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■ The Parsonage Snow Ball Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue, 204 5151. 2.30–6pm. £5 (children free). Glasgow’s 40-strong country choir throws an afternoon Snow Ball in aid of the City of Joy Project, which treats and supports victims of sexual violence in the Congo. Joining them on the bill are Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers, The Ballachulish Hellhounds and Public House Orchestra. Plus raffle and the Famous Parsonage Home Baking Stall. ■ A Little Mixed Up O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 3.30–10.15pm. £15 advance; £17.50 on the door. A mod music all-dayer, featuring live bands and DJ support from Double Breasted Modzine, Friday Street and others on the Scottish mod scene. Playing live at this second annual event will be Them Beatles, DC Fontana, Berry Tweed and The Chasers, The Laynes, The Universal, The Privates and Button Up. ■ Thriller Live King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 4pm & 8pm. £16.50–£31.50. See Mon 22. FREE The MeatMen Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. See Sat 20. ■ Biffy Clyro and The Futureheads SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £20. See Fri 26. ✽✽ Jenny & Johnny Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £16.75. Boyfriend/girlfriend indie pop duo Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley) and Johnathan Rice with songs of surfing, beaches and easy love. See preview, page 62. ■ Madness and Paul Heaton O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £35. Ska-tinged pop classic after classic in the Nutty Boys’ unashamedly nostalgic set. Supported by ex-Housemartins/Beautiful South man. ■ No Means No and The Pack AD The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £13.50. Veteran progressive punks from Vancouver, still fronted by the Wright brothers, Rob and John. ■ The Saw Doctors Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 0870 850 5666. 7pm. £21.50. Celt-rock knees-up with one of Ireland’s most successful bands. ■ Spear Of Destiny Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £10. Kirk Brandon’s mob, refusing to give up the ghost, despite only having one minor hit 20 years ago. Muscles bulge, veins pop, fists are clenched, rabbles are roused. ■ Horse City Halls, Candleriggs, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £16.50. See Sat 20. ■ The Strike Nineteens Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Indie rockers from Dumbarton. FREE Matt Midgeley, Dear Chicago and Dead Robots Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Alt, folk and indie bands. ■ Panico Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. New signing to Chemikal Underground hailing from Paris. ■ The Rudiments, The Gazelles and Arcadian Kicks Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Melodic 60s-inspired harmony sounds from the headliners. ■ FO Machete, Little Doses and Scrap Brain King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Post-rock outfit, fronted by ex-Ganger member Natasha. FREE Dbass Collective The Rio Café, 27 Hyndland Street, 334 9909. 9pm. See Fri 19. FREE The Fortunate Sons 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. See Sat 20. FREE The Raybandos Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 9.30pm. Rhythm’n’blues and rock’n’roll covers. ■ A Little Mixed Up Late Show The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£4 with A Little Mixed Up ticket stub). DJs play classic 60s dance tunes at this afterparty for the ABC’s mini mod music festival earlier in the day. Featuring a special reunion gig 74 THE LIST 18 Nov–2 Dec 2010
from The Shadowland, who formed in Edinburgh during the 1990s. Edinburgh ✽✽ Sneaky Fest Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757; Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224; Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 3pm–3am. £10. Multi-venue one day festival of alternative indie, folktronica, lo-fi, beats and rock featuring Age of Consent, And So I Watch You From Afar, Come on Gang!, My Tiny Robots, North Atlantic Oscillation, Penguins Kill Polar Bears, Penguin Prison, Three Blind Wolves, DJ Alex Egan, DJ Vic Galloway and many more. FREE Burnsong Live The Scottish Parliament, Queensberry House, Holyrood, 0800 092 7500. 6–7.30pm. A showcase of the past winners and competitor from Burnsong competitions. For free tickets see www.scottish.parliament.uk. ■ William Douglas The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6.30pm. Donation. See Sat 20. ■ 999 and The Vibrators Citrus Club, 40–42 Grindlay Street, 622 7086. 7pm. £9.99. Double bill of old school punk. ■ The Draymin, Dead Sea Souls and Radio Arcade The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £6. Guitar rock with an electro edge from Rosyth boys The Draymin. ■ Interpol and Surfer Blood Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. 7pm. £22.50. New York sharp dressers who play dark intense indie. ■ Jaego, Seven Deadly Sins and No Drive Home Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £4. Great Junction Music Studios showcase. ■ The Skatalites and Bombskare The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 01224 641122. 7pm. £15. See Fri 26. FREE Stewart MacLennan Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. See Sat 20. ■ Wynd Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4 (£3). Alternative rock. ■ Junior Priest and PV Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 7.30pm. £6. Judas Priest tribute at this charity gig raising funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care. ■ Mad About the Boys Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University Bristo Square, 650 2427. 8pm. £8 (£5). Everything from Cole Porter to Rufus Wainwright in this latest, Noel Coward-inspired concert programme. ■ The Caezars Spider’s Web Cellar Bar, 258 Morrison Street, 228 1949. 8.30pm. £8. Rockabilly stylings from The Caezars plus rockn’roll DJ Tojo. FREE Peterman Powderkeg Project Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. Good time indie rock featuring members of Aberfeldy. ■ Sick Sinus, The Murderburgers and Shock & Awe Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 11pm. £5. Non-stop punk headed by Leipzig’s Sick Sinus at this 999/Vibrators afterparty.
