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FREE Open Stage The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. 8.30pm. Weekly open mic night. Edinburgh ■ Broken Records Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £7. European folk meets alternative indie from acclaimed Edinburgh ensemble Broken Records. ■ The Cinematics The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 7pm. £9 (£7). Glasgow beat combo influenced by the likes of Wire, Television, The Cure and The Smiths. ■ The Mars Volta The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £17.50. Danger! Danger! Mars Voltage! The mighty Californians play for about ten hours and still leave you wanting more. ■ Paragon: Take One The Music Box, Stevenson College Edinburgh, Bankhead Avenue, 535 4840. 7pm. £8 (£5). New Paragon commission from composer Tommy Fowler is scored for strings and woodwind and has been specifically devised for sampling and digital processing by Tigerstyle, one of the UK’s most successful Bhangra/Hip Hop DJ artists. ■ Benni Hemm Hemm, Alasdair Roberts and Wounded Knee St Mark’s Unitarian Church, 7 Castle Terrace, 7.30pm. Donation. Orchestral pop from Reykjavik. See photo, page 72. ■ Granma The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Indie. ■ Maggie Bell & Dave Kelly The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £15. Scotland’s Queen of the Blues is back accompanied by the Blues Band maestro. ■ The Bootleg Beatles Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 8pm. £22.50. See Tue 8. FREE The Johnson Brothers and Rag Doll Dice Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. Indie and rock.
Thursday 10 Glasgow ■ Paramore, you Me at Six, Paper Route and Now Now Every Children SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £20. Emo and pop punk outfit hailing from Tennessee appears at the SECC as part of their biggest UK tour to date. ■ Here Comes the Girls Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Lulu, Chaka Khan and Anastacia attempt to out-belt each other on this Here Come the Girls tour. ■ Madball and By My Hands Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £10. Veteran hardcore quartet from New York, who originally formed as a side-project to Agnostic Front. ■ Malcolm Middleton’s Long Dark Night Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £14.50. Having captured the market in festive misery with ‘We’re All Going To Die’. his ill-fated stab at a Christmas Number One, the ex-Arab Strap guitarist tours a set of winter songs of love, hate, death ‘and other stuff’. ✽✽ Modest Mouse ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16.50. Over-14s show. Offbeat Seattle indie sorts, favoured by film and TV soundtrack compilers. ■ The Pogues and William Elliot Whitmore O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 08444 772000. 7pm. £29.50. Over-14s show. Shane McGowan joins the original line-up as they go on one more Christmas tour of shambolic Celtic folk rock. ■ Horse Feathers Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £7. Indie folk act from Portland, Oregon. FREE Bright Young Nights and Scorpion Jack Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Local band line- up.
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■ Cullan, Expecting Demands, Scarlet, Swift and The Only Jones Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £tbc. Indie line-up. ■ Heights, The Paradox and Fool On Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Death metal/grindcore from Paradox. FREE The Other Side MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 8pm. Live music. ■ The Toi, Midnight Thursday and The Hardy Souls The Shed, 26 Langside Avenue, 649 5020. 8pm. £2. Power pop from The Toi and anthemic rock from MT. ■ The Bookhouse Boys, Black Gold and Cancel the Astronauts King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. London-based nine-piece mini-orchestra with mariachi brass and girl/boy vocals and influences ranging from surf rock to Ennio Morricone. ■ Box Elders, Goldern Grrrls, Mazes and Water Wolves CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 8.30pm. £4. Nuts and Seeds night of bands from Glasgow and the US. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 3. ■ The Borthwicks, Medusa’s Curse, psychoAttractive and Junkyard Shift 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Alt.rock bill featuring pop punk from MC, Ayr-based punks psychoAttractive and indie rock’n’rollers JS. FREE Bazodee The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. See Thu 3.
