ROCK & BLUES MUSIC
Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free. I Mark Bohertson Marlborough Bar. Burn Street. 554 86828. 8.30pm. Free.
SATURDAY 15
Glasgow
I Mayrest. See separate listings.
I World Party Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £8 plus booking fee. Tickets from JUst the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. See feature.
I Moonshalte and Shrielt King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4. Ex-Wollhound Dave Callaghan has reinvented himself refieatedly. In Moonshake he‘s gone from Valentines-like distortion to reggae to sheer left-field perversity which still makes compulsive listening. Shriek are one of a number of noise bands emerging who are fronted by women asserting their individuality without resorting to Riot Grrrl militancy.
I Blaggers ITA and Fun-oa-Mental Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 7pm. £5.30 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Cathouse. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and 23rd Precinct. Bath Street. 332 4806. Uncompromising political rock and rap bill including Blaggers lTA who‘ve disparagineg hijacked the Benetton advertising scam and the recently List-featured Asian rappers FDM.
I Hideaway Blues Band Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 10pm. Blues and soul from the residency circuit favourites.
I Tempus Fugit Mo' Jazz With Attitude. 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free.
I Wish Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. Glasgow popsters featured on the Spiral Records compilation Gneiss.
I Glasgow Songwriters Select
Hennessy's. West Nile Street. 221 8044. 9pm. Free. Four acts from the weekly Tuesday night sessions at Blackfriars in genteel cafe-diner surroundings.
I The Journeymen McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I Touch MacSorley’s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Bev Me And The Congregation Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Harmonica-based blues. I The Henry Brothers Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free. See Fri 7.
I lorna Buchanan Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 1 1pm. Free. The Supper Club.
I Big George And The Business Rockin' Horse. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 10pm. £2. Second night for the blues trio.
I live Music Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 27918. 9.30pm. £2.50.
Edinburgh
I The Auteurs and David Gray Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 7.30pm. £6. See Fri 14. David Gray's recently-released
solo album. A Century Ends (Hut). finds the Welsh singer-songwriter in fine. wracked-folkie form. A splendid pairing. I Glen Matlock’s Mavericks Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. Old Pistols never die . . . Next week: John Lydon live at the Scandic Crown Piano Bar.
I Screaming Jets and Sons 01 The Shaking EarthSubway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 8.30pm. £5 plus booking fee. Big Oz rockers supported by similarly adrenalised locals.
I Bo Weevil Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1.50 after 9pm. Blues. I BTI. St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 10.30pm. Free. Reggae rock featuring Talking Heads and Police cover versions.
I Bluetlnger Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Rock ‘n' roll. I little Twister Vaults. 1 1pm. £5. Part of the club Sex Machine.
I Bahy Bartok Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Erroneous Marine Lounge. Bath Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free.
I Phil Bailey Tollbooth Tavern. Canongate. 556 5348. Free. 8.30pm.
SUNDAY 16
Glasgow
I Mayrest. See separate listings.
I Jellyfish The Arches. Midland Street. 221 9736. 10pm. £7 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Bouncy. wacky types from across the Atlantic who fashion cheery pop songs from their transparent 60s influences. such as past chart success ‘The King Is Half Undressed'.
I Woltshane King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Hoary hairy rockers from down south. not
‘ to be confused with electric folkies
Wolfstone.
I The Screaming Jets and The ocean Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5 (advance). £6 (door). Tickets from The Cathouse. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and 23rd Precinct. Bath Street. 332 4806. Australia's most successful hard rock act return to these shores for the second time in their five- year career.
I Jump City McCooI‘s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I Suhsonic Vice and Huhha iluhha Nice 'n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 10pm.
I Blues 62 Rockin‘ Horse. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Undead and Campus Tramps Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 7pm. Undead frontman Bobby Steele is something of a New York punk legend. having been the key figure in The Misfits — thrashy riffmeisters who supported The Damned in the UK in November 1979. Now Bobby‘s back. he’s only got nine toes. and he‘s sore as hell . . .
I Vertigo La Belle Angele. Hasties Close. Cowgate. 225 2774. 9pm. Free. Local band.
I Electric Starfish Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
MONDAY 17
Glasgow
I Mayrest. See separate listings.
I Stephen Duffy and lick Lalrd-Glowes King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Pallid Englishmen peddling netrOSpective whimsy alert! The evidence? Stephen Duffy was the man behind the wimpy but endearing Lilac Time and Nick Laird- Clowes made similar sweet statements
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