MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
225 3326. 10pm—3am. £2. Continuing the Horse's campaign to get us all moving in a cajun stomp.
I Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Bone lying Down and Bughouse Venue. Calton Road, 557 3073. 9pm. £7. Former mainstay of New York noiseniks Pussy Galore has struck out on his own with a more coherent and accessible sound which is still every bit as spikey as that of his former band.
I Brainchild Subway, Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I Phiio Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
DAY 15
I lies Damned lies and Murmur King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3. Trio who make haunting folk-tinged sounds which occasionally err towards the undistinguished but which more often register somewhere along the spinal cord. For evidence. consult their current LP The Human Dress.
I Yellow Cake Popcorn, Shroornville, Urusei Yatsura and Junk Culture Kazoo Club. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 8pm. Free.
I Johnny 7 Boudoir (downstairs). The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring liubber Tree Plants Blackfriars. Bell Street, 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Trio from Dundee. Plus open platform.
Edinburgh
I Eugenius Venue. Calton Road, 557 3073. 9pm. Mary Queen OfSr‘ors makes a rare appearance at the Venue in the form of the Glaswegian ex-grungers new tunes. I Summertield Blues Rocking Horse (formerly The Mission), Victoria Street. 225 3326. 10pm—3am. £2. See Sat 12.
I Shooglenitty Legends (fonnerly Phoenix). Cowgate. 225 8382. 9.30pm. £2. Highly danceable chaotic Celtic grooves.
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. Regular face Damien is the highlighted songwriter at 10.30pm tonight.
I Finn Negociants, Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Your friendly international songstress-next—door Fjaere , and her friend Frankie.
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WEDNESDAY 16
Glasgow
I Freak Power and Misty Oldland King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Tickets from King Tut‘s and Just the Ticket, Virgin, Union
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Street. 226 4679. The latest project from ex-Housemartins/Beats lntemational man Norman Cook is one for fans of jazz funk groove frenzy. Their recent single ‘Turn On. Tune in. Cop Out’ displayed shades of Shaft/Starsky And Hutch kitsch appeal. Support comes from a former half of Oldland Montano, Misty Oldland. now touting her debut solo single. ‘Got Me A Feeling’ and its brand-new follow-up, ‘A Fair Affair’.
I Whisky Fingers Halt Bar, Woodlands Road, 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Sway and lobe, etc Fixx 11, Miller Street. 221 1568. 9pm. Free.
I The Poison Sisters and Peanut Butter Grand Central Bar. Oswald Street, 221 4583. 8pm. £1.50. Pre-club night. including DJ.
I Nazareth Stairway To Heaven, Sax
: Venue. Teviot Walk. 0236 733200. 7pm.
£4. An ‘Unplugged’ effort from erstwhile saviours of Scottish rock — ask your elder . relatives.
I live Music MacSorley’s, Jamaica
3 Street. 21 8499. 9pm. Free. lndie night.
3 Edinburgh
. I Chuck Berry and Johnny And The
' noccos Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 : 1155.8pm.£16,£15.£14.This man
‘ invented The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. ergo most of today’s sound we
call rock 'n’ roll. No less than a red carpet will suffice. Support from the Borders’ Bob Fish and his esteemed band Johnny And The Roccos. who are purported to make a more authentic rock 'n‘ roll noise than most of their American counterparts. I Chuck Subway, Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2. Could this be a secret guest
3 appearance by a certain other big name
playing elsewhere in Edinburgh tonight? Actually. I doubt it. I Doctor Octopus and Electra Rocking
Horse (formerly The Mission). Victoria Street. 225 3326. 10pm—3am. £2. The evil
amphibian mastermind stages a Greek classic, but is discovered by Spider-Man when his octo acid funk weapon explodes.
I Bluefinger Pleasance Bar. Societies
Centre. The Pleasance, 650 2351. 8pm. Free. Non-students welcome at all times to the regular gigs in this student bar. Tonight is the turn of the popular rock ’n' rollers.
I Oceans Eleven Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
3 THURSDAY 17
‘ Glasgow ' I lorna Brooks and Sugartown King
Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4. One ofGlasgow‘s
[ gutsy divas gi’es it laldy.
i I Superslinky and The Supernaturals
Club 99. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. ' 553 1638. 9pm. 99p. A double bill of
‘supers‘ which may indeed be super. I Papa Tree, The Verlanes and The Body
; Electric McCools Ruling Cowboy.
Candleriggs. 552 7847. Triple-bill of bands from North Glasgow College. The Verlanes are described as a cross between The Doors and Lou Reed. and The Body Electric are jazz funk.
I Bust, The Bodies and God’s llatural Mattress Grand Central Bar. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 8pm.
I Bev Doc And The Congregation Halt
'; Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm.
Free. See Fri 11.
I Captain Pugwash Nice ’n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
I Guest MacSorley’s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. Described as ‘blues rock
, with a difference‘. What the difference is
we can only guess. '- I Easy Batcave. Bruce Hotel. Cornwall Street. East Kilbride. 03552 29771. 9pm.
., £4. The seventh anniversary of the Bruce
Hotel‘s club, with very special guests 1 joining Easy on the bill.
i I Manny Charlton Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 727918. 9pm.
THURSDAY 17
Glasgow
I loma Brooks and Sugartown King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4. One of Glasgow’s gutsy divas gi’es it laldy.
I Supersllnky and The Supernaturals
Club 99, The 13th Note. Glassford Street, '
553 1638. 9pm. 99p. A double bill of ‘supers’ which may indeed be super.