Edinburgh FREE Homework and Kid Canaveral Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. Ticketed. Guitars meet electro with Homework plus punky indie from Kid Canaveral at this Mill date. Free tickets at www.themill-live.com. ■ The Magic Numbers The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7pm. £10. See Wed 9. ■ New York Dolls The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £18.50. Over-14s show. The original trash rocking punk trailblazers are back, back, back. Well, the surviving two – David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain – are. See photo, page 78. ■ Tweak Bird, Healthy Minds Collapse and The Valkarys Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Ferocious scuzz blues duo who have toured with Tool. ■ Miasma, The Crush Waves and Casino Queen The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Indie and rock. FREE Fire & Rain The Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 8pm. See Thu 3. FREE Laptop Lounge The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. Laptop showcase of eclectic electronic sounds. FREE Out of the Bedroom The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, High Street, 226 0931. 8pm. See Thu 3. ■ James Grant The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8.30pm. £12–£15. The ex-Love and Money frontman plays tracks from his current album Strange Flowers, influenced by the likes of Scott Walker and John Martyn. FREE Macatier, Storm in a D Cup and Home Star Runner Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. Featuring all girl rockers Storm in a D Cup. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 3. Dundee ■ The Storm Society and The Dilatory Dexter’s Lounge Bar, 24 Castle Street, 01382 228894. 8pm. £tbc. The headlining quartet sport an abundance of
goth, psychedelic and new wave influences on their sleeves. ■ Voulez Vous Paisley Town Hall, Abbey Close, 887 1010. 7.30pm. £14 (£12). The longest running Abba tribute band continue to recreate the sounds of the 70s super Swedes. As well as all the tunes, the performance includes visuals and narration telling the story of the band’s stratospheric rise and acrimonious split.
Friday 11 Glasgow ■ Simple Minded Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 4pm & 11pm. £3–£5. Minds tribute band play pre- and post-show Simple Minds parties. ■ Any Color Black and Less Than Sober Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £6. Electro sleaze rock duo from Glasgow headline. ■ The Complete Stone Roses and The Haze O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 08444 772000. 7pm. £12. Stone Roses tribute act officially approved by ex-Roses bassist Mani. ■ Edwyn Collins & 1990s and The Low Miffs ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £18. Over-14s show. The former Orange Juice vocalist joins forces with ace Glasgow-based trio 1990s, plus his old mate Malcolm Ross’s pals The Low Miffs in support. ■ Logan and Virgin Mary The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £9. Over-14s show. Glasgow classic rock quintet who have garnered the patronage of Creed’s Mark Tramonti and made inroads in the States while remaining largely unknown at home. ■ Porcupine Tree and Engineers ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £27.50. Over-14s show. Cult psychedelic prog band who dodge categorisation and trends. ■ UK Subs Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £9. Legendary old school punks formed back in 1976. ■ Paragon: Take One Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), 350 Sauchiehall Street, 535 4840. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). See Wed 9. ■ Simple Minds and OMD SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £36. Simple Minds play tracks from their new album Graffiti Soul, and their extensive back catalogue. Their 80s electro pop contemporaries OMD are also along for the nostalgic ride. ■ Tigerstyle CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). Paragon Ensemble performs Tommy Fowler’s new composition, which samples bhangra/hip hop artists Tigerstyle. FREE Figure 5 and Pop Up McChuills, 40 High Street, 552 2135. 8pm. Mod and classic rock references from established local boys Figure 5 plus quirky indie pop from Pop Up. ■ The Five Aces Capitol, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 331 1040. 8pm. £tbc. Garage and rhythm’n’blues outfit. FREE Models for the Radio and Norquay Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Indie. ■ Tweak Bird, Bronto Skylift and Galoshins Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Ferocious scuzz blues duo who have toured with Tool, supported by kindred spirits from Glasgow. ■ Goldie Lookin’ Chain and AT8 King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £12. The nine-piece hip-hop crew who have made a career out of satirising the US hip-hop scene. ‘Guns Don’t Kill People, Rappers Do’ gave the Welsh misfits a number 3 hit single back in 2004. FREE 3 Card Trick Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Blues. ■ You Already Know and Dead Otter 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Dark, heavy rockness from You Already Know.
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