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Glasgow ■ Winter Cycle Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. noon. Guitarist Jer Reid undertakes a series of improvised duets, featuring a different collaborator every day. Luke Sutherland, RM Hubbert, Iain Campbell and Wounded Knee are among the participants. ■ Fear Factory, High On Fire and Death Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, 339 9784. 7pm. £16.50. A soundclash of heavy industrial electronica and grinding death metal. ■ The Imagineers, Strawberry Ocean Sea and The Clyde O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Local triple bill. ■ Laibach Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £15. The formidable Slovenian ensemble celebrate thirty years of heavy duty industrial rocking and fetishistic costumes. ■ Meat Loaf SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. 7pm. £48. Return of the AOR behemoth and king of the power ballad, truck stop boogie and frilly cuff. ■ Orange Goblin, Solace and Firebird Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £12. Stoner rock, psychedelic noodlings and greasy biker grooves - how can you resist? ■ Saint Etienne and The Radio Dept O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16.50. Over-14s show. Pristine pop from the uber-cool electronica trio, fronted by yummy mummy Sarah Cracknell. There may be some new Christmas songs at this show. ■ One Way Out and Red Show Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £3.50. Live music. ■ Gorman: Back from Japan The Vale, 5 Dundas Street, 332 4928. 8pm. £6. Piano-led ambient indie boys mark their return from the East with this gig. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8pm. Hosted by Independence. ■ Martin Stephenson and Ken Brady Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 229 1442. 8pm. £tbc. Daintees frontman Stephenson (and guests) entertains with a combination of guitar picking, waltzes, swinging country, folk pop and comic tales. ■ The Statler Project, Flyin’ Jalapenos and Fireside Kicks Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm. £5. Dancey indie rock from TSP. ■ Come on Gang! and Capitals King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Energetic punky indie pop from the headliners. ■ How Garbo Died, Ain’t No Woman Gonna Make A George Jones Outta Me, Diamond Sea and Broken Down Heroes The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Two men and some machines, supported by a band named after a Daniel Johnston song. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Electro- acoustic sounds from singer-songwriter Ibbs and friends. FREE Carly Connor, Mike Nisbet, Findlay Napier, Rachel Morrison and Douglas Rennick Electric Circus,
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GIGS OF 2010 Weird theatrics from Fever Ray, blissful low-end synth-pop from Washed Out and Small Black, hushed guitars from RM Hubbert, Barrowland-shaking dance-punk from LCD Soundsystem. . . The List looks back at 2010’s best live shows The xx Studio 24, Edinburgh, Tue 9 Mar. At the start of their most high-profile year yet, with a Mercury Prize win in September, Romy and co took to the (under- used) Studio 24 stage, letting their lo-tech shadow puppet show (them, backlit behind a white sheet) build the drama before a typically moody, understatedly gorgeous show.
Hallogallo: Michael Rother & Friends present the music of NEU! The Picture House, Edinburgh, Tue 17 Aug. Krautrock crack for fans of kosmische soundscapes. This rare outing of NEU! material was a hypnotic highlight of the Edinburgh Festival. Vast numbers of men meant tiny queues for the ladies toilets too. Wunderbar.
Crystal Castles ABC, Glasgow, Tue 19 Oct. The bouncers got a thorough workout here – chasing Alice Glass as she lobbed herself again and again into the crowd – screaming her vocals while the crowd threw her like an empty plastic bag over their heads. Noisy electro on a schoolnight? Come back soon.
Away Game Isle of Eigg, Fri 24–Sun 26 Sep. Technically three days of gigs, this first-time festival on the isle of Eigg killed the summer competition with its folk-meets-electro line-up (Human Don’t Be Angry, Silver Columns, Withered Hand and 30 others). Those sunsets, that bumpy boat-ride over. . . Unforgettable. The Phantom Band Oran Mor, Glasgow, Sun 21 Nov. Prog-folk, glam-motorik, krautScotrock – whatever portmanteau, disposable label you slap on this Glasgow sixsome, there’s no denying they nailed their ‘difficult second album’, with The Wants, and stomped through this slick, psych-rock set.
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O2 ABC Glasgow Friday 4th February 2011 New single 'Stay' out now taken from the album 'Happiness' www.informationhurts.com
Glasgow Oran Mor Friday 11th February 2011 The Deep Field – Album released January 24th 2010 www.joanaspolicewoman.com
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