Music ROCK&POP/JAZZ
Thursday 21 Glasgow ■ Amy MacDonald O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £22.50. Down-to-earth young singer- songwriter from Glasgow. ■ Carl Barat, The Heartbreaks and Swimming Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things star strikes out on his own with eponymous debut album in tow. ■ Hayseed Dixie Grand Ole Opry, 2–4 Govan Road, 429 5396. 7pm. £13.50 (£40 season ticket). See Wed 20. ■ Tracy Gang Pussy Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £8. French punk metal quartet. ■ Train O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £14.50. San Franciscan AOR trio best known for their song Drops of Jupiter. ■ Charlie Landsborough City Halls, Candleriggs, 01592 611101. 7.30pm. £16–£18. As entertaining on stage as he is melodic, Landsborough offers up a range of country material. ■ DOSH Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £8–£9.50. Percussive multi- instrumentalist. ■ Lost City Lights Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7.30pm. £5. LCL describes themselves as ‘an explosion of sheer flavour’. ■ Marty Wilde’s Born to Rock’n’Roll Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 01383 740384. 7.30pm. £21.50–£23.50. See Wed 20. ■ The Black Hand Gang Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Raw urban blues and country rock. ■ Chantel McGregor Band The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10. New blues guitar whizz. ■ The Ex and DeSalvo Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm. £7. Veteran anarcho-punk band from the Netherlands, with hardcore entertainment from DeSalvo in support. ■ My Passion King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £8. Over-14s show. ‘Electronic- induced metallic punk’ from London.
■ SFD, The Massacre Cave, Gruesome Green Fever and Shanty Moses Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £4. Live music. FREE This Silent Forest and Unhappy Mansion Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. Weekly Socks Off night. ■ The Lonely Oatcake, Barn Owl and Go Lucky 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Our new favourite band name. The sound is folk. FREE Your Loyal Subjects Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Edinburgh rock duo. FREE The Fiction The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9.30pm. Live music. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 7. ■ Alvin Stardust Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £15 (£13). Re-live 50 years of rock’n’roll excitement with 70s mega- star Alvin Stardust. ■ Demons, Sick Llama and Wraiths Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7.30pm. £6. Dark synth drone from Detroit’s Demons (featuring Wolf Eyes’ Nate Young).
JAZZ Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore and Kenny Mathieson. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 7 Glasgow ■ Gilad Atzmon Orient House Ensemble The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 8pm. £8 (£6). Virtuoso Israeli saxophonist Atzmon merges his Middle Eastern roots with bebop styles as he launches new album The Tide Has Changed.
Girlyman, with the Porch Song Anthology
Friday 8
Edinburgh ■ King King The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7pm. £9.50. Glasgow blues outfit from featuring Alan Nimmo. ■ Public Information The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). A swinging programme from the jazzy and backbeat four-piece. ■ Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Night of top funk from DJ Aki and live guests including Leeds-based vocalist Terri Shaltiel and her funk band (8 Oct) and the high energy DC Ellis Band (15 Oct).
Saturday 9
Glasgow FREE Liquid Jazz Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. Cool jazz outfit playing standards and classic jazz. Edinburgh FREE The Gentlemen of Jazz Harry’s Bar, Randolph Place, 539 8100. 2.30pm. Featuring vocalist Liz MacEwan. FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. Jimmy Taylor and band play songs by Mel Torme and other great jazz vocalists. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). A different selection of five leading jazz players come together for each session with no rehearsal. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Scottish jazz, funk, soul and Latin bands join DJ Astroboy, including Paul Mills’ Mind Excursion and DJ Ally A (9 Oct) followed by The Soul Foundation (16 Oct).
Sunday 10 Glasgow FREE Live Jazz Café Rogano, 11 Exchange Place, 248 4055. 1.30pm. Popular soul, blues and classic jazz. FREE Perdido The Inn, Station Road, Bearsden, 942 6752. 8–11pm. Mainstream Latin jazz, swing and vocals. The less inhibited are encouraged to get up and have a boogie.
Doris, Tylan and Nate have recently been joined by drummer JJ Jones, formerly of Po’Girl, to make up the folk-pop fourpiece, Girlyman. The original trip got together in Brooklyn a decade ago, and this is the first time they’ve turned the UK. Support comes from the Glasgow-based quartet, The Porch Song Anthology, who do an excellent line in country-meets-Nick Cave dark Americana. ■ Stereo, Glasgow, Thu 7 Oct, Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. 78 THE LIST 7–21 Oct 2010
Edinburgh FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8.30pm. All singers and instrumentalists are welcome at this jazz jam with a different host every week and a stellar trio including Keith Edwards on tenor sax (10 Oct) and trombonist Dave Batchelor (17 Oct).
Monday 11 Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Jazz classics from this 17-piece ensemble. ■ Glamour & The Baybes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Mix of rock, jazz, blues and funk from this four-piece powered by drummer Jordie Gilmour.
Tuesday 12
Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. Live acoustic blues from John Hunt and friends. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Guitarist Aki Remally leads this funk band.
Wednesday 13 Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. Open rehearsal. ■ Strictly Big Band Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 8pm. £24.50–£28.50. The 26-piece orchestra is accompanied by various guest singers in a programme spanning the history of jazz, from the clubs of Harlem to the glamour of Las Vegas. ■ Tom Gibbs/Euan Burton Group The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Creative, inventive jazz from this Glaswegian pianist and bassist behind new album Forgotten Things. ■ Mike Kearney Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Talented piano player/vocalist Kearney leads this funk/blues five-piece.
Thursday 14
Glasgow ■ Tom Gibbs/Euan Burton Group The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 8pm. £5 (£4). See Wed 13. Edinburgh ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Jazz four-piece.
Friday 15
Edinburgh ■ Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Celebrating ECM The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £16.50 (£10). See Thu 14. ■ J-Phunk Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Jazz/funk fusion outfit from Glasgow and Fife, headed by electric bassist Sam Firth. ■ Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Fri 8.
Saturday 16 Glasgow FREE Dias Brazil Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. Jazzy Brazilian rhythms, bossa nova, samba and salsa. ■ Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Celebrating ECM RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £16.50 (£10). See Thu 14.