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■ Lucky Dragons: No Boundaries, No Hierarchies The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £7. Experimental electronica that aims to break down boundaries between audience and artist, backed by silent short film screenings. Part of the Glasgow Music and Film Festival. See preview, page 62. ■ The Magic Carpet Cabaret Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. A night of songwriters and bands. ■ Or, the Whale Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. £10. See Mon 21. ■ The Rupture Dogs, The Dirty Beggars and Jamie Cameron The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Irish rockers. ■ Wolf People, Figure 5 and The Hidden Masters Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Pinsharp pastiche of 60s psychedelic blues rock. ■ Innercity Pirates, Altered Sky and Wrongnote King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Danceable indie garage tunes from this Welsh quartet. FREE Theapplesofenergy Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 9pm. Experimental trancey soundscapes. Edinburgh ■ The Rogue Riot Maggie’s Chamber, Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 7pm. £4. Live band night celebrating LGBT people. Including Emma Forman, Every Silver Lining, Sweep Across Horizons, Soundtracks for Daydreams. Part of LGBT History Month ■ Yuck, Paws and Young Spooks Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £7. Lo-fi scuzzy indie from a London four-piece. ■ Emily Barker & Red Clay Halo Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £8. See Mon 21. FREE Out of the Bedroom Montague Bar, Montague Street, 226 0931. 7.30pm. Open mic session, the only rule is no cover versions. Sign up from 7.30pm, performances start from 8pm. FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17.
Kinross ■ The Wynntown Marshalls The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, 01577 863467. 9pm. £12. Country rock and Americana from The Wynntown Marshalls. Part of Fifestock Festival
Wednesday 23 Glasgow ■ Jason Derulo O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £23.50. Latest R&B/hip-pop smoothie to woo the ladies. ■ Metal Hammer Razor Tour The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £9. Featuring proggy metallers, Sylosis, Glaswegian extreme metal band Bleed From Within, While She Sleeps and Anterior. FREE Open Mic St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Road, Thornwood, 339 1742. 7pm. Open mic session. ■ Pete Lawrie, Bearbones and Man Gone Missing Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 7pm. £6. Rootsy pop from this Welsh singer/songwriter. ■ Shaun Ryder and The Twang O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16.50. The ex-Happy Mondays frontman and almost King of the Jungle continues his reign of respectability (sort of) in solo guise. ■ Sourpatch, Town Bike and Maximum Bob The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield St, 564 1450. 7pm. £4 in advance; £5 on door. Upbeat indie pop from San Jose band. Supports from Liverpool and Glasgow.
ROCK&POP Music
Cut Copy
They’ve toured with Daft Punk, they made some of last decade’s most colourful indie-dance crossover records, and last week the Aussie synthpoppers dropped another beauty in the shape of Zonoscope (on Modular Records), featuring more driving electro-pop with a heavy nod to 80s heroes such as ELO and New Order. We also like ‘Take Me Over’’s Yeasayer-esque tropical-funk. ■ The Arches, Glasgow, Thu 3 Mar.
■ Hiroshima Blackout, Life in December, Mechanical Smile and Healthy Minds Collapse Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Alt, punk and hardcore bill. ■ Jill Jackson The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 7.30pm. £10 in advance; £12 on door. Ex-Speedway frontwoman Jackson strikes out on her own showcasing her style of acoustic Americana, and launching her album Back to Zero at this gig. ■ Zombie Zombie The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £10. Parisian duo who apparently ‘use sound and rhythm to explore the feeling of fear growing inside you’. Providing a live score to silent classic Battleship Potemkin. Part of Glasgow Music and Film Festival. FREE The Fear, The Strike Nineteens and Dawns Club Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. SN are indie rockers from Dumbarton. ■ Such Gold, Starters, First Step to Failure and Wolves at Heart The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. New York hardcore punk. ■ The Crave King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Unabashed classic rock influences from AC/DC to Aerosmith with a dash of Foo Fighters in the mix. With Tiger Please and Vukovi. FREE 7 Weeks and Hagana Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Driving alt.rock from France.
Edinburgh ■ The Wynntown Marshalls, Dolly Varden and Magnolia Summer Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £tbc. Country rock and Americana from The Wynntown Marshalls (formerly known as The Sundowns). FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17.
Dunfermline ■ KT Tunstall Alhambra Theatre, 35 Canmore Street, 01383 740384. 7.30pm. £20. The feisty Scottish singer-songwriter with a Brit, Ivor Novello and Scottish Style Award under her musical belt. Kinross ■ Marcus Bonfanti The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, 01577 863467. 9pm. £14. Fast- rising blues singer and guitarist. Part of Fifestock Festival.
Thursday 24
Great Western Road, 357 6200. Glasgow ■ Beardyman Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, 339 9784. 7pm. £12.50. The first person to retain the UK Beatbox Champion title for two years in a row, Beardyman has to be seen live to be believed. ✽✽ Efterklang Òran Mór, 731–735 7pm. £12. New Age, classical and post- rock influences from this Danish ensemble who are also screening their new documentary, An Island, directed by Vincent Moon. See preview, page 61. ■ Kid Canaveral Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £7. St Andrews-based Fence Collectees KC play a fundraising gig before they head to SXSW. Plus Randolph’s Leap and Martin John Henry of De Rosa. ■ 2:54 The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £6. Tipped sisters from London influenced by Queens of the Stone Age and PJ Harvey. ■ Jericho Hill Grand Ole Opry, 2–4 Govan Road, 429 5396. 7.30pm. £7.50. Johnny Cash tribute band. Playing the classic At Folsom Prison in its entirety. ■ The Memory Band The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £6. Stephen Cracknell leads The Memory Band (including Pictish Trail’s Johnny Lynch) through music from The Wicker Man. Part of the Glasgow Music and Film Festival and Let’s Get Lyrical. ■ Blonde Louis, The Corleones, The Replay and The Boy Next Door King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £5. ‘New young romantics’ from Hertfordshire, with support from BND, aka 22-year-old East Lothian songwriter Richard Davidson. ■ Cherry Lee Mewis and Ben Poole The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £7. Welsh 23-year- old plays a mix of warm, vintage, gut- bucket blues with rootsy sparse guitar style, covering songs by Memphis Minnnie, Robert Johnson and Jeff Buckley. ■ Djevara, Jackie Treehorn and Rollor The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. London trio influences by classic hardcore punk. Support from Edinburgh’s tech-groovemeisters Jackie Treehorn. ■ Skinny Villains Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Unpredictable showmanship from Skinny Villains.
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