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FREE I Said the Spy! The Cooler, Session Street, 01382 220322. 8pm. Pop punk and electro from this happy-go- lucky trio.
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Dunfermline ■ Dougie Maclean Dunfermline Abbey, Abbey Park Place, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £15. See Thu 19. Largs FREE Micky Kemp Band Victoria Hotel, 80 Gallowgate Street, 01475 689493. 9pm. See Fri 20.
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Glasgow ■ Vitamins Island Fling Glasgow University, Gilmorehill G12, 9 University Ave, 10am. £tbc. See Sat 21. FREE Sonic Soak Govanhill Baths, Calder Street, 433 2999. 1–8pm. See Sat 21. FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2–4pm. A variety of musical ensembles perform every Sunday this summer in the peaceful surroundings of the Victorian Walled Garden. Please phone for details of individual bands. FREE Not The Sensational Alex Harvey Band The Scotia Bar, 112 Stockwell Street, 552 8681. 5pm. But presumably a decent soundalike. ■ Dirty Keys and Izo Fitzroy Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Jazz, funk and soul from Izo Fitzroy. ■ Communicator and Only Guilty Man Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £tbc. Rock. ■ Pareto, Scores and 3 Times Over King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £5. Over- 14s show. Melodic alt.rock from Glasgow trio Pareto. Part of Rock’n’Roll Damnation. ■ Your First Mistake Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £4. Polished poppy punk and emo rock from Tranent. ■ The Famous Class, Adam Clements and The Ratistas MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. £tbc. Ska punk from The Ratistas. ■ The Hijacks, The Murderburgers, Buzzbomb and The Stay Gones 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Ska punk bill.
Dundee FREE Sunday Busking Session Duke’s Corner, 13 Brown Street, 01382 205052. 8pm. Live acoustic open mic session. Dunfermline ■ Rachel Harrington & Rod Clements Abbot House, Abbot House Heritage Centre, Maygate, 01383 733266. 8pm. £15. See Thu 19.
Largs FREE Micky Kemp Band Victoria Hotel, 80 Gallowgate Street, 01475 689493. 9pm. See Fri 20.
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 23 Glasgow ■ Lostprophets and Young Guns O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £23.50. Over-14s show. Energetic Welsh nu-metallers, often accused of peddling style over content. Doesn’t seem to be harming their appeal. Part of Rock’n’Roll Damnation. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm.
Limp Bizkit Fred Durst and co have been pretty quiet since their last release – way back when, in 2005, when they put
out The Unquestionable Truth, Part 1. They’re back on the comeback trail, and have a new album, Gold Cobra, due soon. Fans can check www.limpbizkit.com for previews, as Mr Durst has been known to let the odd song leak its way on there. ■ 02 Academy, Glasgow, Thu 26 Aug.
The Roshambos Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over- 14s show. Local band bill. ■ Strawberry Ocean Sea, Heart Beats, The Only Jones and Death By Misadventure Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £tbc. Indie rock.
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Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. £10. Experimental music festival curated by Volcanic Tongue and featuring free folk from Matthew Valentine and Erika Elder with The Golden Road, a song cycle from Richard Youngs, and other appearances from Heather Leigh, Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides and Smoke Jaguar. No advance tickets – pay on the door. ■ The Remedies EK, Gordon Wallace and Define the Signs The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 7pm. £tbc. Rock, blues and funk at this local band showcase. ■ Them Beatles Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £10. Fab Four tribute band from Scotland. ■ Aldo Cruickshank The Griffin, 226 Bath Street, 331 5170. 8pm. £6. Jangly country pop from The Proclaimers roadcrew member Aldo Cruickshank. ■ Crumpled Tenners, Da Capo, The Jigawotts, The Core and Simon Thomas Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Indie rock bill.
FREE Dirty Cannon McChuills, 40 High Street, 552 2135. 8pm. Launch of their single ‘DLS’. ■ X Men, Lotos Lojos and Born By Wires Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Alternative sounds. FREE Keeper Lit Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Live music. ■ The Law and Bruce & Jamie Watson King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7.50. Dundonian indie rockers are supported by Big Country guitarist and his son at this gig. ■ Midway Still, The Day I Snapped and Shatterhand 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Return of these meat-and-potatoes alternative rockers from the mid-90s, much influenced by US grunge. FREE The Mirror Trap Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. Post- punk sounds. Dundee ■ Core Hustlers Snooker & Pool Hall, 66–70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229 226. 8–11.30pm. £tbc. Metal and punk from the self-proclaimed ‘hottest thing to hit Dundee since teen pregnancy’. Now is it just us or does that not sound too hot? ■ Dead Sea Souls The Doghouse, 15 Ward Road, 01382 206812. 8pm. £5. Indie singalongs and guitar sounds.
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A SONIC SOAK 1 Help to restore historic community baths Govanhill Baths provided residents of Glasgow’s southside with swimming and washing facilities from 1914 to 2001. Campaigners are hoping to bring the beloved building back into use. 2 Discover the sonic properties of the baths Sonic Soak sees the main pool transformed into a performance space, with an eclectic range of musicians and sound artists exploring the building’s unique resonance.
3 The speedos of sound Practise your back stroke* to the sounds of country choir The Parsonage, RememberRemember’s Graeme Ronald, visual artist and electronic producer Konx-Om-Pax, lounge lizards Tut Vu Vu, and DIY flamenco guitar hero RM Hubbert. (*The pool is most definitely empty, incidentally.) 4 In at the deep end Plunge into the world of improvisation with One Ensemble cellist Peter Nicholson, trombonist George Murray and maker of Heath Robinson-esque musical marvels, Sarah Kenchington.
5 Bring Your Own Towel It is a pool party, after all. Following Saturday’s event, an ‘after-swim shower party’ will take place around the corner in the Pandora Bar, Victoria Road, featuring demented surf band Sparkling Shadazz and DJs. (Stewart Smith) ■ Free tickets from Govanhill Baths Community Trust/ Centre for Community Practice Govanhill Baths, Calder Street, Glasgow Sat 21–Sun 22 Aug.
Weekly showcase for local songwriters performing original material. FREE John Deery & the Heads Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Derry indie band. ■ Michael Simons Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Glasgow-based guitarist playing folk, blues and beyond. 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. 19–26 Aug 2010 THE LIST 119