www.list.co.uk/music Edinburgh ■ Blackjack Blues Band, The Zips and Digan, Dowell & White Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 6pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Blues and punk. ■ Teatime Acoustic The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Sat 21. ■ Elliot Minor, Me vs Hero and Franko The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £12. Over-14s show. Emo rock kids from York named after their piano touring in support of new(ish) album Solaris. ■ Havana Fayre, Cha Cha Heels and Lost in the Landslide Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 7pm. £tbc. Funky indie rock. ■ Joe Acheson Quartet, Elsewhere Orchestra, Zack Moir Collective and Freemoore Acoustic Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 7pm. £7–£9. Cinematic and ambient jazz grooves from JAQ with samples, loops and two drummers as they head this night of leftfield jazz, improv and beats with live visuals from Ian Torres Hdez and interludes from DJ Astroboy. ■ Mr Kil Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £5. See Fri 27. ■ Night Noise Team Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Alternative funk and melodic pop from Edinburgh’s NNT. ■ Rasa Basom The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7pm. £8. Lithuanian six-piece mixing folk, prog rock, classical, metal and electronica for lush, cinematic soundscapes. ■ Mike Dred and Jaycee The Bowery, 2 Roxburgh Place, 7.30pm. £4. Electronicall present a double bill of cutting edge electronica from Mike Dred (Rephlex) aka The Kosmik Kommando and The Universal Indicator and ‘new wave laptop funk’ from Paris’ Jaycee. ■ Nachtmahr and Kommand & Kontrol The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £tbc. Industrial goth and dark electro with support from the Ascension DJs. ■ Edinburgh Gay Men’s Chorus St George’s West, 58 Shandwick Place, 473 2000. 8pm. £7 (£5). ‘Heroes’ the concert from Edinburgh’s gay male vocal group, with a programme ranging from barbershop and showtunes to pop.
Tickets from www.hubtickets.co.uk or call 0131 473 2000. ■ Roc na Gaidhlig Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. 8pm. £5. Punk rock, indie and hardcore from a line-up of four Gaelic language bands. ■ Wodensthrone, Cnocantursa and Haar Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. A night of pitch black metal. ■ Playdate Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 11pm–3am. £5. Dark rave, electro and house from residents Club Soad and Dandy Riots with in your face techno from Drums of Death (live). ✽✽ The Heavy The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3. Ninja Tune signings The Heavy are four-piece who fuse dirty blues guitars and hip hop soul as they promote new album The House That Dirt Built. DJ support from the Trouble DJs. Dundee ■ Irn Maiden Hustlers Snooker & Pool Hall, 66–70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229 226. 8pm. £8. Tribute to the mighty metal stylings of Iron Maiden.
Stirling ■ To See The Sky, Frightened Rabbit and The Phantom Band Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 7.30pm. £14 (£12). A fashion show launching the new collection from Scottish designer Iona Crawford, along with performances from two of Scotland’s best-loved up-and-coming bands.
Sunday 29 Glasgow ■ Bloc + Jam Bar Bloc, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 5pm–2am. £tbc. See Sun 22. ■ The Living End and Sucioperro The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £12. Over-14s show. Alt.rock trio from Melbourne supported by rocking friends of Biffy Clyro. ■ New Model Army The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £17.50. Over-14s show. Old school political punks. ■ Paul Weller and The Twisted Wheel Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Over 14s show. The Modfather performs material
Hailing from Tel Aviv and painting themselves as ‘The People’s Band’, Monotonix hit Sleazy’s in their Monotonix recruitment drive for your soul. The hairier, sweatier and smellier you are, the better (their words, not ours), and if you fancy adding ‘bruised but smiling’ to that list, get right down the front for a first-hand experience of their notoriously frenetic live show. A quick note on names – Moshe Vegas is on guitar, Bonanza the Cat on drums, and Levi ‘Ha Haziz’ (Yomtov) Elvis is the one screaming at you. Enjoy, and remember that wearing more than two items of clothing (including each sock) counts as being overdressed. ■ Nice ‘N’ Sleazy, Glasgow, Sat 28 Nov.
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from throughout his 30-year career, including tracks from his 2008 album, 22 Dreams. ■ The Alarm ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £14. Twenty years on, The Alarm are still not done singing rousing punk-inspired rallying cries. But they have run out of hairspray. ■ Sigh-Fi The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 8pm–3am. £5 (£4 if dressed in sci-fi style). Club Swallows and Amazons present a night of retro- futuristic feel-ups, with live bands Nanobots, The Paraffins and Sellotape, plus DJs. FREE Acoustic at the Aragon The Aragon Bar, 131 Byres Road, 339 3252. 8pm. See Sun 22. ■ Echobass, The GFT, Kontroband and He Slept on 57 Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Rap rock, alt.rock, ‘real’ rock’n’roll and emo sounds respectively. FREE The Hot Lips, The Oscillator, The Only Jones and Glory Days Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Indie rock’n’roll from The Hot Lips and indie prog rock from The Only Jones. ■ The Katet Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Rock. ■ We Were Promised Jetpacks, Dupec and Jesus H Foxx King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Breakneck alt.rock with strident, jangling guitars from WWPJ. Part of St Andrew’s Day 09. Part of Homecoming Live. ■ Friendship, These Monsters, Castrolava and Gnarly Horse 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. An evening of noisy duos – Friendship hail from London, Castrolava are from Leeds and Gnarly Horse are from Glasgow. FREE 3 Card Trick Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Blues. ■ Fool’s Gold Tour ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 11pm–3am. £10 (£8). Hip hop and electronica collide, with A-Trak, Jokers of the Scene and GreenMoney providing the music. ■ Das Pop and Burn the Negative ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. CANCELLED. ■ MacStock MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. £tbc. MacSorleys celebrates its re-opening after refurbishment with live music tbc. ■ Theapplesofenergy, Meursault and Benni Hemm Hemm Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. £tbc. Folktronica from Edinburgh’s Meursault and orchestral pop from Reykjavik’s BHH.
Edinburgh ■ Johnny Foreigner Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £7.50. ‘Noisy pop songs’. ■ The Little Kicks, The Void, he Slept on 57 and Salute Mary The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 7pm. £5. A hotly tipped, upbeat Aberdeen- based four-piece Little Kicks have supported the likes of Editors, The Kooks and Mystery Jets. ■ Sugar Minott & Tony Tuff The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7pm. £14. See Fri 27. ■ JJ Gilmour The Caves, Niddry Street South, 01334 840494. 7.15pm. £10. See Sat 28.
✽✽ BBC SSO: A History of Scotland Usher Hall, Lothian
Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £15. An all- round celebration of the best of Scottish: the BBC SSO play music from the television series A History of Scotland to a backdrop of stunning footage from the show, plus there are guest appearances from Eddi Reader, McIntosh Ross (Deacon Blue members Lorraine McIntosh and Ricky Ross), and God Help the Girl, the female-fronted new project from Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, who here make their only Scottish live appearance. Part of St Andrew’s Day 09.
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