MUSIC/ROCK
with a live appearance from hot Edinburgh dance group of the moment. Botany 5. All profits go to Scottish Aids Monitor.
I Avia Assembly Rooms. George Street. 226 2428. 11.45pm. £6 (£5). Till Sun 26. Sec Fri 24.
I Richard Thompson Assembly Rooms. George Street. 226 2428. 6.30pm. £7 (£6). First of two nights. To the blinkered. he's just another big name in the folkie world that they‘ve never checked out. In reality. Richard Thompson is the greatest songwriter and guitarist that the rock world still hasn't acknowledged. That said. he can move through a bewildering range of styles with deceptive ease.
I Jools Holland and his Big Band Extravaganza Queen's Hall. South Clerk Street. 668 2019. 10.30pm. £7 (£5). Till Fri 31. See Fri 24.
I Bluelinger Platform One. Caledonian Hotel, Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. See Fri 17. Rock'n'roll-influenced pop from an experienced and hard-working Edinburgh band which has been a steady live draw for a few years now.
I Jezebel and Rhode Island Red Bedrock Club. Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. All-female heavy rock band.
I The Radium Cats Basin Street. Haymarket Terrace. 337 1006. The finest in psychobilly sounds that Edinburgh has to offer.
I Avalon Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £4. See Fri 24.
I Surge and Another Wild Rose Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free.
I Said Liquidator St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free. A seven-piece. including a classically-trained brass section. with their first single. ‘See What You Feel‘. out now. I The Great Junction Street Band Mound Precinct. Afternoon. Free. See above.
I Firing Squad Globe. West Port. 229
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I Deliverance Leadbelly‘s. South Clerk Street. 662 4731. 9pm. Free.
I Las Filipinos BB‘s Basement Bar. Barony Street (off Broughton Street). 556 8240. 5—7pm. 8—1 1pm. Free. Residency. See Fri 24.
SUNDAY 26 Glasgow
I Goodbye Mr Mackenzie and Blackwood Our Lady‘s High School. Cumbernauld. 7.30pm. £6. Tickets from Our Price, Cumbernauld. Organized by Noise Box. No age restriction. See panel.
I Baby’s Got A Gun and Jezebel Videodrome. 33—39 York Street. 221
0441 . 8pm. £2.50. Baby‘s Got A Gun‘s leather overload may be visually hard to stomach. but their exaggerated provocative posturing and arrogant sneers can be amusing when you realize their performance is completely devoid of irony. Aurally. they‘ve fallen off the fence into the hard rock camp- alright if you like that sort of thing. but Billy Idol would turn in his grave (if he were dead).
I The Little Green Monkeys Traders. Glassford Street. 552 5826. 10pm. Free. Folky duo featuring fiddle and guitar in the line-up.
I Johnny Satellites Scalini‘s. 51 West Regent Street (opposite the Odeon). 331 1980. 10pm. £2. Blues.
Edinburgh
I Richard Thompson Assembly Rooms, George Street. 226 2428. 9.15pm. £7(£6). See Sat 25.
I Avla Assembly Rooms. George Street 2262428. 11.45pm. £6 (£5). Final night. See Fri 24.
I Jools Holland and his Big Band Extravaganza Queen's Hall. South Clerk Street.6682019. 10.30pm. £7 (£5). Till Fri 31. See Fri 24.
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I Roll Thrower Moshpit, Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 6.30—10.30pm. Behind the wonderful name there lurks one of the top thrash bands in the country. whose first John Peel session led to a recording contract with Vinyl Solution. and who collaborated with fantasy game specialists The Games Workshop on their second LP. Realm of Chaos.
I Trio Lligo Hill Street Theatre. Hill Street, 225 7294. 12.10am. £3(£2.50). Until 1 Sept. An acoustic trio(they switched from electric instruments after busking in Scotland in 1988) from the far north of Sweden. Trio Lligo will. among other things, be playing songs from the LP Bulldozerballader. which had the media in their home country scrambling over each other for superlatives. "they‘re selling copies of their single about America at the gig. be sure to pick up a copy as it‘sin English and very funny.
I Bluelinger Platform One. Caledonian Hotel. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. See Sat25.
I The Lost Soul Band St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free. Going up in the world, it would seem. They‘ve cancelled all other non-entrance fee gigs except this one.
I The Charlie Davidson Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1 .
I Said Liquidator Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free. See Sat
25. MONDAY 27 Edinburgh
I Jools Holland and his Big Band Extravaganza Queen‘s Hall. South Clerk Street, 668 2019. 10.30pm. £7 (£5). Till Fri 31. See Fri 24.
I Hank Wangtord Country Revue Assembly Rooms. George Street. 2262428. 11.45pm. £6.50.£5.50. Until 1 Sept. Saddle up, y‘all. for another canter around the perimeters of country music with Britain’s best-known exponent.
I Yothu Ylndl St John‘s Church. Princes Street. 3.30pm. £4 (£3). Until Sat 1. Playing their traditional set this afternoon. See Fri 24.
