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THE JUST JOANS
1 It Camera Obscura are maudlln and Arab Strap bleak then self-styled puny losers from Motherwell The Just Joans are standing on a cliff top, saying goodbye to this cruel world. Their indie pop anti—anthems include an appropriation of 8 Gloria Gaynor hit called ‘I Won't Survive’. and the apocalyptically bleak ‘Hideous Accident (Hope He Doesn't Die in a)’.
2 They’re tabloid darlings The band are named after Daily Record agony aunt Joan Burnie's column. After meeting them she commented ‘I think they were nuts but I’m hugely flattered.’
3 Glasvegas? Pflt When it comes to broad West Coast drawls. Just Joans’ singer and songwriter David Pope makes Glasvegas frontman James Allan sound like a posh Bearsden madam. If they had a moan-off, it’d be a close run thing. but our money's on Pope.
at It’s not all doom and gloom ‘What Do We Do Now?’ sounds like the sort of Ioveably wistful strum The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merrit might pen if he came from Bellshill rather than Boston. Sample lyric: ‘nothing's quite the same. except the Buckfast bottles in the rain'.
5 Actually, they’re quite uplittlng But then we've just swallowed a load of valium so what do we know. (Malcolm Jack)
I The Flying Duck, Glasgow, Mon 20 Jul.
Monday 20 ' . I
Glasgow I MiMi Soya, Auteur, Lost on Campus and My Actions Your Exit Ivory Blacks. 56 ()swald Street. 248 41 14. 7pm. £6. ()ver- 14s show. Brighton pop punk quartet headline.
New York Dolls and The
Joyriders The Garage. 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7pm. £18. Over-14s show. The original trash rocking punk trailblazers are back. back. back. Well. the surviving two — David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain —< are. See preview. page 63. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice‘n'Sleazy. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 8pm. See Mon 13. FREE Flo s the Kicks, Blackberry Jack, The Patriots and 60 Persons Box. 431 Sauchiehall Street. 332 5431. 8pm. Catchy rock with Scottish charm from The Patriots. FREE HaveAGoHero, Alan McKim and Philip Feenan Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 0726. 8pm. Plus more acts to be confirmed for this weekly AcousticAid unplugged night.
76 THE LIST 9—23 Jul 2009
Testament
FREE Open Mic Republic Bier Halle 'est. 372—374 Great Western Road. 339 9177. 8pm. See Mon 13. I The Smitten, The Just Jeans and One l-lappy Island he Flying Duck. 8pm £5. Quality indie night Half My Heart Beats present a triple bill of top indie-osity with the headliners from Vermont and Bostonians ()ne Happy Island dong the twee pop thing in considerable style. Local hosts are tongue-in-cheek posters The Just loans. See 5 Reasons. page 76. I The Strategy The Twisted Wheel. 73 Queen Street. 221 4851. 8pm. £5 . lndie rock. I Wolf Am I, Glass Youth and The Darien Venture King Tut’s Wah Wah llul. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Punky headliners.
Edinburgh
FREE Live Band Karaoke lilectric Circus. 36 -39 Market Street. 226 4224. 9pm. See Mon 13.
FREE Open Mic Whistlebinkies. 4— 6 South Bridge. 557 51 14. 9pm. See Mon 13.
Glasgow
I Testament The (iarage. 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 l 120. 7pm. £15. ()ver- 14s show. Old school American trash metallers.
FREE Acoustic Sessions and Open Mic ()ran Mor. 731—735 (ircat Western Road. 357 6200. 8pm. See Tue 14.
I Orphans & Vandals The Twisted
Wheel. 73 Queen Street. 221 4851. 8pm.
£5. lndie sounds from a London band who have just played at T In The Park. I Storm the Walls, Iconoclast and Party Program Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Rock.
I Wiremother, Analog Angel and
Ian Ryan l’ivo Pivo. 15 Waterloo Street.
