MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
I Kings in Disguise Negociants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Precious Little Else Bertie's, Merchant Street, 225 2002. 10.30pm. Free.
I Live music Morrison’s, Morrison Street, 229 6683. Free.
WEDNESDAY 15 §
I Bush SECC, Finnieston Quay, 248 3000. 7.30pm. £13.50, £1 1.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just The Ticket, Virgin , Union Street, 226 4679, and Virgin, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 031 2200925. Canada’s long-serving prog-rockers reborn, on their most recent single at any rate, as funky metal types. Not sure if the old dogs are that well-versed in their new tricks, though.
I Balph McTeII and Anne-Marie Middleton Renfrew Ferry, Clyde Place, 429 3766. 7.30pm. £6 (£5). Tickets from the Ticket Centre, Candleriggs, 227 551 1 . McTell, one of Britain‘s most venerated ' songwriters, celebrates 25 years in showbiz on this tour. And there‘s more to him than just ‘Streets Of London’.
I Captain America King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 9pm. £4. See Tue 14.
I Arran Bede Apollo, Renfrew Court, 332 6231 . 9pm. Free. Mainly acoustic folk-pop, and crap literary puns.
I lie-Al Nice’n‘Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 3329637. 8.30pm. £1 .
I The Rebels RGs, Queen Street, 221 2200. 10pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Mouth Music Venue, Calton Road, 557 3073. See preview.
I The Gods 0t Glam Platform One, Victoria Street, 226 3816. 9pm. Free. All your favourites from the era of stomping riffs and stonking platforms.
I Fiaere lillssen and Gentle nants Variety Bar, Chalmers Close, off High Street, 557 5150. 8pm. Free. Minnesotan songstress with a bundle of powerful songs and a magnetic delivery. Support from performance poets — and why not?
I Sweet Jane Negociants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Laughter Subway, Cowgate, 225 6766. The involvement of former Spooks, and their promise of Dadaist touches to their shows, suggests this could well be a band worth seeing.
I Three's A Crowd Noble’s, Constitution Street, 554 2024. Free.
I Live music St James Oyster Bar, Calton Road, 557 2925. 9pm. Free.
I Live music West End Oyster Bar, West Maitland Street, 225 3861 . 9pm. Free.
THURSDAY 16 Glasgow
I The Sanditings and Huge Big Massive King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 9pm. £4. Ho hum/Yippee! Delete according to level of patience. Wolverhampton‘s Sandkings return for the nth time to deliver their blithe pop tunes which are increasingly tipping the scales in the ‘blithe‘ direction at the expense of ‘tunes’.
I The Bleeding Hearts Nice‘n’Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8. 30pm. £1.50. Part of a mini-residency for the fledgling Billy Idols.
I A Chocolate Morning Apollo, Renfrew Court, 332 6231. 9pm. Free. Mellow jangling indie pop. A second single is on the way.
I One Dove Shebang, Club Xchange , Royal Exchange Square, 204 4599. See Fri 10.
I The Wily Coyotes Halt Bar, Woodlands Road,332 1210. 9pm. Free.
I The Touch Trade rs, Glassford Street , 552 6246. 10pm. Free.
I Cloclthouse Drum and Monkey, Hope Street, 332 1893. 10pm. Free.
I lie-Al Richard‘s Basement, West
Regent Street, 221 01 16. 9pm. Free.
I The Loveless Time Warp Music Club, Joanna’s, Southgate, East Kilbride, 03552 47534. 9pm. £2. Aberdeen group (ex-APB) with a reputedly mushrooming profile in the States who’ve yet to strike on home soil. Danceworthy indie rock, asl remember.
I Wanted and Jeopardy Legends, Thorn Brae, Johnstone, 0505 35818. Free.
I Mr Jones Twa Corbies, Kilbowie Road, Cumbernauld, 0236 727473. 9pm. Free.
