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■ Taken by Trees, Andrea Marini and John B McKenna Mono, 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. £7. Concretes’ vocalist Victoria Bergsman with her other band and local supports. Plus Tracyanne Campbell from Camera Obscura DJs. FREE 3 Card Trick Bar Bloc, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 8pm. See Fri 11. ■ Chunks 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Grungey trio. ■ The Phaetons, Tokomak and my Old Blue Terraplane Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. £tbc. Post- punk and math rock. ■ Staid as Quo Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. £tbc. Status Quo tribute play a set to celebrate the appearance of the real thing.
Edinburgh ■ Eat Dr Ape The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 8pm. £4. Funk, rock and even a touch of drum & bass. ■ Austen George/Chris Bradley Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). R&B originals and reworked standards.
Dundee ■ Dividing the Line, Proceed and Heights Dexter’s Lounge Bar, 24 Castle Street, 01382 228894. 7pm. £6. Impossibly fresh-faced Worcester-based screamo quintet headline. Motherwell ■ Motown on Tour Motherwell Concert Hall, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, 01698 302999. 7.30pm. £18.50 (£17.50). Over 50 years of Motown hit, including the music of The Temptations, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and The Jackson Five.
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Glasgow ■ Placebo, Silversun Pickups and The Horrors SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £25. Over-14s show. The angsty alt rockers return with a new drummer, a new album, and a new-found optimism – Battle for the Sun is ‘about choosing life . . . about stepping out of the darkness’. ■ Bombay Bicycle Club and Dutch Uncles Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £9.50. Over-14s show. Youthful alt pop from London. ■ Ray Davies Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £23.50–£26.50. The Godfather of Britpop and one of the most influential songwriters ever to have emerged from the British music scene, with more than a few classics in his catalogue. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. See Mon 7. FREE Always AM, Laney and Mercury City Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Pop punk from Mercury City. FREE Graham Robertson and Craig White Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Weekly acoustic night with free pizza. ■ Michael Simons Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Glasgow-based guitarist playing folk, blues and beyond. ■ Beak>, Thoughtforms and Miaouxmiaoux King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £13. Bristol trio, including Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, who wrote their album in 12 days and recorded it live with no overdubs. ■ Eagleowl 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Lo-fi folky loveliness. Edinburgh FREE Open Mic Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. See Mon 7.
Rock&Pop Music
■ The Chans The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 1am. £2 (£1). See Mon 7. Cumbernauld FREE Jam Session Cumbernauld Theatre, Kildrum, 01236 732887. 8pm. See Mon 7.
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Glasgow ■ Luke Leighfield, Randolph’s Leap and Stevie & the Moon Capitol, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 331 1040. 7pm. £5. Mournful piano based indie from Leighfield, plus lo-fi troubadour Randolph’s Leap in support. ■ Marilyn Manson and Esoterica O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 08444 772000. 7pm. £26. A Scottish visit from the androgynous king of the alternative who eats controversy for breakfast and is known to his mum as Brian Hugh Warner. ■ The Raveonettes ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Cool but one-note Danish duo who combine the compelling synthpunk monotone sound of Suicide with a dash of 60s girl group swagger. Hope they do their Christmas song. ■ Izaak the Tinker Thomas Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Troubadour and raconteur. FREE The Part Time Martyrs MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 8pm. Four-piece from the Clyde estuary. ■ Pulled Apart By Horses Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £6. Leeds alt.rockers who have recently played with Biffy Clyro. ■ Thea Gilmore and Rod Clements King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £13.50. Prolific young singer/songwriter from Oxfordshire whose style is strongly influenced by Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Joni Mitchell, and who has just released a Christmas album, Strange Communion. FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. See Tue 8. ■ Codeen and Vegas Nights 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Atmospheric indie sounds from Codeen.
Edinburgh ■ Ian Brown The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £24. A swift return to Scotland for King Monkey, now with Stone Roses tracks reinserted into his set. FREE The Pineapple Chunks and The Leg Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. Experimental indie with a progressive edge. ■ Them Crooked Vultures Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters/Nirvana), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) join forces for a mighty rock supergroup. ■ Deserters Deserve Death The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Indie. ■ The Twilight Sad The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £8. Joy Division/My Bloody Valentine-influenced outfit catching ears with their current album Forget the Night Ahead. See photo, page 80. ■ Thirteenseven The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 8pm. £4. Indie. ■ The Xcerts and Flood of Red Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 8pm. £6. Scottish trio in the Idlewild/Biffy mould. FREE Band Showcase Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. See Tue 8.
Bathgate ■ Holly at Christmas Regal Theatre, North Bridge St, 01506 632558. 8pm. £14 (£12). Almost as traditional as turkey and tinsel, Buddy Holly and the Cricketers tribute band return with their fast and furious rock’n’roll rollercoaster of a show, featuring timeless hits including ‘That’ll Be The Day’, ‘Peggy Sue,’ and ‘Oh Boy!’. Stirling ■ Kris Drever, John McCusker & Roddy Woomble and Heidi Talbot & Boo Hewerdine Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £16 (£14). The Scottish all-star folk trio return for a few intimate dates, once again supported by Heidi Talbot and Boo Hewerdine.
Pet Shop Boys Somewhere in the midst of their epic ‘Pandemonium’ world tour, the Pet Shop Boys
managed to put together two EPs – ‘Beautiful People’ (not out here yet) and the brand new, ‘Christmas’. As well as allowing Neil Tennant time off to collaborate with The Killers and Elton John on Mexican-themed Christmas single ‘Happy Birthday, Guadelupe!’ (See our Xmas singles feature, page 30) they also racked up their tenth American number one, and – more obscurely – released a compilation of their songs featured in South American soap operas. Busy boys, then, but we’re sure they’ll save something special for the SECC. ■ SECC, Glasgow, Thu 17 Dec.
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