MUSIC/ROCK
New Music World gig (see page 81 for information on New Music World).
Edinburgh
I Banned Fae the Pub Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. I Sandy Mann St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free.
I Las Flliplnas BB‘s Basement Bar. Barony Street (off Broughton Street). 556 8240. 5-7pm. 8—1 lpm. Free. Residency. every night except Sunday. See Fri 31 .
TUESDAY 4 Glasgow
I Sonic Youth and Teenage Fan Club Barrowland. 244 Gallowgatc. 552 4601 . 7.30pm. £6 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street.226 4679. A New Music World gig. See Preview.
I Chocolate Morning Shelter. 7 Renfrew Court. 332 6231. 10pm. Free. A New Music World gig.
I Acoustic iam Studio. 12 Shuttle Street. Paisley. 889 6867. 9.45pm. Free. Popular evening‘s improvisation for the luddites who don't attend on the Saturday afternoon.
Edinburgh
I The Fiances Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free. Demo Disco favourites of last season.
I The Bootsie Tootsie Blues Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. Rockin' blues.
I Los Supremos St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free.
I Las Filiplnas BB‘s Basement Bar. Barony Street (off Broughton Street). 556 8240. 5—7pm. 8—1 1pm. Free. Residency. every night except Sunday. See Fri 31 .
I Live music Leadbelly's. South Clerk Street. 662 4731 . 8.30pm. Free.
WEDNESDAY 5 Glasgow
I The Light. Close Lobsters and The Passlteepers Renfrew Ferry. 10pm. £4 on the door. The three bands featured tonight display the healthy variety of the Scottish independent scene. The Light‘s last gigat the Cotton Club picked up national press interest which will have done the current debut 12-inch ‘No Farewells‘ no disservice. Paisley‘s Close Lobsters are one of the more consistent of the C-86 bands (i.e. they haven't changed). and the Passkeepers‘ mad Scottish doggerel should be a joy to behold. A New Music World gig.
I D-Xtreme and Limbomaniacs King Tut‘s Wah Wah llut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8pm. £4. Appetites whetted for the international flavour . . . Brooklyn radicals D-Xtreme are members ofthe Black Rock Coalition (along with better-known members Living Color). while Limbomaniacs. representing the other coast in the funk-rap stakes. are soon to release their debut Bill Laswcll-produced album. British debuts both. so catch them while you can. A New Music World gig.
I Boot Love. The Tremens and Borsltee Traders. Glassford Street. 552 5826.
1 1pm. Free. Root Love have come from Skye via Edinburgh to inject a dose of much-needed sanity to The Tremens and the spam-less Borskee‘s livewirc lunacy. For those with catholic. ratherthan coherent. tastes. A New Music World gig. I Kalell Keinig and Andrew Cunningham Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9pm. Free. For those. like myself.who were too late in joining the queue forthe Reading Festival. the Mean Fiddler acoustic room showcases a couple ofits potential proselytes up here. both of whom have garnered prestigious support slots in the past. viz Christy
Moore/Hothouse Flowers and Nanci Griffith. A New Music World gig.
I Willard Graze Shelter. 7 Renfrew Court. 332 6231. 10pm. Free. Fresh fromtheir Humpff Family support slot. Willard Graze perform the same kind ofguitar rock as bands like The Whole Earth. A New Music World gig.
I Mean Fiddler Acoustic Room Night Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 332 1210. Short sets by Katell Keineg. Andrew Cunningham. To Hell With Burgundy. Friends of Harry and Moni. A New Music World gig.
Edinburgh
I JD and The Wildcats Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free.
I Tommy Beavitt and The Night Kitchen St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free. One of the few places around these days where you can expect to hear the sounds ofskiffle.
I Las Filiplnas BB‘s Basement Bar. Barony Street (off Broughton Street). 556 8240. 5—7pm.8—11pm. Free. Residency. every night except Sunday. Sec Fri 31.
I Live music Leadbclly‘s. South Clerk Street. 662 4731 . Free.
THURSDAY 6 Glasgow
I Edward II and The Red Hot Polka: and The Barely Works King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £4. Another showcase gig. this time for Cooking Vinyl Records. Both bands are typical of the rootsy. earthy music the label seems to specialise in. and are obvious choices if their live reputations hold good. Financial assistance for this gig came from the Musician‘s Union. A New Music World gig.
