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(£5). The legendary Bhundu Boys’ guitarist heads this night of African music with his Jit Jive Band, all raising funds for educational projects in Africa. FREE Laptop Lounge The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. Laptop showcase of eclectic electronic sounds. ■ First Time Magic, Steve Kettley’s Odd Times and The Call of the Tam Tam Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. 9pm. Free (donations accepted). Experimental rock and jazz at the Click Clack Club. Stirling ✽✽ Le Weekend Festival Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. Times vary. £tbc. Scotland’s longest running experimental music festival returns to provoke and inspire in equal measure. This year’s programme features Alphabet, Critical Mass and Notes from the Underground, alongside film screenings. See preview, page 63.
Friday 15 Glasgow ■ Duelling Winos, Hostiles, The Mathletics Team, Miscued Vein and Sons of the Morning Star Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £7. The headliners are described as ‘The Beatles versus Monty Python’. Line-up completed by Craybees and Jigawotts. ■ Joshua Radin, Justin Nozuka and Rumer O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £13. Over-14s show. Acoustic indie folk from this New York singer-songwriter. With support from the Karen Carpenteresque Rumer. ■ LK Audio, Cyster Scalpel, From Sorrow to Serenity, Partisan and The Modests Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over- 14s show. Local band showcase.
■ Spartan Tartan O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £6. Rock act supported by The Edge of Noise, Eye’s Own and This Way Down. Ages 14 and over. ■ Gerry & the Pacemakers: 60s Gold Tour Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £25 (£22.50). Merseybeat stalwarts, famed for their version of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, present an evening of 60s entertainment with The Searchers, PJ Proby and Chip Hawkes. ■ The Cinnamons and Be Like Pablo Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). Lo-fi indie pop on laptops from The Cinnamons as they launch their new EP. FREE Ace City Racers Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Britpop-influenced band. ■ Islet and Deathpodal Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £6. No wave DIY sounds from Cardiff. FREE Scott MacDonald iFull Coffee, 531 Sauchiehall Street, 222 2848. 8pm. Acoustic and harmonica driven set from MacDonald, launching his new album, accompanied by an exhibition of his photography. ■ The Strange Death of Liberal England and Finding Albert Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Much-touted London indie-rockers, who have been compared to Arcade Fire in the music press. ■ The Tennessee Three The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01224 641122. 8pm. £20. A rare opportunity to catch Johnny Cash’s backing band, live in concert. ■ Detroit Social Club and Sound of Guns King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £9. Tyneside garage rock’n’rollers headline. Robyn
FREE Counterbalance, New Fiction, Maggie Killed Me and Supermarionation Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. Alt rock. FREE The Dawn Patrol Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 9pm. Indie rock covers. ■ Drag the River, Graveyard Johnnys, Austin Lucas and Cory Branan 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £5–£7 (£12.50 festival pass). US country/punk headliners with a couple of acoustic punk supports, also from the States, plus Welsh psychobillies TGJ. Part of Punktoberfest. ■ Norquay City Halls: Recital Rooms, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 9pm. £10. Acoustic Affair gig. ■ Brian Eno’s Apollo: This is for All Mankind The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 10–11.10pm. £12. Brian Eno’s rearrangement of his classic experimental album to mark the 40th anniversary of the moon landings is performed live by Icebreaker as a soundtrack to Al Reinert’s lunar documentary This Is For All Mankind, along with Ingram Marshall’s haunting San Francisco-inspired work Fog Tropes as heard on the Shutter Island soundtrack. See preview, page 63. Part of the Minimal festival. ■ Naked on the Vague and Prayer Rug SWG3, Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. 10pm. £4. Plus Button Up DJs at this warehouse party. Edinburgh ■ Rossco Galloway The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Fri 8. ■ Aberfeldy The Liquid Room, 9c
Did you see Robyn’s cover of Björk’s ‘Hyperballad’ at the Swedish ‘Polaris Music Prize’ awards recently? Watch the teen-star turned rave-popper, and the blindingly-good Wildbirds and Peacedrums, raising hairs on backs of necks at http://tiny.cc/f991y. Or catch Robyn’s live show this fortnight. ■ ABC, Glasgow, Mon 18 Oct. 74 THE LIST 7–21 Oct 2010
Victoria Street, 01224 641122. 7pm. £11. See Sat 9. ■ Dropkick Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. 7pm. £5. Mellow melodic sounds from Teenage Fanclub and Proclaimers-influenced Dropkick. ■ Jump: Press A, Cancel the Astronauts and Underclass Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. Indie rock with elements of Garbage, Muse and Placebo. ■ Killing Joke and Young Gods The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £20. Over-14s show. Gothic punk piledrivers who still have the capacity to thrill and intimidate. ■ This Familiar Smile and A Simple Disguise Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5 (£4). Emoish rock. ■ Tinie Tempah Potterrow Student Union, Bristo Square, 650 2656. 7pm. £12. Young UK rapper who adds grime and dubstep to the mix, as seen on chart hit ‘Pass Out’. ■ Underclass, Cancel the Astronauts and Jump: Press A Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Indie with a View/Libertines kick from Underclass heading this ‘Your New Favourite Band’ line-up. ■ String Driven Thing The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7.15pm. £7.50. Scottish folk prog rockers, who had their 15 minutes in the 70s, now with a more Americana-driven sound. ■ Haight Ashbury Love Music The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £3. A night of alternative live music hosted by Miyagi. FREE Earl Grey & The Loose Leaves Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. Blues. Stirling ✽✽ Le Weekend Festival Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. Times vary. £tbc. See Thu 14.
Saturday 16 Glasgow FREE Minimal – Alcatraz City Halls: Recital Rooms, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. Jim Bengston’s beautiful, mournful photos of the infamous prison and Ingram Marshall’s evocative minimalist music create an absorbing, mystical portrait of the island, described by Marshall as ‘probably the perfect sound print of the desolation and utter finality of the place’. See Fri 15. Part of the Minimal festival. FREE The Telly Room City Halls: Club Room, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. The birth of the Minimalism movement coincided with the explosion of mass global media, including the first arts documentaries. Drop into the chill out zone where you can view Scott Hicks’ documentary, Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts, which offers an unprecedented glimpse into the life and work of the big daddy of minimalist composers. See Fri 15. Part of the Minimal festival. ■ Double Album: Steve Reich and the String Quartet The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 3pm. £12 (2 for £20 with the 5pm concert). The Smith Quartet performs three contrasting quartets by Steve Reich. The groundbreaking Different Trains is a musical recreation of the train journeys of Reich’s youth. Reich’s tribute to Yehudi Menuhin, Duet, is next, and the virtuosic Triple Quartet brings the concert to an energetic close. See Fri 15. Part of the Minimal festival. ■ Double Album: Philip Glass’ Music with Changing Parts The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 5pm. £12 (2 for £20 with the 3pm concert). Leading contemporary music ensemble Icebreaker performs Glass’ seminal 1973 work, Music with Changing Parts. See Fri 15. Part of the Minimal festival.