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FREE The Rab Howat Band Bannerman's. Niddry Street. 556 3254. 4pm. 1 ong standing and extremely popular covers band.
FREE Dr Ruby’s Musical Surgery The Jazz Bar. 1 ( hambers Street. 220 4298. 6—8.30pm. Free. but please make a donation for the performers. See Thu 25.
FREE Live Hip Hop @ The Hide The Hide. (downstairs frotn the Argyle Bar). 15 -17 Argyle Place. 221 975‘). 6.30pm—-midnight. Starring .\ladhat McGore. Scotland‘s Sharpest MC. Plus a hanging line-up including Mr Jinx. Adam Holmes. Dave (iunn. Catch Click. Twisted Methods and .\'ity Grill. I The Debuts Sneaky Pete‘s. 73 Cow LatL 225 1757. 7pm £tbc. Synth driven indie rock from 1 dinburgh.
I Just Tourist Cabaret Voltaire. 36—38 Blair Street. 2206176. 7pm. £tbc. Glaswegian ska-punk crew.
I Aggressus, By Any Other Name and BBK The Ark. 3 -7 Waterloo Place. 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Metal night.
I Dualist Forest Cafe. 3 Bristo Place. 220 4538. 8pm. £tbc. Post-rock and alternative indie.
I Flat Oot, Led Astray and Black Rose (‘orn lixchange. 1 1 New Market Road. 477 3500. 8pm. £5- £6. Classic rock covers and Led Zep and Thin Lizzy tribute acts.
I Transgression Sessions 'I‘ransgression Skate Park. ()cean Terminal. Leith. 555 3755. 8pm £5. Live music at 'l‘ransgression Skate Park. Check www.transgressionsessions.co.uk for line-up details. Ages 8+. Strictly no alcohol.
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FREE Damned Hot Live Music Night Clachan Cottage Hotel. Lochearnhead. Loch liarn. ()1567 830247. 8pm. lip-and-coming rock duo Damned Hot perform.
Sunday 28
Glaso FRE BBQ Beats The Drawing Room. 1055 Sauchiehall Street. 33‘) 2999. 2pm L ive inusic and DJs hosted by John Deery. plus terrace BBQ. cocktails and boardgatnes. I Bleed from Within and Cyanide Serenity The (‘athouse. 15 L'nion Street. 248 66(16. 7pm. £6. Local metal. I The Five Aces, The Bottleneckers and The Privates ()ran Mor. 731 735 Great Western Road. 357 6200 7pm. £5 Soul. R&B. funk and Hammond grooves. I’ an a] tItL ll’L st 12ml IL \IIHII. I Jeff Beck and Imelda May Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £35. Hoary old guitar hero Jeff Beck brings his six string to town. Hi Ho Silver Lining is an inevitability.
Jocasta Sleeps Nice‘n‘Sleazy.
421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. See Fri 26. I Limbo Stereo. 20—28 Renlield Lane. 222 2254. 8pm lam. £5. The boundary- pushing multimedia lidinburgh night comes to Glasgow. with the usual Black Spring DJs. plus a band line-up as long as your arm: '/.oey Van Goey. lsosceles. Punch and the Apostles. Haight-Ashbury. A-lix. Cancel the Astronauts. and Thieves in Suits < that‘s more bands than pounds pIIL'u'l. FREE The Darien Venture, We Are flapped in Kansas, We Hung Your Leader and City of Statues The Twisted Wheel. 73 Queen Street. 221 4851. 8pm. Math rockers. I Das Filth The Flying Duck. 7 Renfrew Court. 572 0100. 8pm. £tbc. Glasgow six-piece who ‘write banging music for people to bang to‘. I First Step to Failure, Despondent and Vantage Point Pivo Pivo. 15 Waterloo Street. 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Skate punk bill. FREE Michael Clarke and Acoustic Butterfly J inty MeGinty-s. 21 2‘) Ashton Lane. 33‘) 0747. 8pm. Singer/songwriter and organic. harmonic Glasgow band. I’ur! oft/w Wes! 1'.)le I-"L'stirul. I Malcolm Middleton King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 527‘). 8.30pm. £12.50. See Fri 26. FREE The Magic Blues Surfers (iallus. 8(1 Dumbarton Road. 334 8012. 9pm. Big blues jam. FREE Rudy Alba Brel. 3‘) 43 Ashton 1 ane. 342 4966 9pm. l'plifting roots reggae I’ (III “I IIIL “L .8] IIILI IL \IItLII. FREE Sexy Entourage and Vars of Litchi 13th Note Cafe. 50 60 King Street. 553 I638. 9pm. 'l‘wo noisecore duos play as part of the Note's Sunday Social which includes a flea market earlier in the day. FREE Woodland Creatures The Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 352 9996. Monthly showcase of acoustic artists. I Blues on the River The Perry. Anderston Quay. BroLnnielaw. 01698 360 085. Times vary. £10 per day: 16.50 two day pass. See Fri 26.