Sunday 28 Glasgow FREE Acoustic Butterfly 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 4pm. See Sun 21. FREE Dbass Collective Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 5pm. See Fri 19. ■ All That Remains The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 6pm. £14. Metalcore from Massachusetts. ■ Adam Lambert O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £13.50. American Idol alumnus with a soaring falsetto and flamboyant style puts on a big theatrical pop show with the occasional rock-out moment. ■ Blitz Kids The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £6. Boisterous
emo-tinged rock quintet. ■ Cast Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £20. Mid-table Britpoppers celebrating 15 years since the release of their big-selling All Change album. I guess they’re alright . . ■ Semper Fi, Madafaka, Peace in Revolution and LK Audio O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Local rock. ■ Shrinebuilder Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £15. Doom metal ‘supergroup’ featuring members of Neurosis, Om and The Melvins. ■ Straight Lines Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £tbc. Melodic hardcore from the Welsh punk rockers. ■ Age of Consent, Slayur and Hahaha Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. London electro duo. ■ Herculean Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. See Thu 18. ■ Hype Williams Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £5. Elusive experimental outfit from London/Berlin who have been described as the missing link between Aphex Twin and Ariel Pink - and a latterday Throbbing Gristle. ■ MacStock II MacSorley’s Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 8pm. £tbc. Full line-up of bands to be confirmed. ■ The Smiths Indeed The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £17.50. One of the best Smiths tribute acts in the country. FREE Vegetable Truck Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Punk. ■ Voodoo Six and Dirty Rose King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Classic rock five-piece from London with lovely, shiny manes. ■ The Flood, Fireside Kicks, The Bowhead Saints and Andy McCann The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Acoustic indie folk rock from sibling trio FK.
Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Edinburgh ■ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Show Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. Times tbc. £25.50. See Sat 27. ■ Haight-Ashbury Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £3. Sweet female harmonies applied to songs about drinking too much whisky from the headliners. ■ Laura Marling The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. Engaging alt.folk from the waif-like teenager whose Mercury-nominated album, Alas I Cannot Swim, stunned fans and critics with its lyrical depth and maturity. ✽✽ Vampire Weekend and Ratatat Road, 477 3500. 7pm. £20. The upbeat, preppy New Yorkers maintain their Afrobeat edge on second album, Contra. See Ratatat interview, page 64. ■ Maximum Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £20–£25. Assemblage of some of the Rhythm ‘n’ Blues scene’s pioneers including The Manfreds performing classic hits. ■ Billy Liar, Dead Class and Facehandle Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Night of punk headed by the acoustic sounds of Billy Liar. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 21.
Monday 29 Glasgow ■ As I Lay Dying, Rise to Remain, Heaven Shall Burn and Suicide Silence The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £13. San Diego metal quintet headline. ✽✽ The Drums, Violens and Two Wounded Birds O2 ABC, 330
Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £11.50. Brooklyn indie pop band who dig all things Scottish and jangly from the 80s. See preview, page 61. ■ The Mathletics Team, Aid N’ Disaster and Not Big Not Klevir Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £tbc. Power pop with a side of punk from The Mathletics Team. ■ Bobby Conn, Thomas Truax and RM Hubbert The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £9. Let Bobby abduct you into his creepy world of metallic electro-pop, matching outfits, bowl cuts and lurid eyeshadow. You know you want to. (See album review, page 65.) Support from Thomas Truax, purveyor of homemade instruments and David Lynch cover versions, and Hubby, acoustic guitarist extraordinaire. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. See Mon 22. FREE Brel Sessions Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. See Mon 22. ■ Dark Horses Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Rumbling garage rock ensemble. ■ Michael Simons Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Glasgow-based guitarist playing folk, blues and beyond. FREE Open Mic The Brass Monkey, 1004 Argyll Street, 243 2170. 8pm. See Mon 22. ■ Aiden, Francesqa and The Dead Format King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Seattle goth rockers headline. FREE Blochestra Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. See Mon 22. ■ Raid La Cheetah, 73 Queen Street, 221 4851. 9pm–3am. £2–£3 (£1 with a trade payslip). See Mon 22. ■ Ringo Deathstar, Rioteers and Ursula Minor The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Shoegaze sonic assaults in the style of Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine and Ride from these Austin rockers.
Edinburgh ■ Energy! Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £6. Rock. ■ Straight Lines Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. See Sun 28. Dundee ✽✽ Jenny & Johnny Fat Sam’s, 31 South Ward Road, 01382 228496. 8pm. £14. See Sat 27.
Tuesday 30 Glasgow ■ JLS Braehead Arena, Kings Inch Road, 0870 277 6062. 6pm. £25–£31.70. This bunch of urban-lite posers have attracted hordes of adoring followers since their X-Factor-fuelled rocket to fame – apparently, even Dame Judi’s a fan. ■ Adam Beattie & the Consultants and Inspector Tapehead Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £tbc. Tom Waits-influenced blues/folk finger-style guitarist. ■ Athlete, Alice Gold and Stoney O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16.50. The laid back indie souls and Ivor Novello songwriting award-winners tour their new album Black Swan. ■ Wolves in the Throne Room and Rose Kemp Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £12. Black metal band from US indie central Olympia, Washington. ■ Young Guns, Japanese Voyeurs and The Swellers The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £8.50. Buckinghamshire rock five-piece headline, supported by the kickass Japanese Voyeurs. FREE Acoustic Sessions and Open Mic Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. Free acoustic night hosted by Ross Clark.