Music Rock&Pop
Rock&Pop Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication for Glasgow to glasgow@list.co.uk and for Edinburgh to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Fiona Shepherd and Henry Northmore. For ticket outlet information, see Book Now. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 22 Glasgow ■ Make Out Kids, Autumn in Disguise, Try This at Home and Rinoaa! Rinoa! Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £5. Over-14s show. Alt.rock line-up. ■ Park Circus and Amoriste O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Upbeat summery sounds from the band formerly known as diAgusto. ■ Tunng Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £12. Death metal meets folk via machine funk. Expect emotion, groove and a unique sound. ■ The Moth & the Mirror Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £5. Wistful folky sounds from cellist Stacey Sievwright and band. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8pm. Hosted by Independence. ■ Lightguides, Make Sparks, Penguins Kill Polar Bears and Oliver Stays King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £6. Lightguides were formerly known as We Hung Your Leaders. Part of King Tut’s Summer Nights. ■ Long Day Fear and Man Made Origin Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Rock. ■ Max Raptor and Galleries Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Thumping indie rock.
■ Going Underground The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. 8.30pm–2am. £5 (£4). An indie and mod club night, featuring live bands including Arcadian Dream, Bungalow Stove and Dilectrics plus stand up comedy from Dan Conner. FREE Be Creative Creation Studios, 16 Trongate, 8.30–11pm. A showcase of fashion and art from local artists will be accompanied by performances from local acts and a surprise appearance from one Glasgow’s biggest bands. To book call 237 7653. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREE Big Hogg, Noma and Colm The Hold (under Admiral Bar), Waterloo Street, 9pm. Wild grooves, jazz chops, psych rock sensibilities and belly dancing at this album launch gig. FREE Shauna Joy The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9pm. Singer/pianist. ■ Silk Flowers 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Trancey duo from NYC. Edinburgh ■ He Slept on 57 Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £6. Local rock outfit. ■ Nonsence Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. 7pm. £10. A night where the boundaries between performer and audience are blurred, as you are invited to dine at the world’s smallest French Restaurant (‘Le Miniscule’) and listen to the sounds of Croftwork (they’re shepherds and they play Kraftwerk covers. Obviously). ■ Dead at the Scene, Shields Up, The Graeme Mearns Band and Deadloss Superstar Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £5. Charity fundraiser from local indie bands. ■ Lafaro, Havana, Degrassi and Slow Motion Replay Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £tbc. Local bands. ■ Debrasco and Four Day Weekend Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South
Fringe by the Sea Many things come to mind when you hear the words ‘North Berwick’. Maybe golfing,
maybe the seaside, maybe that brilliant sweet shop, The Sugar Mountain, on the High Street. But for five days in August, an added incentive to visit is the Fringe By The Sea, a series of fun-for-all-the- family events. There’s music from frantic carnival act Orkestra Del Sol and Gaelic folk singer Julie Fowlis (pictured); comedy from Maeve Higgins and Scott Agnew; long-favourite kids events like The Singing Kettle and Mr Boom; special screenings of extremely good European films such as Caché and The Lives of Others; author discussions with local crime writer Quintin Jardine and novelist Pauline ‘Mrs Doyle from Father Ted’ McLynn; plus numerous theatrical productions, guided walks and workshops. All that, and no jugglers on unicycles dishing out flyers, like the other Fringe. ■ Various venues, North Berwick, Tue 10–Sun 15 Aug, www.fringebythesea.co.uk.
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Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. £tbc. Local bands. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Organic hip hop and jazzy grooves.
Dundee ■ Make Out Kids, Autumn in Disguise, Tonight we Let her Go and Yeah Detroit The Doghouse, 15 Ward Road, 01382 206812. 8pm. £tbc. Indie rock bill. ■ Open Mic Night The Doghouse, 15 Ward Road, 01382 206812. 8pm. £tbc. Bring your bathroom warbling to a bigger audience at this open mic night. Hawick FREE Moorhouse Beanscene, Tower Mill, Kirkstile, 01450 376 228. 8–10pm. Live unplugged music at Beanscene.
Largs ■ Grass Mountain Hobos Victoria Hotel, 80 Gallowgate Street, 01475 689493. 9pm. £tbc. Six vocalists, a melange of instruments and carnival, farm, circus and tavern influences make up the magnificent Grass Mountain Hobos.
