MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
Bad Manners bass and keyboards. Support from incendiary Edinburgh ska band Proi. I (lot or Space and Chairman Mouth Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £2. Ride-influenced bunch supported by post- Buffalo Tom three-piece.
I Glen 0r Glenda and Superslinky Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2 (£1.50). Sixties-influenced garagey guitar punk band with psychedelic edge.
I lvorlters In Song Gallery Bar. North Bank Street. The Mound. 9pm—lam. Free. Information: 440 4303. Weekly forum for Edinburgh-based singer-songwriters. with around ten performers playing three or four songs each.
I Feemolator Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Red Hot And Blue L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 11pm. Free. Rock ‘n' roll.
I live music Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 10pm. Free.
I live music L'Attache. Rutland Street. 11pm. Free.
WEDNESDAY 23
Glasgow
I The Selecter and Solomon Flynn King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Another band trading on past glories but picking up an army of new fans for their politically- charged hectic ska pop. See Sun 20 for Solomon Flynn.
I $118, Roundhouse, Floatation, The Idle Poor and loverumble R.G.'s. Queen Street. 221 2200. 9pm. Free. See Sat 19. I Fred uuimby Quartet MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. Funky combo tipping the hat to Arrested DeveIOpment and Brand New Heavies. I live Music McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Biohazard and Clutch Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £6. Hardcore rap from the Brooklyn four-piece currently flagellating their audience with their Urban Discipline LP.
I The Revs and Schoolhouse Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm.
I Risk La Belle Angele. Hasties Close (behind The Pelican). Cowgate. 225 2774. 9pm. £2 (£1). Choppy. chunky and choonful Edinburgh-based six—piece. with backing singers and approachable. commercial sound.
I Junkyard Angels St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 10pm. Free.
I Guns For Hire Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I An Ocean Full or Tennis Balls Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free.
I The Gods Di Glam L'Attache. Rutland Street. 1 1pm. Free. Teen sounds of the 70s.
I Dr Ruth Burnt Post, Lothian Road. 229 4942. 9pm. Free.
I live music Black Bull. Grassmarket. 225 6636. Free.
I live music L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 9pm. Free.
THURSDAY 24
Glasgow
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I Steve llowe Renfrew Ferry. Clyde Place. 429 2683. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Tickets
from the Ferry booking office. or the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. See Tue 22.
I Biohazard 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 9740. See Wed 23.
I The Electrics and Shelter King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4. Christian Celtic rock group in the Runrig tradition.
I The Moondials. Caren X and lisa Swan Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £2.50. Gritty rock with country influence from The Moondials.
I The Bootsies Duo McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free. Jim Condie and Ron Tate on guitar. vocals and moothie play blues. gospel and a smattering ofjazz.
I Bopstreet MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Sampson and Fastlayne (TBC). Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 27918. Hard rock.
I The llazes Batcave. Bruce Hotel. Cornwall Street. 03552 29771. 9pm. £2.50. Young Coatbn'dge band with a varied pop sound and plenty attitude. Their single 'Danceomatic’ is out on Different Class Records. Plus a reggae tribute.
I lie Dice Twa Corbies. Cumbernauld. 0236 727473. 9pm. Free.
I live Music Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I live Music Pythagoras. Sauchiehall Street. 332 3495. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I The lost Soul Band Hen'ot Watt Union. Riccarton Campus. 449 5111. £3. Students and guests only. Gordon Grahame and his merry men play to a no doubt ecstatic audience who will all be waving (or should be. anyway) their copies of F ridtiv The 1 31h And Everything is Rosie. if that's what The Lost Soul Band can throw together in about twenty minutes. their long-delayed ofi'tcial debut on Silvertone should be well worth the wait.
I The Scots La Belle Angele. Hasties Close (behind The Pelican). Cowgate. 225 2774. 9pm. £2 (£1). Session and guests. I Decision Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Texas Breakfast Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 10pm. Free. Blues.
I The Subterraneans St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 10pm. Free. I First new and Dog Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm.
I The Ocean Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. Free.
I los Supremos Bannerman‘s. Niddry Street. 556 3254. 9.30pm. Free. Rock and blues covers.
I Mustang Sally L’Attache. Rutland Street. 11pm. Free.
I Betty’s llotpot Neighbours. McDonald Road. 557 4928. 9pm. Free.
I live music Vaults. Niddry Street. 556 7018. 7pm. £1. Weekly showcase for a couple of local bands plus free entry to club afterwards.
I live music L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 9pm. Free.
FRIDAY 25
Glasgow
I kingmalter and Delicious Monster King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Earnest young man Loz Hardy marries his intriguing self-centred. self-conscious and self-hating perspective with increasingly ordinary indie rock. For a more effective incarnation of off-kilter thinking try Delicious Monster. whose vocalist Rachel Mayl'teld tn'lls distinctively in a Darlingheart/Cranberries/PJ Harvey mould.
I The llideaway Blues Band Nice‘n‘Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 10pm. Soul and blues.
I The Badoos MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. Covers and original material.
I Band Di Gold McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I Bev Doc And The Congregation Centre Stage. West Nile Street. 353 2942. 9pm. Free.
I The Baggle Taggle Gypsies Cathedral House. Cathedral Square. 552 3519. 9pm. Free.
