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■ Cult Fiction and Epico Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Indie rock. FREE Hosemox, The System, Hiroshima Blackout and Pete Westwater Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Punky scuzz rock. ■ John Hinshelwood Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Star of the Scottish roots, country and folk music scene plays originals and covers. ■ John Rush, Rebecca Orr and Luigi Strauss Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Acoustic singer/songwriters. FREE Majestic Dandelion The Liquid Ship, 171–175 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8pm. Free Candy Sessions night. ■ Make Love, Ballad of Mabel Wong, Lyons, Monoganon, Mr Peppermint and Fox Gut Daata Stereo, 22––28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm. £tbc. Mixed bill of local artists. ■ A Place to Bury Strangers and Japandroids Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Loud, feedback-drenched rock. FREE Truth Be Told, Battle of the War Machines, I Am Enforcer and Slabheed Stalker MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 8pm. Live music. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 5. ■ The Wallbirds, You Can’t Eat The Word Food, Will Hanson and Phil Campbell King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. A skiffy scampy fusion of folky, country, bluesy rock’n’roll. FREE Bazodee The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. See Thu 5. Edinburgh ■ Mica Paris The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 226 4380. 6pm. £10 (£40 inc three course dinner). Soulful sounds from the singer-turned-TV-presenter- turned-singer-again, featuring tracks from her new Born Again album. ■ The Chapman Family Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £7. Moody indie four-piece from Stockton. ■ Frankmusik and Killa Kela Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 0779041103. 7pm. £10. See Wed 11. ■ The Law and The Valkarys Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. Free but ticketed. Indie rock double bill at The Mill. Free tickets from www.themill-live.com. ■ Seth Lakeman and 6dayriot The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £16. A haunting original take on folk rock from the former Mercury Music Prize nominee, who was last seen in Equation with Kate Rusby and Cara Dillon. ■ The Specials Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. 7pm. £32.50. Much anticipated reunion tour featuring the legendary Two Tone innovators, sans Jerry Dammers, but with the rest of the line-up intact. ■ Theoretical Records Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5 (£3). Three stripped back live acts (tbc) alongside artwork and film. ■ The Graham Coxon Power Acoustic Ensemble The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £16.50. The Blur guitarist is joined by Robyn Hitchcock and friends for a night of acoustic music based on his critically acclaimed recent solo album Spinning Top. FREE Fire & Rain The Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 8pm. See Thu 5. FREE Skinflints and The Void Heriot-Watt University Union, Riccarton, 451 5333. 9pm. Rock and alt.rock. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.15pm. £1. See Thu 5.
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Dundee ■ The Luchagors and Zombina & The Skeletones Gennas Bar, 59–61 Gellatly St, 01382 225616. 7.30pm. £8. See Tue 10. Stirling ■ Magic: A Kind of Queen Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 7.30pm. £14 (£12.50). Popular Queen tribute act and light show.
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and Woods Stereo, 22––28 Glasgow ■ Breed 77, Our Malevolent Tyranny and Symphony Cult Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £9. Over-14s show. London- based Gibraltarians who spice up their post-grunge with flamenco flourishes. ✽✽ Espers, The Cave Singers Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £12.50. The ‘Shred Yer Face 3’ tour features a psych-folk triple bill. ■ Four Day Weekend, Gorman and Marillo ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Alt.rock and emo from the headliners. ■ Preacher The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £5. Live music. ■ A Ship Going Under, What’s the Damage, Deadly Inscription, Always AM and Deadwood Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Local band showcase. ■ The Ray Summers Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £6. Mainstream indie rock sounds from The Ray Summers, launching their second single ‘Zagora Road’. ■ Jake & Elwood - The Best Blues Brothers Show in the World . . . EVER!!! Royal Concert
Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £19.50–£21.50. Does what it says on the tin. Hopefully. ■ The Proclaimers SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. 7.30pm. £25. See Tue 10. ■ Sydney Devine Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £10.50–£14. See Thu 12. ■ The Drones Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Atmospheric Aussie garage rockers headline this bill. ■ Alberta Cross Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Dreamy Americana from New York. FREE Dinny, Hughes and McQuade The Liquid Ship, 171–175 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8pm. Free Candy Sessions night. FREE Esperanza McChuills, 40 High Street, 552 2135. 8pm. Ska punk. ■ The Fall The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360 085. 8pm. £18. £25 for both nights. Gruff indie diehard Mark E Smith is back with the latest incarnation of the Fall, whoever that might involve. No change in musical status though – it’s iconic ramshackle indie punk all the way. ■ Kontroband, Jealous of the Stars and Maggie Killed Me Maggie May’s, 60 Albion Street, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Mellow easy listening from JOTS. ■ aRe wE theM?, Ruff Diamonds and Crevis Inspection Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. REM tribute. ■ The Cave The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 8.30pm–3am. £5 (£4). Looking for a new kinda kick. Garage, punk, psychobilly and sleaze, with live bands Black Rat Death Squad, Russell & the Wolves and Suicide Party, and The Cave DJs.
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