MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
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.. ' cuscow 550"" Royal Concert Hall '- _’_,' 041-227 5511 13th November GLASGOW The Garage
15th November EDINBURGH Usher Hall 031-228 1155
ELVIS COSTELLO ATTRACTIONS
plus soectal guest Gary Clark
15th & 16th November
GLASGOW
Barrowlands
17th November GLASGOW Barrowlands
SHANE MacGOWAN , 8.: THE POPES
Saturday 19th November GLASGOW Barrowlands
Gene
22nd November EDINBURGH The Venue
AND IMPOSSIBLE rue B I R DS 4th December EDINBURGH _ Queens Hall 031-668 2019
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ITHE UNSTOPPABLE SEX MACHINE. 9th December EDINBURGH Queens Hall
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Friday 9th & Saturday 10th December GLASGOW Barrowland
8th January
EDINBURGH Festival Theatre 031 529 6000
Tickets: Venue Box Office. Glasgow: Just the Ticket, Virgin Union Street, Edinburgh: Virgin & Ripping Records & all Tocta outlets. c/c Tocta 031-557 6969 First Call 031-555 3773/041-556 5555
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TUESDAY 8
Glasgow
I Bub Ultra, Crazy Gods Of Endless Noise and Wah Wah Jack King Tut's \Vah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3. Another Circuit gig featuring fairly crusty southerners Rub Ultra. funk rock/rap trio Crazy Gods ()f lindless Noise and local commercial pop/rock chaps \Vah Wah Jack.
I My Favourite Sneakers, Rust and Glenorglenda Kazoo Club, The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free. Punky hardcore from Rust and 60s garage sounds frotn Glenorglenda.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Jesse Rae Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. The eccentric Scots songwriter wields his claymore. improvises a set and explains a bit about lSDN link-up technology. Plus open mic. I Roll Wyn James Glasgow University Union. University Avenue. 339 8697. 9pm. Free. Students and guests. R 8; B. I The Gyres Harleys. Quarry Street. Hamilton, 0698 458174. 9pm. £2.
Edinburgh
I Alice Donut, The Zephyrs and Soya Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £5 in advance from Ripping Records and Virgin. £6 on the door. Frotn the LISA. the headliners (on Dead Kennedys label Alternative Tentacles) are one pastry short of a baker’s dozen with short. sharp song titles such as ‘Teleblootlprintmetliadeatliwhore'. Still. being a certifiable nutcase has never stopped anyone producing great punk headmess tunes before.
I Songwriters’ Showcase and Workshop Tron Tavern. Hunter Square. 8pm. £1. Information: 228 3147. Weekly forum for Edinburgh-based singer-songwriters. with anybody welcome to perform a fifteen— minute set. One local songwriter is highlighted at 10.30an each night.
I El Supremo Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free. The Lost Supremo crooning the blues on his tod.
I head And Weep Legends. Cowgate. 225 8382. 9.30pm.
I The Dawntreaders Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free.
I Bolling Fork \VJ Christies. West Port. 229 4553. 10pm. Free. Blues covers.
I Mustang Sally L’ Attache. Rutland Street, 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Soul.
I Shibboleth Rutland No I. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Melodic rock.
I Be Niros Rutland No I. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 5pm. Free. See Mon 7.
WEDNESDAY 9 -.
Glasgow
I Joe Louis Walker and The Bosstalkers and Hideaway Blues Band King Tut’s Walt Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Tickets from King Tut's and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Modern blues exponent who is a contemporary of Robert Cray. supported by one of Glasgow's most popular blues combos.
I Headcleaner, Crazy Nettie and Bank Arena. ()swald Street. 221 4583. 8pm. £4. A brutal guitar assault frotn l'leatlcleaner with support from two local acts who like their abrasive guitars but manage to slot in a bit of melody while they‘re about it.
I Million, Just Another Dream and Wah Wah Jack Fixx 11. Miller Street. 221 1568. 9pm. Free. The next heat in the Battle of the Bands. See Tue 8 for Wah Wah Jack. I Cold Shot Bar Belgo. (":tntlleriggs. 552 3486. 8.30pm. Free.
I Scratch Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210.9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I The Pastels and Policecat Venue.
fl Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £5. Perenially popular. fey popsters doing a wee tour to promote their first single in over a year — ‘Yoga'. I Mantis Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. £2. I Seattle Sandy Stone’s. downstairs at Les Partisans. High Street. 226 6192. 10pm. Blue Nile and Crowded House- type gubbins. I Dave Ross Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free. I De Niros L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Crowded House covers are a speciality. I Mustang Sally Rutland No 1. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Soul. I De Niros Rutland No 1. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 5pm. Free. I Steve and Tom West lind Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. 1 Free. Double blues trouble. I Captain Shifty Legends. Cowgate. 225 I 8382. 11pm. Shimmy into your natty ' threads and funk the night away. groove monkeys. I Live Music Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free.
THURSDAY 10
I The Beat Goes On with The Searchers, Billy J. Kramer, The Swinging Blue Jeans I and The Merseybeats Glasgow Royal , Concert t‘l'Ill. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £12.50. £1 1.50. £9.50. Tickets from box office and the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Another package of 60s also- rans struggling out of their bathchairs to make some more dosh for the pension funds. Go easy on The Swinging Blue Jeans — they’re still trying to live down ‘Hippy Hippy Shake'. I The Jesus Lizard and Stanford Prison 1 Experiment Garage. Sauchiehall Street. E 332 1120. 7.30pm. £6.30 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage. Just the ' Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. The Jesus Lizard‘s David Yow only i has to belch for his legions of devotees to label him a rock 'n' roll genius. Just sounds like a load of tedious hardcore and some Iggy-esqe onstage antics to us. 3 Support from LA ‘smartcore‘ crew whose single ‘Supermonkey' is out now. I The Wasp Factory, Breeze and International Steamer King Tut‘s Wah \Vah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3. Fairly run-of-the-mill indie 1 pop band who appeared on the T In The Park bill. below their manager — one Eddie lzzard. supported by two local bands. I Nosferatu Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8an. Tickets from The Cathouse. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. Single—handedly keeping the goth flag flying. i I The Moondials and The Badoos ; Underground at Ventura. King Street. 552
1388. 9pm. £2. See Sun 6 for The Moondials.
I The Supernaturals Speaker's Corner. St Georges Road (at Charing Cross). 332 1625. 9pm. Free. See preview.
I Me, Lily and O’iango and The Fifth Man The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 7.30pm. £3. A benefit for Scottish AIDS Monitor which also features sets from comedians Paul Trainer and Billy Porter.
4D The List 4—17 November 1994