I Family love Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free. Summery soul sounds.
I lligel Clark Duo Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 11pm. Free. The Supper Club.
I The Basement Lincoln inn. Great Western Road. 954 9164. 9.30pm. Free. Principally Celtic rock but country and blues influences never far away.
I Spaced Out Cowboys Barracks Bar. Unit 16c. Maryhill Shopping Centre. 946 8686.
I Sampson and Fastlayne Rockin‘ Horse. Cathcart Road. 6490184. 10pm. Free. Hard rock.
Edinburgh
I The Sultans Di Ping FC Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 7.30pm. £6. Proving that there is still a place in the indie audience’s heart for a bit of lighthearted nonsense. the Sultans continue to search in vain for their mislaid jumper.
I Sidi Bou Said and Tinkerbell’s Dope Ring Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. For our money. one of the most distinctive and promising bands to emerge in Britain in the past year. Two contrasting female voices battle it out neurotically over chattering guitars. See preview for Tinkerbell’s Dope Ring.
I The Fortunes Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm. £5.
I The Hundred Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Betty’s llotpot Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1.50 after 9pm.
I Red Cas Rock Cafe. 2294341. 10pm. Free.
I Blueprint Granny‘s Attic. Bath Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free.
I Charybdis Legends (formerly Phoenix). Cowgate. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Bootsle Tootsie Blues Band Minus One Club. Carlton Highland Hotel. North Bridge. 556 7277. 10.30pm. £5. Rockin' blues and R&B.
I live music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 8.30pm. Free. Singer anti singalong.
I live music Sandy Stones. Partisan. High Street. 226 6192.
SATURDAY 26
Glasgow
I Big Vern ’n’ The Shootahs Pavilion Theatre. Renfteld Street. 332 1846. 7.30pm. £8.50. £7.50. Glasgow‘s zoot- suited collective with their Blues Brothers-style repertoire celebrate the release of their debut album. Big, Bad & Live. following a recent support slot with Eddie Floyd. Support comes from Edinburgh‘s The Kaisers and comedian Phil Kay.
I The Comsat Angels King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Veteran indie rockers heralded in the early 80s and best known today for their bleak hit ‘lndependence
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I Sidi Boo Said and Tinkerbell’s Dope Ring Nice‘n’Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 10pm. £3.50. See Fri 25.
I nick Banovich and Spider Mackenzie Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Blues.
I The Basement Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. Popular
regulars at the Halt with their van'etous Celtrock.
I The Magistrates McCool’s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I Cat Balou MacSorley’s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Glasgow Songwriters Centre Stage. West Nile Street. 353 2942. 9pm. Free. A special performance to mark National Music Day.
I loma Buchanan Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 1 1pm. Free. The Supper Club.
I Jamie Barnes and Cochise Rockin' Horse. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 10pm. Free. Blues.
I The Baggle Taggle Gypsies Scotia. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. I The Baggle Taggle Gypsies Mucky Duck. Glen. Shorts. 0501 820512. 11pm. An evening performance from the hard- working folk rockers.
I Brazil Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 27918. 9.30pm. £2.50.
Edinburgh
I Blaggers "A and The Alvy Singers Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 7.30pm. £5. Confrontational anti-fascists the Blaggers‘ trips north of the border. on their own or playing with groups like Fun- Da-Mental. are becoming regular events. Currently pulling crowds of up to 5000 in Europe for their punk. dub and rap- influenced shows. they‘re also feeling the bite of German laws which won‘t allow the sale or display of Nazi symbols (the sleeve for their Unilerl Colours Of Bluggers [TA LP shows burning and exploding swastikas).
I loveless Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm.
I niango Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm. £4.
I The Broadcasters Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1.50 after 9pm.
I The Radium Cats and Sinister llrge Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. Edinburgh‘s long-serving psychobillies bring their smart Nervous Records LP Other Worlds to life. The Sinister Urge are a new ex-Offhooks splinter with the ubiquitous Calvin.
I Risk St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 10.30pm. Free. See Tue 22.
I Throgmorton Sandy Stones. downstairs at Partisan. High Street. 226 6192. 9pm. Free.
I Bluelinger Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Rock'n'roll. I Baby Bartok Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Bright pumping rock. melodic tunes and a hint of slide guitar (giving the impression of long hair and sideburns — trendy ones. mind). with the suggestion that there’s a funkiness waiting to break out too.
I The Bewlay Brothers Legends (former Phoenix). Cowgate. 10pm.
I Ray Von Nicky Tam’s. Victoria Street. 225 3326. 5.30pm. Free.
I The Blue llyenas Granny‘s Attic. Bath Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free. I Ian Sinclair Gold Tankard. Houdon Street. 667 0328. 9pm. Free.
I live music Tollbooth Tavern. Canongate. 556 5348. Free.
I live music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 8.30pm. Free.
SUNDAY 27
Glasgow
I Mindiunk and lludeswirl Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5 (advance). Tickets from The Cathouse. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. and 23rd Precinct. Bath Street. 332 9740. US five-piece who cover a wide spectrum of rock styles — metally. punky. funky — and who have reaped great acclaim in the metal press.
I Perambulator, Spangleheedn and Coast Nice‘n’Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street.
32 The List 18 June-1 July 1993