Music Rock&Pop
■ Full Tonne Kid 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Acoustic blues and country band from Bellshill. FREE Type 23, Shambles Miller, Communicator and Two in Two Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. Alternative/indie.
Dundee ■ Make HIV Poverty The Doghouse, 15 Ward Road, 01382 206812. 3pm. £5; on the door £6. All-day event presented by Body Positive and featuring sponsored head shaving, sponsored leg waxing, a speaker from Body Positive as well as a host of bands including EH!, Coma Toast, The New Times, Wish I was a Weaver, Wobble, Run for Cover and many more. ■ Aka Ska Dexter’s Lounge Bar, 24 Castle Street, 01382 228894. 8pm. £tbc. Taking influence from Madness, the Specials and Bad Manners, Aka Ska bring the two-toned sounds all the way from London. Dunfermline ■ The Dykeenies Velocity, 45 Carnegie Drive, 01383 721902. 8pm. £8. Touted band who are a composite of all that’s hip in indie right now. Or at least they were last year.
Isle of Arran ■ Nick Harper Corrie and Sannox Village Hall, Corrie, 07866 533416. 8.30pm. £10. See Thu 12. Jedburgh FREE Kaleidoscope Music Festival Various Venues, Jedburgh, 1pm. A day of free rock and pop with local and Scottish acts performing at The
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Described variously as ‘the British Kings of Leon’ and ‘a grittier, rockier version of Fleet Foxes’, Glaswegian country-folk-rockers Kassidy are tipped for greatness. They’re just about to release volume two of their ‘Rubbergum’ EP, accompanied by an Edge Festival gig at Electric Circus on Mon 23 Aug. We’ve got five sets of both EPs to give away – if you want to try your luck, check out the details below.
WIN SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN GOODIES This excellently- named Missouri four- piece are purveyors of some finely-crafted indie guitar pop, which explains why Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla signed up to produce their latest album, Let It Sway. We have five limited edition vinyl copies of the album to give away; three lucky winners will get a SSLYBY T-shirt as well.
HOW TO ENTER Log onto www.list.co.uk/offers. Closing date for competitions is Thu 19 Aug. There is no cash alternative. Usual List rules apply.
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Pheasant Bar and the Town Hall, and an unplugged evening session with champion acts The Stark Palace, Rachel Water, David Kilpatrick and Sarahjane Swan. Bands performing in the afternoon include The Chris Hepburn Sound, Naomi Chapman, Jethart’s Jazz Duo, The Stone Ghost Collective and The Jazz Beats.
Sunday 15
Glasgow FREE Bonar Hutchison, Emma Forman, Dirty Keys, Potential Strangers and Alan McKIm Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. The third heat of the Billy Kelly Songwriting Award, named in honour of the late music promoter, with guest host Roddy Hart. ■ Transmission: The Sound of Joy Division, Marco Polo and The Retrofrets Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £10. Homage to the emotive and musically rich songs of the 80s post-punk gods. ■ Captain Majestic, Abound, Only Guilty Man and Aspen Tide Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Mixed bill of local acts. ■ Hit the Switch, our Time Down Here, Notebooks, The Horrors That You’ve Seen 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Emo and alt.rock. ■ A Side Soul The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. £tbc. Three sets. Dundee ■ Beyond a Traitors Reason, Lights Out Dresden, Dividing The Silence, to Kill Achilles Dexter’s Lounge Bar, 24 Castle Street, 01382 228894. 6.30pm. £tbc. Heavy metal bill. FREE Sunday Busking Session Duke’s Corner, 13 Brown Street, 01382 205052. 8pm. Live acoustic open mic session.
Kilsyth ■ Dougie Maclean The Big Top, Colzium Lennox Estate, Off Stirling Road, 304 1800. noon. £3. Scotland’s foremost folk/roots troubadour, renowned for the uniqueness of his meaningful, haunting music. Part of Kilsyth International Carnival. Mid Calder FREE Choral Highlights Ladies
Choir Kirk of Calder, Main Street, 01506 437658. noon–1pm. Join the Choral Highlights Ladies Choir at their bi-weekly rehearsals. New members very welcome.
Monday 16
Glasgow ■ Mindset a Threat and Sacred Betrayal Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 6.30pm. £7. Metal bands from Edinburgh and Glasgow respectively. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. Weekly showcase for local songwriters performing original material. ■ Findlay Mackinnon The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8pm. £tbc. The drummer from Butcher Boy plays a solo set of rootsy indie material. ✽✽ Grammatics, The Heartbreaks and Thisfamiliar Smile Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Intelligent pop headliners. FREE Open Mic The Brass Monkey, 1004 Argyle Street, 243 2170. 8pm. A new open mic night presided over by Martin Mochan and with free beer for all performers. ■ Raid La Cheetah, 73 Queen Street, 221 4851. 9pm–3am. £2–£3 (£1 with a trade payslip). A new trade/student night featuring live indie bands plus DJs playing ‘anything and everything to get you dancing your ass off’. Live guests each week, all tbc at the moment. FREE Blochestra Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Bring along any instrument you might have (from tubas to triangles) for a workshop/jam session with Craig Grant (Union of Knives) teaching two songs each week, before planned gigs for this ad hoc multi- member orchestra. FREE The Lejits and Black Wild MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. Melodic rock. Anstruther ■ Haarfest Admiral Fallow + Adem + Silver Columns, The Hew Scott Hall, Anstruther, Fife, 8pm. SOLD OUT. Day one of the new Fence Records summer festival. See Five Reasons, page 129, or visit www.fencerecords.com for daily listings. Week long tickets SOLD OUT, day and weekend passes still on sale.
Tuesday 17
Glasgow ■ Blink 182, Twin Atlantic and Lunar Activities SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. SOLD OUT. American pop punk masters back after a five year hiatus. FREE Steve Mason Monorail, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 552 9458. 7pm. Ex-Beta Band frontman launches his new single 'Am I Just A Man' with this stripped-back instore performance. FREE Acoustic Sessions and Open Mic Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. Free acoustic night hosted by Ross Clark. ■ Joy Dunlop and The Hidden Lane Choir Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £6 (£5). Folky and traditional sounds. ■ Purified in Blood Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 8pm. £7. Norwegian metalcore sextet. FREE Open Mic The Solid Rock Café, 19 Hope Street, 221 1105. 8.30pm. Weekly acoustic open mic hosted by Pete ‘the Voice’ McCoy. FREE Open Mic The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9pm. Weekly open stage. FREE The Sunset Strips MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. Indie rock. FREE The Shiverin’ Sheiks Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Rock’n’roll, country and gospel from members of The Five Aces, Bottleneckers and Hidden Masters.
Paisley ■ Paolo Nutini Paisley Town Hall, Abbey Close, 887 1010. 6.30pm. SOLD OUT. Special homecoming show for Nutini in the venue where he was first discovered, to be broadcast on Radio 2. Anstruther ■ Haarfest The Oates Field, Inspector Tapehead, The Pictish Trail’s “Bit Of Strange…”, The Hew Scott Hall, Anstruther, Fife, 8pm. £12.50. See Mon Aug 16.
Wednesday 18 Glasgow ■ Sabbat, Imperial Vengeance and Cindersfall Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7.30pm. £10. Thrash veterans from Nottingham.
Inspector Tapehead and Yusuf Azak A launch of the new album, Duress Code by folktronica trio, Inspector Tapehead, featuring Jonnie Common -
who used to be in Down the Tiny Steps. See album review, page 124. With support from the breathy folk-pop of Glasgow’s Yusuf Azak. ■ The Hold, Glasgow, Fri 13 Aug.