564 8100. 8pm. £3. liighties-style electronica from Analog Angel.
I Be a Familiar and Tango in the Attic King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a
St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Single launch for a Glasgow band with a kaleidoscopic sound featuring cello. violin and trumpet.
SREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 9pm. See Tue 14.
FEES Glasgow Songwriters The Vale. 5 Dundas Street. 332 4928. 9pm. Relaunch of the fortnightly gathering of the musicians‘ collective with featured artists. open mic and a strict original material policy. This week's featured artist is Lindsay Reid.
Edinburgh
The Joyriders Cabaret Voltaire.
% 36--38 Blair Street. 220 6176. 7pm. £tbc. original grunge rock as local heroes The Joyridcrs return. I 6 Day Riot and Earl Grey 8. The Loose Leaves Sneaky Pete‘s. 73 Cowgate. 225 1757. 7pm. £5. A lively blend of folk and pop from 6 Day Riot. E—"REE Band Showcase Whistlebinkies. 4—6 South Bridge. 557 5114. 9pm. See Tue 14. I Cara Luft 8: Hugh McMillan Leilh Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 07502 024852. 9.30pm. £8. Dynamic vocals from Luft (Wallin‘ .lennys) mixing rock and folk. joined by bassist and mandolin player McMillan. I Dave Aroari Henry‘s Cellar Bar. 8— 16a Morrison Street. 228 9393. £tbc. Alt.blues guitarist Arcari performs from recent album (in! Me Electric.
Glasgow
I Always the Way and Pose Victorious Pivo Pivo. 15 Waterloo Street. 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Reformed 80s indie band headline.
FREE l-laight Ashbury, David Bova, Skull Attack Helicopter and Flora Cook Box. 431 Sauchiehall Street. 332 5431. 8pm. Sweet female harmonies applied to songs about drinking too much whisky from the
headliners.
Formed back in 1983 Testament helped set down the template of thrash metal alongside contemporaries Slayer and Metallica. They might not have had the crossover success but they are still a brutal proposition of shredded guitars and demonic vocals as they have proved across their ten album career.
I The Garage, Glasgow, Tue 27 Jul.
I The Last Alive, Long Way Home,
Mechanical Smile and Curiy's
Heroes Rockers. 14 Midland Street.
3 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Rock and punk
bill. SREE Open Stage The Halt Bar. 160
Woodlands Road. 352 9996. 8.30pm. See
Wed 15.
. I 6 Day Pilot, The State
Broadcasters and Jennifer
. Concannon King Tut's Wah Wah Hut.
272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279.
8.30pm. £5. A blissful blend of folk and
pop from 6 Day Riot.
I The Scanner Darkly, The
Valkarys and My Final Wish 13th Note Cafe. 50—60 King Street. 553 1638.
9pm. £tbc. Alternative psychedelia.
' Edinburgh FREE Teatime Acoustic The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298.
5—7pm. See Thu 9.
FREE The Bellow Below The Jazz
Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 5—8pm. See Wed 15.
I Be a Familiar and Tango in the
Attic Electric Circus. 36—39 Market
; Street. 226 4224. 7pm. £6. See Tue 21.
' I Orphans 8i Vandals and Sparrow ' G The Workshop The Bowery. 2
Roxburgh Place. 7.30pm. £5. Alt.folk
and twisted country. FREE The Golden Hour Forest Cafe.
' 3 Bristo Place. 220 4538. 8pm. Loose i cabaret evening with words and music hosted by Ryan Van Winkle. With
readings by Kei Miller. Niki
E Andrikopoulou and Russell Jones. and music from Gary Stewart. Half Sisters : and Meursault. plus cartoons from Mr 2 Dan Meth.
FREE The Planes, The
: Glasgow I Three Days Born Nice‘n‘Sleazy. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900.
Cosmonauts and El Rey Whistlehinkies. #6 South Bridge. 557 5114. 9pm. Indie.
7.30pm. £tbc. Altrock.