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techcore onslaught from TAWFAWW as they launch their new self-released album. FREE The Boy Orchestra, Cherri Fosphate, Umbilical Cord, Constant Static and Fireproof Match Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Modest Mouse and At The Drive-In influences from The Boy Orchestra. ■ Dave Dominey Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Funkiness on laptop and bass. ■ Larkin Poe and Adam Klein The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £12 in advance; £14 on the door; £25.95 with early dinner at 6pm. Bluegrass sibling duo hailed as ‘heirs to the Dixie Chicks’. ■ Miss the Occupier and The Red Show Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Punchy indie punk rocking from Miss the Occupier. ■ Vendor Defender and Young Aviators The Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £3. Indie rock with a funky ‘gothic’ twist. ■ Annie Stevenson, Seminole and The Echoes The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8.30pm. £3. Glasgow alt.rockers headline. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 31. ■ Today is the Day, Retox, Madafaka! and The Party Program King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £12. Nashville grindcore troupe headline. FREE Acoustic Open Mic 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. See Thu 31. FREE Open Mic St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Road, 339 1742. 9pm. See Thu 31. FREE Open Mic Night The Bay, 142 West Regent Street. 9pm. See Thu 31. FREE Rod’s Acoustic Open Mic 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. See Thu 31. Edinburgh ■ Wide Days Teviot Row Union, Bristo Square, 650 4673. 10am–6pm. £34.50 (under 18s £16; fundraiser tickets £130). Born to be Wide present a full day of music seminars (including ‘Making Touring Pay’, ‘Music in Films’ and DIY vs Record Labels’) with industry experts, a keynote speech form Richard Jobson (The Skids), workshops and gigs. See widedays.com for full details. FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 31. FREE Capitals and GoGoBot Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. See widedays.com/bands for tickets. Electro pop duo and synth rock. Part of Wide Days. ■ Carl Barat The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £14. Ex- Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things star strikes out on his own with eponymous debut album in tow. ■ Kim Richey The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7pm. £12. Country rock from Nashville. ■ The Last of Barret’s Privateers Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4. Folky indie. FREE Letters and Paws Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. see widedays.com/bands for tickets. Dark catchy pop and lo-fi garage. Part of Wide Days. ■ Paddy Casey Malone’s Irish Bar, 14 Forrest Road, 226 5954. 7pm. £15. Irish singer-songwriter who supported U2 on their Vertigo tour. FREE Withered Hand and Rachel Sermanni Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. see widedays.com/bands for tickets. Wry, lyrical anti-folk from the Edinburgh- based troubadour Withered Hand and quirky singer-songwriter Sermanni. Part of Wide Days.
5 REASONS
SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80 1 He’s part of the Afrobeat dynasty Nigerian musician Seun Kuti plays sax, chant-sings and dances – not unlike his legendary father Fela, pioneer of the funky Nigerian Afrobeat sound. ‘What inspires me is Africa today’, says Seun. ‘The same things were happening 40 years ago, when my father was songwriting but they’re happening in different ways.’
2 Any friend of Brian Eno’s . . . Brian Eno co-produced Kuti’s new album From Africa with Fury: Rise. Eno ‘has a great mind,’ says Kuti, ‘opening up the sound’ for songs like ‘Rise’, which challenges diamond companies that ‘use our brothers as slaves for the stone,’ and companies like Monsanto and Halliburton who ‘use their food to make my people hungry.’ 3 Talent runs in the family Youngest son Seun is often confused with his older half-brother Femi (same dad, different mothers), who forged his own pathway with his band The Positive Force in his twenties. Seun now tours with dad Fela’s orchestra Egypt 80.
4 Consider it an education Music is politics for Kuti, and he wants to provoke change. ‘Most people are struggling in silence; systematic oppression has made them blind to their reality. Nobody wants to stand up for anything. So I’m trying to make people think about these things that they are forgetting. I want to inspire people to want things to change.’
5 He’s joined by other African Soul Rebels The Malian group Donso are supporting Kuti: expect driving vocals over roots n’goni lutes, guitars, and percussion grooved into electro dance beats, courtesy of French producer Pierre- Antoine Grison. (Jan Fairley) ■ An African Soul Rebels Special: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 16 Apr.
■ Keith James: The Songs of Leonard Cohen The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £8.50. Songwriter and music producer Keith James pays tribute to one of the world’s most poignant songwriters. ■ 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.
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