ROCK & BLUES MUSIC
I Blueringer Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Reliable rock ’n’ roll.
I The Numbers Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I Jezebel Brewsters. South Bridge. 558 3457. 10pm. Free. Modern mainstream covers: U2. REM and the like with double-headed female vocals.
I Cactus Jack Granny's Attic. Bath Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free. Rock and blues.
I The Comedians West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. A lively stew of folk. roots and cajun which threatens to expand further than the West End Oyster Bar can take. I The Saturdays Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free. I The Shrimptons St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 10.30pm. Free. I live music Gold Tankard. Houdon Street. 667 0328. Free.
I live music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SUNDAY 16
Glasgow
I Electric Garden Grand Central Bar. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 8.30pm. Free. I The Humbers Boon's Yard. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9pm. Free.
I The lost Soul Band Liquor Store. The Area. Bridge Street. Paisley. 848 5096. 9pm. Free. Edinburgh’s incredibly prolific LSB who prove themselves adept at most rootsy styles — country rock. folk pop. raggle taggle and straight melodic pop.
I Frenzy Stairway To Heaven. Sax Venue. Teviot Walk, Cumbemauld. 0236 733200. 9pm. £2.50.
I live Music McCool’s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Hoby Lang Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. Free.
I Bluetinger L'Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Rock 'n' roll.
I 8&3 jam session Young’s. Leamington Terrace. 3-5pm. Free.
MONDAY 17 Edinburgh
I Boogalusa and Kevin Tait Rocking Horse (formerly The Mission), Victoria Street. 225 3326. 9pm. £2. Long-serving Dundee cajun men rattle the Rocking Horse. You can check out their music on recent album Careless Angels And C razy Cajuns. Kevin Tait. it would seem. is still ‘Alive and Folking’.
I Skyclad Venue. Calton Road, 557 3073. 9pm. £5. When a group of thrash metallers discover folk music, this is what happens. An interesting combination of heavy riffs and twiddling fiddle which should be colourful.
I Various Vegetables, Flange and Helium Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2. In addition to the fibre-packed Leeds headliners. and regular heavy indie merchants Flange. this is the debut gig for
a band composed of l4—lS-year-olds from Boroughmuir whose rehearsals have been very highly spoken of. The Subway will be splashing out on a superior PA and lighting rig and a very busy night is expected.
TUESDAY 18
Glasgow
I The lost Soul Band and Dear Heights Gaiun Aces Strathclyde Suite. Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £6.50 (£4.50). Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. See Sun 16 for LSB. Joining them at this Celtic Connections appearance is one of this country‘s most experienced cajun outfits. I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Ian Walker Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free.
I Finn Negociants, Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Edinburgh‘s continent- hopping songstress Fjaere in her occasional spot at Negociants with friend Frankie.
I The Hideaway Blues Band and Roll Wyn James Rocking Horse (formerly The Mission). Victoria Street. 225 3326. 9pm. £2. Blues night. surprise surprise.
I Songwriters' Showcase and Workshop Tron Tavern. Hunter Square. 8pm. Free. Information: 552 0440. Weekly forum for Edinburgh-based singer-songwriters. with anybody welcome to perform a fifteen- minute set. One local songwriter is highlighted at 10.30pm each night.
I Red Hot And Blue L'Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Rock ‘n’ roll.
WEDNESDAY 19
Glasgow
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I The Stunning King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Tickets from King Tut’s and Just the Ticket, Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Brattish Irish pop/rock. vastly popular back home and translating characteristically well to the West Coast. I A Chocolate Morning MacSorley‘s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. Breezy tune merchants in an indie style. with a 60s influence becoming more obvious.
I Planet X and The Honeychurcb Grand Central Bar. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 8.30pm. £1.50.
I Gucu Nice ’n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. A mystery band playing under an assumed name.
I Capone And The Bullets and Ex- Cathedra Fixx l1, Miller Street, 221 1568. 9pm. Free. Ska scamps supported by punk outfit.
I Woodside How Halt Bar, Woodlands Road. 332 1210. Free. Edinburgh hard- gigging heroes with an irresistible cajun/foIk/country blend and some rather good songs.
I Headcleaner and Psycho Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2. A carefully crafted painful collision between industrial indie and punk indie. Do you dare to be there?
I Factory Janet Rocking Horse (formerly The Mission), Victoria Street. 225 3326. 9pm. Indie night.
I Mustang Sally L'Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
I Hot Sausage Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. A tasty huge chunk of dripping meaty funk.
THURSDAY 20
Glasgow
I The Humptt Family Strathclyde Suite. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £6.50 (£4.50). Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. A festival of roots music hardly seems complete without an appearance from the Humpffs with their gleeful mish-mash of country. cajun and bluegrass.
“3’ \ _ I The Boo Hadleys King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. The rescheduled date for the Liverpudlian indie poppers' gig which was cancelled at the last minute when they were due to appear last year. I Beatnik Filmstars and Police Cat Nice ’n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Deadpan guitar experimentalists from Bristol whose last EP ‘Lap Dog Kiss' displayed art rock tendencies in the vein of Sonic Youth, Pavement and other American cousins (with some quiet bits). I Baby Bartok, My Favourite Sneakers and The limit Glub Grand Central Bar. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 8.30pm. £2. I Guest MacSorley’s, Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. Described as ‘blues rock with a difference'. I SAID Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. I live Music Twa Corbies. Kilbowie Road. Curnbemauld. 0236 727473. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Shadowland and The Shrimptons Subway, Cowgate, 225 6766. 9pm. £2. Your penultimate chance to catch the retro
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grooves of The Shadowland. While you’re there. the Shrimpies do something in the acoustic guitar-based pop line which you may find yourself dancing to.
I Jess And Pest Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free. A familiar face around the Leith Oyster Bar takes her lively covers up the road.
I Woodside How St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 10.30pm. Free. See Wed 19.
I The DH Band L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
I The Gods Di Glam Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free. Edinburgh‘s most notorious re-animators of the 70s. the decade that taste forgot. declare war with a regular weekly spot at Platform One. So now you can have Mud. Sweet. T-Rex etc every week. Actually, I think you‘re braver than me.
I Acoustic iam session Granny‘s Attic. Bath Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free. Strut your stuff in a session of folk. pop and whatever people can join in on. I Keeping Up With The Joneses Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Bawntreaders Cas Rock Cafe, West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. Free. The hirsute Aberdeen band's first appearance at the Cas Rock and certainly worth a look.
FRIDAY 21
Glasgow
I The Humpri Famin Strathclyde Suite. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £6.50 (£4.50). Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. See Thurs 20.
I Bog, Flamin’ Gurus and The Autumn Stone King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £2.50. Varied bill featuring the heavy sounds of Dog and the psychedelic garage pop of The Flamin‘ Gurus.
I limbslice, Bark Heaven and The Tinglies Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £2.50. R&A Music showcase featuring the ‘alternative electro-pop’ of Limbslice, Dark Heaven who are described as a cross between Pearl Jam and Depeche Mode and the excellently-named Tinglies who are said to have that Creationesque sound off to a ‘T‘.
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