MIISIG rock & pop
ROCK 81 POP LISTINGS continued
FRIDAY 27
Glasgow
I The Needles. Sweet EA. and Point Blank King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50 (advance), £4 (door). The Needles are a touted alternative combo from Aberdeen who recently played the new bands tent at T In The Park.
I Lifeform 281. Supervision and Eclipse Fury Murrys, Maxwell Street, 221 6511. 9pm. £4, including entry to post-gig club,
I Butterfinger and Why Bradley The Darkroom, Strathclyde University Union, John Street, 567 5023. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
I Abba Disco Party Bourbon Street, George Street, 552 0141. 7pm. £5 (£14.50 with dinner). Featuring an Abba tribute band.
I Baton Rouge Grand Ole Opry, Paisley Road T011, 429 5396. 7.30pm. £2.50 (£1.50 members). Country.
I Chapanga McChuills Way Out West, Kclvinhaugh Street, 221 5569. 9.30pm. Free.
I Live Music Salute, The 13th Note Cafe, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £2. I Live Music Samuel Dow’s, Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Marc Almond Flux, Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 220 4349. llpm. £12.50. First of four nightly residencies from the Prince of Avant Cabaret.
I Nick Cave Flux, Ross Bandstand, Princes Street Gardens, 220 4349. 8pm. £12.50/£10. The baddest Bad Seed and greatest song writer of the last decade returns to Flux after last year’s superlative shows for an evening of new songs and fresh arrangements of old favourites. You’d be a human fool to miss him.
I Moveable Feast, Yo Yo Kilili and
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Chroma The Bongo Club, 14 New Street, 558 7604. 10.25pm-5am. £7/£5. Pop, jazz and folk sounds.
I Holly Tomas Common Grounds, 2/3 North Bank Street, 226 1416. 7.30pm. Free.
I Absent Friends Finnegan’s Wake, Victoria Street, 226 3816. 8pm. Free.
I James Brown Tribute Night Midnight Blue, Cafe Graffiti, Mansfield Place Church, Broughton Street, 557 8003. 10pm—2am. £5. Tony King makes a welcome return as the godson of soul. I Groove Diggas Jazz Joint, 8 Morrison Street, 221 1288. lOpm-Sam. £6/£5. Heaviest soul funk outfit this side of the border kick off the Festival Funk Weekend.
I Sawyer, Percy and Tabloid Main Point, Cas Rock, West Port, 229 4341. 9pm. £3.
SATURDAY 28
Glasgow
I The Best Elvis Show In The
World . . . Ever! King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7.50 plus booking fee.
I Precious. A1. Mero, Next Of Kin, Hepburn and Justin Live & Kicking Magazine Hot tour, Loudoun Castle Theme Park, Galston, Kilmarnock. Live performances take place 2—3.30pm. Wall- to-wall teenybop froth at the Live & Kicking roadshow.
I The Sisters Of Murphy and Killing Miranda Queen Margaret Union, University Gardens, 339 9784. 7pm. £6. Tickets for this Summertime Special from Missing Records, Wellington Street, Osiris, Great Western Road and the Bedlam DJs (Nice ’n’ Sleazy, Fri 27). Sisters of Mercy tribute band supported by powergoth combo.
I Percy and Squander Pilots The 13th Note Cafe, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm.
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I Soft Porn Eddie The Darkroom, Strathclyde University Union, John Street, 567 5023. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
I Carwash Bourbon Street, George Street, 552 0141. 7pm. £5 (£19.50 with dinner). 70$ sounds.
I Just For Kicks Grand Ole Opry, Paisley Road Toll, 429 5396. 7.30pm. £2.50 (£1.50 members).
I Drunk A Funk McChuills, High Street, 552 2135. 10pm. Free.
I The Radoos McChuills Way Out West, Kclvinhaugh Street, 221 5569. 9.30pm. Free.
I Open Stage The Halt Bar, Woodlands Road, 564 1527. 4—8pm. Free.
I The Sex Gods The Halt Bar, Woodlands Road, 564 1527. 9pm. Free. I Peri Waxys, Candleriggs, 552 8717. 9pm. Free.
I The Originals Kilkennys, John Street, 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Gypski The Wharf, Yoker Ferry Road, 959 2016. 9pm. Free.
I live Music Deep, Nice ’n’ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 9pm.
Hot to trot: Sparklehorse play Planet Pop. The Liquid Room, Edinburgh,
Tue 31 Aug
I Live Music Samuel Dow’s, Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Marc Almond Flux, Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 220 4349. 11pm. £12.50. See Fri 27.
I The Rimshots The Spider’s Web, 258 Morrison Street, 477 3471. 8pm—1am. £5. Country in a Hank Williams’ vein.
I Crannachan Finnegan’s Wake, Victoria Street, 226 3816. 8pm. Free.
I El Cometa Big Beat, Cafe Graffiti, Mansfield Place Church, Broughton Street, 557 8003. 9.30pm—3am. £6/£5. Latin party time.
I 09 y Groove Movement Jazz Joint, 8 Morrison Street, 221 1288. lOpm-Sam. £6/£5. Edinburgh’s favourite funk family on day two of the Festival Funk Weekend at Jazz Joint.