Friday 23 Glasgow FREE Marcus Bonfanti & band Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 6pm. Fast-rising blues singer and guitarist. ■ Alex Wayt, Hot Stuff & the Eye Candy, Manky Savage and Who Shot Jonson O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Heartfelt Americana from Wayt. ■ Final Silence and Panisia Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Thrash and dark metal. ■ Great Underground Empire, Eh, Edward & the Itch, Racoon Ensemble and Maggie Killed Me Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £7. Bumper local band bill, completed by Nine Percent Unknown and Dirty Clean. FREE Diana Schad Urban Bar & Brasserie, 23–25 St Vincent Place, 248 5636. 7.30pm. Singer/pianist performing originals and covers. ■ The Dirty Cuts Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. New Wave disco from four self- styled ‘miscreants’ from Glasgow. ■ Rod Stewart SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £60–£70. Gravel-voiced Rod the Plod returns to his ‘native’ Scotland for more onstage shenanigans lapped up by a partying crowd. There’s always ‘Maggie May’ to look forward to. ■ Themselves and The Blessings Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30pm. £9. Anticon’s Themselves return after a six year recording hiatus, with LuckyMe’s The Blessings in support. ■ Hells Bells The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £12. Accomplished AC/DC tribute band. ■ The Ideal Crash, St Deluxe and Lewis Wilson Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Local bill including the Alan McGee-endorsed indie rockers St Deluxe. ■ Journey to Europe Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Rock. ■ The Rhum Boogie Orchestra Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. £10. Swinging rhythm’n’blues ensemble including jazz vocalist Violet Leighton and Sensational Alex Harvey Band’s Ted McKenna in the line-up. ■ Tasty Jailbait, Eightball, Galoshins and Superjunkie Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Funk rock with ‘dramatic tendencies’ from Eightball. FREE Zanin’s Magic Crayon, in Cases and The Argyle Wishlist Pivo
Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Experimental indie pop. FREE Counterfeit Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. A little rock heaviness. ■ The Mickey 9s, Vendor Defender, The Emmas and The Ok Social Club King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Elements of ska, dance and a Talking Heads influence. ■ Calvinball, Leagues Apart and Cynics 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Youthful punk rocking exuberance. FREE Ruth Ellis, Joanne Summer, Altered Sky and Collar Up Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. Indie pop and rock.
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. ■ Bosie and Steve Crawford The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7pm. £5. Launching their debut album Shoebox Memories, showcasing their blend of alternative acoustic/folk and jazzy influences. ■ Don McGlashan and Daniel Abercrombie Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £8–£12. New Zealand singer-songwriter, ex- Mutton Bird and member of Crowded House’s touring line-up. ■ Red Jam Canons’ Gait, 232 Canongate, 0794 192 9239. 7pm. £5. A night of live music from Edinburgh’s acoustic stars to raise funds for Edinburgh Labour Party. ■ The Storm Society and Keava The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £5. The headlining quartet sport an abundance of goth, psychedelic and new wave influences as they launch new single ‘21st Century Outlaw’. FREE Open Mic McEwans Ale House, 18–22 Clerk Street, 668 4786. 9pm. Various singer-songwriter action and covers (call 07792 716013 to book a slot). ■ Dignan, Dowell & White Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. midnight. £tbc. Upbeat indie covers from this jam band.
Kirkcudbright ✽✽ The Wickerman Festival East Kirkcarswell Farm, Dundrennan, 0870 8966 896. Times vary. Weekend ticket £85 (accompanied under £13s free). Scotland’s counter-cultural festival celebrating music, art and dance. This year’s line-up includes The Charlatans, Ocean Colour Scene, Teenage Fanclub, Tony Christie, Fabio, Kutski, The Futureheads, The Saw Doctors and many more, as well as a unique ‘Wickerman Challenge’ from The Secret Golf Society. See preview, page 64.
Dundee ■ Avoid the Morning and He Slept on 57 Hustlers Snooker & Pool Hall, 66–70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229 226. 8pm. £tbc. Pop punk and alt.rock. ■ Lefty & Friends The Bond, Dock Street, 01382 860957. 9pm. £tbc. Blues and country from Dundee-based Lefty & Friends.
858838. Times vary. Weekend pass Falkland ✽✽ The Big Tent Big Tent, 01337 with camping £70 (£60); without camping £40 (£35); day ticket £15 (£13). Three-day event mixing entertainment with environmentally-minded education. With creative workshops, puppet shows and storytelling for children, exhibitions, displays and debates for adults, and a festive ambience provided by world music artists, the festival will provide serious fun for all ages. This year’s line- up includes King Creosote, FOUND, The Second Hand Marching Band,