I Hugh Reed and the Velvet Underpants Fury Murry‘s. 96 Maxwell Street. 221
651 1. 9pm. £2.50. Reeling with the artistic prestige accompanying their Golden Demo award. and the aesthetic triumph of their new video for ‘Six to Wan‘. the Pants will be lucky to fit their heads through Fury's door tonight. Still. if the stage collapses on them. as Glasgow‘s Glasgow‘s did. at least they won‘t have far to fall. A New Music World gig.
I Dawson and Levellers 5 Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9pm. Free. Aural assault on the Halt. from Glasgow and Blackburn respectively. A New Music World gig. See Fri 31 .
I Ming Opposed. Eye Scream and Worldogood Traders. Glassford Street. 552 5826. 11pm. Free. A Demo Disco witha more cosmopolitan flavour — well. Ming Opposed are from Boston. even iftheir singer hails from within this city‘s boundaries. A New Music World gig.
I RE-AL Shelter. 7 Renfrew Court . 332 6231. 10pm. Free. RE-AL are managed by Hit and Run who also take care of Genesis. However. this Glasgow band play rock to keep you awake rather than to put you to sleep. and we're talking potential big bucks too. with negotiations with Atlantic underway and Island waiting in the wings. A New Music World gig.
I The Parallelograms Studio 55. Bruce Hotel. Cornwall Street. East Kilbride. 035 522 9771. 8pm. £2. Steeped in the kind of 50s and 60s rock‘n‘roll favoured by busking bands citywide.
I Big George and the Business The Studio. 12 Shuttle Street. Paisley. 889 6867. 9.45pm. Free. Residency. See Sat 1.
I Hollywood Outhouse. 1155 Cathcart Road. 6490184. 10pm. Free. Pop cover
Edinburgh
I Power of Dreams Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. Like An Emotional Fish (see Fri 31 ) Power of Dreams are Irish. and are shaping up to be one of the rock groupsto watch in the 90s. but there the similarity
ends. Power of Dreams could have the effect that Echo and The Bunnymen or House of Love had in the 80s. but they‘re young and frontman Craig Walker projects an intensity. even on their recent Wire support slot. that might diminish with time. so catch them soon. The debut LP. Immigrants. Emigrants and Me. was on a lot of people‘s must-hear lists when it came out a few weeks ago.
I The Gist Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free.
I Tiny Crockett and The Bocketts Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free.
I Back in Black St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free.
I North Meets South Globe. West Port. 229 4553. 9pm. Free. Covers band.
I Las Fillplnas BB's Basement Bar. Barony Street (off Broughtort Street). 556 8240. 5—7pm. 8—1 1pm. Free. Residency. every night except Sunday. See Fri 31 .
I Live music Leadbclly‘s. South Clerk Street. 662 4731. 10pm. Free.
FRIDAY 7 Glasgow
I Steve Earle and Energy Orchard Barrowland. 244 Gallowgatc. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £7.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. A New Music World gig. See Preview.
I The Second Coming Si Rollox Locomotive Works. Springburn. 8.30pm. £6.60 (£3.60) Tickets available from major record stores or postally from Regular Music. PO Box 77. GPO Edinburgh. credit card bookings on 041 227 5511 and reservationson 041 552 5413. See cover feature. First night of run.
I Ruby Blue and Louise Butkowski King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9.30pm. £4. Ruby Blue are making all the right moves for a band hoping to live up to the pressurising ‘band-most-likely-to‘ tag — firmly rooted in major label territory. extra eXposure through supporting Van Morrison and Martin Stephenson. Radio l-friendly mainstream pop with a vaguely folky influence. Doesn‘t seem fair that the divine Miss Rutkowski. erstwhile singer with Glasgow‘s most pleasing soulsters Sunset Gun. hasn‘t had that attention. This is only her third solo gig though. so there's plenty oftime for justice tobe done. A New Music World gig.
I Factory Classical Night with Durutti Column, The Steve Martland Band and Graham Fitltin Tramway. Albert Drive.423 9527. 10pm. £5.99. Credibility points to be won through attendance at this Factory classical showcase. ‘catalogue' number Fac 296. The label that virtually owns Manchester now — best nightclub. best bar. exhibitions — chooses to highlight its less prolific acts (do you remember when Durutti Column last played live?) A New Music World gig.
