MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
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Edinburgh
I Flange, Handsome Devils and Fireside Aliens The Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £3. Another three band local showcase blending rap. dub and indie sounds.
I Charlie Goes Walkabout and Apple Happy Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £7
I Steve D.C. West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10pm. Free. Solo blues guitarist.
I Tinderbox Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 9pm. Free. Folk rock with balls fae Aberdeen.
THURSDAY 15
Glasgow
I Whiteout, Gene and The lucy Bains Band The 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. Scottish retro good-time pop meets southern bedsit fop rock in bizarre indie contrast scenario. Whiteout rock it tip. get their youthful kicks. don‘t get hang-ups about their lyrics and Gene handle their wine glass gingerly. agonise over Iv mu! [axle and try to live down The Smiths comparison. NB: Gene are now not playing. Contact venue for further details. I Rock ’n’ Pop Wars Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £1. The first semi-final. Line-up will not be fixed until the final heat has been decided. I Yellow Cake Popcorn and Toast Club 99p. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. 99p.
I Selah, The Slipper Limpets and Dkso The Arena. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 9pm. £2.
I Cloud Assassins The Hall Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. See Sat 10.
I loose Cut Bar Belgo’s. Candleriggs. 552 3486. 9.30pm. Free. Blues.
I Roundhouse Chicago Meatpackers. Hope Street. 248 4466. 9pm. Free.
I Seventh Heaven MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. Soulful R 84
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I Junk Republic Church On The Hill. Langside Monument. 649 5189. 9pm. Free.
I Battle 01 The Bands Motherwell Town Club. 8pm. £2. The final.
I Jellyhead The Batcave. Bruce Hotel. Cornwall Street. East Kilbride. 03552 29771. 10pm. £3.
I Ex-Cathedra, Spider Babies and Skyhigh The Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 727918. 9.30pm. £3. Continuing the Battle of the Bands with a line-up including punk outfit lix-Cathedra.
Edinburgh
I HYACK and Cupid Mount Etna Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £3. Noo Yawk alternative types with their debut EP Savage Smile being the first fruit of their plectrums.
I Jemima Stone and The Diggers Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I love Decree Milne's Bar. Hanover Street. 225 6738. 9pm. Free. Possibly better known as the Chinheads.
I Perfect Day For Banana Fish AJ. Ramsay's. Broughton Street. 557 0627. 10pm. Free. Infectious poppy numbers from a band who presumably have read the works of the reclusive 1.1). Salinger. I Caught In The Act Neighbours. McDonald Road. 557 4928. 9pm. Free. In flugmnte (lelit‘tu as the Roman version was known.
I Gods of Glam Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free. Dig out those stack heels for some sounds of the 70s.
I Billy Rivers Stones. Frederick Street.
l 220 1226. 9pm. Free. ltinerant
singer/songwriter keeping the roving troubador legend alive.
I Rolling Fork Conan Doyle. York Place. 557 3700. 9pm. Free.
I live Music West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10pm. Free.
FRIDAY 16
Glasgow
I Ian McHabb and David Gray 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. See previe‘.“,
I Baby Chaos and August Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637.
9pm. After a summer of festi.als. Baby
Chaos get back into the business of tearing tip small venues with their brattish noise.
'9 I Hyack, Reluse To Dance and Crazy Nettie The Arena. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 8pm. £2.50. Nyack are a quartet
from New York whose debut release in
this country. the beguiling 'Savage Smile'
liP has them sounding like a woozy. tuneful My Bloody Valentine.
I Zion Train Rampant Sound. Glasgow School of Art. Renfrew Street. 332 0691. 10pm. £3 (£2.50). Heavy dub sounds from Zion Train who return to Rampant Sound after a successful Sound City collaboration.
I John Hannah Cathedral House.
(.‘athedral Square. 552 3519. 9pm. Free. Canadian singer/songwriter.
I Angela Cameron After Hours. Colliers. l-lyndland Road. 357 5827. 11pm. Free. I Rev Doe and the Congregation The Coachhouse. Anniesland Road. 959 0220. 10pm. Free. Trad R & B with blistering harmonica accompaniment.
Ed Inburgh
I Flood and The Smashers Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2. See gig review for Flood. The Stnashers are local
indie faves.
I Heatwave Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. Famous once for ‘Mind Blowing Decisions‘ and ‘Gangsters
Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Cathal Couglan's bulging eyes. popping veins and streams of sweat characterise a Fatima Mansions gig almost as much as the corruscating music. Get out the metaphorical protective headgear to shield yourself frotn his invective.
I Hideaway Blues Band Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
. I Roach Speaker‘s Corner. St George‘s Road. Charing Cross. 332 1625. 9.30pm.
Free.
I Loose Cut Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Blues.
I Dnion Joe MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. R 8: B.
I Lorna Buchanan After Hours. Cottiers.
Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 1 lptn. Free. j I Toe Jam l.ottnge Bar. Cameron House Hotel. Glasgow Road. Hardgate.
Clydebank. 0389 873535. 9pm. Free.
. Edinburgh
- I Ian Mcllabb and David Grey The Venue.
