ROCK & BLUES MUSIC
I Jeggro Bar Belgo. Candleriggs. 552 3486. 9.45pm. Free. Reggae.
I The Cloud Assassins Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. Beefy funked-up pop and rock.
I Glasgow Kiss MacSorley’s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Violet leighton After Hours. Colliers. i Hyndland Road. 357 5827. llprn. Free.
I Wah Wah Jack Lounge Bar. Cameron House Hotel. Glasgow Road. Hardgate. Clydebank. 0389 873535. 9pm. Free. Mature pop. like a gritty Wet Wet Wet or Deacon Blue. from four young ‘uns.
I Bull Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 727 918. 9.30pm. £2.
Edinburgh
I Yellow Car, Manitoba‘s Wild Kingdom and The Hewtown Grunts Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £3. The headliners are frorn the town that fun forgot. Dundee. They recently supported The Badtown Boys on a European tour. The second band are a tribute band for Wild Dick Manitoba. frontman for the Dictators. they feature one of The Cretins. Frenzied punk from the Grunts.
I 0i Polloi, Psyche and Diatribe Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 8pm. £2. Anti Fascist Action benefit gig featuring local. punk noise artists. Probably the first port of call for all the '77 survivors following the Punks‘ Picnic in PrinCes Street Gardens earlier in the day.
I Woodside How Scruffy Murphy’s. George [V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Five-piece Cajun/Caledonian rock/country crossover who will make your feet fidget uncontrollably. They‘ve not been around Edinburgh recently as they‘ve been touring about Scotland and rehearsing for some studio work.
I Spaced Out Cowboys Queen‘s Retreat. Scotstoun Grove. South Queensferry. 331 1393. 9.30pm. Free. Stirling band with record out now.
I Quantum Squash Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. I The Comedians West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free.
I Shibboleth Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free. Rock.
I Dallas Motorcade Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Melodic guitar duo.
I Blue Hyenas Advocate. South Bridge. 220 2094. 9.30pm. Free. Blues. Well. whaddya expect with a name like that?
I Saturdays Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free.
I live Music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
Glasgow
I T In The Park Strathclyde Park. 1 lam. £25 day ticket available on the gate. See feature for line-up details. running order. etc.
I fippa lrie and Albaroot ltal Reggae
’ Club. The Venue. Sauchiehall Street. 353 1927. 10.30pm. £5. Erstwhile reggae toasting star supported by local roots reggae crew.
I Blackout Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
I Silence Bar Belgo. Candleriggs. 552 3486. 9.45pm. Free.
I School’s Out Lounge Bar. Cameron House Hotel. Glasgow Road. Hardgate. Clydebank. 0389 873535. 3pm. Free.
I Blues ’n’ Trouble Stairway To Heaven. Sax Venue. Teviot Walk. Cumbernauld. 0236 733200. 9pm. £2.50. Blues veterans get sweaty in the heat of high summer (we hope).
Edinburgh
I Stoneland Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9.30pm. £1.
I Clyve Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Solo blues player.
I The Spooks Grosvenor. Shandwick Place. 226 4579. 8.30pm. Free. Completely off the wall 60s pastiche peddlers with an equally loopy sense of humour.
I Bluefinger L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Rock ’n' roll in the West End.
I Callanish Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free. Folk/rock crossover.
I The Comedians Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. Long time local faves.
MONDAY 1 Glasgow
I Can Penn With The BMX Bandits Teardrops. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 8pm. £5. Not to be confused with recent chart debutante Dawn Penn. Dan Penn is one of those rock 'n' roll backroom legends who has probably never been accorded the recognition he deserves. From the age of twenty. he was penning hits for Otis Redding. Aretha Franklin. Gram Parsons and The Boxtops (Alex Chilton‘s first band) and the likes of Primal Scream worship at his altar. Fittingly he plays. with The BMX Bandits as his backing band. at ‘sad music' club Teardrops' first night at The 13th Note. There may be surprise mystery guests of a local nature.
Edinburgh
I Sid Griffin And The Coal Porters Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £5. See Fri 29.
I Combo! Combo! L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Five-piece offering up huge chunks of funky bassline and strong female vocals with a rough edge that only adds to their charm.
I Valve and Kerosene Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. Featuring ex-Claytown Troupe members.
TUESDAY 2
Glasgow
I Ege Bam Yasi Amorphus. Nice ‘n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 8.30pm. £2.50. The Eggrnan does his trancey acid thang at Sleazy's pre-club chill-out. dub and techno zone.
I First Real Target, Oswald’s Picnic, Subway and Papa’s Roses The Kazoo Club. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free.
I Who Cares? Harleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Archbishop Kebab, Who’s Rachael? and Jason Cooler. The Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 8pm. £3 (£2). Edinburgh meets Berlin tonight with local heroes and good friends of The Dog Faced Hermans. the Kebabs. hosting the well travelled Who's Rachael. Jason kicks off the proceedings with some intense song wizardry.
