Music ROCK&POP
ROCK&POP Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication for Glasgow to glasgow@list.co.uk and for Edinburgh to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Fiona Shepherd and Henry Northmore. For ticket outlet information, see Book Now. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 3 Glasgow ✽✽ Sound Thought 2011 The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 10am. Festival pass £20 (£15); day pass £8 (£6). A festival of experimental ‘mould breaking’ music, workshops and instillations. Artists and musicians involved include Katie McCain, Graeme Brooks, Iain Campbell, Xana Marwick and many more. ■ The Die Youngs, The Joyce Twins and Sunset Stereo Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 6.30pm. £6. Acoustic indie gig, including a solo set from Frazer of Motherwell band Dandawrs. ■ The Bravery O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. US 80s-influenced indie types who lost out in the chart battle with Killers but are back after a hiatus during which frontman Sam Endicott has earned a crust writing songs for the likes of Shakira and Christina Aguilera. ✽✽ Crystal Castles, Magnetic Man, Everything Everything and The Vaccines O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £16.60. The annual NME Awards tour rounds up a line-up of self-destructive electro punk, dubstep soundtracks, brainy indie electro and thrashy indie pop. ■ Francis Rossi O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £19.50 CANCELLED. ■ The Go! Team Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £14. Sonic Youth meet the Jackson 5 plus all points in between pop up during the Mercury Music Prize-nominated Go! Team’s celebratory patchwork set. With support from The Phoenix Foundation.
Let’s Get Lyrical
■ Friction Burns (The Alternative Burns Supper) Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £5–£7. Traffic Cone records presents a night of Burns- esque entertainment including free dinner and poets, punks, ravers, rockers and rappers doing the Bard proud. ■ Dave Dominey Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Funkiness on laptop and bass. ■ The Good Natured Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £6. Aka synth pop singer/songwriter Sarah McIntosh. ■ Innocent Civilian, Broken Indigo, Devour and Dirty Diamond & the Gunslinger Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Rebel Rebel Thursday night at Maggie Mays. ■ Rainbow Dissolve, The Dirty Hugos, The Media Whores and Farseer Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8pm. £tbc. Alt.folk act. ■ Florrie, Sonny Marvello and Sara Douglas King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. New female pop diva on the block. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Hosted by Independence. FREE Acoustic Open Mic 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. Weekly open mic. FREE Cowards, First Step to Failure and The Stay Gones Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Boozy rock and all-out punk. FREE Open Mic Night The Bay, 142 West Regent Street. 9pm. With a free drink for all performers. FREE Rod’s Acoustic Open Mic 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. Unplugged session. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Electro- acoustic sounds from singer-songwriter Ibbs and friends. ■ Born To Be Wide Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7.30pm–1am. £5 (£3.50 Musicians Union; £2.50 for 16/17 year olds) before 9.30pm; free after. Music industry seminar/social club that aims to bring musos, journalists, promoters, record shop workers and musicians together.
Thanks to the title of this month-long celebration of lyrics, we keep finding ourselves singing that Olivia Newton-John song about getting ‘physical, physical’. The programme is very tempting as it turns out, with live performances from Ali Roberts (Fri 25), James Yorkston (Fri 11), plus local covers of Bob Dylan at ‘Dylan Uncovered’ (Thu 10) and a singalong screening of Singin’ In the Rain (pictured, Sun 6). ■ Various venues, Glasgow, until Mon 28 Feb. www.letsgetlyrical.com, Mon 7 Feb. 68 THE LIST 3–17 Feb 2011
Starting the night with a Music Photographers Seminar with guest speakers Kevin Cummins, Alan Dunlop, Christina Kernohan and Brian Sweeney. Followed by a Buy What You Hear session from 9.30pm in aid of Oxfam. FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 8pm. Acoustic night on guitar, vocals and fiddle. ■ Unpeeled The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£3). Showcase of four new acts of any genre from rock and indie to folk and acoustic. FREE Hailey Beavis Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. Acoustic showcase featuring various guests FREE The Other Side and The Diversions Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Classic and progressive rock. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Organic hip hop and jazzy grooves.
