MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
Preservation Hall. First of two nights. See Thurs 30.
I Atom God and Gin Goblins Lord Darnley, West Port, 229 4341. 9.30pm. Algy Ward from The Damned and Fastway reveals his latest hard-roekin’ combo, supported by the new band of Mikie and Coco, formerly from Gargleblud. They promise sex, the occult and the destruction of the music biz - yes, all at once, in the Darnley,before your very eyes. Up To No Good EP imminent on their own Deadly Records. I Blueiinger Platform One, Rutland Street, 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Edinburgh‘s hardest working 505 and 605-style rock‘n‘roil band.
I Hilton Rabbits Club Subway, Cowgate, 225 6766. 10pm. Beleathercd rock.
I Honk Negoeiants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Billy Rivers Trader Vic‘s, Victoria Street, 225 3326. 4pm. Free.
I Blueiinger Lord Darnley. West Port. 229 4341. 4pm. Free. See above.
Selkirk
I Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love'iieaclion and Dunderiunlt Victoria Hall, Selkirk Road. information: 0896 4554. 7.30pm. £6. Tickets from Ripping Records.
UNDAY 3
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I Maytest. See separate listings.
I The Wolletones Plaza. Eglinton Toll, 423 3077. 7pm. £8 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just The Ticket, Virgin. Union Street, 226 4679. Folky, Celtic sounds with some more specific comment to make than The Levellers.
I David Bain Nice‘n'Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm. £1 . Acoustic set. I Four On The Floor Cottier‘s, Hyndland Road, 357 5827. 8.30pm. Free. Latin jazz. I Zodiac Mlndwarp and GSM Dugout, Cathcart Street, 0475 27918. 9pm. £5 (advance), £6 (door). Playful rock nonsense from the hirsute one. No integrity required.
I The Watemtill Ballerinas Clubhouse, Old Sneddon Street. Paisley, 889 4706. 8.30pm.
Edinburgh
I Fish Preservation Hall. Victoria Street, 226 3816. £6 Tickets available from Preservation Hall. Second of two nights. See Thurs 30.
I Agnostic Front and Concrete Sox Venuc. Calton Road, 557 3073. Blistering New York hardcore band — with the emphasis on hard - formed in 1982, whose last album, One Voice, was largely written during a two-year prison term served by their singer Roger Miret. They‘ve also had the forum of Donahue to discuss their lyrics, which not everyone can say.
I Spacers Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 10pm. Suspected thrashy types.
I The Receiving End Negoeiants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free. lcan exclusively reveal (ahem) that the debut CD-single from this Kirkcaldy band, ‘That‘s The Way 1 Operate‘ is really rather impressive; melodious, with two guitars egging each other on throughout. Possible contenders here, and hopefully a well-attended gig for them.
I Live music Bertie‘s, Merchant Street, 225 2002. 10.30pm. Free.
MONDAY 4 _ Glasgow
I Maytest. See separate listings. I The Olives Apollo, Renfrew Court, 332 6231. 9pm. Free. Folk rock.
Edinburgh
I Memphis Detour Negoeiants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Live music Bertie‘s, Merchant Street, 225 2002. 10.30pm. Free.
I Live music Morrison‘s, Morrison Street, 229 6683. Free.
TUESDAY 5 Glasgow
I Mayfest. See separate listings.
I Ozric Tentacles and Dodgy Mayfair, Sauchiehall Street , 332 3872. A varied agenda from cult hippy experimentalists Ozric Tentacles. Last time in this parish saw them leaning too heavily on intricate (ie boring) guitar exhibitionism at the expense of spaced-out weirdness and ambience. Dodgy are a hotch-potch of psychedelic influences and cantankerous attitude, who recently brushed with the Law following an impromptu protest rally. I Pig and Terminal Power Company King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £4. A double bill ofhard clanking industrial tinnitus-here-we-come sounds.
I The Basement, Glass Onion and Dog Cotton Club, Scott Street, 332 0712. 9pm. £3. Cheerful rootsy rock songs with anthemic possibilities from The Basement. Supported by rockers old and new.
I Better Ways and Sub (acoustic) Apollo, Renfrew Court, 332 6231 . 9pm. Free. Spunky, dancey pop/rock and confident stage presence. but it could still be anyone up there playing.
I Scud, The Gasmen. Geezanee and Now With Wings Nice‘n‘Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm. £1 .
I Sunny Boys Cathedral House. Cathedral Square, 552 3519. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Marcha Fresco Music Box, Victoria Street, 225 2564. 9pm. Marcha Fresca claim to have developed considerably with all that time spent recording their demo, though their rocky funk sound was streamlined in the first place.
I Murmur Negoeiants, Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free. See Sat 25.
I Live music Bertie‘s, Merchant Street, 225 2002. 10.30pm. Free.
I Live music Morrison‘s, Morrison Street. 229 6683. Free.
WEDNESDAY 6
Glasgow I Mayiest. See separate listings.
I Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds and The God Machine Barrowland, Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7.30pm. £8 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just The Ticket, Virgin, Union Street, 226 4679. See feature for Nick Cave. Rather than wander ponderously in Nick~style gloom, The God Machine choose to exorcise their bugbears in front of their audience with Sabbath riffs and spacey psychedelia. Heady stuff and highly recommended in large doses.
I Ahnrein and Nyah Fearties Apollo. Renfrew Court, 332 6231 . 9pm. £1 . Long-serving militant Welsh language band with a latent power behind their punky approach. The same could be said of Nyah Fearties (except the Welsh language bit).
I iilch ls Strange Nice‘n‘Sleazy.
