3. Music Rock&Pop

FREE Laptop Lounge The Voodoo Rooms. 19a West Register Street. 556 7060. 8pm. Laptop showcase of eclectic electronic sounds.

FREE Fritz and Supercharger Whistlebinkies. 4—6 South Bridge. 557 5114. 9pm. Indie and rock.

I The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 1 1.15pm. £1. Organic hip hop and jazzy grooves.

Peebles

I The Wilders Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre. Eastgate. 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Kansas City hillbilly livewires who leave audiences breathless and awestruck wherever they go ~- not least at

the Spiegeltent at the Edinburgh Fringe. where they have had three sell-out runs.

Glasgow

I The Cat Empire and Paprika Balkanitus ()2 Academy. 121 Iiglinton Street. 08444 772000. 7pm. £15. Latino- ska-funk hoedown from this Melbourne six-piece. Look. no guitarsl.

I Combat Rock, Straighten Out, Underground Jam and The Filth 8. the Fury Ivory Blacks. 56 ()swald Street. 248 41 14. 7pm. £10. Punk tribute night bonanza featuring Clash. Stranglers. Jam and Sex Pistols soundalikes. It‘s like punk never happened.

I Girls Play Boys Nice'n‘Slcazy. 421 Sauchichall Street. 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Live music.

EEEE The Down a. Outs, The Dunderheids, The Side, John Rush and Must Be Something Box. 431 Sauchichall Street. 332 5431. 8pm.

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Infectious rock‘n’roll from the headliners.

I Nespresco (‘osmopoL 165 Hope Street. 221 9130. 8pm. £3. lil’ launch for Glasgow alt.rock band.

I TWin Lizzy Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Thin Liz/y tribute. we presume.

FREE Jerusalem Harpoon Samuel Dow's. 67 71 Nitltsdale Road. 42.3 0107. 8.30pm. A ‘musical timewarp' is assured. I Any Human Heart The Twisted Wheel. 73 Queen Street. 221 4851. 9pm. £5. Local indie.

FREE Washington Street The Hall Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 352 9996. 9pm. Washington Street are a six-piece funk band.

Edinburgh FREE Dr Ruby’s Musical Surgery The Jazz Bar. 1 (‘hambers Street. 220

4298. 5 8pm. Please make a donation for

the performers. ()pen stage for bands and singer-songwriters to showcase their material.

I Bluesoul and Beau Hasties \\'histlebiiikies. 4 6 South Bridge. 557 51 14. 6pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Blues and indie night.

I Threshold Sicks, Herrus Kor, Cancerous Womb and Foetal Splatter llenry‘s ('ellar Bar. 8 16a Morrison Street. 228 9393. 6.30pm. £4. Heady mix of thrash and detah metal.

I Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe Festival Theatre. 13/29 Nicolson Street. 0871 220 0260. 7.30pm. £50 £75. See Thu 9.

I This is Music Sneaky Pete's. 7.3 (‘owgate. 225 1757. 8pm 3am. £3 before 1 1pm; free alter Indie club/gig crossover night with live sets from Sparrow & The Workshop and Randan 1)iscoteque.

I Hannah O’Reilly and Jym Ponter Henry's ('ellar Bar. 8 16a Morrison Street. 228 9393. 1 1.30pm. £tbc. New Zealand singer-songwriter with her band.

Kinross r in the Park Inna” \irtield.

.. 08444 999990. limes vary.

£68 50 £160 Scotland s biggest music festival returns with l)oves. ldlewild. Kings of Leon. Blur. Killers. Snow Patrol. 1"ran/ l-"erdinand. Keane. Bloc

6 Day Riot

Party. 1.in Allen. The Ting Tings. Manic Street Preachers. The Specials. Ra/orlight. Yeah Yeah Yeahs. lilbow. Pendulum. Peter 1)oliert_v. White lies and many more. See feature. page 24.

Glasgow

I The Koffin Kats Stereo. 20 28 Renfield Lane. 222 2254. 7pm. £tbc. Wreckin Pit night of rocking mayhem. I Dexy’s Bootleg Runners Nice'n'Slea/y. 421 Sauchichall Street. 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Tribute to the mighty 1)ex_v 's Midnight Runners.

