MUSIG rock & pop-
ROCK LISTINGS continued
FRIDAY 28
GLASGOW
I Peter Andre Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £l2.50 pltis bookirtg fee. See Thurs 27.
I Lewis Taylor King Tut's Wah Wah Httt. St Vincent Street. 22l 5279. 8.30pm. £4. New sitiger/songwriter who has been compared to a white Marvin Gaye and has a persuasive stealthy debut in ‘Bittersweet'. He claims that giving tip tlte weed was tlte catalyst for getting his act together. so take note. mellow dudes. I Toyah Wilcox Bourbon Street. George Street. 552 0l4 I. 8.30pm. £9.50 (£29.50 with dinner). See Thurs 27.
I Meth O.D., Chicane and Idlewild Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Contorted indie noise from Meth ().l). and an attacking approach. from lidinburgh's Chicane.
I Soft Porn Eddie and Last Year's Men The Arena. ()swald Street. 22l 30l0. 9pm. £3. including entry to The Friday Club.
I Forensics antl Muse Cavern Bar. Strathclyde l'niversity L'nion. .lohn Street. 552 1895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
I Rollin' Joe And The Jets MeCliuill's. High Street. 552 2l35. l0pm. Free. 50s rock 'n' roll.
I The Jimmie Nelson Blues Band The Brewhouse. .lohn Street. 552 380l. 9pm. Free.
I Rev Doc And The Congregation .\lacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 22l 8499. 9pm. Free. Trad R & B with harmonica embellishment.
I Celtic Rock Jam Session Twa Corbies. Kilbowie Road. 0l236 727473. 9pm. Free.
EDINBURGH
I Rosa Mota ant) Coney Island Cyclone Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 434|. I0pm. £3.50. Rosa Mota are touting their new album lilo/iii" ( l3th Hour Records).
SATURDAY 1 GLASGOW
I The Lemonheads and You Am I Qudos. Queen Margaret Union. University (iardens. 339 9784. 8pm. £9.30 plus booking fee. Tickets from the primers box and Just the Ticket attd Ripping Records. lidinburgh. livan Dando returns witlt his charming melodic touch and the faithful swoon. Support from hot new noise combo You Am I
I Toyah Wilcox Bottrbott Street. George Street. 552 ()l4 I. 8.30pm. £9.50 (£29.50 with dinner). See Thurs 27.
I The Loved Ones, Bosley and Soundman King Tut's Wah Walt llttt. St Vincent Street. 22l 5279. 8.30pm. £4. l.ocal triple bill featuring the kitschy samples of grooy sters Bosley. See BACARDI Rum/'l'lit' /.i\l Unsigned Scottish Band l996- I997 competition preview for details about Bosley.
I Chaser and Meth 0.0. Cavern Bar. Strathclyde I'niversity l'nion. John Street. 552 l895. 9pm. Free. Students and gtle\ls. See Fri 28 for Meth (H).
I The Dung Beetles .‘vtc-(‘htiills High Street. 552 2 l 35. |0pm. Free.
I Bulb Chutney Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free.
I Blues Roots The Brewhouse. .lolm Street. 552 380i. 5~7pt)). Free.
I Eric Cuthbertson And The Hoochie Coochie Band The Brewhouse. .lolm Street. 552 380l. 9.30pm. Free.
I Die Happy Kilkennys. .lohn Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Acoustic Jam Nice 'n‘ Sleazv. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 2—'6pm.
I Live Music The Rat Trap. Brown Street. 22l 7233. 8pm.
I Live Music The Ilalt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 I210. 9.30pm. Free.
EDINBURGH
I Ex Cathedra and The Blunts The Tap ()'I.auriston. l.auriston Place. 229 404l. 9pm. Free. Glaswegian punks.
50 THE lIST Pl lob-6 Mar I997
SUNDAY 2 GLASGOW .
I Ben Folds Five The Arches. Midland Street. 22l 9736. 7.30pm. £7.50 plus booking fee. Joyous piano pop from the infectious US trio. This is the life. See preview.
I Flow Motion Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Live techno.
