Music ROCK&POP
■ Constant State, 19 Folds and Psychic Hearts The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7pm. £5. Indie guitar outfit from Wester Hailes. ■ Dreadzone The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £15. See Thu 7. ■ Livewire AC/DC and Limehouse Lizzy The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £17.50. AC/DC tribute act team up with Thin Lizzy soundalikes. FREE Rhubaba First Birthday Rhubaba Studio, 25 Arthur Street, 7pm. The studio celebrates its first birthday and a move to new premises with an evening of music, art and fun. ■ Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £6. The folksy, rhythmic leftfield indie/country. ■ Geoff Achison & The Soul Diggers The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.45pm. £10. Gritty funk, blues and R&B guitarist/vocalist from rural Australia. ■ Sting Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 8pm. £57.50–£84.15. Sting subjects his adoring fans to some more of his sonic preening, ■ The Virginmarys Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8.30pm. £7. See Fri 8. FREE Live Music Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. Local bands. ■ PTV & Much More present Akil the MC The Lane, 3 Queensferry Lane, 467 7215. 10pm–3am. £10. Lyrical hip hop from the Jurassic 5 MC and Louis Logic (Demigodz/The Odd Couple).
Sunday 10 Glasgow ■ Gurf Morlix Brel, 39–43 Ashton
Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. £10. Classic country blues from Americana legend Gurf Morlix. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. FREE Duffy’s Blues Jam The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 5–7pm. Blues session. FREE The Free Candy Sessions The Liquid Ship, 171–175 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 5pm. Weekly, laid back session featuring The Ballachulish Hellhounds and friends. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ Jumper’s Knee, The Draymin and Crossover O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Over-14s show. Danceable indie electro from JK and guitar rock with an electro edge from Rosyth band The Draymin. ■ King King The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 7pm. £10. See Fri 8. ■ Back for Good Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £17.50 (£15; family ticket 60). Take That tribute act. ■ Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers and Adriana Spina Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30pm. £8. Folksy, rhythmic leftfield country. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ Maps & Atlases, Tall Ships and Dupec Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Off- kilter indie and lo-fi folkiness from this Chicago band. ■ O Children Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £6.50. London-based goth rockers, named after a Nick Cave song and fronted by a booming giant of a man. ■ Delays King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £12. Guitar pop quartet from Southampton, featuring jangling guitars, close harmonies and the choirboy vocals of Greg Gilbert. FREE Emma Forman, Samantha Campbell and Strangetouch MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. Acoustic, solo performance from his resident singer/songwriter. ■ The Skarsoles, More from Jim and Goodfellows 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Ska, rock and pop bill for Oxjam. FREE Majestic Dandelion The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9.30pm. Alt.rock. Mudhoney
Edinburgh FREE Lee Paterson Red Dog Music, 1 Grassmarket, 229 8211. 3pm. Rock, blues and pop covers and originals. FREE Kenny Herbert & Rab Howatt Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Much loved local musicians playing traditional Scottish to soul and R&B. ■ Lonnie Liston Smith The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £15. Soul-jazz fusion legend who has played with the likes of Miles Davis, Art Blakey and Pharoah Sanders. ■ John Lennon Birthday Party The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4; 1 in fancy dress). Celebrating what would have been his 70th birthday with a mix of bands, singers and musicians playing tribute to his music. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Mix of folk, blues, rock and Celtic influences.
■ Ou Est Le Swimming Pool/Sound of Arrows King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. £tbc. CANCELLED. Edinburgh ■ O Children Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £7. See Sun 10. ■ Vendor Defender and Cancel the Astronauts Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £3. Indie rock with a funky ‘gothic’ twist. ■ The Drifters Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 7.30pm. £24.50. The Drifters bring over 50 years of magical hits to life with a set featuring their classic hits as well as new material. FREE Noisy Nights Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, 228 1404. 8pm. The Traverse’s musical ‘Nights of the Unexpected’ with Red Note Ensemble, other contemporary music acts and DJs.
Monday 11 Tuesday 12
Glasgow ■ Sheryl Crow SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £25–£35. The country/pop rock singer-songwriter tours her new album, 100 Miles from Memphis, which heads in a more soulful direction. ■ Cherry Ghost and Tim & Sam’s Tim & Sam Band with Tim & Sam O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Uplifting indie epics in the Coldplay vein from the Manchester band who hit big with People Help the People. FREE The Paradox, Without Reason and Counter Balance Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Heavy riffage from The Paradox, supported by nine-piece Without Reason. ■ Yuck Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Scuzzy indie from a London four-piece. FREE Blochestra Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Bring any instrument you might have (from tubas to triangles) for a jam session with Craig Grant (Union of Knives) teaching two songs each week, before planned gigs for this ad hoc multi-member orchestra. FREE Sunstone MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. Live music. Glasgow ■ Brandon Flowers O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Over-14s show. The Killers frontman tours his debut solo album Flamingo. ■ General Fiasco Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £8.70. Over-14s show. Alt. rock from Belfast. ■ Professor Green O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. London rapper who scored a big hit with ‘I Need You Tonight’ and teamed up with Lily Allen on ‘Just Be Good to Green’. ■ Sabbat and Alestorm The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £12. Over-14s show. Thrash veterans from Nottingham. Supported by local warrior metal combo. ■ Adam Bomb Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £tbc. An unsung rock guitarist with enviable rock’n’roll connections. He was taught by Van Halen, toured with Metallica and performed with Motorhead. ■ 2 Kinds of Magic: performing Queen & ELO Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15–£17. Tribute to two 70s pop titans, Queen and ELO.
The Sub Pop legends, and Seattle grunge scene stalwarts, proved last year (when they played the Picture House, coincidentally on exactly the same date as this Arches show) that they are still just as able to go buckwild as they were over twenty years ago. Support from Unnatural Helpers. ■ The Arches, Glasgow, Sat 9 Oct. 70 THE LIST 7–21 Oct 2010