I Sace 8: Stevie Christie (NT) and MC Reachout Main Point, Cas Rock, West Port, 229 4341. 9pm. £4.
I Proi Whistle Binkies, Niddry Street, 557 5114. 11pm. Free.
SUNDAY 29
Glasgow
I Capone And The Bullets, The Manhattan Project and Bekerofka Strawberry Fields, Oswald Street, 221 7871. 9pm. £3. Much-loved local ska combo Capone And The Bullets head the
art . pI The Wildebeests, Bangtwister, The Thanes, The Sires. Gorilla, The Grease Monkeys and Greathead Briggs The 13th Note Club, Clyde Street, 243 2177. 8pm. £4. Psych-out night featuring a bumper crop of groovy garage bands, many sporting stylish pointy boots. I Cimmaron Grand Ole Opry, Paisley Road Toll, 429 5396. 7.30pm. £2.50 (£1.50 members). I Live Music The Chill Zone, Kilkennys, John Street, 552 3505. 9pm. Free. Showcase of local bands.
Edinburgh
I Ken Kesey and the Magic Bus Flux and the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Queen’s Hall, 220 4349. 8pm. £12.50. Ken Kesey returns to Flux on his Magic Bus with Merry Pranksters old and new. They’ve been searching the UK for Merlin who may or may not be on the guest list.
I Marc Almond Flux, Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 220 4349. llpm. £12.50. See Fri 27.
I Bardot Pond, Ligament and Houdini Planet Pop, The Attic, Dyers Close, Cowgate, 225 8382. 8.30pm. £5/£4. Experimental guitar sounds.
I The Roods Finnegan’s Wake, Victoria Street, 226 3816. 8pm. Free.
I Mooz Jazz Joint, 8 Morrison Street, 221 1288. 10pm-5am. £6/£5. Final night of the Festival Funk Weekend with the sound of the new Bristol underground.
I The Commercials. Luci Baines Band and Whiteout Main Point, Cas Rock,
West Port, 229 4341. 9pm. £3. Yo Yo Records night. If Whiteout are THAT Whiteout (and I have no information to suggest otherwise), get along early for some fine Faces boog-a-loo.
MONDAY 30
Glasgow
I Bardo Pond and Empire Builder The 13th Note Club. Clyde Street, 243 2177. 9pm. £3.
I The Radio Sweethearts The l3th Note Cafe, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £2. Regular gig for the local country rockers.
I Nebula and Zucchini The Darkroom, Strathclyde University Union. John Street, 567 5023. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
I Acoustic Jam Nice ’n’ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 9pm.
Edinburgh
I Marc Almond Flux, Queen‘s Hall, Clerk Street, 220 4349. l 1pm. £12.50. See Fri 27.
I Tindersticks Flux, Queen‘s Hall, Clerk Street, 220 4349. 8pm. £11. The masters of melancholy return after their Flux 97 appearance with a new LP and a more soulful sound. An absolute must- see.
I M002 and Salt The Bongo Club, 14 New Street, 558 7604. 10.25pm—5am. £5. Jazzy breakbcat and swing respectively. I Jonathan Kemp Common Grounds, 2/3 North Bank Street, 226 l4l6. 7.30pm. Free. Classical to reggae.
I Sex 8: Violins Finnegan’s Wake, Victoria Street, 226 38l6. 8pm. Free. I Altered Beats 99 Jazz Joint, 8 Morrison Street, 221 1288. l()pm—5am. £3. Jazz funk from Martin Krenshaw’s Green Juice. Yummy.
Glasgow
I Sleater-Kinney and The Yummyfur The 13th Note Club, Clyde Street, 243 2177. 9pm. £6. Tickets from The 13th Note and John Smith’s record department, Byres Road. Powerful primal sounds from the mighty US trio Sleater- Kinney supportcd by local combo with an increasingly eclectic sound. Bring the noise.
I Biohazard and The Pulkas The Garage, Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £8.50 plus booking fee. No age restriction.
I Muse and The Third Way King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5 plus booking fee. Radiohead-inspired angst from this up- and-coming combo.
I Pie The Darkroom, Strathclyde University Union, John Street, 567 5023. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
I Glasgow Songwriters Blackfriars, Bell Street, 552 5924. 9.15pm. Free. Plus open mic guest spot.
I Live Music Stylophone, The l3th Note Cafe, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £2.
Edinburgh
I Sparklehorse, Pilotcan and Laeto Planet Pop, The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £9/£8. Lo-fi folk rock troubadours Sparklehorsc have produced two beautiful and superlative-defying albums. The highlight if Planet Pop by a country mile. I Colin Campbell Common Grounds, 2/3 North Bank Street, 226 1416. 7.30pm. Free. Acoustic ballads.
I Dougie McQuillan Finnegan’s Wake, Victoria Street, 226 3816. 8pm. Free.
I The Dynamic Duo Show Jazz Joint, 8 Morrison Street, 221 1288. 10pm—5am. £3. Breakbeat and hip hop act including rappers and breakdancers. ()Id skool cool.
I The Silver Pill, Lunar Page and Agent Cooper Main Point, Cas Rock, West Port, 229 4341. 9pm. £3.
I Blue Hyena Duo Whistle Binkies, Niddry Street, 557 SI 14. llpm. Free.
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