Music Rock&Pop
FREE Acoustic Night The Butterfly & the Pig, 153 Bath Street, 221 7711. 8.30pm. Hosted by Callum Ray. ■ Decimals, Musts Be Something and Integra TV King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. New band, featuring Alex Pennie, erstwhile leaping keyboard player with The Automatic. FREE The Fortunate Sons Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Harmonious Glaswegian bluesmeisters. ■ Pooch, The Paraffins, Pockets and Bozilla 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. A new girl/boy group of indie rockers from Glasgow play at this End of the Month Club. ■ Hercules & Love Affair The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. CANCELLED.
✽✽ Those Dancing Days and Sky Larkin Captain’s Rest, 185 Great
Western Road, 331 2722. £5. Effervescent all-girl five-piece from Sweden. FREE Woodland Creatures The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. New monthly showcase of acoustic artists. Edinburgh FREE St Andrew’s Day Event: The Pictish Trail with The Fence Collective National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 247 4422. 4–4.30pm. Johnny Lynch, aka The Pictish Trail, is joined by members of The Fence Collective to promote their debut album Secret Soundz Vol 1. Featuring James Yorkston, King Creosote and more. Part of St Andrew’s Day.
■ Molly Hatchet and Blackfoot The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £18.50. Old school southern rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd contemporaries, perhaps most famous for their track ‘Flirtin’ with Disaster’. ■ Kiltreiser, Fireside Aliens, Wildtype and Alex Rech Band The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £4. Heavy rock. ■ Abdoujaparov, Gin Goblins and The Shellsuit Massacre Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £5 (£4). See Sat 29. ■ Death Set Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 8pm. £7. Riot-starting punk/thrash/electronica from Baltimore. FREE Softer Ride and Raven Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. Covers and originals. ■ Hobo The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 11pm–3am. £3. ‘Sonic adventures, from Transylvania to the Great Wall of China’ as Hobo returns. Hosting a first birthday party for TSM Radio (30 Nov) and live sounds from Action Group (7 Dec). FREE The Black Diamond Express The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. midnight. Alternative rockabilly, roots, blues and R&B. Dundee ■ The View Fat Sam’s, 31 South Ward Road, 01382 228496. 7.30pm. £12.50. See Fri 28.
Stirling FREE Gigs with Bulge Cape, 1 Corn Exchange Road, 01786 461041. 7pm. Band night with Tango In the Attic, Colour Coded, Anvaris, Last Corinthians & Nineties Remake.
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68 THE LIST 27 Nov–11 Dec 2008
Monday 1
Glasgow FREE Acoustic Night Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7pm. Sleazy’s long running acoustic session for local musicians. ■ Jolie Holland and Sam Amidon ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12.50. Over 14s show. Combining blues, folk, jazz and rock on her third studio album The Living and the Dead. ■ Christmas with The Rat Pack Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £23.50–£27.50. Beat the winter blues with the Christmas version of Frank, Sammy and Dean – The Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas, with seasonal classics including ‘Baby it’s Cold Outside’, ‘Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer’, ‘Let it Snow’ and much more. ■ The Pigeon Detectives Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7.30pm. £17.50. See Fri 28. ■ Dodgy and The Hazy Janes Barfly, 260 Clyde Street, 0870 907 0999. 8pm. £15. Over-14s show. Mid-90s indie trio, best known for their hits Good Enough and Staying Out for the Summer test the waters for a revival of interest. Supported by harmonious Dundonians. ■ MOD Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 8pm. £12. Hardcore punk and thrash metal with politically incorrect vocals from ex-Stormtroopers of Death frontman Billy ‘Mosh’ Milano. FREE Marc Evans, Matthew Malone and Ben Chaddock Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Acoustic Bazooka night with featured artists following a two-hour open mic session. FREE Richard Mailey Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Irish- born, Glasgow-based indie folk singer- songwriter. ■ The Official Secrets Act, Popolo and Intervals King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Leeds/London-based four- piece influenced by the spiky sounds of New Wave pop with support from Dundonian instrumental outfit Popolo. ■ Tom Hingley Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. Ex-frontman of Manchester’s The Inspiral Carpets plies his solo talents. Edinburgh ■ Iglu & Hartly The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £7.50. Bare-chested pop riot from Hollywood, described as ‘Tom Petty meets the Pointer Sisters’. ■ Ten Kens and Chris Buckley Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £4. Alternative indie rock from Toronto’s Ten Kens. ■ Steve Forbert The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7.30pm. £14. Forbert’s appeal lies in his talent for conveying keen observations through tough, terse poetry, a ready tunefulness and a warm rasping voice. FREE Open Mic Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. Just turn up and perform.
