MllSlB ROCK & BLUES
ROCK &. BLUES
Oates listed below are lor one-otl shows: see separate section tor residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Oates will be listed, provided that details reach ourotlices at least one week betore publication. Roclr and Blues Listings compiled byAlastair Mabbott and Fiona Shepherd.
FRIDAY 22
Glasgow
I Maytest. See separate listings.
I Slryclad King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £4. The thrash metal/folk crossover starts here. courtesy ofex-Sabbat vocalist Martin Walkyicr and Pariah guitarist Steve Ramsay. Their debut album The Wayward Sorts ()fMorher Earth is out now.
I The Henry Brothers Nice‘N‘Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 8.30pm. lrrepressible folky jollity.
I Peter Goes To Particlr Traders. Glassford Street. 552 6246. 9pm. Free.
I Melanie O’Reilly Cottier‘s, Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 8.30pm. Free.
I On The Waterlronl The Clubhouse, Old Sneddon Street. Paisley. 889 4706. 8.30pm.
I Gilt 0t Vision Legend‘s, Thorn Brae.
J ohnstone. 0505 35818. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I PJ Harvey Potterrow Student Union. Potterrow. 650 2656. 9pm £5. Dry was probably one of the most talked about debut albums of the year and quite rightly so. Polly Harvey is a fascinating lyricist. and frontperson so ifyou‘vc yel lobe scratched by her niggling music then this is the perfect opportunity. Hurry. though. numbers are strictly limited to 200.
I Ege Bam Yasi and Utopia Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, 229 1442. 10pm. £3/£2.50. Mr Egg playing live and joined by Aberdeen band Utopia fora night of back-to-basics high octane dance music.
I Wedgewood Line Lord Darnley, West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. Free.
I Blues 'n' Trouble Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1 after 9pm.
I Big Bedroom Noise Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
SATURDAY 23 .
Glasgow
I Maytest. See separate listings.
I Levitation, The Cardiacs and Static Glasgow Polytechnic. Cowcaddens Road. 332 0681. 9pm. £4.50 (advance).£5 (door). Students and guests. A double bill sent as manna from above. . . but breathing fire and brimstone. Or at least the first part is. Levitation are sitting on the potential album of the year Need For Not. having bypassed growing pains and the maturing process to deliver a full-blooded stampede with a scope of breathtaking horizons. They'll scramble your brains. then dust you off with bewitching pastoral elegies. The Cardiacs can pull off similar feats with lessintensity and more theatrics (and no pastoral elegies). l‘m trembling already.
I Big Vern'N’The Shootahs and The Wily Coyotes Ferryfest, Renfrew Ferry. Clyde Place. 429 3766. 9pm. £6. Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 551 l , and the Ferry booking office. 429 2683. A
cocktail of ‘classic‘ rock’n‘roll and sharp
suits courtesy of the Blues Brothers impersonators.
I Saturday Night lee The Apollo, Renfrew Court, 332 6231. 9pm. £3. A feast for pure, untainted rock’n’roll fans, featuring Rollin’ Joe, CC Riders, The Kingpins and Hitsville Greaseguns.
I Into Exile King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 9pm. £3. .
I The Rhymes Halt Bar, Woodlands Road, 332 1210. 9pm. Free. Ayrshire blues band , who recently supported The Blues Band at Mayfest.
I Lezli B Band Blackfriars, Bell Street, 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. The ex-Hue and Cry keyboard player in solo effort.
I Crazy Horse Richard’s Basement, West Regent Street. 2210116.9pm. Free. No, not the Crazy Horse (we think).
I Fiaere llllssen Cathedral House, Cathedral Square. 552 3519. 9pm. Free. The singer/songwriter with another of her regular appearances at this venue.
I The Touch and Sense ot Touch Traders. Glassford Street, 552 6246. 9pm. Free. Nominally confusing double bill.
I Abel Ganz Nice’N‘Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm.
