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Caledonia’s masters of breakbeat blues and showmanship mixing Celtic and funk rock with equal abandon. Greenock ■ MacFloyd Arts Guild Theatre, Campbell Street, 01475 723038. 7.30pm. £15 (£13). Internationally acclaimed tribute combo to Pink Floyd, who recreate (on a slightly smaller scale) the stage effects for which the prog rockers were renowned.
Stirling ■ Reloaded 2 Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 7pm. £4. Stirling’s liveliest showcase of unsigned acts.
Saturday 26 Glasgow FREE Balloch 09 McChuills, 40 High Street, 552 2135. noon. Mod revival day with a scooter rideout followed by a night of Mod dancing in the Grahamston Bar (8pm). FREE Blackfriars Music Stage Blackfriars Music Stage, Bell Street, 1–7pm. Live music over the weekend from the likes of Integra TV, Gary Johnstone Blues Band, The Privates and The Chihuahuas. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREE The Brunswick Music Stage The Brunswick Music Stage, Brunswick Street, 1–7pm. A host of tribute and covers bands participate in this Under the Covers event. Part of the Merchant City Festival. ■ Tronic 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 2pm–midnight. £5. An all-dayer dedicated to the full spectrum of live electronic music, with guests Espion (Bass4Bots), Alex Tronic (ATR), Sean Kerwin (Modifier), Mark Swift (Sublight) and more. Part of the Merchant Ciity Festival. ■ GGI Festival Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 2pm. £tbc. First of two all-dayers of punk and ska sounds. Today’s line-up includes Mouthpiece, The Amphetameanies, Fleas and Lice, The Poison Sisters, Descent to Hell, The Bucky Rage, Complan, Snipes and Dogs Abuse. ■ Tronic 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 2pm. £5. All-day club event featuring live music from Ives, Satellite Dub, Binary Zero, Deltason, Gavin Hislop, Third Mountain, Forward Play and Unmortal. Plus DJs and VJs. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREE Puff Uproar & The Shimmering Sound Affair Babbity Bowsters, 16 Blackfriars Street, 3.15pm. Uplifting brass and rhythms from this street band playing music from Eastern Europe to Sao Paulo. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREE Puff Uproar & The Shimmering Sound Affair John Street, 5.15pm. See Sat 26. ■ Glasgow DIY Music Fest SWG3, Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 6pm–midnight. £6 (£5 with bike); £10 weekend. See Fri 25. ■ The Wee Chill Queen’s Park Glasshouses, Langside Road, 287 5108. 6pm–midnight. £22. A return to the Queen’s Park Glasshouse for the Wee Chill, whose ‘Summer Closing Party’ line-up includes Prins Thomas, Sons & Daughters, Ralph Lawson, 20:20 Soundsystem, Sons & Daughters, The Revenge, JG Wilkes, Harri & Domenic and many more. FREE The MeatMen Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 6pm. Rockabilly, bluegrass and skiffle from Glasgow trio The MeatMen. ■ The Next Big Thing O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 08444 772000. 6pm. £10. Bumper showcase of unsigned talent, including The Cairos, The Dead Generals, Vox Populi, The Manikees, Da Capo, Sneaky Pete, Watershed, The Digzys, Shimmer, The Phaetons, Acoustic Butterfly, The Balladeers, Holly Ogilvie, Kevin King, Norquay, Mark Garside, Tragic O’Hara and David Duffy
5 REASONS TO GO SEE
PIXIES 1 Come on, do you really need this one spelled out? It’s the Pixies, man, alternative rock legends who formed in Boston in 1986 and split in 1993, leaving five studio albums which became hugely influential on shaping music for the next 20 years. 2 You owe them The band more or less started the huge alternative rock boom of the 1990s, but didn’t hang around to cash in, so that while lesser bands were coining it in, the four members were all off on solo projects. Their 2004 reunion was payback time – they’ve earned it.
3 It’s 20 years exactly since the release of Doolittle, the band’s seminal third album, and to celebrate they’re gonna play the entire album, plus related B-sides. ‘Debaser’, ‘Wave of Mutilation’, ‘Monkey’s Gone to Heaven’, ‘Here Comes Your Man’ – holy shit, that’s a set list.
4 Famous rock star fans Jesus, where do we start? Thom Yorke (‘the Pixies changed my life’), Damon Albarn (‘When we started we wanted to sound like The Pixies’), Kurt Cobain (‘I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies’), David Bowie, U2, Weezer, Bob Mould and countless others.
5 Kim Deal Coolest bass player ever. Rock’n’roll fact. (Doug Johnstone) ■ SECC, Glasgow, Sun 4 Oct.
playing across two rooms. Jim Gellatly comperes. ■ All Time Low, Audition and The Friday Night Boys ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Over-14s show. Punk pop quartet from Maryland. ■ Eat Meat, The Corleones, Talking Through Tin Cans, Angry Writers and The Celestrians Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Local band showcase. ■ The Jigawotts, PJ Mamma, Fee & the Urges and Outi Karhula Cosmopol, 165 Hope Street, 221 9130. 7pm. £5 (£4). Line-up of top female- fronted acts. All this, and free cupcakes. ■ The LA Barrons and Exit to Your Left ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Ballsy rock’n’roll. ■ Slow Club, Cate Le Bon and Young States Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £7. Gentle pop from the Leonard Cohen and Bright Eyes-influenced band from Sheffield. ■ The Vibrators Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £8. See Fri 25.
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