MUSIC rock & pop
ROCK & POP: TUE 7 NOV continued
Sound’s Mekon. See Clubs for preview I Cousteau The Attic, Dyer’s Close, 71 Cowgate, 225 8382. 7.30 pm. £5 adv. Heart-wrenching ballads from Liam McKahey and friends. Think Tindersticks with self confidence and more quiffs and you’re on the way.
WEDNESDAY 8
Glasgow
I Doves and Goldfrapp The Arches, Midland Street, 221 4001. 7.30pm. £8.50 plus booking fee. Mancunian melodicists (is that a word?) whose Mercury Music Prize-nominated album Lost Souls was at least half as good as people said it was. Support from Goldfrapp, who do that Shirley Bassey sings Portishead thing rather well.
I Sona Fariq and Fifth Amendment The Cathouse, Union Street, 248 6606. 8pm. £6.50 plus booking fee. No age restriction. Rock/rap crossover types Sona Fariq recently confounded the goths when they toured with Sisters Of Mercy, but they share more in common with Rage Against The Machine and their shouty lineage. Just don‘t compare them to Asian Dub Foundauon.
I Francis Dunnery and Ashley Reekes King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10.50 plus booking fee. The former vocalist with It Bites who, at the height of their mercifully brief ‘fame’, was known for modelling a nice line in white vests and streaked hair. Still hasn’t been done on Stars In Their Eyes.
I The Rich Hill and The West Seventies The 13th Note Cafe, King Street, 5531638. 8pm. £2. Bands from Edinburgh and Ireland respectively.
I Acoustic Open Stage The Halt Bar, Woodlands Road, 564 1527. 8.30pm. Free. Weekly unplugged session.
I Live Music Blow Your Own Trumpet, Hielan’man’s Bar, Argyle Street, 222 2472. 8pm. Free. New showcase for local bands.
Edinburgh
I Angulus, Alfonso, Rieser and Mercury Tiltswitch The Venue, 17—21 Calton Road, 557 3073. 8pm. £4. A bargainous opportunity to see a selection of up-and- coming talent. Angulus pump out thumping tunes with a nod to The Levellers while the rest of the bill share a liking for throwing edgy, indie guitar shapes.
Airdrie
I Rockin‘ 0n Heavens Door Sir John Wilson Town Hall, Stirling Street, 01698 267515. 8pm. £10 (£8). A rock ‘n’ roll spectacular with music from the 505, 60s and 70s.
THURSDAY 9
Glasgow
I Delirious? Barrowland, Gallowgale, 552 4601. 7.30pm. £11 plus booking fee. MOR Christian rock band, generally ignored by the mainstream media, despite making it into the lower reaches of the charts on a regular basis.
I Mental As Anything, Sweet FA and Kastro King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7 plus booking fee.
I Fool's Gold The Cathouse, Union Street, 248 6606. CANCELLED.
I Brooklyn, Miss Black America and Delta Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm.
I Juno and GHIJK The 13th Note Club, Clyde Street, 243 2177. 8 m. £3.
I Pedestrians and Smo estack The 13th Note Cafe’, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £2.50.
I Ferrino, Joe Crow and Sleeping Giants Strawberry Fields, Oswald Street, 221 7871. 9pm. £4.
I The Vagabonds The Scotia, Stockwell Street, 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Popular covers.
I Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Free.
I Jailbyrds and Nero Rico’s, Ann Street, Greenock, 01475 783 705. 10pm.
Edinburgh
I Laeto and Gasgiant Potterrow, Britso Square, 650 9195. 8pm. Free. A bargain night out as Dundee’s best export since Oor Wullie pay a visit treating us with their mix of Slint-like melodies and cruiserweight distorted guitar squall.
I Sona Fariq. Fifth Amendment and Sunna The Attic, Dyer’s Close, 71 Cowgate, 225 8382. 7.30pm. £7 (£5 in advance). See Wed 8 for Sona Fariq. Fifth Amendment’s Garbage/ Silverfish/Deftones sound has won them plaudits and nu-metal heads Sunna are signed to Massive Attack’s melancholik label and are promoting their first LP One Minute Silence.
: Glonrothos I Rockin' On Heavens Door Rothes i Halls, Rothes Square, 01592 611101.
