Music Rock&Pop
■ Galaxy Scotland Launch Night Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm–3am. £tbc. A marathon eight hour event featuring bands and DJs, all aimed at celebrating the launch of Galaxy 105-106 FM in Scotland. ■ Kono Michi Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £tbc. Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter who releases music through the Shark Batter label. ■ Micachu Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. The 21-year-old London lass uses homemade instruments, which should be a fun. ■ The One Ensemble, Neil Davidson, The Wee Rogue and Wounded Knee Stills, 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. 7pm. Suggested donation £4. Downsizesound night of weird acoustica and alternative folk. ■ We Have Band, Dels and RBRBR Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Synth pop trio from London who have been described as ‘Can covered by Buggles’. ■ Brainbridge, The Council, Shanghai Killers and Gimpanzee The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £4. Indie and rock night. ■ Kono Michi and The Stone Ghost Collective Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £5. Dark original music from violinist Michi and her six-piece band. ■ Oxjam Launch Night The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £5 (£4). Part of a four-venue launch of Oxfam’s music led charity nights. ■ Limbo The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8.30pm–1am. £5 (£4). The Black Spring DJs man the decks and bring you a handful of acts each week, with a first birthday party featuring Micachu, A-Lix and Ex-Lion Tamer (27 Nov) and Pumajaw (on their album tour), Sparrow & the Workshop and Eagleowl (4 Dec).
FREE In Reason, Svengali and Coma Toast Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. Indie bill.
Friday 28 Glasgow ■ St Andrew’s Day Versus Cancer SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. 6.30pm. £30–£35. The charity Versus Cancer gets the biggest musical guns out to fight against cancer. Serving as ammo are The Fratellis, Travis, Alphabeat, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Attic Lights, Sergeant, Peter Hook from New Order and Andy Rourke from The Smiths. ■ The Sex Pistols Experience and Sixteen Again ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Pistols tribute outfit. ■ To Catch a Thief, Up for the Let Down, Buildings Amongst Tall Things and From Collisions I Collapse Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Alt.rock, screamo and pop-punk bill, completed by Callum Makes Noise. ■ The View Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Yet another cracking garagey indie onslaught from the Dundonian tykes. FREE The 4/5s, Sinister Flynn, Last Tuesday and Castaway Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Melodic, danceable indie rock. ■ MiMi Soya, Lost on Landing, Gap Year Riot and This July Barfly, 260 Clyde Street, 0870 907 0999. 8pm. £6. Brighton pop punk quartet headline. ■ Rodan, Symbolics and The Lonely Fires Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm. £4. Glasgow trio influenced by a host of classic rock acts from days of yore. ■ Some Boy, The Dirty Violets and Ben Sturrock Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £6. The headliners cite King Creosote, The
The Queen's Hall presents John Shuttleworth The Minor Tour (and other Mythological Creatures)
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3rd December 8:00PM Booking Hotline: 0131 777 1014 Online Booking: www.thequeenshall.net
Tickets: £16/£13 The Queens Hall Clerk Street Edinburgh
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Stone Roses and The Doors as influences. ■ Wing & a Prayer Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Folk/blues duo. FREE Goodbye Stranger Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Live music. ■ The Steeples, Ten Bears, The Ray Summers Band and Someones Son King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Quirky pop rock from The Steeples. ■ Rollor, Hyena, Grozny and Miss the Occupier 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. Power trio informed by the strut of The Stranglers and Captain Beefheart. ■ Savage Messiah, Daemonolith and Centuries Cry Soundhaus, 47 Hydepark Street, 221 4659. 9pm. £6 (£5). A mix of metal and industrial sounds at this Sin Vs Digital Harlot night. ■ Spiderhoof, The Cliftons and Desolation Yes! The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 9pm. £5 (£4). New Wave sounds from Spiderhoof and industrial pop/dance from The Cliftons at the latest Pinup Nights. As always, a free fanzine and badge to the first hundred folks through the door. ■ The Easy Orchestra and The Fortunate Sons The Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. Easy listening ensemble join forces with local blues favourites to celebrate the 4th Buff-day of the Buff Club. ■ We Have Band, Dels and Micachu Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 331 2722. Synth pop trio from London who have been described as ‘Can covered by Buggles’.
