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ROCK AND BLUES LISTINGS CONTINUED
I Stevie Ooc’s Band MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Buck’s Fizz Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. The original 80s popsters who scored a string of hits including the unforgettable ‘Making Your Mind Up' hit town with (unbelievably) the same two guys. but two different girls. I The Felsons Whistle Binkies. Niddry Street. 557 5114. 9pm. Free. Local country rockers celebrating the release of their album One Step Ahead ()fT/re Purse.
I The Ugly Groove Movement Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. Free. Raucous rock.
I live Music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SATURDAY 25
Glasgow
I Maytest See separate listings.
I Boyzone SECC. Finnieston Quay. 248 9999. 6.30pm. SOLD OUT. Looking like the cats who got the cream in these post- Take That days. Boyzone take up virtually uncontested top dog positions in the teenybop stakes.
I Speedy J and Psychiclt Warriors ov Gaia Pure. Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7pm—2am. £13 plus booking fee. Tickets frorn Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Another bangin' Pure event with guest DJs Andrew Weatherall and Ron Trent. plus Twitch. Brainstorm. Dribbler. The Bill and Para. I Dodgy The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7pm. £7 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. Sunny 60s pop from the happening beat trio. See preview.
I Adventures In Stereo, Spacehopper, The Secret Goldtish and The Leopards King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4. Tickets from King Tut‘s and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. The tasteful Creeping Bent label vents its Destructive Urges on this evening of sonic mayhem. Spacehopper and The Leopards go for full-on punk guitars. while The Secret Goldfish and Adventures In Stereo (featuring ex-Primal Scream and Spirea X man Jim Beattie) provide the headin melodic element.
I Bepublica The Cathouse. Union Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £6 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage. Just the Ticket, Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. Drum who made an impression through the dust in last year's T In The Park Groove Tent. I Fiaere The Whisky Bar. West Campbell Street. 332 1032. 9pm. £1. Regular set froin the Edinburgh-based chanteuse. See album reviews for Fjaere's new album.
I Player, No.9 and Walter Special Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. I little Hopetown Giants McChuill's. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free. Dusty country rock.
I LA.X. The Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I Ole Happy Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Blackwater Blues Band and Hideaway Blues Band The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 4—8pm. Free.
I Big George And The Business The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 9pm. Free.
I Family Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Big Picture MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Screaming Through December Wolburn‘s Wharf. Yoker Ferry Road. 959 2016. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I The Telstar Ponies Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 7.30pm. £4 in advance. £5 on the door. Glasgow indie outfit plugging their single ‘1)oes Your Heart Have \Vings‘l’. Varioust described in the inky press as ‘astonishiiig' and ‘ominous and brooding’. Influenced by Krautrock. Sonic Youth. Japanese psychedelia and cold Glasgow nights apparently.
I The u.I(. Subs, Sad Society and Swamp Walk Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. £5. Old school punks.
I The Flying Emporers Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. Cabaret.
I The Thanes The Tap ()‘l.auriston. Lauriston Place. 229 4041. 9.30pm. Free. Mid-sixties garage and R 8; B sounds with an emphasis on period authenticity right down to using period Vox amps and the likes.
I live Music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SUNDAY 26
Glasgow
I Sleeper, The longpigs and Octopus Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £8 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Mediocre indie crew got lucky. See album review for expansion on this theme. Support from another fairly turgid indie crew. but salvation lies in the shape of ()ciopus. once of Shotts. now of the Planet Pop (with Psychedelic Undertones).
I Ga Ga The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7pm. £7 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. Queen tribute.
I Motor lite CO Club Mouth. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free. Rising local combo who have moved on from the sturdy melodic Midwestern Buffalo Tom stuff to more intriguing sounds and shapes.
I The Hemingways, Jessie Presley and Vegas Throat Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
I JOF, Oune and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 9pm. Free.
I lavelle Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I MacFloyd Sax Venue. Teviot Walk. Cumbernauld. 01236 733 200. 7.30pm. £5. Pink Floyd tribute combo.
Edinburgh
I Boyzone The Playhouse. Greenside Place. 557 2590. 7.30pm. S()l.l)()1"l‘. Teeny Take That clones.
I Bepublica Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 7.30pm. £6. New dance act in the M-People mould signed to Deconstruction Records.
I Gilded lil Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 9.30pm. Free. Go and see this band live because everyone says they sound like Garbage but they don‘t think so. So. make your own mind up.
I Hot Tomales Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 9pm. Free. Blues with a touch of harmonica action.
I live Music Pear Tree. West Nicolson Street. 667 7533. 8.30pm. Free.
MONDAY 27
Glasgow
I Bedtord Falls Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Sleeper, The Longpigs nntt Octopus Queens Hall. South (‘lerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8. The album The ll (ii'r/ has received a bit of a mixed reaction btit the single ‘Sale Of The Century' is plugging away well in the charts. 'l'hcy‘re well worth seeing live though. With support from ()ctoptis who are promoting their forthcoming single ‘Your Smile'.
