MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
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Thurs 8 December £16.50 (+ booking fee)
Box Office: 041 248 9999
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I Templegate and Chapter 24 Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I Pain Killers and long Fin Killie Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. £3. Francis who used to be in The Vaselines heads up the top of the bill. Long Fin Killie have an excellent EP out on Too Pure records entitled Buttergut. I DJango Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. Drifters covers.
I Wild Turkey Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free.
I Schrodinger‘s Cat Bannermans. Cowgate. 556 3254. 10pm. Free. Acid
jazz funk fusion.
I Black Cat Bones Advocate. South Bridge. 9.30pm. Free.
I Rockville West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. I Sideshow Bob Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free.
I live Music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SUNDAY 16
Glasgow
I The Spin Doctors and Cud Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £11 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Not the greatest US export ever. The Spin Doctors are one of those perverse phenomena — everyone seems to despise their music. yet they still sell records. To whom we wonder? Support from the bodacious and enigmatic Cud.
I JTD and Freakpower Plaza. Eglinton T011. 423 3077. 9pm. £8.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. The veterans of the acid jazz scene who have been veering towards funkier fields in recent years with the occasional aid of vocalist Noel McKay head the bill with support from the latest funky channel for ex-Housemartin/Beats International man Norman Cook. With l)Js from the Acid Jazz label.
I American Music Club and Strangelove The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7.30pm. £8 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. The most humorous group ever to lay their soul bare in the name of heartfelt music. They‘ve created the blueprint for every dolorous Stateside misery guts act and now they‘re gleefully ripping it up. Best song titles in
I Solid Gone and Cloud Assasins Stones. Freden’ck Street. 220 1226. 9pm. Free.
I Richie Henderson Sandy Stone's. downstairs at Les Partisans. High Street. 226 6192. 10pm. Former Liberties mart does his solo thing.
MONDAY 17
Glasgow
I Edwyn Collins and the Nectarine No 9 The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7.30pm. £8 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. A bit of a Scottish post-punk pop ironists get- together. Edwyn Collins airs some splendid material from his lavish pop album Gorgeous George. while the Nectarine No 9 continue to make their intriguing. idiosyncratic version of pop despite zero promotion. A Sound City- supported gig.
Edinburgh
I The Ends Di Glam Physician and Firkin. Dalkeith Road. 662 4785. 8.30pm. Free. Teen sounds of the 70s. complete with matching wigs and stack heels.
I Andy Chung Sandy Stone‘s. downstairs at Les Partisans. High Street. 226 6192. 10pm.
I Beanbag L'Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
I The RH Band Rutland No I. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Rab Howatt comes over all (what else?) bluesy.
TUESDAY 18
Glasgow
I The Kinks Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £12 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. ldolised by many of today's brightest pop tarts — Blur. Auteurs. etc — but The Kinks of the 90s are a pale shadow of their classic 60s heyday.
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the biz too. Support from the angsty and intense Strangelove. about whom we’ve gushed plenty in the past and who don‘t share Mark Eitzel‘s wry outlook on life. I Ministry Of Sound Glasgow Caledonian University Student Union. Cowcaddens Road. 332 0681. £6. Students and guests. Live PA and guest l)Js from the world- renowned London club.
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I Ticket To Ride Pavilion. Rentield Street. 332 1846. 8pm. £6.50. £5.50. A musical tribute to The Beatles.
I Doctor Pop and Roundhouse Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £2. Doctor Pop study at the school ofenergetic funk rock.
I Surge, June Frost and Dirge Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
I G.R.D.W.T.ll. Fixx 11. Miller Street. 221 1568. 9pm. Free. Ex-Gaye Bykers On Acid and The Janitors types.
I John Hannah and The Raindancers Bar Belgo. Candleriggs. 552 3486. 8.30pm. Free. See Tue 11 for John Hannah.
I Mrs Ghandi’s Mushroom Party (TBC) Liquor Store. Bridge Street. Paisley. 848 5096. 10pm. Free. See Sat 15.
I FM Band Lounge Bar. Cameron House Hotel. Glasgow Road. Hardgate. Clydebank. 0389 873535. 3pm. Free.
I Just Another Dream, Frenzy and Knucklebone Sax Venue. Teviot Walk. Cumbernauld. 0236 733 200. 8pm. £2. The Battle of the Bands continues.
Edinburgh
I The Hideaway Blues Band Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £1.
I Elastica, Ash and Shrieit The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7.30pm. £6.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage. and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. The third Deceptive Records band (on a three-band roster) to play in Glasgow in the space of ten days. Flastica continue to leave the rest of the New Wave copyists trailing with their impish acquisition of skinny-tie attitudes. New single ‘Connected' is highly reminiscent of Magazine. which is super in our books. Ash are fresh-faced noisepoppers from Northern Ireland. See Sat 8 for Shriek.
I Sugarbelly and PMT Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £2.50.
I Kazoo Club Second Birthday Party The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 55 1638. 9pm. Free. To celebrate their second birthday. the Kazoo Club plan a ‘gong show’ night where a panel ofjudges will vote whether or not to cut the power to the stage during the three-song set from each band who play tonight.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Alex Dsbome Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Plus open mic.
I Radio llwanda Harleys. Quarry Street. Hamilton. 0698 458174. 9pm. Free.
42 The List 7-20 October 1994