ROCK & BLUES MUSIC
I The lost Soul Band Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. The second of two Festival shows for the rising and prolific Edinburgh band. Having already unleashed one album. jam-packed with rootsy. spontaneous. yet finely-crafted songs since signing to Silvertone. they're now gearing up for the release of their debut album proper. .
I Moss: Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. £2. A steaming brew of reggae. soul and African pop.
I \Vlriltuta Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9.30pm. £2. Grunge-folk (whatever that means) five-piece.
I Fishneelt Says Goodnight Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Tile H. H. Bald L'Attache, Rutland Street. 229 3402. 1 1pm. Free.
TUESDAY 31
I The Supernaturals 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 10pm. Free. Pop music from the fringes. with a touch of folk to some of the set. Comparisons with Squeeze and REM can be drawn at various points.
I The Fugue and Electra Trader Joe’s. Hope Street. 332 0905. 9.30pm. Free. Edinburgh double bill. The Fugue were recent winners of the Music in Scotland Trust demo competition and Electra play a fusion of funk and rock.
I Retrospect McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candlen'ggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I talk Ross's Bar, Mitchell Street. 221 2287. 9pm. Free. Pleasant. touching songs performed either acoustically by Susan Mahoney or occasionally with a full band set-up.
I Glasgow Songwriters Blackfriars, Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I love And Money Fringe Club. Teviot
Row. Bristo Square, 226 5257/9 (evenings . I Runrig Esplanade. Edinburgh Castle.
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650 4673). 9.15pm. £4.50 (ticket includes Fringe Club membership for the evening). Until Fri 3. See Festival Music Preview. I AD/DD Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. See Sun 29.
I Jeggro Mambo Club. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 11pm—4am. £3 (£2.50). A well- stirred pop concoction. with Jamaican and African influences to the fore.
I Makossa Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. £2. See Mon 30.
I Workers 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 Maya’s Voice Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I lied L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 1 1pm. Free.
WEDNESDAY 1
Glasgow
I Big Star, BMX Bandits and Magnapop Queen Margaret Union. University Gardens. 339 9784. 7.30pm. £9 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just The Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Non- studean and under-18s welcome. See preview for Big Star. Support from Glasgow's hardy indie perennials The BMX Bandits. and Magnapop. an upliftingjangly pop quartet from Georgia whose first LP was produced by Michael Stipc and who keep their pop star producer connections by working with Sugar's Bob Mould on their next album. I The Whole Shebang Fixx 11 'v‘liller Street. 221 1568. 9pm. Free. 'orld rock. I Estohan MacSorley‘s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Best or Glasgow Songwriters McCools Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
7pm. SOLD OUT. The biggest band in the Universe. the only band that matters. the band that makes Michael Jackson and Madonna quake in their boots — if you’re drinking Bac- sorry. if you're Scottish. Which is why you won‘t find too many spare tickets floating around for this Castle show. scene of a triumphant Runrig gig two years ago.
I Beatnik: To the Bar La Belle Angele. Hasties Close (behind The Pelican). Cowgate. 225 2774. 9pm. £6 (£4). Third and last of the weekly altemative-acoustic showcases in 50s coffee-house ambience with mainly local singer-songwriters and performance poets. Tonight. appearances by Love And Money’s James Grant (straight from the Fringe Club). Fjaere. Nick Robertson. David Gray. Marina Blake. Kaz and Zan Wright. Compere Cal Tannen
I love And Money Fringe Club. Teviot Row. Bristo Square. 226 5257/9 (evenings 650 4673). 9.15pm. £4.50 (ticket includes Fringe Club membership for the evening). Until Fri 3. See Festival Music Preview. I Back To The Planet and Poisoned Electrlk Head Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. See preview.
I Texas HMV Records, Princes Street.
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220 1029. 1pm. Free. Quick in-store appearance. See Fri 27.
I Jeggro Mambo Club. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 11pm—4am. £3 (£2.50). See Tue 31.
I The TC: Platform One, Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. £2. Rock ’n' roll.
I The Gods 01 Glenn L'Attache, Rutland Street, 229 3402. 11pm. Free. Teen sounds of the 70s.
I Wonderland West End Oyster Bar, West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10pm. Free.
I Woodside low Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Rootsy acoustic country sounds, with fiddle and everything.
I live rnuslc Black Bull. Grassmarket. 225 6636. Free.
I Live music Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street, 226 2530. 10pm. Free.
THURSDAY 2
Glasgow
I Back To The Planet and Poisoned Electrilt Head King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5.50. See preview.
I Texas Tower Records, Argyle Street. 204 2500. 1pm. Free. Quick in-store appearance. See Fri 27.
I Power Move 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Glasgow's eclectic rappers perform at a benefit to raise money for a local anarchist group.
I Soul Drive, Cloud Assassin, Onion Joe and Touch MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 8pm. Free. The first semi-final of MacSorley‘s long-running Battle of the Bands competition.
I Justice Wolf Nice ’n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
I The Hemingway: Halt Bar. Woodlands Road, 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. Hosts of The 13th Note’s weekly Kazoo Club.
I Wolrsbane Batcave. Bruce Hotel, Cornwall Street. East Kilbride, 03552 29771. 10pm. £3.50. Embracing a lot of
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