MUSIC rock & pop
ROCK 81 POP: GLASGOW, SUN 18 Cont.
I Superfluff, Cylinder and Smackvan The 13th Note Club. Clyde Street. 221 0414. 9pm. £3. An experimental slant to tonight's gig. with improv and soundtrack elements to much of the music on offer. Smackvan were formerly known as The l’asskeepers. With the name change. they haven't lost arty of their sublime atmospherics.
I Steve James Band Grand Ole ()pry. Paisley Road Toll. 429 5396. 7.30pm. £2.50 (£1.50 members). Country.
I The Fog and Slut Puppy The Arena. ()swald Street. 221 3010. 8pm. £3.
I Jam Session MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 572 0199. 7.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Chroma Jan. Joint. 8 Morrison Street. I 221 1288. 10pm—3atn. £4 (£3). See Sun . ll.
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Glasgow
I Iron Maiden Barr‘owland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £15 pltrs booking fee. The fortnight's metal triumvirate is completed by the Maiden. Sadly Bruce Dickinson-less (he plays his own gig later in the year). but still the creators of such delightful rotnps as 'Run To The Hills' and ‘Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter'. Strperbly overwrought. See feature.
I Psycore The Cathouse. Union Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5 plus booking fee. Tickets from Missing Records. Wellington Street. 400 1776 atrd Ripping Records. lidntbtrrgh. CC hooking: ()870 601 (102. No age restriction. l’p-and- comrng metal combo from Sweden. They look fierce and sound even harder. Their debut albunr is called )iuu‘ l’ru/rlt'ur which is a fan' indication of where they are coming front.
I Swelling Meg The Arches. Midland Street. 221 4001. 9pm. Free. Esoteric acoustic folksters launch their rm album as part of the 11) Day Weekend.
I Neil Casal Bacchus. (ilassfot'd Street. 5720080. 9pm. £5. Tickets from Tower Records. Argyle Street. Bacchus or on door. See Wed 14.
I Greenship l‘rtter t‘c Firkin. Dumbarton Road. 339 574 l. 8.30pm. Free. The ninth of the national Firkin tours features Greenship. said to be influenced by everything from Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd to Jeff Buckley. w hose single ‘l’et'fect Snnle' is out to coincide will) the tour. See singles.
I Acoustic Night Nice ‘n‘ Slea/y. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. See Mon 12.
I Live Music Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Futon. John Street. 552 1895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
Edinburgh
I John Otway and Jock Scot The Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £4. It's a long way frorn Cas Rock to the
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Albert Hall. but both are on Mr ()tway's itinerary. The inimitable Jock Scot is accompanied by Nectarine No.9. Expect a ni tilt of wildness and poetry.
I A tered Beats 98 Preview Phase 1 Jan. Joint. 8 Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm-3am. £3. See Mon 12.
TUESDAY 20
Glasgow
I Ash, ldlewild and Chicks Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £10 plus booking fee. No age restriction. See feature for young upstarts Ash. Support comes from more upstarts of the youthful variety ~ lidinburgh's feisty ldlewild who are a must for lovers of noise and attitude. and Chicks. an lrish trio of teenage. well. chicks. really. See singles for ldlewild.
I Hank Marvin Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 287 5511. 7.30pm. £16.50/£14.50. The bespectacled guitar master (surely second only to Bert \‘v'eedon in the influential stakes) throws some shapes atrd fires of some choice licks for the air guitar playing masses.
I Astrid The 13th Note Club. Clyde Street. 221 0414. 9.30pm. £2. Shetland- bred. Glasgow-based tuneful combo in the Teenage Fanclub tradition who have just been recording with Edwyn Collins at the helm.
I Mixu, Peeps Into Fairyland and The Zephyrs The 13th Note Cafe. King Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free.
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I Bandido Torn. Brel. Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 8pm. Free. 1 'ew weekly drum 'n' bass night featuring DS Murray‘s Batrdido side project and various guest 1)Js and bands over the weeks to come. I Planet Fuse McChuills. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free. Residency. See Tue 13.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Neil Thomson Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.15pm. Free. Traditional songwriter with a progressive style. Plus open mic guest spot. Arrive early to book your space; priority will be given to first- tirne performers.
I Live Music Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
Edinburgh
I The Dynamic Duo Jan. Joint. s Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm—3am. £3. See Tue 13.
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Glasgow
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I John Otway King Tut's Wah with Htrt. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Glastonbury Festival regular Otway persists with his bid to be music‘s longest-serving English eccentric. with the inevitably novelty factor that this entails.
I Damon 8: Naomi and Richard Youngs The 13th Note Club. Clyde Street. 221 0414. 9pm. £5. Tickets from 13th Note Cafe and John Smiths. Byres Road. A 10 Day Weekend gig. See preview for tnore on the delicate sounds of the former Galaxie 500 duo.
I Alvin Youngblood Hart Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 287 5511. 8pm. £8 (£6.50). See preview for this Big Big World gig.
I Soft Porn Eddie, Fabulous, Outback and The Slipper Limpets Strawberry Fields. Oswald Street. 221 7871. 9pm. £3.
' I The Pedestrians and Northern
Lights Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
I The Alf Stewart Combo Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free. Blues. I Jonny Logue Brel. Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 8pm. Free. See Wed 14.
Edinburgh
I Polly Phillips and The Real Norman Lamont Common Grounds. 2/3 North Bank Street. 226 1416. 7.30pm. Free. See Wed 14.
I The GiI’OS Wilkie House. 207
Cowgate. 225 5583. 9pm. £3. Sexy pop anthems.
I Cathie Rae’s Jazz Singers Night Jan. Joint. 8 Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm—3am. £3. See Wed 14. '
THURSDAY 22
Glasgow
I The Australian Pink Floyd Show The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 572
1 120. 7pm. £1 1. Remarkable Floyd g soundalikes (though they don't look ' anything like Giltnotrr. Waters. etc) who perform a selection of material from the
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I Tam, Castillo and Catcher King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50. Triple bill headed
by Tani. who walked off with last year's
In The City unsigned band prize. and mainstream popster Catcher who have a couple of self-financed singles to their
I Gilded Lil The 13th .\'ote Cafe. King Street. 553 1638. 9pm. £2. Fdinburgh rabble-rousers who give it loads in a trashy glam punk garage sort of way. Plus special surprise guests.
I Beretta, The Cause and Planet Fuse Fury Murrys. Maxwell Street. 221 6511. 9pm. £3 (advance). £4 (door). See Tue 13 for Planet Fuse.
I Torino and Cornerstone Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University L'nion. John Street. 552 1895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
' I Live Music Nice ‘n' Sleazy. ‘ Satrchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
Edinburgh 1 I Grandaddy, Snowpony and Hobo
Talk The Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 8pm. £5. 1.o-ft Americana from
i the beardy headliners with support
from Snowpony (es-My Bloody Valentine and Stereolab) and Edinburgh's own Hobo Talk (now
; rubbing shoulders with The Verve and
Gomez on Htrt Records). I Damon and Naomi Attic. Dvei-s
, Close. Cowgate. 225 8382. 7.30pm.
£4. Fix-Galaxy 500. Go see. See
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I Brickhouse NB's Bar. Balmoral Hotel. Princes Street. 556 2414. 9.30pm. Free. Seventies tribute band.
I Paul Towndrow Quintet Jazz Joint. s Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm—3am. £4. See Thu 8.