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Rock&Pop Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication for Glasgow to glasgow@list.co.uk and for Edinburgh to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Fiona Shepherd and Henry Northmore. For ticket outlet information, see Book Now. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 23
Glasgow ■ Idiom, Shotgun Riot, Hellatus and Khan Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £8. Over-14s show. Rock/rap four-piece from Exeter. ■ Three Days Born Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Alt.rock. ■ Cats on Fire and The Paraffins The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 8pm. £5. Finnish indie pop and one man melodramatic electro support. ■ Fevrier Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Lush soundscapes on guitar, bass and cello. FREE The Ghosties, The Revelations, Paper Few, The Decent Souls and Captain Magenta Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. The headliners are influenced by everyone from Devo to Duran Duran. ■ Hiding in Reno, Firetone, Wolves at Heart and Fourth Call Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Rock. ■ Brother Louis Collective and Luva Anna King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Guillemots-endorsed headliners with clarinet and flute embellishment. FREE Glasgow Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Weekly session. ■ Alexander Murray, Alex Wayt and Jill Leighton 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. singer- songwriter night. FREE Bazodee The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. Live reggae and dancehall sounds. FREE 6 Day Riot Apple Store, 147 Buchanan Street, 300 4950. Instore gig for the London folk pop band. Edinburgh FREE Teatime Acoustic The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5–7pm. Unplugged session. ■ Paper Beats Rock and Lions Chase Tigers Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. Free but ticketed. Grungey trio PBR from Edinburgh play The Mill. Free tickets from www.themill-live.com. ■ Los and Scrap Brain Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £5 (£4). Alternative punky agit- blues. FREE Miasma and The Neon Alter Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. Indie and rock. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.15pm. £1. Organic hip hop and jazzy grooves. FREE Jay Brown The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. Local singer-songwriter.
Friday 24 Glasgow ■ Buckcherry The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 5.30pm. £16. Over-14s show. Hard rockers from Los Angeles. ■ Dividing the Line and Deaf Havana O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £6. Impossibly fresh-face Worcester-based screamo quintet headline. ■ Panisia, Purpose: Failed and Centuries Cry The Twisted Wheel, 73
5 REASONS TO GO SEE
PONTIAK 1 They’re a band of brothers The molten rock of Pontiak is forged by a hairy Virginia fraternity: Van (guitar/vocals), Lain (drums) and Jennings (bass) Carney. Their agrarian wig-outs are hence imbued with a profound musical intuition that edifies their primal recordings and galvanises their live performances. 2 They’re nature lovers The riff- searing trio were reared in the mountains: expansive narratives and rural influences are ingrained in their earthy sonic terrain. What’s more, they’re ardent camping fans, and often snub hotels when they’re on the road, in favour of kipping under the stars.
3 They’re amplifier murderers Whilst laying down their latest scorching drone-rock escapade, Maker for Thrill Jockey, Van accidentally blew up two amplifiers. In doing so, however, he discovered that the corporeal dissonance of dying amps was exactly the sound he required for the album.
4 They’re hard workers Maker is Pontiak’s third long-player in just over a year. Do you hear that, Guns N’ Roses?
5 Copey digs them Mesolithic rock druid Julian Cope reckons their music ‘sounds like it’s been filtered through deep space’. We imagine fans of Pink Floyd, Earth and Harvey Milk will be similarly elevated. (Nicola Meighan)
Queen Street, 221 4851. 7pm. £6. Over- 14s show. Metal. ■ Prince Edward Island, Any Color Black and Janet & the Boowalks Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Alt.pop sextet headline plus folk pop support from JATB. ■ The Surrogate Pink Floyd Show Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £10. Scots Pink Floyd tribute band who have a particular penchant for the Dark Side of the Moon era. ■ Growing Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £7.50. The headliners are a duo who combine feedback and static with pastoral lushness. See preview, page 66. ■ The Hard Lines, Huxley, Kimora and The Neon Altar Maggie May’s, 60 Albion Street, Merchant City, 548 1350. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). Britpop/mod sounds from Ayrshire’s Huxley. FREE Dead Man's Waltz The Now Museum, 18 Meadow Road, 07968 772525. 8pm. A macabre performance with music by The Dead Man's Waltz (aka Injuns), which debuted at the recent Insider Festival. See www.injuns.co.uk.
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