Edinburgh I Lipid, Pitiful Reign, River Freshney, Visceral Attack, Lifeless, Agrresssus, Circle of Wrants and N The GRV. 37 Guthrie Street. 220 2987. 3pm. £5. Seriously heavy bill of thrash metal from Scotland. lingland and Denmark. We Heart Tapes lilectric Circus. 36 3‘) Market Street. 226 4224. 4 7pm. £6. Strictly under 18s night hosted by the Puppytooth DJs with live electro rock front l-‘angs (28 Jun) and 8- bit riots from L'nicorn Kid and Talk to Animals (5 Juli. I Dr Ruby’s Musical Surgery The
Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298.
6—8.30pm. Free. but please make a
donation for the performers. See Thu 25. FREE Acoustic Music Sessions The Morningside Glory. 1 Comiston Road, 447 1205. 6pm. intimate live acoustic sessions.
I Kill it Kid Sneaky Pete's. 73
Cowgate. 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Melodic.
beautifully intense blues.
FREE Lost Knives and Dupec
Dupec Cabaret Voltaire. 36—38 Blair Street. 220 6176. 7pm. Mancunian apocalyptic pop outfit Lost Knives head this Duty Free gig.
I Ancient Fool, Maeve O’Boyle,
Mr Wishart, Sam Barber and ReLL The Ark. 3—7 Waterloo Place. 623 7147.
7.30pm. £4. Acoustic and singer- songwriter action.
I Steely Dan Playhouse. 18—22 Greenside Place. 0870 606 3424. 7.30pm. £50—£65. American jazz—rock legends.
FREE Amy Duncan, Martin James,
AI Shields and The Wilted Roses
Iilectric Circus. 36—39 Market Street.
226 4224. 8pm. Chilled-out acoustic
evening. FREE Cranachan Bannerman‘s. Niddry Street. 556 3254. 8pm. Weekly
Sunday Session.
FREE Lizard Lounge Espionage. 4 India Buildings. Victoria Street. 477 7007. 9.30pm. Open mic session.
I William Douglas 0. The Wheel The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220
I 4298. 11.15pm. £1. Singer-
songwriter/guitarist William Douglas and his four-piece band plus guests.
. I Reggae, Rock and Ska
Extravaganza Eskmills Bowling Club. Station Road. Musselburgh. 2pm. £4. Red2red. The Spectres and Robert Scott perform.
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Glasgow
I Thriller Live King‘s Theatre. 297 Bath Street. ()870 060 6648. 7.30pm. £12—£54.50. A celebration of Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5 with choreography by award-winning director Gary Lloyd and LaVelle Smith Jnr.
I What Happened . . . The Arches. 253 Argyle Street. 565 1000. 7.30pm. Pay what you can. Night of contemporary composition. noise and improvisation with previously unheard scores brought to life by The Red Note Ensemble alongside free improvisation and other spur-of the-moment musical happenings.
FREE Acoustic Jam Nice‘n‘Sleazy. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 8pm. Weekly showcase for local songwriters performing original material.
FREE The Favvers, Hugo a Go Go, The Regiment, The Verdict and Coma Toast Box. 431 Sauchiehall Street. 332 5431. 8pm. Local indie and rock.
I Liam Porch, Holly Ogilvie, Hell
McClafferty and Larry Guild Pivo Pivo. 15 Waterloo Street. 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Weekly acoustic night.
I Michael Simons Tchai Ovna. 42 ()tago Lane. 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Glasgow-based guitarist playing folk. blues and beyond.
