MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
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I The Passkeepers Slow Club. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 8.30pm. Free. A very long-awaited return to gigging from Glasgow’s most sublime combo. whose debut album (which they have just finished) has taken five years to complete. but will probably be worth the wait in a way that The Stone Roses‘ The Second Coming wasn't.
I The Basic llotes, Well Maybe and Sugarbelly Nice 'n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
I Diobane, llet and Alive She Cried Arena, Oswald Street. 221 3010. 9pm. £2.50.
I The Wildebeests, Pink Kross and The Blisters Under Ventura. King Street. 552 1388. 9pm. £2. See Tue 23 for recent Hole support Pink Kross and The Blisters.
I The Usual Suspects Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I Rollin’ Joe And The Jets McChuills. High Street. 552 2135. 9.30pm. Free. Rock ‘n’ roll.
I Levi Toi Live At The 7/11. Chubbie Chesters. Sauchiehall Street. 353 0436. 8.30pm. Free. Funk.
I Refuse To Dance MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Murmur Batcave. Bruce Hotel. Cornwall Street. East Kilbride. 013552 29771. 10pm. £3. See Sun 21.
I Babyjunkwonn Beat Club. Rico's. Ann Street. Greenock. 01475 783 705. 10pm. £1. See Wed 24.
Edinburgh
I Finitrlbe Music Box. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 9pm. £7 (£6) in advance from Fopp. The ever eccentric trio promote their new album. Slteigra. and show off their latest batch of state-of-the-art equipment. but - contrary to rumour — their latest collaborator. Sidney Devine. won’t be making a guest appearance.
I Rorschach and Something Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 8pm. £2. The headliners are named after those folded- over ink blots which are supposed to reveal your inner fears and desires depending upon what you think that you see in them. Could the same be true of the music?
I Ilot Tornales West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. Harmonica-flavoured blues.
I Peter Burnett Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free.
I Beanbag Deluxe L’Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
I Mustang Sally Rutland No 1. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Soul.
I The Gods Dr Glam Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free. Glam rock tribute band.
I Rarum Scarum Neighbours. McDonald Road. 557 4928. 9pm. Free.
Falkirk
I The McCluskey Brothers Band Marteii. Bumbank Road. 01324 621764. 9pm. £4. Folky shenanigans from two former members of The Bluebells along with a complete band. Requests for ‘Young At Heart’ will probably be treated leniently.
FRIDAY 26 ‘
Glasgow
I Machinehead Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £8 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Here are some clues to that elusive Machinehead sound: head banging. long hair. feet on monitors. heavy metal. Have you guessed where they're coming from yet?
I Chuck Prophet 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. Former Green On Red frontman who follows his single ‘Long Shot Lullaby' with a new album Feast Of Hearts probably chocka with maudlin country rock workouts.
I Big Wig Swiggers And liggers Nice ’n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. S ecial guests TBC.
I The Smiles and Rattlesnake Arena. Oswald Street. 221 3010. 9pm. £2.50. including entry to Parklife.
I The Raggle Taggle Gypsies Boon’s Yard. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free. See Fri 19.
I Bopstreet McChuills. High Street. 552 2135. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Chosen, Captain 22 and liar’s Tale Colors. Harleys. Cheapside Street (off Broornielaw). 10pm. £3.
I Rev Doc And The Congregation MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. Trad R & B with crazy harmonica accompaniment.
I Andy Gunn And The Truth Band Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 8.30pm. Free.
I Peach County Cathedral House. Cathedral Square. 552 3519. 9pm. Free. New country.
I liar’s Edge Coach House. Thornliebank Road. 8pm. Free.
I Billy Rankine Twa Corbies. Kilbowie Road. Cumbernauld. 01236 727473. 9pm. Free. Former Nazareth guitarist.
I Blackwater Blues Band Clyde Bar. West Clyde Street. Helensburgh. 01463 673 257. 10pm. £1.
Edinburgh
I David Heavenor and Waxwing Netherbow. High Street. 556 9579. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). inspired singing and songwriting from headliner Heavenor whose recent album. Private. is winning friends. Support comes from Fifers who make a sound like a ‘Super-8 road movie‘ with influences from the folk/punk scene in Manchester. if you can get your head around that.
I The Brotherhood or Man Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. They‘re still saving their kisses for you. I Skararnanga and Monkey Island Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 8pm. £2. I Chowder Pilots West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free.
I Amanda Lyon’s Soul Connection Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Nine-piece soul band with a big brass section.
I Black Cat Bones Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. Free. Blues.
I live Music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
Kirkcaldy
I Supernova and Bib Hampers. 68 High Street. 01592 204658. 8.30pm. Free.
SATURDAY 27
Glasgow
I Sluts ’n’ Strings and 909/10, lnnersphere and Mu-ziq Pure 7. Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7pm—2am. £12 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket, Virgin. Union Street, 226 4679. Respectively. Viennese DJs side-project, old muckers of Sabres Of
Paradise and remixers extraordinaire do their live stuff. Plus guest DJ David Holmes and Pure‘s Twitch and Brainstorm. Dribbler and The Bill.
