MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
ROCK , & BLUES
Dates listed below are for one-off shows: see separate section for residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Dates will be listed, provided that details reach our offices art least one week before publication. Rock and Blues listings compiled by Fiona Shepherd
and Jonathan Trew.
FRIDAY 10
Glasgow
I Faith No More The (iarage. Satrchieliall Street. 332 1120.7.30pm.S()1.1)()1'T. Faith No More return to the fray with an absurdly low-key show hy their standards in order to hreak in their new guitarist Dean Menu and to preview their alhum King For :1 l)ti\‘, I’m)! laud-1 lifetime which is released on Monday.
I The Doohie Brothers and Foreigner SECC. Finnieston Quay. 248 9999. £19 pltrs hooking fee. Tickets from .ltist the Ticket. Virgin. 17nion Street. 2264679. A snoo/ctastic douhle hill full of ‘tpiality craftsrtianship'. tailor-made for couples who really miss 1)avc 1.ee Tray is on Fah lFM.
I Tindersticks ( )ld :\1llt‘11;tctllllilillt‘dll't‘. Buchanan Street. 332 2333. 7.30pm. 501.1) ()1 ‘T. See preview.
I Thrush Puppies, Breeze and Dragdoll King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. S30pm. £3.50. Youthful vigour from these hands -- Dragdoll's teenage take on Nirvana won them favour at the recent A is R week.
I Slimcea Girl and Groundhog The Arena. ()swald Street. 221 3010. 9pm. £2.50. Slimcea (iirl are drawing influences from 60s pop. htit manage more than a retro approximation.
I The Supernaturals .‘vteC‘liiiills. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free. Sunny 60s- inliuenced pop. along the same lines as Dodgy.
I Wilderness aiitl Moondew Harley's Rock (‘1tih. Cheapside Street. 204 4606. 10pm. £3.
I Coogan and The Pop Rockets Niet- ‘ii‘ Slea/y. Sauchiehall Street. 3339637. 9pm.
I Give Up The Ghost .\1acSoi'ley“s. Jamaica Street. 221 S499. 9pm. Free.
I Bed Green’s Blues Band Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3501. H.30pm. Free.
I Levi Toi Wolhtirri‘s Wharf. Yoker Ferry Road. 959 2016. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Edwin Starr And The Team (‘aveiitlisli West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm~3am. £5. 'llltr.’ ll'liiir l\' it com! 101'." A rallying cry fora generation if ever there was one. Unfortunately. it was the Frankie Goes To Hollywood generation that hoiight it in large numhers.
I Sahelia Stihway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2. 1'sed to he called Salielian Drought. htit it must have rained.
I Haze West lind ()yster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. I Mustang Sally Platform ()ne. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Rock and soul hlend.
I Firing Squad (.‘as Rock care. West Port. 2294341. 10pm. Free.
I Live Music Ahhey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SATURDAY 11
Glasgow
I Skunk Anansie King Tut's wali \vali Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm.
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£4.50. Tickets from King Tut's and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. See preview.
I The Blisters and Uresei Yatsura The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. £3. Launch night for a split single recorded by the two hands. tintry charge includes a copy of said single. which can't he had.
I Tempus Fugit Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Acid jazz.
I The Beatcombers Brewhotise. John Street. 552 3801. 8.30pm. Free. Pastiche of Hamhurg-era Beatles.
I Superfly and Baby Peroxide McCliuills.
High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free.
I Clan D, Braik and Ramp Nice 'n'
Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. 1)ooiiiy industrial assault from Clan l).
I Million llalt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332
1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Cloud Assassins i‘l‘tzC‘i .‘\1;ic‘St)r'ley"s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499 9pm. Free.
I Hideaway Blues Band Boon's Yard. Cathcart Road. 649 01S4. l0pm. Free. Trad hlties from the hardy perennials. I Judas’s Carry Out Clyde Bar. West Clyde Street. llelenshtirgh. 01463 673 257. 10pm. £1. The Clyde Bar celebrates its third hirthday.
Edinburgh
I Pink Kross, Gurll and Sally Skull (‘as Rock Cafe. West Port. 2294341. 9pm. £3. Three noisy. messy garage hands who should pill on an entertaining. if chaotic. show. l’ink Kross‘s recent single. ‘1)ragster Racing Queen'. was a cracker. I Soda Tuna aiitl Lother Suhway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I D’Jango Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. More Drifters'
I Soul Connection Platform ()ne. Rutland
Street. 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free. Can you guess the genre. kids‘.’
I Something For The Weekend Advocate.
South Bridge. 9.30pm. Free. Used to he called Black Cat Bones. They're still
1 doing hluesey covers.
I Scratch West End Oyster Bar. West
Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. 1 I Saturdays Queen Street Oyster Bar.
Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free. I Live Music Ahhey. South Clerk Street.
‘ 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
Glasgow
I M-People SliCC. Finnieston Quay. 248 9999. SOLD OUT. Manchester's handhag house favourites make good their commitment to return and play 1)eceitiher's cancelled show.
I The Bathers, Cowboy Mouth and Sugartown 'I‘raiiiway 4. Alhert Drive. 7.30pm. £7. Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Smooth.
atmospheric sounds from the three
Glaswegian hands on the German lahel Marina. Free vodka and a free cassette featuring two songs from each hand is
promised on the door. I These Animal Men, Hooker and
Longpigs King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Tickets from King Tut's and Just the
Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 2264679.