Stirling ■ Apple Scruffs, Days of Days, Rush Hour Soul, Hype and Descartes Cape, 1 Corn Exchange Road, 01786 461041. 8pm. £tbc. Gigs with Bulge live indie line-up.
Tuesday 2
Glasgow ■ Stereophonics SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. 6.30pm. £29.50. Kelly Jones and co return to Scotland for their Greatest Hits tour. ■ Duffy Carling Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Over-14s show. Retro chanteuse with the shrill voice who gave us the ubiquitous ‘Mercy’.
✽✽ The Futureheads and Johnny Foreigner ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12.50. Over 14s
show. Post-punk male harmony combo The Futureheads tour in support of new single, ‘I Wouldn’t Be Like This If You Were Here’, released 7 Dec. ■ Korpiklaani, Battlelove and Kirimetsan Druidi The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £12. Over- 14s show. Folk metal from Finland, of course. Their name means ‘forest clan’. ■ Christmas with The Rat Pack Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £23.50–£27.50. See Mon 1. ■ Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed & the True Loves Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £8. Young Boston singer updating the Stax soul sound to great acclaim. ■ Unwed Sailor, Barnowl and Diamond Sea Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. US instrumental/ambient/experimental collective who combine classical baroque influences and nursery rhyme melodies. FREE Daisuke, Tourist and Baldego Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Solo keyboardist, indie ska and emotional pop. FREE Acoustic Night The Butterfly & the Pig, 153 Bath Street, 221 7711. 8.30pm. Ian Forbes hosts this weekly acoustic session. ■ Amy LaVere and Pearl & the Puppets King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Jazzy, bluesy US songstress who wields a mean double bass, with support from up-and-coming songwriter from Kirkintilloch. FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Fifties-style rhythm and blues band play a residency. ■ Hyena 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. Glasgow punk rockers with grunge and mathrock influences. Edinburgh FREE Band Showcase Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. Call in advance for a gig.
Wednesday 3
Glasgow ■ Stereophonics SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. 6.30pm. £29.50. See Tue 2. ■ Cryptopsy, Ignominoun Incarceratin, Beneath the Massacre and Trigger the Bloodshed Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £10. ‘Unstoppable Montreal killing machine’ - i.e. Canadian death metal.
✽✽ The Futureheads and Johnny Foreigner ABC2, 330
Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12.50. See Tue 2. ■ The Gaslight Anthem The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £12. Over-14s show. Latest New Jersey group to provide an indie bar band spin on Bruce Springsteen’s panoramic cars- and-girls blue collar rock. FREE Brother Louis Collective and Sixpeopleaway Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. Weekly Mill showcase featuring Guillemots-endorsed headliners with clarinet and flute embellishment. ■ Christmas with The Rat Pack Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £23.50–£27.50. See Mon 1. FREE Remember Remember Mono, 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. 7.30pm. One man lo-fi electronica odyssey plays live at this Project Ability art opening. FREE The Oco, Bohemond, Neon Garden and Mah Grassy Shoes Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Live music at indie night Revelations. ■ Amsterdam, Tourist and What the Heroes Say King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Amsterdam are indie pop