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■ Metallica UK, Amok and Necropolis Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £10. See Fri 16. ■ Reef and Matthew P O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £19.50. Over-14s show. Britrockers who sounded anachronistic even back in their 90s heyday. ■ Shakespears Sister and Nadine Shah O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £14. Siobhan Fahey revives the Shakespears Sister name and her love of dark disco pop. ■ The Dirty Cuts Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. New Wave disco from four self- styled ‘miscreants’ from Glasgow. ■ James Toseland & Crash The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360085. 7.30pm. £18.50. World Superbike Rider Toseland plays a gig with his band Crash to raise money for CLIC Sargent, caring for kids with cancer. ■ The Patriots, Eh?, The War Club, The Black Rats and Simon Thomas Maggie May’s, 60 Albion Street, Merchant City, 548 1350. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). Indie Rocks night which promises what it says on the tin. ■ Lou Vargo, Evan Crichton, Jack & Jill and Celan Hay 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 7.45pm. £tbc. Spare, intimate Americana from this US singer/songwriter. ■ Demon’s Eye and Five Past Midnight Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Covers and classic rock. ■ The Jim Jones Revue Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £8. London-based rock’n’rollers who are ‘here to save your soul.’. FREE Revelry Thieves, Burning Clouds and Sleepwalkers Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Indie bill. ■ Vinnie & the Cuffs, The Bucky Rage and Tragic City Thieves Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £5. Rock, garage and glam punk at this Eruption night. ■ Angus & Julia Stone and Alan Pownall King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Fey, folksy sibling duo from Australia. FREE Itchycoo Park Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Retro sounds. ■ Numbers Label Showcase Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 11pm–3am. £tbc (girls free before midnight). Some of the best artists from the Glasgow club of the same name’s label. Hardcore, house, garage, techno and more from Deadboy, Redinho and Rustie. ■ The Shiverin’ Sheiks Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 11pm. £5 (£3). Rock’n’roll, country and gospel from members of The Five Aces, Bottleneckers and Hidden Masters. ✽✽ Wooden Shjips Stereo, 22–28 Californian drone rockers. See preview, page 63. Renfield Lane, 222 2254. £9.
Edinburgh FREE The Sundancer Avalanche, 63 Cockburn Street, 225 3939. noon. See Glasgow, above. FREE The Sundancer Elvis Shakespeare, 347 Leith Walk, 561 1363. 2pm. See above. ■ William Douglas The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. Unplugged session with William Douglas and friends. ■ William Douglas The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. Unplugged session with William Douglas and friends. ■ Callel, Michael Dodds and The Rapscallions Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £7. Edinburgh indie rock quartet who have been likened to Arcade Fire and Simon & Garfunkel.
5 REASONS TO GO SEE
THE FALL 1 For 33 years, 100 albums, 50 ex-members A brilliant, capricious garage-rock mob helmed by Manchester alchemist Mark E Smith (above), The Fall are among the most enduring and vital cult-pop conduits in our history: they were famously idolised by John Peel, and have inspired a legion of aural insurgents from Pavement to LCD Soundsystem. Plus Smith could teach the Sugababes a thing or two about personnel changes. 2 For ‘the dark crystal moon looked blue faced into my snatch’ Smith’s irascible, fragmented narratives are unrivalled: he’s one of our greatest, and most judicious, lyricists.
3 For the showmanship Prolific, pigheaded and volatile, Smith is a cocksure monarch in alternative rock, and exhibits little intention of letting up: as evinced on The Fall’s belting forthcoming album, Your Future Our Clutter (see review, page 66).
4 For the romance Frank Skinner interviewed MES for The Culture Show in 2007. Smith unleashed a chivalrous streak by offering his sister to Skinner as a wife. 5 For your memoirs Smith may not turn up. He may not be conscious. He may be cantankerous. He may be awesome. There may be a love-in. There may be a punch up. But whatever the outcome, in years to come, you can say, ‘I saw The Fall . . .’ (Nicola Meighan)
■ Futuristic Retro Champions Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Colourful indie pop and electro ensemble. FREE The Gillyflowers and Hammond’s Folly Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. Lush alt.country. ■ House of La Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. 7pm. £5. Gentle folky indie. ■ The Smiths Indeed The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7pm. £12. See Fri 16. ■ Limbo The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £7–£8. The Black Spring DJs man the decks and present sets from Zoey Van Goey, Chris Bradley, X-Lion Tamer and DJ Ed Jupp. FREE Electric Avenue Band Three Monkeys, 87 Portobello High Street, Portobello, 669 7155. 9pm. This band describe themselves as a mix of Patti Smith and Chinese folk. ■ Ghillie Gigs Ghillie Dhu, 2 Rutland Place, 222 9930. 10.30pm. £5 (£25 inc dinner from 7.30pm). Live Scottish music including indie rock and covers from Replay (24 Apr).
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