Sauchiehall Street , 333 9637. £1 .
I Jum Fixx Ii , Miller Street, 221 1568. 9pm. Free.
I Darra i‘iouse Twa Corbies, Kilbowie Road, Cumbernauld, 0236 727473. 9pm. Free.
I Live Music RGs, Queen Street, 221 2200. 11pm. Free. Late license for Mayfest.
Edinburgh
I Paul Brady Queen's Hall, South Clerk Street, 668 2019. £7.50 plus booking fee. From spending several years at the forefront ofthe Irish traditional scene with The Johnstons and Planxty to being a pop songwriter beloved of Tina Turner, Bonnie Raitt. Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan (from whose lips came the oft-repeated ‘secret hero’ quote) was no great leap for Paul Brady, but crossing over into the realm of star performer has been a trickier task. Not that he'sdoing too badly as it is, mind.
I Ozric Tentacles and Dodgy Music Box, Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. See Tue 5. I Coast Subway, Cowgate , 225 6766. 10pm. New band over from Glasgow with the help of Tennents Live!
I Red Eye Negoeiants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Live music Variety Bar, Chalmers Close, off High Street, 557 5150. 8pm. Free.
THURSDAY 7 Glasgow
I Mayfest. See separate listings.
I Public image Limited and Live Barrowland, Gallowgate, 552 4601 . 7.30pm. £8.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just The Ticket. Virgin, Union Street. 226 4679. When John Lydon‘s not making a hona fide nuisance ofhimself (Grow up, man! no one cares about someone who‘s angry just for the sake of being angry), PiL can still knuckle down and get some brilliant corruscating sounds out ofa guitar; which is why they have outlasted most of their contemporaries. I Zutl La Chute, Bollin' Joe (solo) and Cinnhor Ferryfest, Renfrew Ferry, Clyde Place, 429 3766. 9pm. £4 (£3). Tickets from the Ticket Centre, Candleriggs, 227 551 1 , and the Ferry booking office, 429 2683. Cajun. rock'n’roll and folk respectively.
I Fiaere Nilsen Halt Bar, Woodlands Road, 332 1210. 9pm. Free. See Sat25.
I Landtall Traders. Glassford Street. 552 6246. 9pm. Free.
I Rhythm Hill Richard‘s Basement, West Regent Street, 221 01 16. 9pm. Free.
I Elias RGs, Queen Street, 221 2200. 11pm. Free. Late licence for Mayfest.
I Strange Fish Drum And Monkey, Hope Street, 332 1893. 10pm. Free.
I Slam Solid Rock Cafe, Hope Street,221 1105. 9pm. Free.
IJunlt Republic Nice‘n‘Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm. £1 . I lan Fergus, Crawlord McCalum, Andy Smith and Alan Tall Cottier’s, Hyndland Road, 357 5827. 8.30pm. Free. Ragtime guitar and blues, plus poetry readings.
I Marcha Fresca Time Warp Music Club, Joanna’s, Southgate, East Kilbride, 03552 47534. 9pm. £2. See Tue 5.
Edinburgh
I Surge Subway, Cowgate, 225 6766. 10pm. From Dundee. and interestingly described by someone who seems to know these things as being a bit like a mainstream Comsat Angels.
I Prick Up Your Ears Preservation Hall, Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1 after 9pm.
I Intimate Strangers Negoeiants, Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Red Eye Lord Darnley, West Port, 229 4341.9.30pm. Free.
I Live music Bertie‘s, Merchant Street, 225 2002. 10.30pm. Free.
I Live music Morrison’s, Morrison Street, 229 6683. Free.
JAZZ mam-
oates listed below are lor one-oil shows: see separate section tor residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Perlonnances will be listed. provided that details reach our oliices at least one week belore publication. Jazz Listings compiled by Kenny Mathieson.
FRIDAY 24 Edinburgh
I Dr Mch and Jazz Therapy Edinburgh Jazz Club, Learmonth Hotel, 553 4149. 8—11.45pm. £3 (members £2). Traditional jazz night featuring well-regarded local bands. Annie McNicol is the vocalist with Dr McJazz.
SATURDAY 25 Glasgow
I John Murray Orchestra Society of Musicians, 73 Berkeley Street, 221 61 12. 2—5pm. £1 . Greenock-based mainstream big band.
I George Penman's Jazzmen Society of Musicians, 73 Berkeley Street, 221 6112. 8.30pm—midnight. £3. Glasgow's leading Traditional band.
Edinurgh
I Juez Jazz Quintet Scandic Crown Hotel. High Street. 8pm. £5. Danish quintet with a fusion-orientated sound and a name which is a play on ‘jazz‘ and ‘blues‘. Singer Trine Dansgaard has a fresh and pleasantly lyrical manner, and the tight and imaginative band steer away from familiar cliches.
SUNDAY 26 Glasgow
I Big Band Session Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street, 221 6112. 2-5pm.£1. The Strathclyde Youth Jazz Orchestra
alternate with the Tim Barella Big Band.
Edinburgh
I Mike Travis’s EH15 Tron Ceilidh House, Hunter Square. 9pm—midnight. £3 (£2). Percussionist Mike Travis has recruited a new keyboard player in Jonathan Beales (who doubles on violin) to join Steve Kettley (saxes), Graham Muir (guitars) and Stuart Smith (basses), but their potent and enjoyable mix of modern jazz with ethnic influences continues as before.
MONDAY 27 Glasgow
I Kit Carey’s Jazz Band Society of Musicians, 73 Berkeley Street,2216112. 9pm—midnight. £2. Traditional.
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40 The List 24 April — 7 May 1992