I Songwriters’ Showcase and Workshop Tron Tavern. Hunter Square. 8pm. Free. Information: 228 3147. Weekly forum for Edinburgh-based singer-songwriters. with anybody welcome to perform a fifteen- rninute set. There's a discussion on songwriting from 8pm tonight. After that there's an open session with ten open floor spots.
I Dig Ego Blues Band Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Flubblequish Rutland No 1. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Guitar based band with a folky tinge.
WEDNESDAY 3
Glasgow
I Whirling Pig Dervish and Who’s Rachael? Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Spiky punkish amusement from the massed ranks of the Whirling Pigs.
I The Colour Wheel and The long Good Fridays Arena. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 9pm. Free. Mainstream Scotpoppers The Colour Wheel commence a month-long free residency at the Arena with retro garage merchants The Long Good Fridays in tow.
I OoldustFixx 11. Miller Street. 221 1568. 9pm. Free. Vigorous sounds with one foot in the past and (possibly) the other one on the monitor.
I Brand flew Bag Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Half Man Half Biscuit Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. CANCELLED.
I Crystal Head Radio and Peanut Brown Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I The Colour Wheel Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. They supported Crowded House and seemed to have picked tip a few hints and tips from them.
I El Supremo West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. Big Bert of Los Suprernos struts his stuff. I Khmer Rouge Bowling Syndicate Negociants. L0thian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Kinda post gothy sounds from a constantly changing band who occasionally indulge in the most bizarre of onstage antics.
I Slidin’ Delta Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10.30pm. Swamp blues.
I Live Music Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free.
THURSDAY 4
Glasgow
I Half Man Half Biscuit 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 Street. 226 4679. They‘re back with more arcane references to Tranmere Rovers. minor Brit TV celebs and other trivial ephemera. A sort of English Hugh Reed And The Velvet Underpants really.
I Battle Ot The Bands Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £ 1. The line-up for the Brill Buildings Battle of the Bands was still to be decided as The List went to press. but heats will run for the next six consecutive Thursdays at Sleazys. followed by two semi-finals and the grand final on 29 Sept. Prizes include recording time. drumkit. cymbals. a Clyde 1 session. makeover and clothes. with more to be confirmed.
I The Moondials Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. See Fri 29. I The Snorkels, Spacehopper and The Finger Creams Club 99p. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. 99p. Valiantly soldiering on in their attempts to resurrect the sartorial fortunes of the humble snorkel jacket. The Snorkels offer us unsung classics such as ‘Snorkel Girl‘ and ‘Furry Bit Round The Hood‘. but who are those masked men? Spacehopper's headlong assault and battery is well worth getting exposed to.
I Roach MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Goldust Chicago Meatpackers. Hope Street. 248 4466. 8.30pm. Free. See Wed
3.
I Love Republic and Breeze Arena. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 9pm. £2.
I The Caucus Race Church On The Hill. Langside Monument. 649 5189. 9.45pm. Free.
Catch the best Music this fortnight.
W' ROCK & BLUES
I T In The Park The biggest and best musical line-up ever assembled in Scotland. and highlight ofthe musical year. Strathclyde Country Park, Sat 30, Sun 31.
JAZZ
I Bruce Adams and Alan Barnes Stratospheric trumpet and hugely inventive alto saxophone from this unlikely but musically incendiary pairing. Seek them out in the . Edinburgh Jazz Festival. Blue Note (Minus One Club). Mon 8; Music Box. Tue 9.
FOLK & WORLD
I Glasgow Tryst A celebration of Scottish music and song with workshops, a dance and a superb concert including Flora MacNeil. Jean Redpath. Sheena Wellington and fiddle. pipes and vocal trio Small Talk. Various venues, Glasgow. Fri 5 and Sat 6.
CLASSICAL
I Michael Hyman Band Long overdue Scottish concert date for this currently very hot composer-pianist. courtesy of the Edinburgh Jazz Festival Festival Theatre. Edinburgh. Sat 6.
I August Batcave. Bruce Hotel. Cornwall Street. East Kilbride. 03552 29771. 10pm.
Edinburgh
I The Hollywood Rockets Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. See Sat 30.
I Hot Sausage and Propaganda Subway, Cowgate, 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I Bluefinger Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. Rock 'n‘ roll.
I De Hiros Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. Covers. with Crowded House numbers being the house speciality.
I Seattle West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. I Side Show Bob Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free. I Mr Davidson Christies. 27 West Port. 2294553. 10pm. One man and his guitar. I Hearsay Grosvenor. Shandwick Place. 226 4579. 8.30pm. Free. To be confirmed. I Live Music Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free.
Glasgow
I Carolyn Hester King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Tickets frotn King Tut‘s and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. American folk singer. famous by association. She sang at Bob Dylan's 50th birthday do and appeared on Nanci Griffith's last album.
I The Manny Charlton Band and In Yer Face Arena. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 9pm. £3. Fix-Nazareth guitarist fronting a new outfit.
I Hello Skinny, lungleg and Pink Kross The 13th Note (downstairs). Glassford
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