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I Discomilitia, Roses for the Dead, The Vibe, Silver Bullet and Colonel TurnOn Rockers. l-f Midland Street. 221 0726. 7pm. £4. Rock/metal night.
I The Melvins The (iarage. 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 I I20. 7pm. U I. ()ver- l-ls show. Veteran Seattle band. now stationed in LA. who were hugely influential on the nascent grunge scene. I Paolo Nutini Barrowland. 244 (iallowgatc. 552 4601. 7pm. SOLD OUT. ()ver- I4s show. The l’aisley pop prodigy and number nine in our Ilot I00. runs through l'uture sitigalong classics from his debut album 'I’Iu'sr' Streets at the first of' two (‘hristmas homecoming gigs. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band AB(‘. 330 Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232. 7pm. £15. The band continue to perform in the distinctive style Alex Ilarvey was known for. See preview. page 80.
I Christmas with The Rat Pack Royal (‘onceit Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £25.50 £27.50. Beat the winter blues with the ('hristmas version of ()livier award-nominated Frank. Sammy and Dam: The Ru! I’urk l.l\'(’_/l'()lll his Vegas. with seasonal classics including ‘Baby it’s (‘old ()utside'. ‘Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer'. ‘l.et it Snow‘ and much more. I Andrea Marini Tchai ()vna. 42 ()tago Lane. 357 452-1. 8pm. £2. Singer/songwriter in the Dylan/(‘ohen mould.
I Attica Rage, Das Contras, The Pedestrians and Organised Khaos (‘apitoL 468 Sauchiehall Street. 33I I040. 8pm. £5. Attica Rage are a local rock and metal trio drawing on 70s classic rock. 80s ril‘l'ola and 90s thrash. playing this (iig Magazine (‘hristmas party. Willi indie. punk and Latin/ja/l/reggae support.
I Ghosties, Black Mary and Blue Label Violence Barfly. 260 (‘Iyde Street. 0870 907 0999. 8pm. £4. Alternative rock.
I Little Green Machine, Epic 26, Hi Watters and The Missing Swimmers Barfly (upstairs). 260 (‘lyde Street, 0870 907 0999. 8pm. £5. l.ocal indie rock line-up.
I The Miss’s The Liquid Ship.
I71 I75 (ireat Western Road. 33I I90]. 8pm. liree. Acoustic pop dtio play this Free (‘andy Sessions night.
I San Sebastian, Suspire, Down the Tiny Steps and Gavin Gordon King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Iilectro rockers San Sebastian. atmospheric rock four—piece Suspire. whose influences include Massive Attack. Pink I-‘ond and I2. and I’ence (‘ollectee I)'I'I'S comprise this varied bill.
I Live Music Mc(‘hui|ls. 40 Iliin Street. 552 2 I 35. 9pm. liree. New bands night. with line-up to be confirmed.
I No Kilter and My Final Wish Bar Bloc. I I7 Bath Street. 574 (3066. 9pm. Free. No Kilter are a math-rock quartet taking their lead from I-‘ugali. At the Drive-In and the like.
I Beerjacket and Ross Clark Brel. 39 43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. l0pm. £5. ()ne-man aIt-f'olk act Beerjacket. comparable to Iilliott Smith. appears at this (hit to Play night.
Review of the Year
Mark Robertson and the List music writers celebrate the gigs that mattered in 2006.
What makes a good gig great? It's a hugely divisive process compiling a list like this but one thing we kept coming back to was context. The bands here may have blown audiences away in the past perhaps, but for these shows all just seemed to display the right songs at the right time in the right place. This was the case whether they were on the rise. at their peak of their powers or, in the case of Sway who was so underground when he played the Liquid Room, no one came and he was still tremendous. Similarly, Secret Machines treated a modest Edinburgh crowd to an epic 90-minute set of head melting rock majesty at the Liquid Room.
For the most part, big appeared to be better. The sweaty. ten folk jostling down the front type of gig took a back seat this year as the notion of the gig as spectacle was perfected by a wheen of artists who decided to go large. Top of the bill were Flaming Lips’ (pictured) who held the balance between visual spectacle and musical vivacity at both their Usher Hall and SECC shows.
As far as successful returns to form go, Take That at SECC. The Strokes at T in the Park were worthy rebounds after some wilderness years while Radiohead's Meadowbank adventures, the eye-popping spectacle of Tool at SECC and The White Stripes' three-night residency at Carling Academy illustrated just how to give a show a real sense of occasion.
For sheer rock action, Mogwai at the Usher Hall. Acoustic Ladyland at Tut's and Sigur Ros at Corn Exchange all made the floors shake with their magic. Lest we forget the trippy delights of Phoenix at the Arches, Edan at the Bongo Club for sheer feel good exuberance. Of course there was poignancy too as Arab Strap bid a fond farewell, their final show at ABC being a bittersweet close to 2006.
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