1W Glasgow
I Skunk Anansie Barrowland, Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. No age restriction. Skin and co. provide a corruscating, involving racket which leaps off the starting blocks and throttles the listener. This is the first chance to catch them round these parts since their secret gigs earlier this year at King Tut’s.
I Invincible King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4.50 plus booking fee. Mark Burgess is the former vocalist of The Chameleons, a band who were regarded with Bunnymen-like ardour during the 80s, although they didn’t achieve the same level of success.
I Quinn and Macrocosmica The Beat Room, g2, Sauchiehall Street, 353 3111. 7pm. Free. Another recording of the BBC Choice music show featuring the eponymous band formed by Louise Quinn on the dissolution of her previous group Hardbody. Macrocosmica also feature a familiar face in the person of ex-Teenage Fanclub and Mogwai drummer Brendan O’Hare.
I Rising Son and Red Eye The 13th Note Club, Clyde Street, 243 2177. 9pm. £2.
I Firestone and Mugstar The 13th Note Cafe, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. I RPM DJS Nice ’n’ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm. Free. Plus guests.
I Little Green Apples and King's Finger Bubble Lounge, Strathclyde University Union, John Street, 567 5023. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
I The Soul Providers Flares, Bath Street, 331 5160. 9.30pm. Free. Sounds of the 705.
I Johnny Logue Brel, Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. Free. Regular solo acoustic spot from Mr Logue.
I Open Stage The IIalt Bar. Woodlands Road, 564 1527. 8.30pm. Free. Weekly evening jam session.
I Live Music Strawberry Fields, Oswald Street, 221 7871. 9pm. £3.
Edinburgh
I Jazz Singer's Night Jazz Joint, 8 Morrison Street, 221 1288. 10pm—3am. £3. Hosted by Subie Coleman with the Brian Kellock Trio.
I The Music Club 232 Canon’s Gait, Canongatc, 556 4481. 9pm. Free. Open mic night - acoustic and electric, covers or originals.
I Norman Lamont Common Grounds, 2/3 North Bank Street, 226 1416. 7.30pm. Free.
THURSDAY 14 Glasgow
I Vic Godard and The Secret Goldfish The Ferry, Clyde Place, 553 0606. 8pm. £5. Once the mainstay of post-punk likely lads Subway Sect, Godard is now sporting smart suits and delivering sardonic songs with great panache. Kindred spirits The Secret Goldfish showcase some material off their current Mink Riots album. Part of the thcT festival.
I Campag Velocet and Transaudio King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5 plus booking fee. See preview for this touted combo who combine funk, punk and psychedelia.
I Marky Ramone g2, Sauchiehall Street, 353 3111. 7pm. £10 plus booking fee. A spoken word event from the leather ’n’ denim-clad, mop-haired one out of The Ramones, if that helps, in which he traces the history of the punk godsoin a multi-media sorta way. See prevrew.
I Planet Fuse. Drift, Peri and Surround Stepping Stone, The Cathouse, Union Street, 248 6606. 8pm. £3 (advance), £4 (door).
I Fat Cat DJS and Horse Opera The 13th Note Cafe, King Street, 553 1638.
8pm. I Marduk. Angel Corpse and Regorde
The Arena, Oswald Street, 221 3010. 7.30pm. £7 (advance), £8 (door).
I Strange Gear, The Blend and Devon Red Strawberry Fields, Oswald Street, 221 7871. 9pm. £3.
I Gunz 'n' Rozes Bourbon Street, George Street, 552 0141. 7pm. £5.
I Soundproof Bubble Lounge, Strathclyde University Union, John Street, 567 5023. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
I Cal Kilkennys, John Street, 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Free. I Backclash Nice ’n’ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm. £TBC. Clash tribute.
Edinburgh
I Snuff Attic, Dyers Close, Cowgate, 225 8382. 7.30pm. £7/£6. Much loved skate/snow boarding punk pop band who have been a great influence on the American new wave of punk bands.
I Martin Kershaw Quartet Jazz Joint, 8 Morrison Street, 221 1288. 10pm-3am. £3.
I Andy Neate Common Grounds, 2/3 North Bank Street, 226 1416. 7.30pm. Free.
Glasgow
I Gomez, Day One and Hobo Talk Barrowland, Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. No age restriction. Hoary old bluesmen Gomez allow their fans to drink in the radical new sound which everyone is calling R&B.
I Beth Orton Old Fruitmarket, Albion Street, 287 5511. 9.30pm. £11 plus booking fee. Tickets from the Ticket Centre, Candleriggs and Virgin, Argyle Street. Floaty songstress with appealing pipes but nae songs unfortunately. This hasn’t stopped her being nominated for the Mercury Music Prize twice.
I The Herbalizer The Arches, Midland Street, 221 4001. 8.30pm. £8. Hip-hop jazz funk grooving a-go-go from an eight-piece live band. Part ofthe FuncT festival.
I Therapy? and Rico The Garage, Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £8.50 plus booking fee. No age restriction. Driving power rock from this Irish trio whose music was made to mosh to. Support from Glasgow’s Rico.
I Snuff and Mad Caddies The Cathouse, Union Street, 248 6606. 7.30pm. £6.50 plus booking fee. No age restriction. Jolly punk types, given to idiosyncratic cover versions of all sorts of unlikely numbers. Will they have incorporated The Vengaboys into their set this time round?
I Celtic Wah Wah, Nicotine Junkies and Stellar King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50 (advance), £4 (door).
I Dream City Film Club Nice ’n’ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm. £TBC.
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