MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
Making Music Happen
I iiheostatics, King Joseph’s Drum and International Steamer King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50. Folk-country outfit hailing from the hamlet of Etobicoke. Canada. Their mates Barenaked Ladies contributed to current album Whale Music. Support .act lntemational Steamer were formerly known as The Road. but probably thought that was going nowhere.
I The itadoos, liquid Pub Dogs, Between Forever and Stone Cold Cathouse. Brown Street, 248 6606. 8pm. £3 (advance). An evening of local bands.
I Brine Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. New Ardrossan band with a fine line in raucous indie energy.
I Walk Tall Bar Belgo. Candleriggs. 552 3486. 9pm. Free.
I Die Happy Liquor Store. Bridge Street. Paisley. 848 5096. 10pm. Free. Die Happy stick close to the funk rock roots they developed as Dunderfunk but their reinvention seems to have injected fresh
vigour in the band and fresh enthusiasm in ,
their audiences.
I Time GP Lounge Bar. Cameron House Hotel. Glasgow Road. Hardgate. Clydebank. 0389 873535. 3pm. Free.
I umkara Stairway To Heaven. Sax Venue. Teviot Walk. Cumbernauld. 0236 733200. 9pm. £2.50.
SUNDAY 28 Edinburgh
I Goodbye Mr Mackenzie and The Joyriders Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £7 in advance. Back in their home town with the original line-up. the Mackenzies are bringing out their version of The Cramps‘ 'The Way I Walk‘ on their Blokshok label in September. The Joyriders have a new line-up with Murdo and the two members of Dunderfunk who aren‘t in Die Happy and will be previewing material from their new LP ‘Tuned' due out soon.
I Jeggro Legends. Cowgate. 225 8382. 10.30pm. £4 (£2). See Fri 26.
I The Rootsie Tootsie Blues Band Legends. Cowgate. 225 8382. 10.30pm. Free. Goodtime R & B downstairs with Jeggro upstairs.
I Avalon Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9.30pm. £1. Celtic rock.
I The Fabians Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Kiss The Bride Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free.
I Bluetinger L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Keep on rockin‘ in the West End.
I Bruce Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 3pm. Free. One man and his guitar doing Dylan. Crowded House covers. Ideal accompaniment for drinking off that hangover.
MONDAY 29
Glasgow
I Rollins Band and Candlebox Barrowland. Gallowgate, 552 4601.
7.30pm. £10 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. The muscular. tattooed exterior. white hot rage. facial contortions and stripped-bare punk onslaught are only there to mask the sensitive kitten struggling to get out — truly Henry Rollins is the Arnie Schwarzenegger of the music world.
Edinburgh
I Rebel Inc Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 8pm. Free. At the forefront of new Scottish writing the Rebel lnc crowd bring performance poetry along with MC Paul Reekie’s cool soundscape ofjazzy. funky. dancey-trancey sounds.
I Wild Turkey Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. They‘ve played just about everywhere else in Edinburgh so why not here?
I The Fabians Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I Jeggro Legends. Cowgate. 225 8382. 10.30pm. £4 (£2). See Fri 26.
I Beanbag L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
I The Rl'l Band Rutland No l. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Blues from Rab and pals.
TUESDAY 30
1 Glasgow
I Toyah King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St i Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Tickets from King Tut's and Just the g Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. g The queen of New Wave pretentiousness : returns to claim her crown on the suitably ; loftily-named ‘Dreamchild Acoustic I Tour’. Acoustic? Does that mean she wants to be taken seriously? I Guiller Couch, Saint, Sky Pilots and iiosehlps Kazoo Club. The 13th Note. I Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free. ' I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Sue ' Mahoney Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. A folk-influenced set from Sue Mahoney. also known as Lark. Plus open mic. I The larch Harleys. Quarry Street. Hamilton. 0698 458174. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Byuichi Sakamoto Playhouse. Greenside Place. 557 2590. 8pm. £l 1. £13. See feature. I American Music Club Acropolis. Calton Hill. 557 6969. 8pm. £8.50. See Festival Music Preview. I Jett Buckley La Belle Angele. Hastie's Close (behind the Pelican). Cowgate. 225 2774. 9pm. £5. See feature. I Tinkerbell’s Dope Ring and Ashiin Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2. Crusty anarcho-punk from the headliners. I Songwriters’ Showcase and Workshop Tron Tavern. Hunter Square. 8.30pm. £4 (£2.50. free to performers). Information: 228 3147. Weekly forum for Edinburgh- based singer-songwriters. with anybody welcome to perform a fifteen-minute set. Ten open floor spots tonight. I The Comedians and Martyn Bennet Moray House. Holyrood Road. 556 5184. 9pm. £4.50 (£4). Pop rock you can swing your thing to from the headliners and electric fiddle playing along with pipes. flutes and whistles blended with Afro- dance from Bennet. I Jeggro Legends. Cowgate. 225 8382. 10.30pm. £4 (£2). See Fri 26. I Bluetinger AJ. Ramsay‘s. Broughton Street. 557 0627. 9.30pm. Free. Acoustic rock 'n’ roll set. I Roundabout Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Howling vocals over screaming guitars. What more could you want? I Shibboleth Stones Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. Long time survivors on the Edinburgh rock circuit.
