Music Rock&Pop
■ Urbnri ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Rock/rap ensemble from the mean streets of Glasgow telling it like it is. ■ Miss the Occupier, Hugo a Go Go, Reality Killed Us and The Red Show Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Punchy indie punk rocking from Miss the Occupier. ■ New2 and Carmen Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. U2 tribute act. ■ Symphonic Queen Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, 01236 702176. 8pm. £25. The Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra and original cast members of the West End’s We Will Rock You get together with some fireworks and more than two hours of Queen’s greatest hits. Gates open 6pm. FREE The Cubicles, The Only Jones, The Rioteers, The Wajahs, Spearbrave and Numbuzz Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. The Only Jones are a trad indie quartet from Glasgow. ■ Wing & a Prayer Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Folk/blues duo. FREE The Latecomers Lauries Bar, 34 King Street, 552 7123. 8.15pm. Acoustic set of originals and classic covers. ■ Catcher, Dead Sea Souls and Stonesthrow King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. The band who have played King Tut’s more than any other return to their favourite venue. ■ ID Parade and CB Radio The Hold (under Admiral Bar), Waterloo Street, Small Ads
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8.30pm. £5. The headliners launch their Circus EP. FREE Uncle Remus Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Live music. ■ Pinup Nights The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 9pm–3am. £5. Indie, punk, soul and electropop from the Pinups DJs, with live guests. FREE The Brutes and Knavemen The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. 9pm. Garage rock sounds. ■ Futuristic Retro Champions, Miss Leggy Pee and Bozilla 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. The End of the Month Club. ■ Unmortal, Dead on the Live Wire and Damaged Electronics Soundhaus, 47 Hydepark Street, 221 4659. 10.30pm. £6 (£5). Digital Harlot night featuring industrial rock and hardcore acts. Edinburgh ■ Dead Good Villians The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7pm. £5. Buzzsaw rock and modern punk from this West Lothian quartet. ■ Mark Morriss The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 7pm. £7. The Bluetones frontman plays a solo show. ■ The Nature Boys and The 10:04s Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £3. Frantic, energetic indie punk rock. ■ Collar Up, Goodbye Lenin and Wrong Note Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £4. Collar Up launch their new album. ■ The Strands, The Void and Bronco Skylift Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). Manky Bastard present a night of grunge, indie and rock. FREE Interstate 6 Southside Steamie, 72–74 Newington Road, 667 9019. 8.30pm. Americana/alt.country five- piece.
Perth ■ Booker T and Los Lobos Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £20. Rock‘n’roll meets rhythm‘n’blues on this extraordinary double bill with master of the Hammond organ Booker T and Mexican-American creators of the iconic ‘La Bamba’. Part of Southern Fried Festival. ■ Diana Jones, Midnight Ramblers and The Felsons Perth Theatre, 185 High Street, 01738 621031. 10.45pm. £12. Perth Theatre’s late night music club returns for some country and Americana from singer-songwriter Diana Jones, bluegrass quartet the Midnight Ramblers, and Scottish country band The Felsons. Part of Southern Fried Festival.
Dundee ■ Monrow, The Twist and Someone’s Son The Doghouse, 13 Brown Street, 01382 206812. 8pm. £5. Unsigned young indie rock band from Dundee. Dunfermline ■ Rave on – a Tribute to Buddy Holly Alhambra Theatre, 35 Canmore Street, 01383 740384. 7.30pm. £15. See Fri 24.
Stirling ■ Upbeat Beatles Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). ‘The closest you’ll get to the real thing’ with this high- energy tribute act.
Saturday 1 Glasgow ■ Unicorn Kid and Paper Planes ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 4pm. £7. Over-14s show. Up-and-coming Edinburgh 8-bit electro-popper. ■ The Apple Scruffs, The Merchants and The Rudiments ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Indie rock.
■ Bleed from Within, Paridian, Departures and Scordatura Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £6. Glasgow extreme metal band promote their debut album Humanity. ■ Freudian Slop, The Steals and The Chins The Twisted Wheel, 73 Queen Street, 221 4851. 7pm. £5. Zeppelin-tinged power rock from the headliners with indie supports. ■ Sinister Flynn, Make This Relate, Vidi Well, Superbad Comrade and Mercia Drift Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Rock, funk and ska sounds, now with added trumpet and sax. ■ The Retrofrets, The Fatalists, Chinaskis and Sonic Templars Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Rock’n’roll from The Retrofrets and math-punk from The Fatalists. FREE The Strands, The Vals and The Influence Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Dirty indie rock’n’roll. ■ Mitchell Museum King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Lo-fi indie combo who use found instruments and have attracted comparisons to MGMT, Modest Mouse and Grandaddy. FREE Halt Bar Hijack The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. 9pm. Weekly live music takeover, with acts tbc. ■ The Skip Rats Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 10pm. £7. Live music at the All Tore Up! rock’n’roll night. ■ Charger Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. £tbc. Classic rock. ■ Una Fiori, Rinoa! Rinoa!, Mellifluous and A Lost Generation Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. £tbc. Over-14s show. Alt.rock from Edinburgh four-piece. Edinburgh ■ Black Jack Blues Band, Oil on Canvas, Day of Days and The Skababs Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 6pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Mixed might of blues and indie all rounded off with a serving of ska.
■ The Marvels and Oliwa Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £4. Power pop and indie at this Ice Hockely Club fundraiser. ■ The Bedlam Survivors Club, The Hot Lips and The 10:04’s Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7.30pm. £5. Indie rock.
Perth ■ Farmer Jason Perth Theatre, 185 High Street, 01738 621031. 3pm. £5. A special children’s show from alt.country star Jason Ringenberg, performing songs and discussing life down on the farm for ages 2 and up. Part of The Southern Fried Festival. ■ Lucinda Williams Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £25. The Grammy Award-winning rootsy singer-songwriter brings her big voice to Perth, singing songs from new album Little Honey and previous hits. Part of Southern Fried Festival. ■ Mary Gauthier, Jason Ringenberg and Rancho Rebop and the Full Moon Howlers Perth Theatre, 185 High Street, 01738 621031. 10.45pm. £12. Perth Theatre’s late night music club returns for some country and Americana from gritty talking-blues artist Mary Gauthier, ‘cowpunk pioneer’ Jason Ringenberg, and Perthshire bluegrass maestros Rancho Rebop and his Full Moon Howlers. Part of the Southern Fried Festival. Dundee ■ Transmission: The Sound of Joy Division The Doghouse, 13 Brown Street, 01382 206812. 8pm. £8. Homage to the emotive and musically rich songs of the 80s post-punk gods.
Glenrothes ■ Tango in the Attic Greenside Hotel, 1 High Street, Leslie, 0870 7522235. 8pm. £tbc. Glenrothes indie swingers.
Peebles ■ Rave on – a Tribute to Buddy Holly Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). See Fri 24.
Buckcherry Back in support of latest album Black Butterfly are LA’s Buckcherry. Upon completion of current
European tour they will be heading to off to support KISS on their tour of North America and Canada. Expect good old-fashioned rock’n’roll from these dudes with an ever so subtle hint of glam charm. ■ The Garage, Glasgow, Fri 24 Jul.