ECM Records
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble Friday 16 October
“Haunting, atmospheric and austerely beautiful” (The Wire)
The Searchers Sunday 18 October
All their hits including Sweet For My Sweet, When You Walk In The Room and Needles and Pins.
Fraser Fifield Band Wed 21 October
“One of Scotland’s outstanding talents” (Sunday Herald) launches his new album Stereocanto with Alyn Cosker, Graeme Stephen and Mario Caribe.
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Music Rock&Pop
Rock&Pop 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 8 Glasgow ■ Ensiferum The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £15. Over-14s show. Finnish metal band whose name translates as ‘sword bearing’. ■ Killaflaw, The Soviets and The Subordinates Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £8. Liverpudlian electronic duo with bluesy vocals. ■ Scottish Royal Variety Performance Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7pm. £65–£75. The first ever Scottish Royal Variety Performance offers celebrities and artists from the worlds of music (including Sugababes), dance, comedy and theatre and is hosted by TV presenter Jenni Falconer and Scottish comedian Tam Cowan. ■ Simian Mobile Disco with Young Fathers ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12.50. Over-14s show. Live set from London’s equivalent to 2 Many DJs with special guests Young Fathers, the Edinburgh hip hop crew who perform on the new SMD album. ■ Big Vern & the Shootahs and The MeatMen The Shed, 26 Langside Avenue, 649 5020. 7.30pm. £5. Shake a tailfeather with Glasgow’s answer to The Blues Brothers at this Shed Live night. ■ Sic Alps, TV Sefal and The Gummy Stumps Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Punk. ■ Sparrow & the Workshop and Kill it Kid Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 7.30pm. £6. Glasgow-based duo touting percussion, violin, guitar and voice. ■ Vantage Point, Martins Room, Unknown Method and Portcullas Soundhaus, 47 Hydepark Street, 221 4659. 7.30pm. £5. Over-16s show. Bassed Off night of local bands. ■ Catcher Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 8pm. £4. Commercial pop/rock. ■ Foxgang, Zener Diode and Mickey 9s Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Indie rock, Germanic disco rock and a ska/dance- influenced combo. FREE La Luna Del Cacciatore, Lost Persona, Denizen and Andrew Yule MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 8pm. Sludge rock. ■ Obits and Golden Grrrls Mono, 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. £6. Veteran alt.rock act signed to Sub Pop, featuring Rick Froberg of Hot Snakes and Drive like Jehu. ■ Paper Planes and She’s Hit Grand Ole Opry, 2–4 Govan Road, 429 5396. 8pm. £5. Glasgow power punk surf quartet launch their single ‘Doris Day’. Stephen Pastel and Teenage Fanclub’s Gerry Love DJ. FREE Salute Mary, The Katet and Caldy Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Alternative rock. ■ Swashbuckle, Desoto Firefly and Valrog King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £8. Over-14s show. New Jersey metal band who work that pirate theme. FREE United Fruit and Orko Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. Free but ticketed. Alt.rock four-piece play this week’s edition of The Mill.
■ Victor Pope Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Described as a ‘mildly controversial pseudo- songwriter’. FREE Eat Dr Ape and Rob Cray The Butterfly & the Pig, 153 Bath Street, 221 7711. 8.30pm. Funk, rock and even a touch of drum & bass to this band, plus Rodan man in support. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Hosted by Independence. ■ Chunks, Mike Nisbet and K9 Kev & Chad the Lad 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Grungey trio headline with hip-hop support. FREE Bazodee The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. Live reggae and dancehall sounds. ■ Macabre Scene, My Sweet Jane, The Morgue Party Candidate and Soundtrack to a Blockbuster Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. £tbc. Local band line- up. ■ Wolfmother The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. CANCELLED. Edinburgh ■ Deadstring Brothers Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £10. This Americana outfit describe themselves as country toughs from the Motor City. ■ Colin Train and Jay Brown The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £5. Contemporary traditional Scottish music from Colin Train and his band, with support form singer-songwriter Jay Brown. FREE Laptop Lounge The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. Laptop showcase of eclectic electronic sounds. FREE The Colour Proposal, Knock Out Kaine and Falling Red Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. Glam metal from Knock Out Kaine and classic rock/metal from Falling Red. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.15pm. £1. Organic hip hop and jazzy grooves.
Alloa ■ Sean O’Farrell Alloa Town Hall, Marshill, 01259 216904. £tbc. A former member of Daniel O’Donnell’s band strikes out on his own. Expect ballads, country and popular songs and plenty of numbers from O’Farrell’s album Life is a Teacher.
Friday 9 Glasgow ■ Cliff Richard & The Shadows SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. 6.30pm. £55–£60. The Peter Pan of pop re-unites with his original band of guitar-slingers. There was a time when this was the sound of rock’n’roll revolution. ■ Papa Roach, Madina Lake and Heaven’s Basement O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 08444 772000. 6.30pm. £16.50. One of the leaders of the first wave of nu metal with punky support. ■ Deadstring Brothers, Two Fingers of Firewater and Wilson Tan Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £10. This Americana outfit describe themselves as country toughs from the Motor City. ■ Jamie T & the Pacemakers Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. SOLD OUT. London songwriter encompassing indie, hip hop and punk influences in his lo-fi sound. ■ The Maccabees and Peggy Sue ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Brighton via South London urchin rockers who revel in the names Orlando, Hugo, Felix, Rupert and not forgetting drummer Robert Dylan Thomas.