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Strange Flowers, influenced by the likes of Scott Walker and John Martyn. ■ Lost in Oxygen and The King Hats ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Glasgow alt.rock five-piece. ■ The Men they Couldn’t Hang and TV Smith The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £14. Political folk punks, first active in the 80s, supported by Adverts man Smith. ■ Motown’s Greatest Hits Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0870 060 6647. 7.30pm. £19.50–£21.50. Over 50 years of Motown hits, including the music of The Temptations, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and The Jackson Five. ■ Ocean Reid, Founded Stereo Gear, Helicon and Picnics & Whisky Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Leeds- born, Brighton-based indie folk singer/songwriter headlines. FREE Seeds of Thought: End of Summer Event CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. Live urban poetry and acoustic music with open mic spots. ■ Charger Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Classic rock. ■ Counselled Out The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360 085. 8pm. £9. Glasgow’s answer to The Commitments. ■ The Lonely Souls and The Peski Kings O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 8pm. £6. Rhythm and blues rock band from Lanarkshire with support from Perth combo. ■ Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Heavylight Darkbright night, see Fri 11. ■ Mumford & Sons and King Charles King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. SOLD OUT. London indie folk troupe from the same scene as Laura Marling and Noah and the Whale. FREE String Driven Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Live music. FREE Halt Bar Hijack The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. 9pm. Weekly music takeover featuring local bands United Fruit, Hey Vampires and The Defensive Arm. ■ Honest Thief, The Villeins and Part Time Signals 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Indie and rock. ■ The Vivians The Twisted Wheel, 73 Queen Street, 221 4851. £tbc. See Fri 11. Edinburgh ✽✽ Cocoon Counter Culture Weekender The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 5pm. Sat £12; Sun 10; weekend pass 20. Leftfield music and arts featuring Jesu (Sat) and Crippled Black Phoenix (Sun) and more tbc. ■ Dr Ruby’s Musical Surgery The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Free, but please make a donation on the way out. Open stage for bands and singer-songwriters to showcase their material. ■ Fei Comodo, Don Broco, Over the Skyline and Boygirlanimalcolour Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 6pm. £6. Essex hardcore noiseniks, line-up completed by The Last Phixx and Battle at Cougar. ■ Boutros Bubba, Hey Enemy and Fighterplanes Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £5 (£4). Dutch alt.rock. ■ Dropkick, Andy Tucker and The Young Spooks Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Indie power pop and alt.country rock as Dropkick launch their new album Abelay Hotel. ■ Samatha Crain & The Midnight Shivers Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £3. A mix of jangly indie-pop and whispery folk from this Oklahoma songwriter.
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GANG OF FOUR 1 They’re post-punk legends Widely regarded as one of the leading lights of the post-punk movement which emerged in the late 70s, the Leeds foursome mixed the visceral energy of punk with elements of disco, funk, dub and reggae before anyone else thought it was even halfway to a good idea, basically.
2 They’re political The band weren’t content to make people shout and shake their asses, but wanted to make them think as well. Cue songs about oppression, the situation in Northern Ireland, the Falklands War, social injustice and plenty more besides. 3 They’re influential Without Gang of Four we wouldn’t have the likes of (deep breath) Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, The Rapture, Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, REM, Rage Against the Machine and any number of the current crop of indie dance outfits.
4 They’re outspoken Now celebrating the 30-year anniversary of their seminal debut album Entertainment!, the band are as outspoken as ever. ‘There seems to be an incredible reluctance to rock the boat now,’ says singer Jon King. ‘For a lot of so-called leftfield music, the radicalism is often only in being either obscure or loud or both. But loudness and pretentious cleverness can’t be the point. We censor ourselves or get self- righteous about peripheral issues because it’s convenient to do so and we can let ourselves off the big lies we sleep with every night.’ (Doug Johnstone) ■ HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, Fri 18 Sep; ABC1, Glasgow, Sat 19 Sep.
■ Jesus H Foxx and Some Young Pedro The Bowery, 2 Roxburgh Place, 7.30pm. £5. Pavement-esque indie from Jesus H Foxx as they launch their Matter EP. ■ Pistol Whip, Havana Fayre, 44 Magnum, Edelweiss Pirates, Bitch Fork and Mr Dirty The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Classic rock and metal. ■ You Me at Six The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. Over-14s show. English pop-punk band with style and attitude. ■ Cocean and Midas Fall Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 11pm. £5 (£4). Post rock indie from Yorkshire.
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