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Bedtime and Andrea Marini Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Old time skiffly, jazzy and rootsy sounds from AAH. FREE Open Mic The Solid Rock Cafe, 19 Hope Street, 221 1105. 8.30pm. Weekly acoustic open mic hosted by Pete ‘the Voice’ McCoy. ■ Tom Hingley, John’s Weans, The Baltics and Scott Chiles King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Ex-frontman of baggy Mancunian space-rockers The Inspiral Carpets plies his solo wares. ■ Strangetouch MacSorley’s Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. £tbc. Alt pop. FREE The Shiverin’ Sheiks Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Rock’n’roll, country and gospel from members of The Five Aces, Bottleneckers and Hidden Masters. Edinburgh ■ Aberfeldy The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £10. See Mon 20. ■ The Laymites and Abuse on a Trampoline The Store, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 7pm. £5. Hot indie rock. FREE Edinburgh’s Alternative Open Mic Night Black Rose, 49 Rose Street, 220 0414. 9pm. Come along to the Black Rose and show off your skills – anything goes, apparently.
Bathgate ■ YAP Music Extravaganza Regal Community Theatre, 24–34 North Bridge Street, 01506 630085. 7pm. £3. An end of year concert for some of the best up and coming bands in the West Lothian area.
Dundee FREE Hazey Janes Duke’s Corner, 13 Brown Street, 01382 205052. 8pm. With a freshly baked fusion of folk, country rock and power-pop, The Hazey Janes return to their roots from warmer American climes. Stirling ■ Holly at Christmas Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 7.30–10pm. £14 (£12). See Sun 19.
Wednesday 22 Glasgow ■ Winter Cycle Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. noon. See Thu 16. ■ An Evening with Roddy Hart & the Lonesome Fire Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £10. Glasgow singer-songwriter Roddy Hart is one to watch, having shared studio time with Ryan Adams and with an album featuring performances by Kris Kristofferson and Eddi Reader already under his belt. Here he appears with band The Lonesome Fire, plus there’s support in the shape of Dropkick, The Starlight Jams and R Kid Cash. ■ All The Queen’s Bovine, Why Am I Building a Tank, Roose, Lugosi and Mauser Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £4. Bluegrass, folk, progressive, chillout, electro and funk - and that’s just the headliners. ■ Attic Lights and The Woods The Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £6. The sunny, jangling five-piece return to the coalface. ■ Joe Strummer Tribute Night King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. The now annual celebration of the life and music of the redoubtable Joe Strummer, raising money for Strummerville, a charity which funds music-orientated youth projects. ■ The Cuthbert Abernethy Quartet MacSorley’s Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. £tbc. Experimental melancholic Americana.
■ Randolph’s Leap, Esperi and RM Hubbert The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Indie folk singer/songwriter Randolph’s Leap heads the bill. FREE Tango in the Attic Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Glenrothes indie swingers. Edinburgh ■ Kensington Arms and Secta Rouge Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £5. Post-hardcore from the Netherlands.
Dundee ■ The Greatest Fat Sam’s, 31 South Ward Road, 01382 228496. 7.30pm. £10. Take That tribute.
Stirling ■ One Night Of Queen Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01224 641122. 7.30–10pm. £18.50. Tribute to Freddie Mercury et al, starring Garry Mullen - winner of ITV’s ‘Stars in Their Eyes’ - and his band The Works, bringing you all the Queen hits.
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Glasgow ■ Winter Cycle Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. noon. See Thu 16. ■ Sonic Hearts Foundation and Switchback Road Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30pm. £5. Effects-drenched guitar-wielding Glasgow four-piece. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8pm. See Thu 16. FREE The Warehouse Announcement Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Grunge/funk rock from Berwick-Upon-Tweed. ■ Lou Hickey and The Acutones King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Bittersweet songs with a subtle jazz influence from burlesque singer Lou Hickey, better known as the co-vocalist in Codeine Velvet Club. FREE Modhan St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Road, Thornwood, 339 1742. 8.30pm. Ceilidh/rock band. FREE Kensington Arms and Secta Rouge Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. See Wed 22. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 16. ■ Vantage Point Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £tbc. Festive night of metal (more acts tbc). FREE Calum Wood, Roberta Pia & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 16. ■ Gin Goblins, The Fnords and Norman Silver & The Gold Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £4. A mix of punk, rock and country in aid of the Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty. FREE Acoustic Night Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street Leith, 629 7215. 9pm. See Thu 16. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 16.
Dundee FREE Open Mic Night The Doghouse, 15 Ward Road, 01382 206812. 8pm. Bring your bathroom warbling to a bigger audience at this open mic night.
Dunfermline ■ Meatloaf Tribute Night Carnegie Conference Centre, Carnegie College, Halbeath Road, www.carnegieconferencecentre.co.uk 7pm. £35.50. Sing along with such seasonal classics as ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ and ‘Dead Ringer For Love’ and enjoy a three-course Christmas banquet to boot. ■ One Night Of Queen Alhambra
ROCK&POP Music
5 BEST
ALBUMS OF 2010 LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening (DFA/ EMI) James Murphy and co’s last album also features one of the year’s most tantalisingly misleading album intros. It’s over three (very mellow) minutes into ‘Dance Yrself Clean’ before the proper beats eventually show up, and *sigh of relief* we knew we were going to be in very good hands. Washed Out Life of Leisure (Mexican Summer) 2010 was the year of woozy pop; of over-the-shoulder-looking, 80s- echoing bedroom jams (see Small Black, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Toro Y Moi etc, for evidence of the chillwave tsunami.) This debut beauty from Ernest Weatherly Greene still stands up to repeated listens.
Robyn Body Talk, Pts 1 & 2 and Body Talk (Konichiwa/ Island) Full of big dance-pop bangers that make you twitch involuntarily towards a dancefloor. Robin Miriam Carlsson has synthpop hits and cold-as-ice style in spades. Take note Doolittle, Goulding, Coyle, Cole etc. (Special mention also goes to Glasser for Ring and First Aid Kit’s The Big Black and Blue, two other 2010 favourites.) Errors Come Down With Me (Rock Action) An addictive math-rock-electro hammer, with huge danceability and originality, followed by a double-whammy dose of remixes on Celebrity Come Down With Me. Also big props to Rock Action label-lords, Mogwai, for their monumentally, epically good ‘best- of’ live album Special Moves, reminding us off their accumulated greatness, from whispery, tickling guitars to room-shaking swells.
Arcade Fire The Suburbs (Mercury) Aching melancholia as Win Butler returned to the sprawling suburbia of his childhood. Musically rich, multi-layered and complex with a deep, shimmering resonance.
Theatre, 35 Canmore Street, 01224 641122. 7.30pm. £18. See Wed 22. Friday 24
Glasgow ■ Winter Cycle Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. noon. See Thu 16.
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