The Men‘s new FP/mini-alhum. 7211‘! I’m' 'I‘lit'.rt'.»1/tinrul Men. contains irrefutahle evidence that the post-punk dudes are going SOFT on us. and writing BA1.|.A1)S. and generally demonstrating they have more than one string to their how. '
I Killers Cathouse. Brown Street. 248
6606. 8pm. £5.30 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 2264679 and Tower
Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. Mighty metal band whose current album. Menme 72) Society. is believed to have been partially responsible for Japan's recent devastating earthquake. Featuring ex-lron
Maiden personage l’aul 1)ianrto.
i I The Afterglow and The Salem
Dragsters Nice ‘n' Slea/y. Sauchiehall
Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Mod sounds from
The Afterglow. named like The Autumn
Stone after a Small Faces song. and trash
E R & B from The Salem Dragsters. I Bosley and Love Republic Brewhotise. ' John Street. 552 3801. 8.30pm. Free.
Kitsch samples and raps from Bosley.
I The Supernaturals Liquor Store. Bridge
lying tonight: the Blue Aeroplanes
Mafia Venue. (‘ahon Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £7. (‘i'ust ahoyl Back To The Planet
recently ptrt otit an lil’ entitled .-1 Small
.Vrre/etrr Her/i e along with a (‘1) which
rounds tip some of their earlier unreleased material. Naturally enough. it's called .1
l’orlet/ History. The support hlends funk.
reggae and ragga.
Street. Paisley. 84S 5096. 10pm. Free. See Fri 10.
Edinburgh
I Summerfield Blues (‘as Rock (are. ; West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. The hands latest rttini-alhum. Little Miss li’e/rtii‘i/i ’. is
doingjust as well as its predecessor. l.er'.\* Score The I’m/i People. and selling like the proverhial hot tarts at a vicars tea party.
I Stella Maris Stones. Frederick Street.
220 1226. 10pm. Free. Kinda like a
(‘roatian Jane's Addiction apparently. I Live Music Pear Tree. West Nicolson
Street. 667 7533. S30pni. Free.
' Glasgow
; I The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Q SFCC. Finnieston Quay. 248 9999. 8pm. £23.50. £21 plus hooking fee. Tickets
from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. -
226 4679 and Virgin and Ripping Records. tidinhurgh. The erstwhile
wayward genius is now so wayward that
he‘s left the tag ‘genius' and wandered off
into uncharted and tminvitirig territory.
Will he ever return’.’ After his entertainineg ohlique appearance at the
Brit Awards. we dotrht it. By a wicked twist of fate. the diminutive one is playing
on the same night as . . .
I Fruitcake Brcwhousc. John Street. 552 3801. 8.30pm. Free. Funky rock with art AQR appeal.
Edinburgh
I Back To The Planet and Space Monkey
I Songwriters’ Showcase and Workshop Tron Tayer'n. llunter Stluai'e. Spm. £1.
Information: 22.\ 3147. Weekly forum for lidinhurgh—hased singer-stingwriters. with
anyhod)‘ Welcome to Perform a fifteen~
minute set. This evening features the ethereal voeals of l’ollys Band. .\'ote the change of day.
I Desert R058 Slttllt‘s. l‘l't'tlt‘l'lcls .Stl'L'L‘l.
2201226. 10pm. Free.
Glasgow
I The Artist Formerly Known As Prince SF.(‘(‘. Finnieston Quay. 248 9999. Spin. £23.50. £21 plus hooking fee. 'l'ickets’ as l‘t’litllik‘. See .\lt)tl l3.
I The Blue Aeroplanes, Boo Hewerdine and Animals That Swim King Tut‘s Wah Wah tltit. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. S30pm. £6.50. Tickets from King Tut's
'and .ltist the Ticket. Virgin. t'nion Street.
226 4679. The rapidly-ceasiltg-to-hc—
’ interesting Blue .-\eroplanes and the
never-was-interesting Boo Hewerdine have their ptilliiig power enhanced hy the
= intriguing Animals That Swim. a group
i w ho tell everyday tales in unusual ways and who exude an Friglisli indie
eccentricity w itlioiit resorting to the cartoon world of Blur and l’trlp.
I Pickwick, Little Green Monkeys and Policecatls.i/i)i)('liilw."1it- 1.31ll Note. (ilassfoid Street. 553 1635. 9pm, Free. l.o-fi niiaow rug from l’olicecat.
I Pink Kross and Just Another Dream 13th Note (downstairs). (ilassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. £1. (‘varage grrrl strutting
from l’mk RUNS.
I Northern Light Experience, Papa’s Roses and Grey Matter llttl’lcys.
(‘heapside Street roff Broomielaw ). 1'or
info: 221 1007. 5.30pm. £2.50. Third week of local hand showcases at this riverside name.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Mr Bill Ward Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924.
9.30pm. Free. l’ltis open mic. {Edinburgh
I Starstruck and Dominic Waxing Lyrical
Cooler. heneatli The Venue. (’alton Road.
5.57 3073. 9pm. £3 t£2). .\ hertelit for The
Centre tfoiiiierly l'ncriiploy ed Workers Centre) hy Fdinhurgh mavericks Starstruck w ho hay e just extended their discography with a new single. ‘Fondled ()i'ange'. Dominic Waxing lyrical is hig in songwriting circles rand in Germany. apparently) .so turn tip in time for him. I Groove Tunnel Kitchen. t‘owgaie. 325 5413. 9pm. Free. l‘tlllk\t)lllL‘ frolics front a hand with an impeccahle funk history. I Fully Loaded Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free.
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