Music Rock&Pop
■ The Mystery Girls Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £4. Punk rock. FREE Out of the Bedroom The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, High Street, 226 0931. 8pm. Open mic session. The only rule is no cover versions. Sign up from 7pm. FREE Hot Club De Paris Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 11pm–3am. Offbeat Scouse combo who like to ‘drop it till it pops’ play at indie club Sick Note. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Organic hip hop and jazzy grooves.
Dundee FREE Balaclava Models and The Wife The Bread, 33 Constitution Road, 01382 200005. Local rockers formerly members of Dundee bands The Trend and Loose Cannons. Leven ■ Souped Up Fords Inn at Lathones, Lathones, Largoward, 01334 840494. 9pm. £8. Heavy, driving blues rock to start the 2010 Fifestock festival with a great big rumble. Part of Fifestock.
Friday 19 Glasgow ■ Boys Like Girls g2, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 353 3111. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Boston emo popsters. ■ Hadouken! Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, 339 9784. 7pm. £11.50. Boisterous, day- glo crew from Lahndan combining grime and new wave on the Road to RockNess tour.
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■ Marina & The Diamonds Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Electro pop and piano songstress who made a splash in the tipsters polls at the start of the year. ■ Mastodon and Totimoshi Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £16. Over-14s show. Atlanta-based hefty rock behemoth with a proggy approach to metal. ■ Nazareth – The 42 Tour O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £17.50. Dunfermline mane-shakers from the 70s, fronted by the redoubtable Dan McCafferty, who could still show younger bands a thing or two about rock. ■ The Scruffs, Little Yellow Ukuleles, The Human Zoo and Vendor Defender Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £tbc. Guitar-based rock. ■ Manel Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Catalan rock band. ■ Ronan Keating SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £30. See Thu 18. ■ Bons Balls Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. AC/DC tribute play as part of Rockers Bon Scott anniversary weekend. ■ The District, The System and Punk Maggie May’s, 60 Albion Street, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Local indie. ■ The Heavy Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. 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.
FREE Jix, The Portlands, Escort Knights, Cold Dog Soup and Matthew Malone Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Local acts. FREE The Strangers Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Live rock. ■ Lafaro, Helsinki Seven, Bronto Skylift and Tabasco Fiasco 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Loud angular rock from this Belfast band. ■ Lock Up Your Daughters The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). More Queerbash tunes from ‘zine makers Lock Up Your Daughters. This time out it’s an anti-Valentine’s Love Inn. Edinburgh ■ Rossco Galloway The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. The singer-songwriter- guitarist is regularly joined by a selection of special guests. ■ First Aid Kit and The Last Battle Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Ethereal nu- folky from teenage Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg. ■ The Hot Lips, The Remnant Kings and Tam’s Railway Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £4. Indie rock’n’roll. ■ Lostprophets, Kids in Glass Houses and Sharks Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. 7pm. £22.50. See Thu 18. ■ Noisettes and Tiffany Page The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Big pop hooks with an indie edge.
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■ Soulacoaster The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £5. Twelve-piece soul band playing hits made famous by the likes of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and The Commitments. ■ We Luv Musik The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £5. New monthly live music night with Ronnie Falconer & Marco Barresi, Mabel Love and The Ok Social Club plus DJ Jarp Sport. ■ DesertersDeserveDeath and Comma Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £4. A St Jude’s Infirmary off-shoot specialising in ‘death jangle’. ■ Storm in a D Cup, 19 Folds, Katy Bar the Door, The Hundred Metre Club and Jay Brown The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £tbc. Rock, indie and post- punk from this packed bill. ■ Lords of Bastard, Jackal- Headed Guard of the Dead and of Spire & Throne Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. Rocking like their name, the Lords of Bastard put in another set down Bannermans. ■ This is Music Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 11pm–3am. £3 (members free). The indie club/gig crossover night with a new weekly slot from DJs i-Tallah Disco and Bargain Harold (First Aid Kit ticket holders get in free on 19 Feb). ■ Emelle, The Beau Nasties and Chris Smith Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 11pm. £4. Mix of folk and blues.
Bathgate ■ Magic: A Kind of Queen Regal Community Theatre, 24–34 North Bridge Street, 01506 630085. 8pm. £15. Popular Queen tribute act and light show.
Dundee ■ The Hijacks, Shatterhand and Joey Terrifying Balcony Bar, Ward Road, 01382 203518. 8pm. £tbc. A skanking punk super group comprising members of The Upstarts and Contra. ■ Hot Club De Paris The Doghouse, 15 Ward Street, 01382 206812. 8pm. £5. Offbeat Scouse combo who like to ‘drop it till it pops’. ■ The LA Barrons and Millsyeck Hustlers Snooker & Pool Hall, 66–70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229 226. 8pm. £4. Ballsy rock’n’roll. ■ The Other Side Chambers Bar, 59–61 Gellatly Street, 01382 225616. 8pm. £tbc. Live music. Glenrothes ■ Kassidy Greenside Hotel, 1 High Street, Leslie, 0870 7522235. 8pm. £tbc. See Thu 18.
Irvine ■ Friday Night Live Harbour Arts Centre, 114–116 Harbour Street, 01294 274059. 7.30pm. £4. An edgy evening’s entertainment featuring some of Ayrshire’s best bands.
Leven ■ Rod Clements Inn at Lathones, Lathones, Largoward, 01334 840494. 9pm. £12. A little bit bluesy, a slice of folkiness and a splash of rock from the founding member of Lindisfarne and contributor to Pentangle. Part of Fifestock. Rutherglen ■ Maeve O’Boyle Rutherglen Town Hall, 139 Main Street, 613 5700. 7.30pm. £8.50 (£7). Intelligent and creative indie folk from O’Boyle, a previous winner of the Danny Kyle Award at Celtic Connections.
Stirling ■ Ocean Colour Scene Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 7.30pm. £22.50. See Thu 18.