I Hideaway Blues Band The Dugout, Cathcart Street, Greenock, 0475 27918. 9.30pm. £2.50. Blues and soul.
I The Dream Disciples Tudor Lodge Hotel, Burnbank Road, Hamilton, 0698 457277. 8pm. £1. Goth band, whose album Veil Of Tears is available now.
I The Gypsies Legend’s, Thorn Brae. Johnstone, 0505 35818. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Martilta Playhouse Theatre, Greenside Place. 557 2590. CANCELLED. Commitments Stateside mean we’re denied the company of Prince‘s most recent protegée. I Fish Edinburgh University Student Union, Chambers Street. 7.30pm. £5. Students and guests only. The Marillion refugee’s show may be the last gig totake place here since since the union is under threat of closure due to cuts in the grant awarded to the Students Association. I The Lost Form Sheep's Heid lnn, Duddingston, 661 1020. Free. The Lost Form (Neil and Stuart from Elephant Noise) appear as part of an all-day charity event in aid of the Fort Teviot Play Appeal. With fancy dress events and a Radio Forth compere, the Tennent‘s Taverns hope to raise over£10,000 between them. I Tea Dance Smith Preservation Hall, Victoria Street, 226 3816. 9pm. I Headcleaner and Fortreye Lord Darnley, West Port, 229 4341. 9pm. £2.50. I The Kleptornanlacs Subway, Cowgatc, 225 6766. I Shibboleth Platform One, Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. I June Frost Negociants. Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free. I Rab Howltt Lord Darnley, West Port, 229 4341 . 4pm. Free. I Shorty Rogers And The Giants Trader Vic‘s, Victoria Street, 225 3326. 5pm. Free.
SUNDAY 24 Glasgow
I Fleadh Glasgow Green. 11am. £20 plus booking fee. For ticket information phone 031 556 1212. See feature forline-up.
I Fiona The Cathouse, Hollywood Studios. Brown Street, 248 6606. 8pm. £5. Another American act for the Cathouse - this time an out-and-out rock ‘chick'.
I Frankie knuckles, SL2. Pascal’s Bongo Massive and Rhythm Guest The Tunnel, Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11pm. £12. An allnighter featuring PAs, and guest DJs spots from the acts mentioned above.
I Black Iron Skyline The Apollo, Renfrew Court, 332 6231. 2pm. Free. The bar will be shut for this gig— Black iron Skyline are a 13-year-old and a lS-year-old of whom impressive things are already being said. Musically. they produce mainstream
poppy dance.
I The Spangleheads Nice’N‘Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm. £1 . I Full Flight Rooftops, Sauchiehall Street. 332 5883. 9pm. First night of a three-week mini-residency.
I That Hideous Thing Richard's Basement. West Regent Street. 221 0116. 9pm. Free. I The Sunny Boys Cottier‘s. Hyndland Road, 357 5827. 8.30pm. Free.
I Sticky Fingers Tudor Lodge Hotel. Burnbank Road; Hamilton. 0698457277. 8pm. £1 .
I Overnight Sensation Legend‘s. Thorn Brae. Johnstone. 0505 35818. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Hugh Reed And The Velvet Underpants Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. Wacky west coast funstcrs promoting their latest single.
I Alter Ever Subway. Cowgatc, 225 6766. I The Squints Mission, Victoria Street. 225 3326. Free.
I The Like Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Bluetinger Neighbours, McDonald Road, 557 4928. 9pm Free.
I Bluelinger Green Tree, Gorgie Road. 337 1031. 4pm. Free.
I The Volunteers Ryrie’s. Haymarket Terrace. 557 7582. Free.
I The Fabulous Bambinos Bertie‘s. Merchant Street. 225 2002. 10.30pm. Free.
I The Brothers Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free.
MONDAY 25 Glasgow
I The Conscience and The Forget-Me-tlots King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £2.50. A showcase gig for a band with a ‘new dance sound‘. apparently. supported by major label lrish equivalent of Voice OfThe Beehive.