I Papa Tree, The Verlanes and The Body Electric McCools Ruling Cowboy, Candleriggs. 552 7847. Triple-bill of bands from North Glasgow College. The Verlanes are described as a cross between The Doors and Lou Reed. and The Body Electric are jazz funk.
I Bust, The Bodies and God’s Natural Mattress Grand Central Bar, Oswald Street. 221 4583. 8pm.
I Bev Doc And The Congregation Halt Bar. Woodlands Road, 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. See Fri 11.
I Guest MacSorley's, Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. Described as ‘blues rock with a difference’. What the difference is we can only guess.
I Easy Batcave, Bruce Hotel. Cornwall Street. East Kilbride. 03552 29771. 9pm. £4. The seventh anniversary of the Bruce Hotel's club. with very special guests joining Easy on the bill.
I Manny Charlton Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 727918. 9pm.
Edinburgh
I Pavement and The Nectarine lo 9 Assembly Rooms. George Street, 220 4349. 7.30pm. £7. ‘Grunge with a grin’. Or should that be ‘gringe’? Pavement’s new album Crooked Ruin Crooked Rain has been earning rave reviews. Support from Davey Henderson’s subtle pop sorts. I Tommy‘s Magic Arse Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2. Perhaps a less subtle name.
I Proi Legends (formerly Phoenix). Cowgate. 225 8382. 9.30pm. £1. Edinburgh-based ska practitioners.
I The Gods 0t Glam Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free. Yet another look back into the 70s, the decade which taste forgot. but the Edinburgh live scene just can’t get rid of. Mud. Sweet. T-Rex . ..
I Acoustic jam 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.
FRIDAY 18
Glasgow
I Chuck Berry and Johnny And The Rooms Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £16.50. £14.50. Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. See Wed 16.
I Pavement and nollerskate Skinny Queen Margaret Union, University Gardens. 339 9784. 7.30pm. £7 plus booking fee. Tickets from the QM porter’s box and Just the Ticket. Virgin, Union Street. 226 4679. Wasted cool and artrock wackiness from Stockton, California. Pavement lose their mad geriatric drummer and replace him with someone a little more centred then go and release their most coherent single ‘Cut Your Hair‘ — are these incidents perchance related? Support from English sonic eccentrics Rollerskate Skinny.
I C-Charge King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4. Tickets from King Tut's and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Melting pot of roots reggae, dub. ska and ambient.
I The Naked Flames and Sherbet Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £2. Varied indie pop with snapping guitars to the fore.
I The Cloud Assassins MacSorley's, Jamaica Street, 221 8499. 9pm. Free. See Sat 12.
I loose Cut McCool’s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free. Blues. I The Diesel Kings Cottiers, Hyndland Road, 357 5827. 9pm. Free.
I The Duke Bliss Trio Supper Club. Cottiers, Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 11pm. Free.
I Band Di Gold Boon’s Yard. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free.
I George Tomlinson The Dugout. Cathcart Street, Greenock. 0475 727918. 9pm. £1.
Edinburgh
I Edwin Starr And The Team Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. Recently enjoyed a brief hiccup of renewed publicity with the re-release of ‘War'. You real fans. of course, will remember ‘Eye To Eye Contact’.
I The nootsle Tootsie Blues Band Clock Inn, Dalry Road. 538 7035. 9pm. Free. One of Edinburgh‘s favourite crowd- pleasers, with new guitarist firmly established. clock in (sorry) to this renewed blues venue.
I llilton Rabbits Club and Hole In Your Head Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I Sway Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Mr Pitiful Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Soul. hopefully not as dismal as he sounds.
I Slammers Brewsters. South Bridge. 558 3457. 10pm. Free.
I live music Tolbooth Tavern, Canongate. 556 5348. 9pm. Free.
I live music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SATURDAY 19
Glasgow
I Pure ll Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7pm—2am. £12 plus booking fee. Following on from the success. not to mention the extremely friendly atmosphere. of Pure’s first big Barrowland bash. comes Pure 11 featuring live sets from Speedy J. Exquisite Corpse and B 12. with the likes of Andrew Weatherall supplementing Twitch and Brainstorm’s turntable skills. See Clubs preview.
I The Hideaway Blues Band and The Rhymes King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4. Probably Glasgow’s best-loved contemporary blues band with support from Ayrshire blues band.
I liennan X Cafe Loco. The Arches. Midland Street, 221 9736. 10pm. £5. Jazzy Latin sounds in keeping with the Cafe Loco atmosphere.
I When She Comes, The Fortune Cookies, Eska, Cnrsh and The Wheat Honeys Nice 'n‘ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Free.
I Movie Culture Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I Johnny Logue Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Loguc, of Fireball. performs acoustic retro rock covers.
I This uuick MacSorley's, Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. See Sat 12. I The naggle Toggle Gypsies Camegie’s. St Vincent Street. 226 3833. Free.
I lorna Buchanan Supper Club. Cottiers. Hyndland Road, 357 5827. 11pm. Free. I Seventh Heaven Boon’s Yard, Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free. Soulful R&B.
I Alba Root Lounge Bar. Cameron House Hotel. Glasgow Road. Hardgate. Clydebank, 0389 73535. 9pm. Free.
I The Steve Graban Band Dugout. Cathcart Street, Greenock. 0475 727918. 9.30pm. £4.
I have DI Lounge Bar. The Dugout, Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 727918. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Solid Silver 708 Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12.50. £10.50.