I King Liberty and Bassola Walt Garfield’s, Sunnyside Road, Coatbridge. 10.30pm. Benefit. Entrance by Easter egg or £2 for charity. Kravitz, U2 and Big Country influences.
Edinburgh
I Alden Bald Preservation Hall, Victoria Street, 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. Heavy rock.
I The Kleptotnaniacs Negociants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I That Mood Indigo Lord Darnley, West Port, 2294341. 9.30pm. Free. Unless they‘ve changed drastically over the last short while, the lndigos purvey impressively sophisticated, strummy, acoustic-based songs. A few jazzchords thrown in, but most definitely pop.
I Double Happiness St James Oyster Bar, Calton Road, 557 2925. 9pm. Free. New band fronted by Andy Chung of Rhythm Chillun and, for those whose memories stretch back far enough, The New York Pigfunkers.
I The Subterraneans Bertie‘s, Merchant Street, 225 2002. 10.30pm. Free.
I Live music Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 9pm. Free.
I Live music Morrison’s, Morrison Street, 229 6683. Free.
FRIDAY 17 Glasgow
I The Ruby Suit Nice’n’Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm. £1 .50. Edinburgh-based band with a sackful of live experience and robust tunes. Now sounding better than ever, as you can hear on their new single ‘Say Something Good’. I Renegade Angel Traders, Glassford Street, 552 6246. 10pm. Free.
I The Sandltings Dugout, Cathcart Street, Greenock, 0475 27918. 9.30pm. See Thurs 16.
I The Keatons and The Lavender Faction Bay Hotel, Pierhead, Gourock, 0475 31244. 9.30pm. £3. London’s Keatons play manic, quirky indie pop, usually accompanied by some sort of embellishing ‘performance art’, while The Lavender Faction are more straightforward guitars-a-go-go.
I Glasgow Songwriters Montrose Bar, Carrick Street, 221 7564. 9. 30pm. Free. Tonight‘s featured soloist is Tom Cichley , supported by three other acts from the Songwriters' ranks.
Edinburgh
I Dr Brown Preservation Hall, Victoria Street, 226 3816. £1 after 9pm. Rampant blues-rockers from the Deep South (of England). Guitar solos, ahoy!
I The Big Easy Negociants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Nocturnal: Trader Vic’s, Victoria
Street, 225 3326. 9. 30pm. Free. I Smalt Lord Darnley, West Port, 229 4341. 10pm. Free.
SATURDAY 18 Glasgow
I Leaders Di The New School Barrowland , Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7.30pm. £7.50. Rap, soul and boogie ‘ and we know nothing else about this event.
I Wedgewood Line, The Circus and The Delphi King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 9pm. £3. Another of Tut's local band triple bills with the running order decided by the amount of tickets each band manages to sell.
I The Hideaway Blues Band Nice'n‘Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8. 30pm. £1.50. Blues and soul.
I Julie Halt Bar, Woodlands Road, 332 1210. 9pm. Free. Another band doing their thang American-style and dripping with honest sweat.
I The Henry Brothers Richard’s Basement , West Regent Street, 221 01 16. 9pm. Free. I Gulet Liie Traders, Glassford Street, 552 6246. 10pm. Free.
I The She Bearz Cathedral House , Cathedral Square, 552 3519. 9pm. Free. Country and cajun.
I Battle of the Bands Village Theatre, East Kilbride, 03552 48669. 7pm. £3. A bill of up-and-coming talent which veers towards harder rock with a variety of different metal styles on show. Featuring Doctor Pop, Adam 812, Crisis, Trumpetworm, Gobstopper and The Adored.
I Sticky Fingers Tudor Lodge Hotel, Burnbank Road, Hamilton, 0698457277. 8pm. £1 .
Edinburgh
I Toxic 2 Wave Club, Venue , Calton Road. See Clubs.
I The Pearliishers and Nathan Detroit Music Box, Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £4. More of Davey Scott‘s finely- crafted ditties. Those who complain about there not being any good songwriting bands any more should perhaps drop in here and see what they think.