Calton Road. 557 3073. 7.30pm. £5. See
5 preview.
I Action Swingers, Power of Idea, Japs
. Eye and China Drum Cas Rock Cafe. West : Port. 229 4341. 10pm. £3.50 in advance.
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I Groovetunnel West End Oyster Bar.
West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10pm.
: Free. Fit-Shadowland. JTO. 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 Murmur Negociants. l-othian Street.
2256313. 10pm. Free. Glaswegian guitar band.
I Firing Squad Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. Free. Rock covers.
I Black Cat Bones TheAdvocate. South Bridge. 9.30pm. Free. Blues tinged rock 'n‘ roll.
I Soul Connection Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free.
I live music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SATURDAY 17
Glasgow
I Ride Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £8.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. See feature. Eugenius are the support.
I Big Vern ’n’ The Shootahs The Ferry. Clyde Place. 552 0767. Tickets frotn the
Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 551 1. The group who made their name as Glasgow's answer to The Blues Brothers now deliver
some original material in their set. I Fatima Mansmns and Delicate Vomit King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent
Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Tickets
frotn King Tut's and Just the Ticket.
£4 on the door. Ned Hayden. ex-Pussy Galore man features in the upfront. in your face headliners. Power of Idea are a hardcore band coming all the way from Japan. China Drum went down a storm when they supported Leather Face recently.
I Bug and Midwich Cuckoos Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I The Rhymes West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. Commercial blues from Ayrshire with amazing female vocals. Yo! They were the Radio 1 Roadshow warm up band.
I Dear John Neighbours. McDonald Road. 557 4928. 9pm. Free. Hot rock with classic covers all spiced with some kicking original material.
I Mustang Sally Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free. Soul.
I live Music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SUNDAY 18
Glasgow
I The Giants Di Rhythm ’n’ Blues Pavilion. Rentield Street. 332 1846. 8pm. £9.50/£8.50/£7.50. The real giants couldn't make it so they got in The Spenser Davis Group (‘Keep On Running'. ‘l‘m A Man' etc) and Long John Baldry (‘1.et The Heartbreak Begin’) instead.
I Power or Idea, Bug-Eyed and Jap‘s Eye
I Nice ‘n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Spunky punky overload.
I Rev Doc and the Congregation Speaker's Corner. St George‘s Road. Charing Cross. 332 1625. 10pm. Free. See Fri 16.
1 I Blackwater Blues Bar Belgo‘s.
Candleriggs. 552 3486. 9.30pm. Free.
I Roundhouse Lounge Bar. Cameron House Hotel. Glasgow Road. Hardgate. Clydebank. 0389 873535. 3pm. Free.
I The Helllire Club, Raw Deal, Blackwater Blues and Bazooka Jo Plugged In At The Mint. Academy Street. Coatbridge. 0236 441 191. 7pm. Free. Monthly acoustic night with the added attraction of a barbecue for those prepared to part with a few pennies.
I Trinity Stairway To Heaven. Sax Venue. Teviot Walk. Cumbernauld. 0236 733 200. 9pm. £2.50.
Edinburgh
I Eighteen Wheeler and The Drchids Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £3. Honeyed melodies and airy guitars from the headliners.
I Hideaway Blues Band Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £1. Can you guess what musical genre they pertain to children?
I Dig Wednesday Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 9pm. Free. Playlisted on Radio Forth recently. Could the big time be beckoning?
I Dallas Motorcade Negociants. l.othian Street. 2256313. 10pm. Free. Harmonious acoustic duo.
MONDAY 19
Glasgow
I Cranes and Pale Saints The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1 120. 7.30pm. £6.50 plus booking fee. Tickets frotn The Garage..1ust the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. See preview for Cranes. Pale Saints provide a lighter touch before Cranes‘ intriguing gothy angst. Their new album Slow Built/rugs isn't as immediate as the material released when lan Masters was at the helm. but the emergence of Meriel Barham has given them a different flavour.
I Shawn Colvin King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Tickets from King Tut's and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Singer/songwriter with an anodyne collection of songs to suit the mature but wistful AOR palate.
Edinburgh
I Clanger Club Negociants. l.othian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Alex of The Blisters will be bringing over a Glasgow band each week to do a showcase. The Blisters will kick things off with their Stray Cats without the quiffs sound.
I Thrive Legends. Cowgate. 10pm. Price on the door.
TUESDAY 20
Glasgow
I Walter Trout Band and Hideaway Blues Band The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7.30pm. £8.50 plus booking fee. Tickets frotn the Garage. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Canadian blues man and his troupe touring hot on the heels of their new ‘Please Don‘t Go’ single from the Tellin' Stories album. I dEUS King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4. Tickets from King Tut‘s. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Spanking experimental indie combo from Belgium. I Glider, Psychic Mind Trip, Mandrake Root and Ocean Stone The Kazoo Club. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free. I Glasgow Songwriters leaturing Moore Mcllhattan Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Plus open mic. I The Autumn Stone Harleys. Quarry Street. Hamilton. 0698 458174. 9pm. Free. Sixties—inspired pop.
Tennents Live! Making Music Happen
36 The List 9—22 September 1994