ROCK & BLUES MUSID
SATURDAY 12
I The Pastels, Boylriend and too Electra King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. The elder statesmen of Scottish indie pop. almost as much responsible for Teenage Fanclub‘s existence as Big Star. . . Certainly a profound influence in shaping alternative music in Glasgow over the past ten years. Two local supports from the same stock. I Auntie Hose and Subsonic Vice Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 10pm. Heavy sounds with traces of a funkrock influence from Auntie Rose. State of the art dance p0p which occasionally bends the knee to a more ravey approach.
I Touch MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Word Di Mouth The Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I Hollin’ Joe and the Jets McCools Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free. Fifties rock ’n' roll.
I Tonight At Icon The Scotia. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. Folk rock. I Lorna Buchanan Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 11pm. Free. The Supper Club.
I Buddha Grass Harbour The Rockin‘ Horse. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 10pm. Free. Paisley rockers.
I Eugenius, The BMX Bandits, The Basement, Inlun Joe and Brine Rock On The Watter. lrvine Harbourside. Noon- 4pm. Free. A varied line-up for the musical contribution to this year’s Cunningham Festival.
I live Music Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free.
I Jimmy Bill Scaramouche. F.1ders1ie Street. 333 9735. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
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I Miners’ Gala Meadows. Melville Drive. 1 lam. Free. The STUC march in support of the miners' struggle to basically survive in the face of government doom- mongering culminates with a concert featuring. amongst others. Billy Bragg. The McCluskey Brothers. The Humpff Family and The Beat Poets. Other attractions include beer tent. brass and pipe bands, stalls. kiddies events and
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assorted comedians. chancers and politicians. A chance to lend your voice and enjoy a rare appearance in the form of Billy Bragg. sure to be in sparkling. agit- pop form after some lay-off and the sheer splendour of 1991 ’s LP Don 'r Try This At Home.
I The Hilton Babbits’ Club and The llawntreadelsSubway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 8.30pm. £2. Crowd-pulling. crowd- pleasing grungey goth (‘are we hell' they chorus) band. Support from Aberdeen.
I The Joyriders and Ghickweed Venue. 8pm. £4. Sterling double bill of local rock with global potential. The Joyriders return after a few months lay-off with scuzz. power-choruses and guts a-plenty. Ditto for Chickweed.
I The Hideaway Blues Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £2 after 9pm.
I The Flaming Gurus and The Collectors Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £2.50. Half-Antipodean.ha1f- Caledonian garage band supported by three piece from Belfast.
I Fred Duimby Quartet Vaults. N iddry Street. 556 7018. 11pm. £5/£4. A Sex Machine presentation.
I The Shrimptons St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 10pm. Free. See Wed 9.
I Bluellnger Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free.
I live music Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Blue Hyenas Granny's Attic. Bath Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free. I live music Fortunes Tavern. Candlemaker Row. 226 7190. 9pm. Free.
Kirkcaldy
I Summeriield Blues and The Recession Ollerton Hotel. Victoria Road. 0592 264286. 9pm. £2. See Tue 8.
SUNDAY 13
I Eugene Ghadbourne and The Rubber Room King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5.50. Semi-legendary improvisational guitarist. helped out on drums by ex-Mothers Of invention skinbasher Jimmy Carr Black.
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The Arches. Midland Street. 221 9736. 8pm. £6 plus booking fee. See preview for The Lost Soul Band. playing The Arches straight from an afternoon appearance at the Rock On The Watter festival in lrvine this afternoon (see separate listing). Support from highly popular local pop crew. shortly to attend the New York New Music Seminar.
I Killers featuring Paul oianno and Baindance The Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £4.50 (advance). Tickets from The Cathouse. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and 23rd Precinct. Bath Street. 332 4806. Ex-lron Maiden vocalist with his current band.
I Peanut Butter, Legotace and Suns ot Indifference Nice‘n'Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 10pm.
I This Duick The Rockin' Horse. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free. I The Lost Soul Band, The Rhymes, Harmonica Jones, Sexy Jessika, Flood and Spida Rock On The Watter. lrvine Harbourside. Noon-4pm. Free. A rootsier feel to today‘s dose of Rock On The Watter.