I Mini, Kootchie. Cortez, Limousine and Strawberry The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 380i. 9pm. Free.
I Mansun and Travis \’enue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 8pm. £6. The hotly- tipped Mansun bring their own brand of strong vocals and punky dynamics to the capital. Watch out for new material from the album Attack ()j The (Irt'v Lantern. 1 Catch them now because you can bet that I this lot are destined for greatness. See l
Preview.
I Chickweed The Attic. Dyer‘s Close. Cowgat ‘. 225 8382. 9pm. £2. l-Idinburgh punks toting their recent single ‘Perfect Day' (Human Condition Records). Think ofThe Ramones crossed with Shampoo and Courtney Love and you're halfway there.
MONDAY 3
GLASGOW
I The Moody Blues Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £19.50/£l7.50/£l6 plus booking fee. l-lmmm. Once a portentous pop band with mystic tendencies which would make Crispian Ktrla Shaker blush. .\'ow yet another band on the nostalgia circuit.
I Hulksper Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University l’nion. .lolut Street. 552 I895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
I Geebo The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 380I. 9pm. Free. ‘ I Rhanna Kilkennys. .Iohn Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
EDINBURGH
I Peter Andre L’slier Ilall. l.othian Road. 228 l I55. SOLD OUT. The Aussie bloke with the six-pack (that's his stomach by the way). whips lidinburgh‘s impressionable young girlies into a hormonal frenzy. Watch out for material from his album Nut/(ml.
I Sandyman Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 9pm. Free.
I Long Distance Crawl \y'liistle Binkies. Niddry Street. 557 5 I I4. 9pm. Free.
TUESDAY 4 GLASGOW
I Faithless Qudos. Queen Margaret Union. University Gardens. 339 9784. 8pm. £8.50 plus booking fee. l.ife- affirming dance vibes which hit all the right points. as the hits ‘lnsomnia‘ and ‘Salva Mea' have demonstrated.
I Manbreak The (‘athouse. L'nion Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £3. New indie combo named after some bizarre military experiment. How ever. they‘re not the hardcore ranters you might expect from a name like that.
I Cloverhill, Blind and Alkahounds Glory Box. Curlers. Bytes Road. 334
Faithless keep the faith at Queen
Student Union. Bristo Square. 650 2656.
1 GLASGOW
5 Strathclyde University Student Union. John Street. 552 I895. 9pm. Free.
I The Dazeys Kilkennys. John Street. i 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
i THURSDAY 6
5 only about fifteen-years-old arid ska
22l 5279. 8.30pm. £4. Jolt feature former members ofSenseless Things and Mambo
I Catcher Cavern Bar. Strathclyde
competition preview for more about Catcher.
Z I Jam Session with the Brewhouse : .' genealogy at work here -- this tribute to
Margaret Union on Tue 4 Mar
I284. 8.30pm. Free.
I Carnival, Nudge and Trent The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 380i. 9pm. Free. Plus prize quiz.
I Vagabonds Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Andy Heron Rees Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Students and guests.
EDINBURGH
I Songwriters' Showcase Tron Tavern. Hunter Square. 7.30pm. £ I. Information: 228 8245. Weekly forum for Edinburgh- based sitiger-songwriters. with anybody welcome to perform a fifteen-minute set. Tonight‘s host is Martin Morray.
I El Supremo Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530.9 m. Free.
I Ballboy and Little Am er Potterrow
9pm. Free. Spiky local indie rockers.
I Luther Vandross and The Braxtons SECC. Finnieston Qttay. 287 7777. 6.30pm. £23.50/£20 plus booking fee. The sappy soul man has his eyes on the ladeez in the audience. Support comes from Toni Braxton‘s sisters who are allegedly more talented. you'll be glad to know. See preview.
I Substitute and Frisk Cavern Bar.
Students and guests.
I Catterson, Appendix Out and Shy Rights Movement Titties Square. St Enoch Square. 22l 6579. 8pm. Free. Sadcore sounds from Appendix ()ut.
