.
SATURDAY 4 Glasgow
I Jesus and Mary Chain Barrowland. 244 Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. Another ‘Class of86' band. albeit the leader ofthe pack. whose popularity seems to be on the dechne.
I Brendan Crolter and The Five D'CIoclt Shadows Queen Margaret Union. University Gardens. 339 9784. The renowned Leeds guitarist who easily persuaded his chums Clapton. Knopfler and Tikaram to contribute to the eponymous debut LP is now becoming known to the public at large. Be prepared for. for want of a better word. rootsy blues. R&B and Caribbean music.
I Little Angels Saints and Sinners. 272 St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. Soft heavy metal band on Polydor—nothing to get too excited about really.
I Just Add Water Napoleons. 128 Merrylee Road. 637 5238. 9pm. Free. Commercial stuffthat will probably be enjoying a much larger audience in a year's time.
I The Woltgang Flutt Experience Rowan Bar. Paisley. Covers and original material in a funk/soul mode. played by ten-piece band with full brass section.
Edinburgh
I The House of Love Calton Studios. Calton Road. 556 7066. Ticket info: TOCTA. 031-557 6569. See Music Preview.
I St Jaimz and Last ol the Teenage Idols Bedrock Club. Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. Glam rock. with former singer from Tigertailz.
I Kobayashi Maru Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1 after 9pm.
I Live music Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free. Unconfirmed.
Glasgow
I Up The Videodrome. 3309 York Street. 2210441.9pm. Pop band fronted by ex-Bluebell Robert Hodgens with a growing local following.
I St Jaimz The Venue. 47()Sauchiehall Street. 332 3872. 9pm. Glam rock from the former singer from Tigertailz.
I House of Love Greenock Town Hall. (ireenock. 8pm. Only West ofScotland gig for another band who have gone on from indie success to major label status. See Music Preview.
Edinburgh
I 10,000 Maniacs Usher Hall. Lothian
IN EDINBURGH
ANDY SHEPPARD BIG BAND
FRI NOV 107'" 8.301))" afriean melodies, Iatin lines, post-('oltrane fireworks
29TH STREET SAX QUARTET
FRI NOV 1 7T” 8.301%! fast furious bebop from the streets of new york
QUEEN'S HALL, CLERK STREET, EDINBURGH 031 668 2019 TICKETS ALSO FROM: VIRGIN RECORDS, IONA RECORDS
PRESENTED BY ASSEMBLY
Road. 228 1155. £7.50. £6.£4.50. See Music Preview.
I DRI Moshpit. Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 7.30—11pm. Big name onthe American thrashcore scene. with a name which I believe stems from Dirty Rotten Imbeciles. and a logo suspiciously similar to Athletico Spizz 80‘s.
I Live music Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free. Unconfirmed.
I Javana Lamar Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. I The Rootsies Duo Sessions. The Cowgate. 226 5641. 4pm. Free. See Fri 27. I The Hootsies Duo Oasis. Victoria Street. 9pm. Free. See Fri 27.
MONDAY 6 Glasgow
I Fine Young Cannibals and MintJuIeps Barrowland. 244 Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £10. I think the £10 price tag isa
7 bit on the steep side. but maybe havinga
Number One album justifies that.
I DHI and Hasty Savage Moshpit. Rooftops. 92 Sauchiehall Street. 332 5883. 10pm. More metal in a fortnight when the pockets of the faithful will be dipped into severely.
Edinburgh
I Motley Crue and Skid Row Playhouse Theatre. Greenside Place. 557 2590. SOLD OUT. Yowsah! The biggies ofthe HM scene come to town to promote their new album.
I Hoy Harper Queen‘s Hall. South Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £5. We should all take strength from the fact that 01' Roy is still plugging away. Apparently. he's in the process of suing a Very Big Magazine. which can‘t be an appealing prospect for a respected. though hardly mega. performer.
I Johnny Sunbeam Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free. See Mon 30.
I Yo Heave Ho Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free.
I tan Foster St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free. Dylanish folk.
