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as the general public. See website for more information, or go to page 71 to find out how Edinburgh band Lost Weekend got on at the audition. ✽✽ Sound Thought 2011 The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. noon. Festival pass £20 (£15); day pass £8 (£6). See Thu 3. FREE The MeatMen Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. Rockabilly, bluegrass and skiffle from Glasgow trio The MeatMen. ■ Deaf School and The Amphetameanies O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £14. Veteran Scouse rockers, who formed in the mid-70s and whose sound encompasses elements of punk, pub and glam rock. Support from Glasgow’s many-tentacled ska beast The Amphetameanies. FREE The Fortunate Sons 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. Harmonious Glaswegian blues- meisters. ■ The Modests, Rally, Calm As Colour, Homesick Also and Dead Beat Heroes Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Local band showcase. ■ The Sensational Alex Harvey Story Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £5. Tribute to the irrepressible Alex Harvey. ■ Zoey Van Goey and Human Don’t Be Angry Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6 in advance; £7 on door. Warming pop with experimental flourishes on lo-fi instruments from ZVG who are poised to release their second album. Also on the bill is ex-Arab Strap man Malcolm Middleton in his latest musical guise. ■ We Came from the Sea Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Indie folk sounds from Edinburgh. ■ Alan Frew, The Imagineers, Figure 5 and Martin Stuart Taggart St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £6. Folk pop, indie, rock and acoustic. ■ Heartbeats, How Garbo Died, Cherri Phosphate and Maximum Bob The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. New Wave, electronica, and punk sounds. ■ Jonathan Sebastian Knight Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Solo performance from the frontman of My Cousin I Bid You Farewell. ■ The Magic Platters The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £17 in advance; £19 on door. Paying tribute to doo-wop group the Platters, who had hits in the 50s with ‘The Great Pretender’, ‘Smoke Gets In Your Eyes’, ‘Twilight Time’ and ‘My Prayer’. ■ The Random Guy Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Single launch. FREE Independence Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Live music. ■ Lauren Pritchard King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Soulful Tennessee- born singer/songwriter who relocated to London to concentrate on her singing career after a run in the Broadway production of Spring Awakening. FREE The Niallist Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 10pm. Free before 11pm. Shape-shifting electronica meister plays at Deathkill 4000 FREE Jericho Hill Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 11.30pm. See Fri 4. Edinburgh ■ Ged Hanley, Midnight Blues Band, The Zips and Roguestar Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 4.45pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Blues, punk rock and hard rock. FREE William Douglas The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Unplugged session with William Douglas and friends.
W I N S T U F F
WIN COSMIC GATE ALBUMS
German trance duo
Cosmic Gate have just released Back 2 The Future, a collection of tracks from their early years,
remixed by the likes of Robbie Riviera and Daniel Kandi. The two CD album is out on Mon 7 Feb; you can win one of three copies by entering at www.list.co.uk/offers. WIN EUROPE GOODIES
Air-punching Swedish hair- rockers Europe are appearing at Glasgow’s O2 Academy on Thu 17 Feb. Wanna be there? Then enter by Wed 16 Feb to win one of two pairs of tickets; there are also two T-shirts and two copies of latest album Last Look at Eden for runners up. WIN CHILLY GONZALES TICKETS
Rap, electro, jazz, piano instrumentals: you get ‘em all with Chilly Gonzales, who’s appearing at the O2 ABC in Glasgow on Tue 8 Feb.
If you’d fancy attending, why not pick up a pair of free tickets, courtesy of your good friends at The List? Competition ends Mon 7 Feb. See interview, page 64. WIN BRIGHT EYES TICKETS
Conor Oberst’s much beloved band may be on the way out – he’s threatened that this might be the last album under the Bright Eyes moniker – but not without treating his fans to a few shows first. The gig at the Oran Mor on Tue 8 Feb is completely sold out – thankfully, we managed to get our hands on a pair of tickets. Enter by Mon 7 Feb to win them. See preview, page 63. HOW TO ENTER
Log onto list.co.uk/offers. Closing date for competitions is Wed 16 Feb, unless otherwise stated. There is no cash alternative. Usual List rules apply.
+ TEETH OF THE SEA
Glasgow Arches Sunday 13th February Valhalla Dancehall out now www.britishseapower.co.uk
Heavenly Recordings in association with SJM Concerts, by arrangement with 13 Artists presents
TREVOR MOSS & HANNAH-LOU + JAMES WALBOURNE WITH SUPPORT FROM
Glasgow Captain’s Rest Sunday 13th February
www.seaofbees.com www.trevormossandhannahlou.com myspace.com/jameswalbourne
Debut albums Sea of Bees ‘Songs for The Ravens’ &
James Walbourne
‘The Hill’ out now on Heavenly Recordings
GLASGOW NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY TUESDAY
8TH FEBRUARY
Glasgow Oran Mor Friday 11th February
The Deep Field Album Out Now www.joanaspolicewoman.com
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GLASGOW NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY TUESDAY 22ND FEBRUARY
AIDAN MOFFAT’S VALENTINE REVUE featuring three individual performances by
AIDAN JOHN MOFFAT
BILL WELLS & AIDAN MOFFAT AIDAN MOFFAT & THE BEST-OFS
GLASGOW ORAN MOR WEDNESDAY 16TH FEBRUARY
TICKETS 24HRS 08444 999 990 • www.gigsinscotland.com • www.ticketmaster.co.uk IN PERSON GLASGOW Tickets Scotland, EDINBURGH Tickets Scotland, Ripping & DUNDEE Grouchos. 3–17 Feb 2011 THE LIST 69