GLASGOW
I Tribute To Nothing and King Prawn The Cathouse. Union Street. 248 6606. 7pm. £4.50. I-lard-edged double bill from the youthful Tribute To Nothing who‘ve been touring hard for years and are still
metallers King Prawn who are alleged to ptit on a mega-vibrant live show.
I Jolt, Eska and Motor Life Co King Tut's Walt Wah Hut. St Vincent Street.
Taxi but adopt a harder. less poppy approach. With support from the US- intluenced sounds of local Combos made good Iiska and Motor l.ife Co.
I Gun Rubber and Chinese Burn Nice ‘n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
University Union. John Street. 552 I895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests. Melodic pop. See BACARDI Rum/'I'IIt' l.ivl Unsigned Scottish Band l996-I997
Blues Band The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 380I. 9pm. Free.
I Space Cadet Underground. Bruce Hotel. Cornwall Street. liast Kilbride. 0I3552 2977I. l0pm. £3.50.
I Rhythm Conspiracy Rico's. Anti Street. Greenock. 01475 72l 327. l0pm. £2.
I Live Music Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Charity bash featuring four bands. Phone for line-up details.
I Live Music The Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 I210. 9.30pm. Free.
EDINBURGH
I 6K Venue. Caltott Road. 557 3073. l0.3()pm. £3. Local techno act previewing their new live set following signing a deal with Dose Records in America. As part of The Summerhouse club night.
I La Boum La Belle Angele. Hastie's Close. Cowgate. 225 2774. Ilpm. £4. As part ofclub uight Eden See BACARDI Rum/The List Unsigned Scottish Band I996- I997 competition preview for details of La Boum..
jazz & blues
listings
Dates listed below are for one-off shows: see separate section for residencies. Gigs are listed by date. then by city. Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our 3 offices at least one week before publication. Jazz listings compiled by Kenny Mathieson.
GLASGOW
I Glasgow Jazz Record Club Unitarian Church. 72 Berkeley Street. 7.30pm. Contact Ernie Spiers. l4 (ilendee Road.
Rettfrew (886 2949) for membership
details. 7.30pm. A double-header this week. with John Stitt and Bill ()gston (the latter takes trombonist Fddie Bert as his out-of-the-way subject).
I Tom McNiven Quintet Basement Jazz. The Ramshorn Theatre. 98 Ingram Street. 552 3489. Doors l0pm. band I0.30pm. £4 (£3). Fine young Glasgow- based outfit. with Iiuan Ashley (tenor sax) joining the trumpeter in the classic hard bop front-line.
EDINBURGH
I Aziza Mustafa Zadeh Queen's Hall. (‘lerk Street. 668 20I9. 8.30pm. £8.50. £7 (£5). See preview.
East Coast Project
STIRLING
I East Coast Jazz Project The Jazz Club. MacRobert Centre. University of Stirling. 0I786 46 I08 I. l0.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Jazz meets soul attd hip hop to t'e-launch the jazz club series here.
SATURDAY 22
; GLASGOW
I Aziza Mustafa Zadeh Henry wood
Hall. Claremont Street. 227 55 I I. 8pm. £7.50. See preview.
I In The Mood Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 227 55 l I. 7.30pm. £ I 2.50. £ I050. A complicated Miller
the music ol'Ulenn Miller is performed by the Herb Miller ()rchestra. bttt Herb.
who was Glenn's brother. died in I987.
and the band which bears his name is led by his nephew. John Miller. The music. though. hasn't changed since its creator established the mould in the late 30s and early 40s. so you know what to expect.
I Eliot Murray Quartet Pizza lispress. I5l Queen Street. 22l 3333. Dining from 8pm. band from 9pm. £5. Talented young singer and multi-instrumenta|ist leads his own band.
SUNDAY 23
EDINBURGH
I In The Mood Festival Theatre. I3-29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £9.50——£l2.50 (£7.50-£ 10.50). See Sat 22. I John Rae Trio Henry's Cellar Bar. Morrison Street (opp ABC cinema). 22l I288. IOpm—late. £2 (£ l ). Drummer John Rae fills the Sunday night residency with his fine’trio.