Friday 4 Glasgow ✽✽ Sound Thought 2011 The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 10am. Festival pass £20 (£15); day pass £8 (£6). See Thu 3. ■ Burn the Sunset, Survive the Asylum, Final Silence, From Apathy, Burning Sunrise and Bring on the Floods Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Local band showcase. ■ Hurts, Clare Maguire and Saint Saviour O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £14. Sharp-suited electro pop duo from Manchester who have their own opera singer mascot. Support from touted new singer. ■ Periphery, TesseracT and Monuments The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £10. Prog metal and math rock from this DC sextet. ■ Would You Like Fries With That?, The Fugitives, Frontline and Black Rising Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £tbc. Local band showcase. ■ Oscar Cordoba Band and The Morgan Lee Band The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 7.30pm. £5. Jazz/funk/rock fusion. ■ Paul Carrack Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £27.50. The voice behind hits such as Ace’s ‘How Long’, Squeeze’s ‘Tempted’ and Mike and the Mechanics’ ‘The Living Years’ performs favourites alongside works from his new album I Know That Name. ■ Simple Minded Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7.30pm. £tbc. Minds tribute band. ■ Wooden Wand Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £7.50 in advance; £9 on door. Downbeat Americana from James Jackson Toth. ■ Departures, Brotherhood of the Lake, Bastions and The Party Program The Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Hardcore. FREE General Franco Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. Indie, rock and pop covers. FREE Jericho Hill McChuills, 40 High Street, 552 2135. 8pm. Johnny Cash tribute band. ■ Katet, TV Revo and Catcher Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Rock and pop bill. ■ Miss Quincy and Mark Wynn The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8pm. £4. Gypsy bluegrass sounds from Canada’s Miss Quincy and boot stomping blues from York’s Mark Wynn at the latest Vagabond Social Club. ■ New Town Triptych City Halls: Recital Rooms, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. Vocal acoustic three-piece. FREE The Latecomers Lauries Bar, 34 King Street, 552 7123. 8.15pm. Acoustic set of originals and classic covers.
■ Azure Ray, James Husband, Quickbeam and Beerjacket King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8. Californian dream pop duo of Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. FREE Jerusalem Harpoon Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. A ‘musical timewarp’ is assured. FREE The Liam Cairns Band and Kettle of Kites The Common Room, 77 Byres Road, 334 7132. 8.30pm. Americana sounds. ■ Chris Devotion and the Expectations The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Indie and alt.country. With Fiction Faction. FREE The George Lindsay Band 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. Chicago blues. ■ The Scuffers Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 9pm. £8. Honky tonk and bluegrass outfit.
Edinburgh ■ Lee Paterson, Alma Fiera and Bad Boogaloo Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 6.30pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Acoustic, blues, rock and bluegrass. ■ Edward & the Itch, Emele Bros, The Krimson, The Rising Sons, Censor Thoughts and Frantic Chant Maggie’s Chamber, Three Sisters 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 7pm. £10. Indie rock from Edinburgh, the night will be filmed by TRTV. ✽✽ Esben & The Witch, Trophy Wife and Wintergreens Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £7. Brighton trio blending electronics, radio static and schizophrenic, raucous vocals to mystical and exciting effect. ■ The Go! Team The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £14. See Thu 3. ■ Sweep Across Horizons, A Ritual Spirit, The Ammourettes and Liberty Bells Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £6. Edinburgh alt.rock. ■ Trapped Mice, Echo Arcadia and Precious & Grace Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4. The Mine presents a mixed night of indie. FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 3. ■ Lux Lives 2011 Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8.30pm–3am. £6. Cramps tribute night featuring live music from The Fnords, Gin Goblins, The Pharisees, Iain Shaw, Uncle Dad, Acid Fascists, Leith Links, The Bastard Suits, Charles Randolph Rivers Slim Rhythm Revue, Louise McVey and Cracks in the Concrete FREE Martin Andrews Whiski, 119 High Street, 556 3095. 10pm. Blend of rock, pop and blues. Dundee ■ Professor Green Fat Sam’s, 31 South Ward Road, 01382 228496. 7pm. £13.50. London rapper who scored a big hit with ‘I Need You Tonight’ and teamed up with Lily Allen on ‘Just Be Good to Green’. ■ DeadLight Red, Eh!, Colour- Coded, The Dilatory. Dexter’s Lounge Bar, 24 Castle Street, 01382 228894. 8pm. £5. Alt. rock as the band launch their debut EP.
Saturday 5 Glasgow ■ Live & Unsigned Auditions Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10.30am–4pm. £10–£12.50 to enter. Join hundreds of other bands and performers to audition for a place in the regional finals and, ultimately, the national final at the O2 Arena in London. Judges include representatives from National Radio, Kerrang!, BBC Introducing, the regional press and record labels, as well