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It’s been a properly varied old time for good music of late so we’ve tried to gather up a clutch of fine albums to pass onto you. First up, the sparkly debut album by Little Boots Hands is catchy, shiny and soulful. If you like your electronics fully charged with post-Prodigy metal shards, then the sophmore offering from the mighty Enter Shikari might be more up your street with their newie Common Dreads. Of course, then there’s the mighty indie sex dwarf himself Brian Molko and Battle for the Sun, Placebo’s sixth studio album. Finally, The Virgins’ debut The Virgins has some of the catchiest songs ever likely to take over your headspace. We’ve got five copies of each album to give away. See below on how to enter. WIN BELLA UNION RARITIES
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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 20 Glasgow ■ All The Queen’s Bovine, Nevada Base, The Bone Idles, Saavedra and Phiktion Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Bluegrass, folk, progressive, chillout, electro and funk – and that’s just the headliners at this Cheap ‘n’ Nasty night. ■ The Strange Boys, Blue Nova, Trade and The Hardy Souls The Hold (under Admiral Bar), Waterloo Street, 7.30pm. £6. Texan psych punk trio with a love of the Nuggets’ sound. ■ Aye n Aye, The Spectres and Los Sticks del Boom Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Reggae rockers from Perth headline. ✽✽ A Band Called Quinn The Dive, 69 Nelson Mandela Place, 8pm. £5, including free drink. Sultry pop from ABCQ, launching their DIY single at this new venue. ■ Doghouse Roses Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Atmospheric folk and blues duo consisting of Paul Tasker and Iona Macdonald, with skilful guitar playing and ethereal vocals. ■ Endeavour, Militia, Long Way Home, Kidfire and Croma Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Over-16s show. Local rock bands. ■ Lovvers, Divorce and Elvis Suicide Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Nottingham lo-fi fuzz punks, who dig Black Flag, The Germs and The
Replacements, with local punky supports. FREE Glasgow Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Weekly session. FREE The Drawing Room Sessions The Drawing Room, 1055 Sauchiehall Street, 339 2999. 9pm. Hosted by Fraser Ross, and this week featuring performances by Karmadillo, Ramon Ruiz and Emma Jane. FREE The Redshow, Always AM, Laughing Assassins and Paper Planes Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. PP are a Glasgow power punk surf quartet fronted by New Jersey vocalist Jennifer Paley. FREE Bazodee The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. Live reggae and dancehall sounds. ■ Monotonix Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. £tbc. Underground concrete rock from Israel’s Monotonix. Motherwell ■ Teenage Fanclub Motherwell Concert Hall, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, 01698 302999. 7.30pm. £17.50. The Glasgow boys play through 20 years’ worth of indie classics. Part of Motherwell Music Festival.
Friday 21 Glasgow ■ Belgrade, Indian Red Lopez and Mindset Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Edgy, emotive pop from the headliners. ✽✽ Katy Perry Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Sassy but cynically marketed pop from the ‘I Kissed a Girl’ songstress. ■ The Strike Nineteens, Playtone and The Killing Time ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Indie rock headliners from Dumbarton. ■ The After Affects and Zener Diode O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £6. Electro band from Glasgow headline. FREE Aames, Salon Society and The Viragoes Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm.
Bella Union is pretty much one of the finest labels on the planet and have brought us such delights as Explosions in the Sky, My Latest Novel, Vetivier and Fleet Foxes in the past. Such is their infinite generosity that they have packaged up a whole bunch of promos from their recent catalogue to pass onto you, dear reader. All you have to do is follow the instructions below. HOW TO ENTER
Log onto www.list.co.uk/offers. Closing date for the entries is Thursday 3 September. There is no cash alternative. Usual List rules apply.
Check out the GreatOffers on page 4 36 THE LIST 20–27 Aug 2009
Katy Perry If a sedate cycle through the countryside is more your style, then join hundreds of others on the Pedal for Scotland 50 mile ride from Glasgow to Edinburgh. It starts in George Square and finishes up at Meadowbank a few hours later, depending on your pace. Do it for fun or raise a bit of cash for charities Children 1st and Barnardo’s at the same time. See www.pedalforscotland.org for registration details. ■ Sun 19 Sep, Pedal for Scotland, George Square, Glasgow. 0141 229 5359. 9am £10–£15 (£5).
Fivers, Ming Ming & the Ching Free entry! But then you have to pay a fee of your choice on the way out. ■ Dolphins in the Future, Motherf**king, Floris Van Hoof, Pascal Nichols, Chora, Nackt Insecten and La 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £5. French freaknoise experimentalism from France’s Motherfucking plus a variety of eclectic sounds at this Beyond Good and Evil night. FREE Laymen’s Terms, Fitzroy Soul, The Leads and Junkyard Shift Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Indie rock. ■ The Rising Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. A tribute to the music of Bruce Springsteen. ■ Rockin’ The River The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360 085. 8pm. £8.50. £15 for both days. Two days of tribute bands on the Ferry. Today’s line-up leans to punk with sets from The Filth & the Fury, Cash from Chaos, The Underground Jam and ska band Esperanza. ✽✽ Woodenbox with a Fistful of Chings, French Wives and Sol Diablos Corinthian, 191 Ingram Street, 552 1101. 8pm. £5 (£4). The folksy, rhythmic Woodenbox top this bill of upcoming acts. FREE Jerusalem Harpoon Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. A ‘musical timewarp’ is assured. ■ Smiths/Morrissey Tribute Night King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8. Miss the Occupier, Red Bee Society, Adopted As Holograph, San Fran & the Ciscos, The Surfing Gnomes, Screaming Falcon Punch (these names could all be made up, for all we know), Scunner, The Bluebells (oh yeah, those guys), Roy Moller, Woodenbox and special guest John Hegley all line up to genuflect at the genius of The Smiths. Hope Hegley does Shakespeare’s Sister. ■ Sonny Marvello, Louise Against the Elements and Madaleine Pritchard Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8.30pm. £5. Upbeat funk-pop from the bowler-hatted Marvello plus soul/jazz vocalist Pritchard. ■ Mutant Music The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 9pm–2am. £4. Headed up by a range of live bands including Jacob Yates & The Pearly Gate Lock Pickers, The Wildhouse and El Mentiroso, while DJs What’s That Noise? and the Splendid Dead residents play an addictively oddball selection.
East Kilbride ■ Peter Morrison: Music on a Summer Night East Kilbride Village Theatre, Maxwell Drive, 01355 248669. 7.30pm. £12 (£11). Scottish singer Peter Morrison’s annual summer touring show featuring son Richard and daughter Jackie. The Family Morrison perform popular opera numbers and a few Broadway hits. Houston ■ Horse Fox & Hounds Pub, South Street, 01505 612448. 9pm. £12. Loyally patronised singer-songwriter performs tracks from her extensive career.
Isle of Mull ■ Pearl & the Puppets An Tobar, Argyll Terrace, Tobermory, 01688 302211. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). Young Kirkintilloch singer/songwriter with a light, pop style who shares management with Elton John. Kirkcaldy ■ Counterfeit and Slipstream Harlem, Central Esplanade, 01592 264496. 9pm–midnight. Free before £10pm; £5 after. These two bands bring a little rock heaviness to Kirkcaldy.
Largs ■ Phil Lee – I Saw Him Before he Died Tour 2009 Victoria Hotel, 80 Gallowgate Street, 01475 672355. £tbc.