FREE Open Mic Republic Bier Halle West. 372— 374 Great Western Road. 339 9177 8pm. Weekly open stage.
I Me My Head and The Banter Thiefs King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 527‘). 8.30pm. £12.50. ‘Songs for killing and weeping to‘ from the headlining five-piece who are named after a Tubeway Army song.
Edinburgh
I White Denim Cabaret Voltaire.
36- 38 Blair Street. 2206176. 7pm. £9. Texas band described as ‘craftsmen of a spastic garage‘. See Exposure. page 63. I Vertis, Cielo Drive, Eirrin Todd
Band and Rosaleen Bans The Ark.
3—7 Waterloo Place. 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Indie night.
FREE Live Band Karaoke Electric Circus. 36—39 Market Street. 226 4224. 9pm. Perform your favourite songs with backing from the house band. The Bearded Ladies.
FREE Open Mic Whistlebinkies. 4—6 South Bridge. 557 5114. 9pm. Just turn up and perform.
Tuesday 30 ’
Glasgow I Despised Icon Ivory Blacks. 56 Oswald Street. 248 41 14. 7pm. £10. Montreal metal band. Michael Franti a Spearhead The Arches. 25.3 Argyle Street. 565 1000. 7pm. £15. Socially conscious. rootsy hip hop and funk from Franti. See preview. page 61. I Athlete Oran Mor. 7.31-7.35 Great Western Road. 357 6200. 7.30pm. £15.50. Lethargic indie souls who were
1 nominated for the Mercury Music Prize a
; while back. Partofthe
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I Thriller Live King's Theatre. 297 Bath Street. ()870 060 6648. 7.30pm. £12—£54.5(). See Mon 29.
g I The Magic Carpet Cabaret Tchai ' Ovna. 42 Otago Lane. 357 4524. 8pm.
£2. Jim McAteer presents a night of songwriters and bands. FREE 4 Day Weekend and Junkyard Shift The Twisted Wheel. 73 Queen Street. 221 4851. 8pm. Indie rock from JS. FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 9pm. Fifties-style rhythm‘n‘blues band play a residency. AC/DC and Thin Lizzy Hampden Park. Letherby Drive. 08444 999990. SOLD OUT. The world‘s greatest rock band ride their ‘Rock‘n‘Roll Train’ to Hampden. I DC79 and Bons Balls Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 0726. £tbc. Aftershow rocking to mark the AC/DC show.
Edinburgh
I The Muscle Club and Get In Get Out Cabaret Voltaire. 36—38 Blair Street. 220 6176. 7pm. £6. Welsh quartet with a Smiths-like bent.
I I Heart Hiroshima and The Pineapple Chunks The Bowery. 2 Roxburgh Place. 7.30pm. £6. ‘The sound of breaking chairs and stealing hearts'
from this Brisbane band.
FREE Band Showcase Whistlebinkies. 4—6 South Bridge 557 5114. 9pm Call in advance for a gig.
Wednesday 1
Glasgow I Silversun Pickups, Animal
t Kingdom and An Horse Oran Mor.
731—735 Great Western Road. 357 6200. 7pm. £9. Leftfield indie rockers from LA
I Thunder 02 Academy. 121 Eglinton Street. 08444 772000. 7pm. £22. Big- haired purveyors of old school metal.
I There Will Be Fireworks, Lions.Chase.Tigers and We Hung Your Leader Nice‘n‘Sleazy. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Album launch for a four-piece who
2 say they don‘t take themselves too
seriously and are partial to a bit of accordion.
I Thriller Live King‘s Theatre. 297
Bath Street. 0870 060 6648. 7.30pm.
£12—£54.50. See Mon 29.
, I Alexis Blue and Napoleon in
l Rags Pivo Pivo. 15 Waterloo Street. 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Indie rock bill. with more acts the.
FREE Louise Against The
1 Elements, Kate Dunn, Only Living
Boys and Random Guy Box. 431
; Sauchiehall Street. 332 5431. 8pm. Raw ; soul power from Louise Hendry and
i band LATE.
E I I Heart Hiroshima King Tut‘s Wah
Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221
~ 5279. 8.30pm. £5. ‘The sound of