I This Gigantic World and Eyes 01 Rita Traders. Glassford Street. 552 5826. 11pm. Free. lfFactory won‘t encourage us to dance ourselves dizzy. the Manchester contribution will have to come from elsewhere — in the shape of This Gigantic World. whose performance combines acoustic and dance elements. Eyes ()1 Rita from Glasgow make equally curious bedfellows out ofgothic-type rock and dance. A New Music World gig.
I The Shuttle Demons 1 lalt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9pm. Free. Scottish debut for Toronto‘s riotous ‘jazz-punks‘. A New Music World gig.
I Jamie Barnes and Cochise Studio. 12 Shuttle Street. Paisley. 8896867. 9.45pm. Free. See Fri 31 .
I The McClusltey Brothers. Spirea x an Big Strauss Queen Margaret Union. University Gardens. 339 9784. A New Music World gig.
Edinburgh
I An Emotional Fish Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 730—1030me See Preview.
I Lucy Johnstone St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free.
I The Bootsies Duo Globe. West Port. 229 4553. See Fri 31.
I Blade Serenade Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.45pm. Free.
I Las Fillpinas BB‘s Basement Bar. Barony Street (off Broughton Street). 556 8240. 5—7pm. 8—1 1pm. Free. Residency. every night except Sunday. See Fri 31.
I Live music Leadbclly's. South Clerk Street. 662 4731 . 10pm. Free.
SATURDAY 8
Glasgow
I The Second Coming St Rollox Locomotive Works. Springburn. 8.30pm. £6.60 (£3.60) Tickets available from major record stores or postally from Regular Music. PO Box 77.G1’() Edinburgh. credit card bookings on 041 227 5511 and reservations on 041 552 5413. See cover feature. Second night ofrun. I My Jealous God. The Primevals andThe Thanes Queen Margaret L'nion. University Gardens. 339 9784. 8pm. £4. Varied. but for my money. most enticing bill of the event. London opportunists My Jealous God effortlessly jump on the indie 'dance bandwagon with their groovy debut ‘Fverything About You'. and NMW furnish insatiable ravers with an early chance to see them north ofthe border. The Primevals' compelling blues will compare oddly. but no less groovily. with veteran sleaze-god Michael Rooney showing the young ‘uns a thing ortwenty about charismatic performance. And for those who remember with fond nostalgia the times when hardly a week went by without a Thanes gig in Glasgow, the authentic beatmasters make along overdue return. A New Music World gig. I The Liberties and The Wild RiverApples KingTut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9.30pm. £4. Chrysalis Records show off their two most recent Scottish acquisitions. The Liberties' new album. Distracted continues to popularise their alternative country sound with prominent use of pedal steel. courtesy of former Proclaimers accoutrement Stuart Nisbet. and frustrating purists with their rootsy version of the Blue Nile's ‘Rags to Riches”. Still no vinyl fruit from The Wild River Apples after a year on Chrysalis. but long hours in the studio with Del Arnitri producer Mark Freegard should bring forth results by the end of theyear. Tonight they play an acoustic set. A New Music World gig. I Lowlile, The Matter Babies and God's Ultimate Noise Traders. Glassford Street. 552 5826. 9pm. Free. Scotland’sNightshift Records display their eclectic collective. Grangemouth‘s Lowlife debut their new 7-piece line-up: more rich vocals. more shimmery guitar. dare we say more bewitching ambience'.’ Aren‘t the Cocteau Twins from Grangemouth too'.’ 1 rest my case. A New Music World gig. I The Twist Burnout. Rooftops. 92 Sauchiehall Street. 332 5883. 11pm. £3. Exhilarating pop from Kirkealdy's best kept secret. The Twist mu~t pick up some record company interest soon. especially with the imminent release of the debut Poo/(u 1:.1’ on their own Woop Woop label. I Rave in the Park Strathclyde Park. With 808 State. Together. Botany 5. and Rejuyenation. See Clubs preview. I The Oil Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9pm. Free. Berlin band. with more than a few Scottish influences. A New Mtisic World gig. I Waitin' lor Deflo Shelter. 7 Renfrew Court. 3326231. 10pm. Free. Arrivingat the New Mttsic World via Liverpool and (ilasgow. I Bo‘Weevil Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street.
50The List 31 August — 13 September 1990