I The Marnies The Apollo. Renfrew Court. 332 6231 . 9pm. £2. Billed as Mayfeast. and also featuring two comedians. Jeremy llerrin and Neil Robert Herd.
I New Model Army Rico‘s. Ann Street. Greenock. 0475 83705. 8.30pm. £6. When they‘re not providing their fans with the opportunity to peruse clog-making factories (true. apparently). New Model Army enjoy a spot of touring. This time they side-step the metropolis to bring their politicised rants to neglected hamlets.
Edinburgh
I Levitation and The Cardiacs Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. See Sat 23. I The Hundred Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Precious Little Else Bertie‘s. Merchant Street. 225 2002. 10.30pm. Free.
I Texas Breaktast Preservation Hall. Victoria Street, 226 3816. Free.
TUESDAY 26
Glasgow
I Shakespear's Sister Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm; £9 plus
booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket, Virgin, Union Street , 226 4679. Marcella’s banshee vocals aside, is there anything more to Shakespear‘s Sister when you chip away the ghostly foundation and Spangled bodysuits? Plenty for the shallow acsthete to feed on. but really just anothertriumph of style over content.
I The Olirians The Apollo. Renfrew Court. 332 6231. 9pm. Free.
I La Hoop Cathedral House.Cathcdral Square. 552 3519. 9pm. Free.
I Glasgow Songwriters with Andi Watson Blackfriars. Bell Street, 552 5924.
9.30pm. Free. Open platform for singer/songwriters.
Edinburgh
I The Loveless Music Box. Victoria Street, 225 2564. 9.30pm.
I Planet 0 And The Satellites, Oddbodran and Middle Man Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. Three local bands with Planet 0 not long back from Italy where their particular brand ofjazz/funk seemsto have gone done extremely well.
I On The Cards Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
I Mustang Sally Bertie‘s. Merchant Street. 225 2002. 10.30pm. Free.
WEDNESDAY 27
Glasgow
I The Hemingways The Apollo. Renfrew Court. 332 6231. 9pm. Free.
I Rhyme and Reason Nice‘N‘Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 8.30pm.
I The Basement The Fixx 11, Miller Street, 221 1568. 9pm. Free. A wide spectrum of sounds — from bouncy pop to country rock to chantalong AOR.
I Whistle Over Washington Richard‘s Basement. West Regent Street. 221 01 16. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Frankie Miller Band Queen’s Hall. South Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £7.70 (add 50p if paying by credit card). Fresh from his Flcadh appearance. Scotland‘s national hero (well. for some anyway) is out to show there are more strings to his bow than the cringe-inducing Caledonia. Support comes from Edinburgh heavy rockers Wild Spirit or have they reverted back to their former monickcr The Crows?. I The Oyster Band and Rev Hammer Venue, Calton Road, 557 3073. 9pm.
I Capone And The Bullets Subway. Cowgatc, 225 6766.
I Fool Circle Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.
THURSDAY 28
Glasgow
I Swervedriver and Run Westy Run The Cathouse. Hollywood Studios, Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5. Deep breath, fasten your seatbelt and hold on for dear life, or you won’t see Swervedriver for dust. Truly adrenalized. blistering indie rock delivered bluntly but with passion. A cut above the limp Brit grunge brigade. I The Bachelor Pad and Landtall The Apollo, Renfrew Court, 332 6231.9pm. Free. The last year has seen some further line-up changes for The Bachelor Pad but their cheesy psychedelia remains without blemish. Landfall are a new band paying enormous lipservice to US garage bands like Hitsker Du, but pulling it off admirably.
I Richard Strange and Julie King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £3.
I Lezli Robertson Halt Bar, Woodlands Road, 332 1210. 9pm. Free. See Sat23. I Scud, Now With Wings, The Gasmen and Geezanee Traders. Glassford Street. 552 6246. 9pm. Free.
I Hideaway Blues Band Solid Rock Cafe, Hope Street.221 1105.9.30pm.Free.
22 May — 4 June 1992