I The Red Well, Skeleton Bob and Blood of the Bull The flying Duck. 7 Renfrew (‘ourt. 572 0100. 7.30pm. £5. l'encc folksters play in the Ducks kitchen.

I Heavylight Darkbright (‘aptain's Rest. 185 (ireat Western Road. .332 7304. 8pm. £5. l.ive clectro sets downstairs from Supersonic Sims. Tokyo Knife Attack and All the Queen's Bovine at this Pinup Nights affiliated club night. with 1)Js upstairs.

I Staid as Ouo Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Status QtIo tribute.

EEEE Underground Jam, Combat Rock, Alkotron, Diobane and Black Hand Gang Box. 431 Sauchichall StIe3ct. . . 32 5431. 8pm. Punky sounds from ( lash and J Int tributes

EEEE The Rogues Samuel Dow's.

()7 71 Nilltstlale Road. 423 (1107. 8.30pm. Live music.

I Crossfire and The Plimptons 13th .\'ote ('afe. 50 60 King Street. 55.3 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Pop punk.

FEEE Halt Bar Hijack The Hall Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 352 9996. Weekly live music takeover. with acts the.

Edinburgh

EEEE Bruncheon! Featuring The Sound of Muesli Out of the Blue Drill Hall. 30 36 l)almcn_\ Street. 1.eith. 5.5.5 7101. l 1.30am. Brunch and live music featuring Vroni and the Raving Roosters and other local talent the. plus your Clinice 0f lit'ettkltisl \Vlielliel' ll be Traditional or (‘ontinental

FREE RedZRed lilvis Shakespeare. 347 1.eith Walk. 561 1363. 2pm. A mix of reggae. rock and ska.

FREE Dr Ruby’s Musical Surgery The Jan Bar. 1 (’hambers Street. 220 4298. 6 8.30pm. Please make a donation for the performers. See Fri 10. I Blackjack Blues Band, Size Queen and The Demons Eye \\'1Iistlebitikies. 46 South Bridge. 557 51 14. 6pm. Free before midnight: £4 after. ('overs. blues. indie and rock.

I Crosby, Stills 8: flash lidinburgh ('astle. Royal Mile. 0871 220 0260. 7pm. £40 £45. (‘ountry flavoured rock by these true legends of the scene (they even have a spot in the Rock'n‘Roll Hall of 1-‘ame to prove it).

I The Valkarys Sneaky Pete's. 73 (‘ow-gate. 225 1757. 7pm. £4. Sixties rock'n‘t'oll.

I Foxgang and lnjuns The Bowery. 2 Roxburgh Place. 7.30pm. £5. Indie rock.

I Hippocampus Henry‘s ('ellar Bar. 8 16a Morrison Street. 228 9393. 8pm. £4. .»\lt.rock.

FREE Hanley Hunter Trio The Village. 16 South l-‘ort Street. 1.eith. 478 7810. 9pm. ('lassic soul-funk-pop.

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Stirling The Wilders Tolbooth. Jail

\Vynd. 01786 274000. 8pm. £14

(£121. See Thu 9.

Glasgow

I The Brazen Cars Nice‘n'Slea/y. 421 Sauchichall Street. .333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Shoega/ey sounds.

I Random Hand, The Skints and The Hostiles The Twisted Wheel. 73 Queen Street. 221 4851. 7.30pm. £6. Yorkshire ska/metal/punk band.

I Crematoria, Fight Club, Dark Hour and Annihilation Pivo Pivo. 15 Waterloo Street. 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Alt rock and metal sounds.

The name might bring to mind punk rock but 6 Day Riot blend folk with infectious pop in a similar vein to Noah & the Whale or Fleet Foxes. Specialising In eclectic, quirky, upbeat tracks

on ukelele, guitar, trumpet, violin and accordion bringing to mind Balkan brass, Mariachi music and trad folk all shot through with sparkling pop books.

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