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Thursday 19
Glasgow ■ Motorhead, The Damned and Girlschool O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 08444 772000. 7pm. £25. The self- proclaimed ‘loudest band in the world’ continue to bring the noise more effectively than most bands a third of their age. Supported by old age punks The Damned and their former collaborators Girlschool. ■ Brenda Cochrane Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15–£16.50. Country, pop and musical theatre interpretations from acclaimed singer Brenda Cochrane. ■ Hair Police, Upsilon Acrux and Moon Unit Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30pm. £tbc. Free noise from Mike Connely of Wolf Eyes aka Hair Police. ■ Vigo Thieves, Daybreak and Jamie Cameron The Shed, 26 Langside Avenue, 649 5020. 7.30pm. £2. Classic rock and pop influences from this Wishaw quartet. ■ Cake Free Bakesale Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Bands hosted by Johnny Terrell. FREE Liam Cairns Band The Liquid Ship, 171–175 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8pm. Free Candy Sessions night. ■ Macabre Scene and The Morgue Party Candidate Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Post-punk. ■ Steve Hackett The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360 085. 8pm. £20. The one-time Genesis guitarist plays tracks from his new album, Out of the Tunnel’s Mouth. FREE The Feuds and Vegas Nights Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Punk and indie. ■ Washington Irving and Kitty the Lion Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. Free but ticketed. Infectious indie pop band WI play at this week’s Mill showcase. ■ Datarock King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8.50. Tracksuited and booted Norwegian duo influenced by the likes of Devo and Talking Heads. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Hosted by Independence. ■ Blueflint, The Southern Tenant Folk Union and Adopted as Holograph 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Lady banjo players extraordinaire tour their bluegrass ballads following the launch of new album, High Bright Morning. FREE Bazodee The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. Live reggae and dancehall sounds. ■ The Selective Service, The Scuffers and Ewan Butler ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. £5. Indie rock. Edinburgh ■ Ed Rock Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4. Four band bill (still tbc) but we’re guessing they’ll be from Edinburgh and that they rock. ■ No Drive Home, with the Escape and Benny Monteux The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 7pm. £tbc. Epic rock. ■ Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £9.50. Glasgow singer- songwriter Roddy Hart is one to watch,
having shared studio time with Ryan Adams and with an album featuring performances by Kris Kristofferson and Eddi Reader already under his belt. ■ Yes Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £33.50. The proggers are back with a touring line-up of Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, Oliver Wakeman (son of Rick) and Benoit David. ■ 1SP and What the Heroes Say The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £tbc. Funky hip hop grooves form French MC 1SP. FREE Fire & Rain The Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 8pm. New singer-songwriter night (if you would like to play contact fireandrain@jammermusic.com). ■ Jewel & Esk Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Mixed line-up of bands from this respected music course. FREE Dirty Modern Hero and Run/Lucky/Free Heriot-Watt University Union, Riccarton, 451 5333. 9pm. Pop rock and indie. FREE Ellen Xylander, The Deloreans, Emmet Scanlan and 98 Pages Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. Featuring Norwegian pop singer-songwriter Ellen Xylander. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.15pm. £1. Organic hip hop and jazzy grooves. St Andrews ■ Françoise & The Atlas Mountains, Rozi Plain and The Balky Mule Barron Theatre, North Street, 01334 461701. 7.30pm. £5–£6. Electronic pop, rock, folk and all points in-between from a double bill of Fence signings and multi-instrumentalist Balky Mule.
Stirling ■ The Magic of Motown: Reach Out – 50th Anniversary Tour Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 7.30pm. £18.50. Celebrating 50 years since Berry Gordy created the Tamla record label, covers of the hits of The Temptations, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder and the like.
Friday 20 Glasgow ■ Epico, Fred Astaire’s Boots, Dirty/Clean, The Replay and Skyway Avenue Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over- 14s show. Local band showcase. ■ Mindset, Rockburn and 8 Track Stereo Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £tbc. Melodic rockers Mindset launch their latest single. ■ Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £10. See Thu 19. ■ Vidi Well, The Jiks, Blue Nova and Wall of Sound ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £tbc. Unsigned bands. FREE The Golden Hour Mearns Library, Newton Mearns, 7.30pm. A trip to Glasgow for the anarchic cabaret evening with reader Ryan Van Winkle and music from Jed Milroy, Burnt Island and The Oran Social. See Exposure, page 66. ■ Skinny Villains, The Chins, TV Revo and The Phaetons Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £6. Unpredictable showmanship from Skinny Villains. FREE Da Capo, Norquay, The Dharma and The OK Social Club Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Rock and indie. ■ The Deals Maggie May’s, 60 Albion Street, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Rock five-piece from Motherwell. FREE La Musique Devine The Courtyard, 84 West Nile Street, 354 0049. 8pm. An evening of ‘twindie’ pop art rock with performances from anti- folkster Felix D’Arcy, Andrew Ferguson and Callum McDonald.
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