Music Rock&Pop
Tuesday 25
Lanegan Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Glasgow ■ New Found Glory The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 6pm. £15. Over-14s show. More of that ubiquitous raucous American punk pop popular with the young people of today. ✽✽ Soulsavers featuring Mark Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £12.50. Downtempo electronica featuring Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan. See preview, page 34. FREE Acoustic Sessions and Open Mic Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. Free acoustic night hosted by Ross Clark. FREE Felix D’Arcy The Liquid Ship, 171–175 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8pm. Self-style ‘retromantic’ indie pop at this Free Candy Sessions night. ■ The Magic Carpet Cabaret Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Jim McAteer presents a night of songwriters and bands. FREE Oran Mor Acoustic Sessions and Open Mic Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. Free acoustic session and open mic. ■ Waking Theo and Drownedinflames Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Over-16s show. Metal quintet from Harrogate. FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Fifties- style rhythm’n’blues band play a residency. ■ PopArt, Sugar Crisis and Paper Mountain 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Indie pop.
Dundee ■ The Sunshine Underground Fat Sam’s, 31 South Ward Road, 01382 228496. 8pm. £10. Bouncy indie-pop from Leeds. Kilbarchan ■ Martha Scanlan and Pokey LaFarge The Old Library, High Barholm, 01505 706070. 7.30pm. £12.50. See Sun 23.
Wednesday 26 Glasgow ■ Cairnhill Trading Estate Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Melodic acoustic indie from CTE. ■ Late Night Confession, A Ship Going Under, Savage Union and Kemantian Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Over-16s show. Rock bands. FREE The Toi, Filthy Little Secret, Halcyon Days and Columbia Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Rock Takeover night. ✽✽ Trembling Bells and Ben Reynolds Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm. £5. Local psych- folk outfit promote their album Carbeth. FREE The Turning Wire, Neil McClafferty, Iona Bain and Yogi Cosmopol, 165 Hope Street, 221 9130. 8pm. Acoustic night. FREE Open Stage The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. 8.30pm. Weekly open mic night. ■ Make Sparks, Scores and The Gen 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £4. One for fans of Biffy Clyro.
Thursday 27
Glasgow ■ Final Outcome Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Rock quartet from Larkhall, influenced by the likes of Muse, The Deftones and Slipknot. ■ Mad Caddies The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £12. Over- 14s show. Santa Barbara-based surfer dude ska punkers. ■ Onslaught, Visceral Deity and Arkum Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 40 THE LIST 20–27 Aug 2009
248 4114. 7pm. £8. Over-14s show. Death metal. ■ Proud Mary, John Rush, Majestic Dandelion and The Scuffers ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Sub-Oasis bunch, endorsed by the real thing.
✽✽ FREE We Were Promised Jetpacks, Broken Records,
Sparrow & the Workshop and Some Young Pedro Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. Stellar line-up of local bands together celebrating a year of The Mill. Sold Out. ■ The Gazettas Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Blokey indie rockers. ■ Cake Free Bakesale Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Bands hosted by Johnny Terrell. ■ The Crayons, The Manifestos and The Little Extras Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Over-16s show. Pop/rock sounds. FREE Created from Silence, Adam Naylor and Dirty/Clean Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Bill of upcoming artists. ■ The Fire & I, Pareto, Day of Days and Coholic King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Energetic power pop duo headlines. FREE Glasgow Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 20. ■ Croc Madame vs Croc Monsieur The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 9pm–3am. £4 (£3). Purveyors of madness, live DIY bands, performance art and mess. FREE The Drawing Room Sessions The Drawing Room, 1055 Sauchiehall Street, 339 2999. 9pm. Hosted by Fraser Ross, and this week
featuring performances by Ross and Alex Wayt. ■ The Wintergreens and Rats of the Capital 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Dark atmospheric pop and experimental noise from The Wintergreens. FREE Bazodee The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. See Thu 20. ■ Soul Remover and Perfect Violation Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. £tbc. Southern blues- influenced rock and metal from a band who recently supported the reformed Warrior Soul. FREE The Ray Summers Apple Store, 147 Buchanan Street, 300 4950. Mainstream indie rock sounds from The Ray Summers, launching new single The Shepherd at this instore gig.
Jazz
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Friday 21 Glasgow ■ Sonny Marvello 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. FREE Cosmopolitan Big Band St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 559 5902. 9pm. Jazz standards, funk and soul from this 18-piece big band featuring vocals from Rachel Lightbody.
Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham Aly Bain, Scotland’s celebrated traditional fiddler,
and Phil Cunningham, renowned accordionist/composer, amongst numerous other things, have teamed up to bring their considerable talents back to Scotland in an extensive tour, which takes them to all corners of their homeland. ■ Guild Theatre, Greenock, Fri 21 Aug; Queen’s Hall, Dunoon, Sat 22 Aug; Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, Sun 23 Aug; Albert Halls, Stirling, Tue 25 Aug.
Saturday 22 Glasgow FREE The Pete Dyer Big Band The Winchester Club, 49 Bell Street, 552 3586. 2–5pm. Nineteen-piece jazz band.
Sunday 23 Glasgow FREE Stuart Brown Trio The 78, 14 Kelvinhaugh Street, 576 5018. 9pm–midnight. Innovative drummer leads his own trio.
Tuesday 25
Glasgow FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Fifties- style rhythm’n’blues band play a residency.
Wednesday 26 Glasgow FREE Mono Jazz Mono, 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. Weekly jazz residency with a house quartet of Lorne Cowieson, Euan Stevenson, Andy Sharkey and Jim Drummond. Folk
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Thursday 20
Glasgow ■ Doghouse Roses Tchai Ovna, Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Skilled rootsy blues/folk duo of Paul Tasker and Iona Macdonald, on guitar and vocals. ■ Ian Davison and Carissa Bovill St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). The respected Glasgow songwriter is joined by young keyboard player and vocalist in a duo that’s making waves. Campbeltown ■ Mull of Kintyre Music Festival Various Venues, 01586 552034. 4pm–2am. Prices vary. Four days of concerts, music sessions, parades, ceilidhs, street entertainments, pipe and brass bands, heritage walks and music tuition. Music from, among others, the bagrocking Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Sligo traditionalists Dervish and West Highland button-box maestro Fergie Macdonald and his Band. Access to a campsite available.
Friday 21
Campbeltown ■ Mull of Kintyre Music Festival Various Venues, 01586 552034. 4pm–2am. £tbc. Prices vary. See Thu 20.
Greenock ✽✽ Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham Arts Guild Theatre, Campbell
Street, 01475 723038. 8pm. £15. With over two decades of performing together, the virtuoso Shetland fiddler and Portobello accordionist are back on the road with music and mirth.
Stirling FREE Summer Sessions Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 7–10pm. The best in traditional music from local performers and visiting Scottish performers.
Saturday 22 Campbeltown ■ Mull of Kintyre Music Festival Various Venues, 01586 552034. 4pm–2am. £tbc. Prices vary. See Thu 20.