ROCK & BLUES MUSIC
I August and Only Heaven Nice'n'Sleazy.
Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 10pm.
I Farnily love Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Laidback. summery soul. worth checking out in that they ring truer than more typical Scottish ‘white soul‘ sounds.
I The naggle Taggle Gypsies McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free. Celtic folk rock.
I Touch MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Lorna Buchanan Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. llpm. Free. The Supper Club.
I Just Moriarty Rockin' Horse. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 10pm. £2.
I Mac And The Boys Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 27918. 9.30pm. £2.50.
I llve Music Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
i I Blaggers ITA Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 7.30pm. Envoys of London squat culture make a quick return to Scotland after their recent Glasgow gig with Fun- Da-Mental. See Live review.
I All Acoustics and White Out Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. Two acclaimed indie-rock groups from the West.
I Scratch and The Stanleys Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I Jeggro St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 10pm. Free.
I Betty's llotpot Granny’s Attic. Bath Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free. I live music Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
Kirkcaldy
I Lights Out By line Tetnplehall Community Centre. Duneam Drive. 0592 203904. Big soul/R&B band.
SUNDAY 30
I Cary Clark Arches. Midland Street. 221 9736. 8pm. £7.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. From upbeat commercial pop towards a more diluted pop vision with his solo stuff. Gary Clark and his album Ten Short Songs About Love provide a focus for lovers of undemanding adult pop stuff.
I Crane: and Slowdive King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5.50. A double bill that won‘t exactly set the stage on fire. but can chisel wonderful atmospheric sounds out of chunks of dead air. Cranes are moving away from their sub-industrial depression to an almost summery strummery. while Slowdive’s new EP sees them retain the wimpy outlook but push melody further to the fore.
I Buddha Cress Harbour, Five Past Midnight and little Mister Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £3. Varied bill. from rock to funk and back.
I The Poozles Renfrew Ferry. Clyde Place. 429 2683. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). Tickets from Ferry booking office and the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. All-girl
band with cajun elements to their varied sound.
I Clenorglenda, Vibrant Circle and Dr Zeus Nice’n’Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Formerly 60s revivalists The Mystreators. Dr Zeus now play more in ajazzfunk vein.
I Amphora Jug Band McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I Abel Canz Rockin’ Horse. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free.
I saidtlorence Liquor Store. The Area. Bridge Street. Paisley. 848 5096. 9.30pm. Free. Bank Holiday special. See Thurs 27.
Edinburgh
I Test Dept Music Box. Victoria Street. 225 2564. 9pm—3am. £6.50. The first live promotion by Convulsr'on magazine. which will hopefully blossom into a series of monthly gigs. Test Dept are mining the dancier vein heard on their recent singles. but haven’t jettisoned their distinctive torrential drum-bashing. Support comes from Italian techno types KX Noiz System. and the six-hour event has music from Tao Sound System with DJ Crashpad and visuals from Simulations Inc.
I Chuclt Prophet And The Creatures or llabit Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 7.30pm. £6. Former Green On Red Mainstay with his own group.
I uuare La Belle Angele. Hasties Close. Cowgate. 225 2774. 9pm. Free. Fife- based indie rock band.
I live music Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. '
MONDAY 31
I Boyfriend, 18-vlheeler and Sister lover's King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3. A triple bill dead set on unashamedly declaring that the Big Star legacy most certainly shines on in Glasgow beyond Teenage Fanclub. Boyfriend have an LP out on August at the moment. l8-Wheeler will release one on the same label this summer. Sister Lovers remain a mystery. but with a name like that . . .
I Cod Is My Co-Pllot, Tsunami and Brittlehip Nice’n'Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £3.50. Endearing thrashing about from New Yorkers God Is My Co-Pilot. while Tsunami have been gathering plaudits for their bittersweet take on fem buzzpop.
I U28 Rockin’ Horse. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free. See Sat 22.
I live Music McCool’s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Cary Clark Queen’s Hall. Soirth Clerk Street. 668 2019. See Sun 30.
I Slowdlve and Cranes Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £6. See Sun 30.
I Magic Mamas and Skin It Back La Belle Angele. Hasties Close. Cowgate. 225 2774. 9pm. Free.
I live music Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
TUESDAY 1 _
Glasgow
I Spaced Out Roundabout, Planet X and Jett Rink King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3. Three bands that sound like they've just slipped off the set of a John Waters movie. I Retrospect McCool’s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I Glasgow Songwriters recurring loll Thomson Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Plus open platform.
I The Velvet Underground Playhouse Theatre. Greenside Place. 557 2590. SOLD OUT. See feature.
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