I Unplugged The Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 564 1527. 4—8pm. Free. Open stage for local musicians.
I The Soundrels The Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 564 1527. 9pm. Free. I Nimbus McChuiIIs Way Out West. Kelvinhaugh Street. 221 5569. 9.30pm. Free. See Fri 9.
I BC Blues Waxys. Candleriggs. 552 8717. 9pm. Free.
I Nimmo Brothers Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 5-7pm. Free.
I Jinx MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 572 0199. 6—8pm. Free.
I Crossfire MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 572 0199. 9pm. Free.
I Touch And Go The Wharf. Yoker Ferry Road. 959 2016. 9pm. Free.
I lee Music McChuills. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free.
I 10 Day Weekend Workshops The l3th Note Cafe. King Street. 553 1638. 12pm. 2pm. 4pm. Free. Reserve your place by filling out the Ilyers found in local music colleges. or leave your details on the info line 946 0001. Today‘s workshops are. respectively. on the subjects of managers. the finances of playing live and tour management with experienced individuals on each panel to answer questions.
Edinburgh
I Dog Toffee Attic. Dyers Close. Cowgate. 225 8382. 7.30pm. £3. Much praised by the NME and Kermng.’ Imagine The Clash as 50‘s throwbacks. I Seattle NB's Bar. Balmoral Hotel. Princes Street. 556 2414. 9.30pm. Free. Covers band.
I Fire, Water 8: Ensemble Jazz Joint. 8 Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm—3am. £5 /£4. Live samba collective with DJ support from DJ Zamba.
Glasgow
I The Supernaturals The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 572 1120. 7.30pm. £8 blus booking fee. No age restriction. Jaunty local heroes and mates of Robbie play the first of two hometown gigs. soaking the audience with the perky pop and self-effacing melancholy interludes of their current A Time A Day album.
I Liminal and Cantank The I3th Note Club. Clyde Street. 221 0414. 9pm. £3. Techno. hip-hop and drum 'n’ bass lunacy from cit-Teenage Fanclub man Brendan O'Hare who seems to be Glasgow's busiest musician these day with Macrocosmica and his Fiend side-project. I Slide and Cicada Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Local double bill including the ethereal sounds ofCicada.
I Counterfeat Bourbon Street. George Street. 552 0141. 7pm. £3. Little Feat tribute band.
I Red Canyon Grand Ole ()pry. Paisley Road Toll. 429 5396. 7.30pm. £2.50 (£1.50 members). Country vibes.
I Night Train McChuiIIs. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free.
I Diobane Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Jam Session MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 572 0199. 7.30pm. Free.
I 10 Day Weekend Workshops The 13th Note Cafe. King Street. 553 1638. 12pm. 2pm. 4pm. Free. Reserve your place by filling out the Ilyers found in local music colleges. or leave your details on the info litre 946 0001. Today‘s workshops are. respectively. on the subjects of running an independent label. working with publishing companies and working with record labels. Various experienced industry types will be in attendance to hold forth and answer questions.
Edinburgh
I Ultra-Violence, Generation x-ed and Orchard The Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 8pm. £4. Industrial metal package from the good people at liarache Records.
I Chroma Jazz Joint. 8 Morrison Street. 221 I288. 10pm~3am. £4. New approach to drum 'n‘ bass. with vocals courtesy of Heather McLeod.
' MONDAY 12
Glasgow
I Motorhead. Groop Dogdrill and Radiator Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £11 plus booking fee. See feature for some heavy metal ruminating. Motorhead have always been punk rockers at heart and can claim to have written one of metals few genuine standards. ‘Ace Of Spades'. Support from sleazy garage rockers Groop Dogdrill and up-and-coming rock tykes Radiator.
I Sparklehorse and Neutral Milk Hotel King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. See preview for Sparklehorse. fronted by Mark Linkous. a man who has stared death in the face and laughed it out of town. Well. maybe not laughed . . .
I The Supernaturals The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 572 1120. 7.30pm. £8 blus booking fee. No age restriction. See Sun 11.
I The Woggles and Astral The Beat Room. The Polo Lounge. Wilson Street. 7pm. Free. For info. call Bev on 338
3 I 23. The lieu! Room is a forthcoming music and chat show for BBC's digital channel. Each evening. two programmes are recorded. featuring a set apiece from the two bands. See Tue 13 for Astral.
I Townsend, The Rebel Sweeties. Chiaroscuro and Degas Strawberry Fields. Oswald Street. 221 7871. 9pm. £3. Local line-up.
I Acoustic Night Nice ‘n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Hosted by Gerry Lyons with free booze for performers.
I me Music Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
Edinburgh
I Altered Beats 98 Preview Phase
One Jazz Joint. 8 Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm—3am. £3. Drum 'n' Bass — The Jazz Element.
TUESDAY 13
Glasgow
I Ian McNabb Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 8pm. £10. The former Icicle Works singer and all- round good bloke has made a reasonable account of his solo career including a surprise nomination for the Mercury Music Prize a couple of years ago. Strong on melody. soft on sensibility. His new album A Party Polilit‘ul Brow/(ax! ()n Belmlij'T/te Emotional Party is said to be a ‘stripped-down‘ affair and bears the signature ofcontributors Mike Scott and Anthony Thistlethwaite ofThe Waterboys and Danny Thompson. bassist to the stars (well. Nick Drake. John Martyn and Richard Thompson if you must know).
I Astral The 13th Note Club. Clyde Street. 221 0414. 9.30pm. £2. Local band who are launching their debut single. and Steve Lamacq Priority Tune. ‘Come And Go‘ with this gig at a new weekly club night which will frequently feature live bands playing a half-hour set at the start of the night.
I Lumber, Soulfinger and The Allstars The 13th Note Cafe. King Street. 553 1638. 9pm. £1. Soulfinger pick up the classic metal theme of this fortnight with their Black Sabbath-influenced sound.
I Northern Soul and Ska Special with Buster Bloodvessel The Beat Room. The Polo Lounge. Wilson Street. 7pm. Free. For info. call Bev on 338 3123. lllt’ lieu! Room is a forthcoming music and chat show for BBC's digital channel. Each evening. two programmes are recorded. Tonight‘s two shows feature a host of bands. playing Northern Soul for one show and ska for another.
I Bullitt and Superdrug Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
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