TUESDAY 7 Glasgow
I Hose Thieves and Noel Bridgeman Saints and Sinners. 272 St Vincent Street.221 5279. 9pm. Good new outfit fronted by Jim McNulty (Sugar Sugar. The Lift) appearing with a young singer/songwriter. I Bobby Wishart Halt Bar. 160Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9pm. Free. Long running residency for the saxophonist.
Edinburgh
I The Hootsie Tootsie Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. Roekin‘ blues.
I The Tex Fillet Five Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Spoofcountry. I Los Supremos St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free. See Tues 31.
I Hoaltie Finoaltie Oasis. Victoria Street. 8.30pm. Southern Hillbilly.
WEDNESDAY 8 Glasgow
I Climie Fisher Pavilion Theatre. 121 Renfield Street. 332 1846. 7.30pm. Out on tour for the first time in Scotland to promote their new album. Coming In For The Kill. which seems to have arrived with a bit ofa whimper.
I Galaxie 500 and Straltjacltet Fits Glasgow College Students Union. 70 Cowcaddens Road. 3320681. 9pm. Galaxie 500are promoting a new Rough Trade LPcalled ()Il Fire with support from a New Zealand band who come recommended.
I Five Guys Hamed Moe and Moni Fixx.86 Miller Street. 248 2859. 10pm. Free. First of two acoustic shows at the Fixx. this being the first appearance in Glasgow of
any format of Five Guys for some time. although as a band they toured England with the Go-Betweens earlier in the year. It is also Moni's first outing for awhile. meaning that the whole event should be worth seeing. More guests are expected on the night.
I Hailan Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9pm. Free. Folky residency.
Edinburgh
I The Ruby Suit and Eye Scream Finsbury Park. South St Andrew Street. 556 1020. 9pm. £1. The former Beautiful Suit join with one of Glasgow‘s more interesting new bands. And. naturally. the Demo Disco.
I Live music Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free. Unconfirmed. I The Rootsies Duo Snatchers. High Street. 225 7191 . 9pm. Free. See Fri27.
THURSDAY 9 Glasgow
I Randy Travis and James House Pavilion Theatre. 121 Renfield Street. 332 1846. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. 9.45pm. £9.50. £8.50. King of New Country. whose quality voice has attracted a surprisingly big response — an extra evening show has been added.
I Cutting Crew Fury Murrys. 96 Maxwell Street. 221 651 1. 10.30pm. AORband who have done well in the USA . and whose new album. The Scattering is in the shops now.
I Hose Thieves Esquire House. 1487 Great Western Road. 334 9491. 9pm. See Tues 7.
I Le Hue Mucky Duck. Shotts. World-class cajun band from the Bayou. led by fiddler Pierre Le Rue. If this isyour kind of kick. miss it not.
Edinburgh
I Swing Shitt Pelican. Cowgate. 225 5413. Contemporary-sounding rock pop with commercial appeal.
I Live music Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free. Unconfirmed.
I The Hootsies Duo Ryrie‘s. Ilaymarket Terrace. 337 7582. 9pm. Free. Residency. See Fri 27.
I The Brothers Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. Residency.
JAZZ BLUES
FRIDAY 27 Glasgow
I Lionel Hampton Big Band City I Ialls. Candleriggs. 552 5961 . 8pm. £1 1 .50—£9. Tickets from Just the Ticket (Virgin) Union Street. 226 4679. Legendary vibraphone master and orchestra leader swings through Scotland.
I Glasgow Rhythm Club Unitarian Church. Berkeley Street. 7.45pm. New members and guests very welcome. Talks and recordings. ‘Dizzy Gillespie - Part l'with Jim Waugh.
I About Time Blackfriars. 45 Albion Street. Merchant City. 552 5924. 9pm.
Edinburgh
I Alpha Jazz Quartet Ellersley l louse Hotel. Ellersley Road. Corstorphine. 337 6888. 8—1 1pm.
I Manila Extract Cellar Bar. Philippines Island Restaurant. 36 Broughton Street. 8.30pm. Jazz trio featuring Filipino sax/flute player with guitar and bass.
36 The List 27 October — 9 November 1989