I Murmur The Liquor Store. The Area. Bridge Street. Paisley. 848 5096. 9.30pm. Free. Blithe janglesome pop.
I 1/28 Johnny Rockets. Cambridge Street. 10.30pm. Free. Out-of-town for Edinburgh's noisey rockers.
Edinburgh
I Bolt-thrower, korpse and Inversus Venue. 7.30pm. £5. Night of death metal and doom. The Venue always have death metal on the Sabbath. This is irony. we're told.
I little Twister Vaults. Niddry Street. Sex Machine presentation.
I Shibboleth Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free.
I Live music Negociants. l.othian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I live music Fortunes Tavern. Candlemaker Row. 226 7190. 9pm. Free. I Kid Huiiin’ Pelican. Cowgate. 225 5413. 9pm. Free. See Sun 6.
MONDAY 14
Glasgow
I Saxon Pavilion Theatre. Renfield Street. 332 1846. 7.30pm. £7/£6. Tired old heavy metallurgists, fronted by the excellently-named Biff Bifford. gainfully adding to their pension funds.
I Urban Species (TBC). The Volcano. Benalder Street. 337 1 100.
I Phillip Walker Blues Band The Arches. Midland Street. 227 5511. 8pm. £7 (£4). Late announcement of a mini-tour for the American guitarman. following his Dundee Jazz Festival appearance. The band also play the Volunteer Hall.
Galashiels on Tue 15 (8pm. £6.50 (£4.50)).
Edinburgh
I Ac Acoustics, Seamonkey and The Receiving End Venue. 9pm. £3. Swirling noise dervishes from Glasgow supported by Kirkcaidy bands. See Fri 5 for Seamonkey. The Receiving End now punting harder. more barbed guitar-pop (what a bland and uninformative description; sorry) after last year's warmly-applauded ‘That’s The Way 1 Operate!‘ FP. Their free fanzine is available from Trend Records. 77 Hillcrest Avenue. Kircaldy KY2 5TU.
I live music Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Hearsay St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 10pm. Free.
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TUESDAY 15
I Glasgow Songwriters ieahrring Lesley Anne Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free.
I Jimmy Bill McCool’s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9.30pm. Free.
I Word Di Mouth Colours. Byres Road. 9pm. Free. Soulful Glasgow pop.
Edinburgh
I Risk, The Larch and Gigante Venue. 9pm. £3. Risk have epic harmonies underpinning polite pop-rock (with some funk shot through). The funk of Glasgow's Larch is more skittery.
I Hootise Tootsie Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 10pm. Free.
I live music Negociants. l.othian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Hick McCallum Pelican. Cowgate. 225 5413. 9pm. Free. See Tues 8.
I The Feeling Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 8.30pm. £2. Glasgow band.
WEDNESDAY 16
I Jamiroquai and Gui 3 The Tunnel. Mitchell Street. 204 1000. 9pm. £7.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. The cat in the hat who’sjust too funky for his shirt runs through a few Stevie Wonder tribute pieces. the world grooves on and everyone leaves with a smile on their face. Plus Femi from Young Disciples DJs.
I Diesel Park West King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Worthy pop/rock for those who like their music to have ‘grit', ‘passion'. ‘vision' and so on.
I Bogus Bob MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Splda The Scotia. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Stalwart of the Glasgow Songwriters group.
I live Music RGs. Queen Street. 221 2200. 10pm. Free. A top Glasgow band are playing here anonymously tonight.
Edinburgh
I Elias and Tempus Fugit Venue. 9pm. £3. This is planet funkety-funk.
I The Jewel Experience La Belle Angele. Hastie‘s Close. Cowgate. 225 2774. 9pm. Free. Dr Octopus. Lady Q & The Killer Bees and Five On a Vegetable Fix — three bands presented by Jewel & Esk Valley College as part of their end of term party. I Phillip Walker Blues Band The Music Box. Victoria Street. 668 2019. See Glasgow listings.
I Feelnolator St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 10pm. Free.
I live music Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
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