I The Rootsie Tootsie Band. Vatican Shotgun Scare and The Firing Squad Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 10.30pm. £3. The first of three nightly shows at The Venue put on by new local promoters Streets Ahead showcases some extremely diverse bands. from blues-rock to the more challenging indie sounds ofVatican Shotgun Scare.
I Eyes of Rita Leadbelly‘s. South Clerk Street. 662 4371 . 8.30pm. Free. Well worth seeing this Glaswegian psychedelic pop band. who have a handful of out-of—kilter. ‘difficult‘ even. songsthat owe more to the early Pink Floyd era than to their indie-dance contemporaries.
I Fat and Frantic Big Top. The Meadows. 2294118. 3.30pm. £5(£3). Thispopv‘skiffle band. who come with Simon Mayo's seal of approval. and have been described as a cross between Madness and ‘The Housemartins on speed‘. return to the Fringe for two daysonly.
I Trio Lligo Hill Street Theatre. Hill Street. 225 7294. 12. 10am. £3 (£2.50). Until 1 Sept. See Sun 26.
I The Great Junction Street Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1. See Sat 25.
I Cinema Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free.
I Tommy Deavitt and The Night Kitchen St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free. Popular folk/skiffle group.
I Las Filipinos BB's Basement Bar. Barony Street (off Broughton Street). 556 8240. 5—7pm. 8—1 1pm. Free. Residency. See Fri 24.
TU ESDAY 28 Glasgow I The Dan Reed Network and Walk on Fire
Barrowland. 244 Gallowgate. 5524601. 7.30pm. £6.50. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 2264679. Soporific MOR dressed up in a psychedelic headscarf in order to appeal to Grateful Dead devotees or maybe just to get the green vote. Dan the Man will be expecting a good turnout. ridingon the back of his ‘Rainbow Child’ success. so someone must have read his manifesto.
I Dawson. Pregnant Neck. The Keatons and The Ex Talk of the Town. 46 West George Street. 332 3000. Noel Edmonds fetishists and John Peel favourites. Dawson seem to be wandering further from their speed-metal beginnings with every passing skateboard championship. Their days of 8-song. lS-minute sets may be over. but their intriguing blend of alarmingly disparate influences still makes them one of Glasgow‘s more original exports. The addition of I lolland‘s premier anarcho-punks The Ex is a late one. so there‘s only space here to remind you to look for their newly-released Dead Fish mini-LP.
I Blue October and Second Nature The Shelter. 7 Renfrew Court. 332 6231 . 10.30pm. Free. Despite playing melodic rock. Blue October are keen to distance themselves from other Glaswegian bands with much the same approach. They‘ve not been around too long though. so comparisons. however unfavourable. may be rapidly drawn.
I Acoustic Jam Studio. 12 Shuttle Street. Paisley. 889 6867. 9.45pm. Free. Turning out to be one of the Studio‘s most popular evenings and bound to continue on a regular basis in line with new venue policy of keeping the mid-week programme unchanged.
I Live Music Traders. Glassford Street. 552 5826. 10pm. Free.
I Glasgow Songwriters Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 10pm. Free. Soloistsand duos.
Edinburgh
I Goodbye Mr Mackenzie Calton Studios. Calton Road. 556 7066. See panel. First of two nights. and at time of going to press there‘s a possibility that Mon 27 may be added if both nights sell out completely.
I Colour. Spiral Dance and The Gathering of Evil Men Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 10.30pm. £3. The second ofthree evenings put on by new local promoters Streets Ahead for young bands from the surrounding area.
I Jools Holland and his Big Band Extravaganza Queen's Hall. South Clerk Street.6682019.10.30pm.£7(£5).TillFri 31. See Fri 24.
I Hank Wanglord Country Revue Assembly Rooms. George Street. 226 2428. 11.45pm. £6.50. £5.50. Until 1 Sept. See Mon 27.
ITrio Lligo Hill StreetTheatre. I Iill Street.225 7294. 12.10am. £3(£2.50). Until 1 Sept. See Sun 26.
I Yothu Yindi St John‘s Church. Princes Street. 3.30pm. £4 (£3). Until Sat 1. Playing their traditional set this afternoon. See Fri 24.
I Yothu Yindi Circus Burlesque. Big'l'op. The Meadows, 0860 826829. 10pm. £4.50 (£3.50). Until Sat 1. Playingtheir fullband set this evening. See Fri 24.
I Fat and Frantic Big Top. The Meadows, 2294118. 3.30pm. £5(£3). Firstoftwo afternoons. See Mon 27.
I The Harbingers Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free.
I The Rootsie Tootsie Blues Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1. Rockin’ blues.
I Sustainiax Leadbelly's. South Clerk Street. 662 4731. 8.30pm.
I LDS Supremos St James Oyster Bar. 557 2925. 9pm. Free. Wide range ofcovers from blues-based band.
I Las Filipinas BB‘s Basement Bar. Barony Street (off Broughton Street).556 8240. 5—7pm. 8—1 1pm. Free. Residency.
Sec Fri 24. J