8pm. £12.50(£10.50—£11.50). See Wed 8.
Edinburgh
I Capital Ci Resuss featuring . . . Blunht, Swell ellys, Sad Society and Dead Or America The Attic, Dyer’s Close, 71 Cowgate, 225 8382. 8pm. £3. This monthly club brings together punk, ska, hardcore and metal bands in one small sweaty space.
FRIDAY 10
Glasgow
I Ronan Keating SECC, Finniston Quay, 287 5511. £20 plus booking fee. Rockin’ Ronan continues his bid to take over the world as granny’s favourite eherubic singer and as one of the management svengalis behind pop’s Midwich cuckoos Westlife. Just say no, kids.
I Jack L The Ferry, Clyde Place, 429 8676. 7.30pm. £7.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from the Ticket Centre, Candleriggs, 287 5511. The return of Big Big Country with this one-off show from the Irish country sensation Jack Lukeman.
Cousteau play the Attic. Edinburgh, Tue 7 Nov
I The Frames, Eliot and Cayto King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4.50 plus booking fee. Celtic-influenced pop from The Frames, the band formed by Glenn Hansard who first gained recognition as one of The Commitments.
I ABICD and Moxey The Cathouse, Union Street, 248 6606. 8pm. £6 plus booking fee. No age restriction. Tribute to the monsters of rock.
I Suckle and The James Orr Complex The 13th Note Club, Clyde Street, 243 2177. 8pm. £4. Fantastically intriguing, dark and moody soundscapes from Chemikal Underground signing Suckle, fronted by ex-Vaseline Frances McKee. I Bangtwister and Greathead Briggs The 13th Note Cafe’, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £3. Launch of a new label Trepanner Headmusic which specialises in psychedelia and freakbeat.
I Spunka Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm. Local ska merchants The Amphetameanies present their club night with live music ‘element’.
I Playpen. Seth and Witless Minion Fury Murrys, Maxwell Street, 2216511.
9pm. £4, including entry to post-gig club.
I The Haven Strathclyde University Union, John Street, 567 5000. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
I Abba Disco Party Bourbon Street, George Street, 552 0141. 7pm. £5 (£17.50 with dinner). Featuring an Abba tribute act. .
I Jack Daniels Band Samuel Dow’s, Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Shindig and Out By Degrees Studio 24, Calton Road, 558 3758. 10.30pm—3am. £5. 1.ch oands performing as part of club night Zealous, accompanied by DJ.~ Dunk and Fudge. I Gil Scott Heron La Belle Angele, Hastie’s Close, 225 7536. 10.30pm—3am. The Godfather of rap and man behind the timeless tracks like ‘Lady Day And John Coltrane’, ‘The Bottle’ and ‘The
Revolution Will Not Be Televised’ pays another welcome visit.
Paisley
I Tequila Mockingbird Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, 887 1010. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). Former winners of the Celtic Connections ‘Danny Award’ for best newcomers, this group’s pop-folk melodies continue to win fans.
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I Rockin' 0n Heavens Door Vikingar, Barrfields, Greenock Road, 01475 689777. 7.30pm. £10. See Wed 8.
SATURDAY 11
Glasgow
I Ronan Keating SECC, Finniston Quay, 287 5511. £20 plus booking fee. See Fri 10.
I Gil Scott Heron The Funk Room, The Arches, Midland Street, 221 4001. 10.30pm. £10. See Fri 10.
I Oyster Band and Ceeba King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8.50 plus bookin fee. I Sweet FA, Maxi 5 and Soun uggy The 13th Note Club, Clyde Street, 243 2177. 8pm. £3. See Sun 3 for Maxi 5. Spunky indie pop from Soundbuggy.
I Fretlin, Pupktn and Empire Builder Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 8.30pm.
I Straight Outta Mongolia, Random Number, No Energy, Klunk and The Ffr-kestra The 13th Note Cafe, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £3. Showcase of acts from Leeds-based electroniea label Fencing Flatworm
I Snibglider and Silent Haze Strawberry Fields, Oswald Street, 2217871. 8pm. £4.
; I Tom Jones Tribute Bourbon Street,
George Street, 552 0141. 7pm. £5
| (£17.50 with dinner). Tribute to the
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