I The Gyres and Superslinky King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50. Tickets from King Tut’s and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Double-bill of two local bands well worth checking out in a melody-meets-full-on-guitar sort of way. I The Tom Mclliven Dulntet Mo’ Jazz With Attitude. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free. Hard bop at the acid jazz pre-club.
I Shan McChuills. High Street. 552 2135. 9.30pm. Free. Funk.
I String Driven Thing Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I A Glasgow Kiss MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Sawney Bean Wolburn's Wharf. Yoker Ferry Road. 959 2016. 9.30pm. Free. Folk rock.
I Coogan, The Sleep Spirit and August East Kilbride Arts Centre. Old Coach Road. The Village. East Kilbride. 013552 61000. 8pm. £2 (advance). £3 (door). Three guitar-based bands with shades of Neil Young to their sound.
I live Music Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I The Gin Goblins Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £3. Lock up your daughters . . . and animals . . . and. in fact. padlocking your mausoleum is probably a good idea as well. Their album. Holy Fae/cl. is still being blocked on the grounds of obscenity. blasphemy and general poor taste. Surely some mistake? I lies Damned Lies and Brian Rutherford Netherbow. High Street. 556 9579. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). Low-key. soulful vocals and intricate guitars from the headliners and more direct songwriting from Glaswegian Rutherford who managed to silence the bearpit at the Fringe _Club during last year‘s Festival. No mean feat. by anyone's standard.
I The Deceivers Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 8pm. £2.
I The Easy Beats Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5.
I Mustang Sally Platform One. Rutland Street, 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free. Soul.
I Flange Advocate. South Bridge. 9.30pm. Free. Rock covers.
I Sundowners 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 28
I The Silencers Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £10 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street, 226 4679. Rousing Scottish pop which still manages to stop short of Simple Minds bombast.
I Collapsed lung Cathouse, Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5.30 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage. J ust the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street, 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. Daffy London rap/rock combo with a similar sense of humour to Carter.
I The Telstar Ponies Club Mouth. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free. See live review.
I The Johnny 7 Bar Miro. Kelvingrove Street. 353 0475. From 4pm. Free. See Sun 21.
I Gypskl Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 8.30pm. Free.
I Peach County Corner. St George’s Road (at Charing Cross). 332 1625. 9pm. Free. New country.
I Blackwater Blues Lounge Bar. Cameron House Hotel. Glasgow Road. Hardgate. Clydebank. 01389 873535. 8pm. £2.
I lntemational Steamer Liquor Store. Bridge Street. Paisley. 848 5096. 10pm. Free.
I Wumfft Shenanigans. Strand Street. Kilmarnock. 01563 544 722. 8pm. Free.
I The Bleeding Hearts Sax. Teviot Walk. Cumbernauld. 01236 733 200. 8pm. £3. Foot-on-the-monitor rock in the grand Sunset Strip tradition but with a bit of Stooges/Marries balls thrown in to keep things aggressive.
I Combo! Combol, Sodatuna, Mayonnaise Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £3. More three-band mayhem with song-based funk that swings its slacks with a groove from the headliners. The other two bands would make a nice sandwich filling.
I The Dreamcatchers Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. Three-piece rockabilly outfit featuring Dean Owens of Smile fame.
I Bluetinger Rutland No l. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Classic rock ‘n‘ roll.
MONDAY 29
Glasgow
I G Love And Special Sauce King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5.50. Tickets from King Tut's and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. See preview.
I lick and The X Men Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 8.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Guitar Workshop Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 7.30pm. Tickets free from Sound Control. St Mary's Street. Lessons in how best to make your axe sing like a bird and scream like a stuck pig will be given courtesy ofJennifer Batten. a session musician who shot to fame as the guitarist in the video for Michael Jackson‘s ‘Dirty Diana‘ in ‘88. She‘s unlikely to have a lOft-high blond tnohican this time around.
I Supermodel and Baby Junkworrn Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. Spikey. spunky and snappy guitar band.
I Shibboleth L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. See Mon 22.
TUESDAY 30
Glasgow
I Theomania King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4. Paisley and Glasgow-based combo who reportedly blend ‘hard driving rock and funk'.
I kazoo Club Gong Show The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free. Loads of acts which a selected panel will mercilessly boo off.
I Fat Groove, White Dog Hunch and Black Cat Bone Live At the 7/1 1. Chubbie Chesters. Sauchiehall Street. 353 0436. 8.30pm. Free.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Kissin’ Gods Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Plus open mic.
I Ball Di Confusion Harleys. Quarry Street. Hamilton. 01698 458174. 9pm. £2. Rising mature mod pop combo.
Edinburgh
I The Cranberries Edinburgh Festival Theatre. 529 6000. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. Dolores and cohorts preach to the converted.
I Songwriters’ Showcase and Workshop Tron Tavern. Hunter Square. 8pm. £1. lnforrnation: 553 7631. Weekly forum for Edinburgh-based singer-songwriters. with anybody welcome to perform a fifteen- minute set. One local songwriter is highlighted at 10.30pm each night.
“The List 19 May-l Jun 1995