I Sandyman Queen Street ()ysler Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 9pm. Free.
I Al Dickinson Whistle Binkies. Ninth-y Street. 557 5114. 9pm. Free.
TUESDAY 28
Glasgow
I Ash, 60ft Dolls and Jocasta Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £8 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. No age restriction on this show. Youthful sorts coming on iii leaps and bounds. See feature. Support from the go-for—it ptinky tunesiiiiths 6()ft Dolls tsee album review) and new outfit .locasta. named after ()edipus‘s
I Sophie Zelmani and The Loved Ones Velvet Rooms. Sauchiehall Street. 332 (1755. 8pm. £4 (£3). Showcase gig for Ms Zelmani with support front the latest musical outlet for loriitcr Wild River Apples members.
I Gun Rubber, The Space Kittens tilltl The Poison Sisters The (ilory Bo\. Curlers. Byi'es Road. 334 1284. 8.30pm. Free. 'l'hose era/y kittens do the lo~fi noise pop thang.
I Captain 22, The Bundys tllltl Stardrive The Brewhouse. John Street. 5.52 .ibtll. 9pm. Free.
I Vagabonds Kilkennys. .ltillll Street. 55: 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring PMS Blackfriars. Bell Street. .552 592-1. 9.30pm. Free. l’ortishead-y female duo. l’lus open mic
I Live Music Kai/.oo Club. The 13th Note. (ilassford Street. 55“ 1638. 9pm. l'il'L‘L‘.
Edinburgh
I Songwriters’ Showcase and Workshop Tron 'l‘avern. Hunter Square. 7.30pm. £1. Information: 228 8245. Weekly forum for lidinburgh-based singer-songwriters. with anybody welcome to perform a 15 minute set One local songwriter is highlighted at 10.30pm each night. Tonight. Rope headline.
I El Supremo Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530 9pm. Free Big Bert goes it alone.
I Sliding Della Whistle Binkies. .\'iddi‘y Street. 557 5114. 9pm. Free. l)elta blues style.
Psychick Warriors ov Gala, BarrowlaiidiSat 25
WEDNESDAY 29
Glasgow
I Oscar (ilasgow School of Art. Renfrew Street. 332 (1691. 8pm. Free. I Gods Ul Glam Kilkennys. John Street.
552 3505. 9pm. Free. See Wed 22.
Edinburgh
I The Johnson Brothers Queen Street ()yslt‘l‘ littl'. Qtlt‘t‘ll bll’t‘t‘l. 32() 2550. ‘Jplll. l‘il'L‘L‘.
I The Spoonful Trio Whistle nitrides. Nidtlry Street. 557 511-1. 9pm. Free.
THURSDAY 30
Glasgow
I Urusei Yatsura anti Mogwai King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. SFUpin. £4. 'fickets front King This and Just the Ticket. Virgin. l'nion Street. 226 4679. Raygiins at the ready for one of the best of (ilasgow's rough and ready indie noise contingent. See preview. Support from Mogwai who do that quiet. droiiey bit followed by big noisey riff racket thang.
I swelling Meg Velvet Rooms. Sauchiehall Street. 332 0755. 8pm. £4 t£3 l. Spookfolk utterances from ('ora Bissett and her string-plucking chums.
I The Marco Rea Band The Cathouse. l'nion Street. 24866116. 8pm. £3. Local band night.
I Roach and Atlantis Nice ‘n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Indie pop from Atlantis who straddle the (ilasgow/lidinbiirgh divide.
I Mudshark ill‘L‘l Ragnarok. (‘lydc Street. 2114 0814. 9pm. £2.50. Hard rock front the same managerial stable as (iun. I Stardrive, Sexy Jessica and Solar Fire Allstar The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 38111. 9pm. Free.
I True North The llalt liar. \\'oodlands Road. 332 I21”. 9 30pm. Free.
I Wilderness :tntl Chaser The Arena. ()swald Street. 221 3011). 9pm. £2.50.
I Contribution Boom ttlltl Orange Overdrive The Rat Trap. l‘nion Street. 221 7233. 8pm. £3.
I Mirrormakers Kilkennvs. John Street. 55: 3505. 9pm. Free. '
I The Knot Garden the whisky Bar. West (‘ampbell Street. 332 1032. 9pm Free.
I Space Monkey Maria (‘ttt‘e Borgia. New Street. Paisley. 848 (x138 ltlpm, Free.
I Easy The Batcave. Bruce llotel. Cornwall Street. East Killii'ide. (115.55: 29771. ltlpm. £3.
I Live MUSiC ('ltib 99p. The 13th Note tdowristairsl. (ilassfoi'd Street. 55“ 16“. 9pm. 99p.
Edinburgh
I Ian Petrie Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. ltlpiii. Free. I Jezebel The Merlin. Morningside Road. 447 4329. 9pm. Free.
54 The List 17-30 May 1996