Edinburgh FREE Dr Ruby’s Musical Surgery The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5–8pm. See Thu 27. ■ The Deal, The Dead Class and Big Hand Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 6pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Rock covers and originals followed by ska from Big Hand at midnight. FREE After Me The Flood, The Un- Americans and Curators Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. A leftfield melange of rock and indie. ■ Combat Rock The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £10. Tribute to the Clash.
✽✽ Jarvis Cocker The Picture House, Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm.
£17.50. The national treasure that is the ex-Pulp frontman brings his solo wares to Scotland and there’s always the inimitable repartee to provide entertainment as part of Rough Trade’s 30th anniversary. See feature, page 14. ■ The Pigeon Detectives Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. 7pm. £17.50. Current indie by numbers from young Leeds band popular with the kids. ■ Red Snapper Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £15. Instrumental jazz, funk, jungle, trip-hop, hip hop and breakbeat from Warp Record’s Red Snapper. FREE Remnant Kings and Jumper’s Knee Espionage, 4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, 477 7007. 7pm. Local indie. ■ The Caspian Sea Monsters and The DeLoreans Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £4. Monstrous rock. ■ Tobes of Hades The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £6. Rush tribute act. ■ 96 Tears and The Deloreans Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £5 (£4). Electronic-infused rock. ■ Janey Kirk Gilmerton Miners Welfare Society, 4 Newtoft Street, 477 7151. 9pm. £tbc. Fife singer with a country bent. ■ Stanley Brinks, Ish Marquez and Withered Hand Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 11pm.
£4. New York underground anti-folk double bill featuring Stanley Brinks (aka Andre Herman Dune) plus a very special mystery guest. Dundee ■ The Airborne Toxic Event The Doghouse, 13 Brown Street, 01382 206812. 8pm. £tbc. Dark cloud of a band taking their name from the Don Delillo novel White Noise. ■ Flamboyant Bella Dexter’s Lounge Bar, 24 Castle Street, 01382 228894. 8pm. £6. Adolescent indie poppers.
Stirling ■ Figure 5 Cape, 1 Corn Exchange Road, 01786 461041. 8pm. £6. Gigs with Bulge band night.
Saturday 29
Glasgow ■ The Debuts, Modern Faces and Exit Tour Left ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Synth driven indie rock from an Edinburgh band described as ‘Mogwai does Queen’. ■ Electrolite, The Lafontaines, you Can’t Eat The Word Food and The Down & Outs Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £5. Wailing guitar, hard beats and meandering melodies from the headliners. ■ The Saw Doctors Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £20. Over- 14s show. Celtrock knees-up from one of Ireland’s most successful bands. ■ Dead Wolf Club and John Knox Sex Club Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. Post-punk/new wave quartet from London, plus rockers with a Calvinist edge, they say. Er, join their club?.
✽✽ James Yorkston, Pictish Trail and Rozi Plain Stereo, 20–28
Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30pm. £10. Spectral sounds from the East Neuk of Fife’s alternative folk-troubadour, with support from fellow Fence Collective members. See preview, page 61. ■ Red Snapper Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £15. See Fri 28. FREE Black Canvas, Time for China, Type 23 and The Tranquil Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Indie acts, including Mancunian trio Time for China. ■ Kochka, I See Shapes and Nevada Base Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £5. Soulful indie from Kochka, epic guitars from I See Shapes and indie electropop from Nevada Base at this monthly Under the Paving Stones night. ■ Nimmo Brothers City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. Glasgow’s top blues brothers take it down a notch for this Acoustic Affair show. ■ Subsource and Zener Diode Barfly, 260 Clyde Street, 0870 907 0999. 8pm. £6. Electro, breakbeat and drum & bass infused with punk energy from the headliners. ■ Frightened Rabbit King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. SOLD OUT. Folky indie pop from local success story Frightened Rabbit, showcasing second album The Midnight Organ Fight. FREE Independence Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Local rock. ■ Abdoujaparov, Idou and Pandas 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. Alternative punk electronica from ex-Carter USM guitarist, Fruitbat. ■ Jack Butler, The Shermans and Voom Club Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 331 2722. Single launch for Jack Butler. Edinburgh ■ Midnight Blues Band, New Vinyl, Soprano and U-Know-Hoo Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 6pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Blues and rock.