I Red Hot And Blue L'Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Red hot rocking which will stop those blues. Or something.
I Mustang Sally Rutland No 1. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Blue-eyed soul combo.
WEDNESDAY 31
Glasgow ~ -4
I Velocity Girl and Jale Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5.30 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Cathouse. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. As the name would suggest (taken from a Primal Scream B-side in the days before they evolved into cavemen). US group Velocity Girl harbour a love of all things British. twee. jangly and on Sarah Records. Paradoxically. they release material such as their current Simpatim album on hoary grunge label Sub Pop. Jale are another American group making charming testosterone-free indie pop and have called their debut album Dreammke for extra cutie points.
I Man. . . OrAstroman? Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Wigged-out instrumental combo who meet Link Wray and The Tornados halfway with their space travel-influenced surf garage work-outs. as heard to optimum effect on current album Your Weight 011 The Moon.
I Easy Money Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I Roundabout Fixx 11. Miller Street. 221 1568. 9pm. Free. Local indie band who are behind the running of Spiral Records.
Edinburgh
I Capercaillie Playhouse. Greenside Place. 557 2590. 7.30pm. £9. £11. Incredibly successful Scottish folk/rock crossover which has won friends around the world.
I The Silencers Acropolis. Calton Hill. 557 6969. 8pm. £9. Caledonian rock from this ever popular six-piece who have a new album in the pipeline.
I Songwriters’ Showcase and Workshop Tron Tavern. Hunter Square. 8.30pm. £4 (£2.50). Information: 228 3147. Featuring T.G. McEwan. the off-the-wall Dominic Waxing Lyrical and two different acts from the recently released Gallery CD.
I Mustang Sally L’Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. See Tue 30. I Mr Pitiiul Rutland No l. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Soulful sounds.
I The Seats Legends. Cowgate. 225 8382. 9.30pm. Price on door. Stomping country-come-ceilidh including some Kurbs members.
I Slidin’ Delta Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free. Blues from the swamps.
I Toast Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. Happily peddling their own brand of soft. melodic rock.
I Steve 08 West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. Solo blues guitarist.
THURSDAY 1
Glasgow
I The Tea Party and The Autumn Stone King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50.
Tennents Live! Making Music Happen
Canadian hard rock act whose raw soulfulness has drawn comparisons with Led Zeppelin and The Doors.
I The Juny Rubens Wine Co-operative. Silence and Saint Nice ’n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £1. The next bout in the Brill Building’s Rock ‘n‘ Pop Wars. Seconds out . . .
I Deluxe Bar Belgo. Candleriggs. 552 3486. 9pm. Free.
I The limit Club, General Pinky and The Wheelies Arena. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 9pm. £2.
I The Fabians, Finger Creams and Yintz Club 99p. The 13th Note (downstairs). Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. 99p. The Fabians are a cuddly Aberdeen band who would make a good Hennan‘s Hermits for the 90s.
I Black Man White MacSorley‘s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I lark Press Club. West Regent Street. 8pm. An acoustic evening with Sue Mahoney in her Lark guise.
I The Moondials Church On The Hill. Langside Monument. 649 5189. 9.30pm. Free. Look out for forthcoming single. ‘Never Knew Love‘ — hear it and weep. I Brand New Bag Chicago Meatpackers. Hope Street. 248 4466. 9pm. Free.
I Capone And The Bullets Batcavc. Bruce Hotel. Cornwall Street. East Kilbride. 03553 29771. 10pm. £3. See Sat 27.
I Slydog, Indian Head and The long Good Fridays Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 727 918. 9.30pm. £3. Greenock mounts its own Battle Of The Bands with a first prize which is a goody bag comprising a ten-hour recording sesh at Apollo Studios in Glasgow. 30 hours rehearsal time in Clydebank‘s Red Eye Studios. a £150 voucher for Merchant City Music and a photo session.
Edinburgh
I l.er Lovett Playhouse. Greenside Place. 557 2590. 8pm. £13. £15. Country and jazz fusion along with a curious coiffure. I Side Show Bob Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free. Jim Rose escapee?
I Groove Tunnel A.J. Ramsay's. Broughton Street. 557 0627. 9.30pm. Ex- Shadowland. JTQ. Pure Land and Way Out members fuse to dish the grooves in the form of 60s and 70s TV theme tunes along with their home grown instrumentals.
I Jeggro Legends. Cowgate. 225 8382. 10.30pm. £4 (£2). See Fri 26.
I Red Hot And Blue L'Attache, Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
I Shibboleth Rutland No 1. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
I Kushti Neighbours. McDonald Road. 557 4928. 9pm. Free.
I Mexico Party Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Housemartin‘s influenced Liverpudlians. I Black Water Blues Band Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. Free.
I Live Music West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free.
FRIDAY 2
Glasgow
I Rev Hammer, Tinderbox and The lorelel 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. Feisty folk-rock as you would expect from a past support act to The Levellers and The Oyster Band with two complementary supports from Aberdeen. I Jayne Country And The Electric Chair: and Sus Cranked Up Really High. Nice ’n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 553 1638. 9pm. The punk offshoot of the Nashville Babylon club hosts an evening of transexual anarchy.
I ltedwud and Little Green Monkey Bar
SD The List 26 August-8 September 1994