I The Scottish Sex Pistols and Vasily Bats Lord Darnley, West Port, 2294341 . 9.30pm. See Fri 10 for the Pistols. lntheir own way, Vasily Rats loosely continue the punk theme with some sprightly three-minute wonders. Bit iffy about ‘Child Abuse On Waltons Mountain’, but they play it vigorously enough.
I The Gods 0t Glam St James Oyster Bar, Calton Road, 557 2925. 9pm. Free. See Sat 1 1 .
I iionit Negociants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Blueiinger Platform One, Victoria Street, 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Edinburgh’s hardest-working 50$ and 6os-style rock‘n’roll band.
I Tea Dance Myth Preservation Hall, Victoria Street, 226 3816. £1 after 9pm. I Billy Rivers. Trader Vic's. Victoria Street, 225 3326. 41m. Free.
I The Wolverines Lord Darnley, West Port, 2294341. 4pm. Free.
SUNDAY 19 Glasgow
I M-People Tunnel, Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11pm. £5. Mike Pickering's hit-and-miss soul sideline who flirted with Top 40 success recently.
I ilatlon 01 Ulysses. One By One and Vomit iiead Apollo, Renfrew Court. 332 6231. 9pm. £3. See preview.
I The lienry Brothers Fixx ll, Miller Street. 221 1568. 9pm. Free.
I Dream Disciples Tudor Lodge Hotel, Burnbank Road, Hamilton, 0698457277. 8pm. £1 . Goth band last seen supporting Creaming Jesus.
Edinburgh
I Godilesh Venue, Calton Road, 557 3073. Warning: prolonged exposure to Godflesh causes heavy duty industrial bruising of the constitution. Not even the welcome sight of Loop‘s Robert Hampson can avert injury.
I The Hoovers and Two Weeks In June Music Box, Victoria Street, 225 2564. £3. Listen to the opening track on their Jealous EP, out on The Farm‘s own Produce label, and that shimmering, chimey guitar intro will leave you in no doubt that The Hoovers hail from the fair city of Liverpool. Trailing behind The La’s somewhat in terms of sheer pop instinct , but some solid hummable tracks.
I Dumpy's Busty iiuis Preservation Hall, Victoria Street, 226 3816. Where would Crazyhead, Gaye Bykcrs and Zodiac Mindwarp be without the trails blazed by proto-grebos Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts? Come to think about it, they‘re not doing too well anyway. Dumpy’s may yet outlast them all.
I Exclaim Negociants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Squints Subway, Cowgate, 225 6766. Considering their recent Dunderfunk support, we imagine thatThe Squints will lean towards the funk/metal/hardcore end of the spectrum. I Shibboleth Bertie‘s, Merchant Street, 225 2002. 10.30pm. Free. See Sat 11.
TVIONDAY 20 Glasgow
I Godilesh Hollywood Studios, Brown Street, 248 6606. 8pm. £5 .30 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just The Ticket, Virgin, Union Street, 2264679. See Sun 19.
Edinburgh
I The Kleplomaniacs and Big Bedroom Noise Venue, Calton Road, 5573073.
I One Fine Weekend Preservation Hall, Victoria Street, 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. I ilogwash Negociants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Mustang Sally Bertie‘s, Merchant Street, 225 2002. 10.30pm. Free.
I The Fabulous Bamblnos L'Attachc, Rutland Street.
TUESDAY 21 Glasgow
I The lloneychurch Apollo, Renfrew Court, 332 6231. 9pm. Free. Exponents of the popular Glasgow sound with lusty female vocals.
Edinburgh
I The Countrymen Negociants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9pm. See Sat 11.
I Kings In Disguise Bertie‘s, Merchant Street, 225 2002. 10.30pm. Free.
I Live music Subway, Cowgate, 225 6766. I Live music Morrison‘s, Morrison Street, 229 6683. Free.
WEDNESDAY 22 Glasgow I Sultans Di Ping FC King Tut‘s Wah Wah
34 The List 10— 23 April 1992