Music ROCK&POP
FREE The Sunday Service featuring Acoustic Butterfly 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 4pm. See Sun 3. ■ Psychotropic System, Let’s Play God, Carrion, Deadalus, Bloodstone, Perduramo and Circle of Tyrants Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £6. Metal to the Masses heat. ■ Edging on Ecstasy, Warren Capaldi and Third Letter’s Different Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Local metal outfit headline. ■ Keith James: The Songs of Leonard Cohen Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, 332 6535. 7.30pm. £10. See Thu 7. ■ Tom Williams & the Boat and Kat Healy Music Project Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £4. Literate indie folk pop singer/songwriter and band from Kent. ■ Wraiths, Haar, Sunsmasher and Assynt The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Blackened horror noise droning from Wraiths. ■ The Ray Summer, Mass Consensus and Liam Cairns King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Infectious mainstream indie rock sounds from this Falkirk band, signed to King Tut’s record label. FREE Bloc+ Jam Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. See Sun 3. Edinburgh FREE Spark! Creativity Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Sun 3. ■ Kate Nash Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £12.50. Lo- fi singer-songwriter, who has charmed the masses with her kitchen sink observations. ■ The Late Call, The Japanese War Effort and The Wee Rogues Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £tbc. The Gentle Invasion present a trio of lush folk pop acts. ■ Marcus Foster Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £7. See Sat 9. ■ Three Long Words and What’s Yours is Ours Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £5. Young indie talent. FREE Rossco Galloway and Alisdair McErlain Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. See Sun 3.
Monday 11 Glasgow ■ Brooke Fraser Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £15. Christian folk pop singer- songwriter, originally from New Zealand. ■ Russell Watson SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £25–£60. After facing down serious illness, one of the country’s most popular crossover singers returns to the stage. ■ Tom McRae The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £16.50. Return of the superior London-based singer- songwriter with a line in tender Damien Rice-style laments. This time with added string quartet action. FREE Brel Sessions Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. See Mon 4. ■ Michael Simons Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. See Mon 4. ■ Stone Axe, Low Sonic Drift, Stubb and Trippy Wicked The Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. ‘Seventies rock preservationists’ from Washington State headline, plus progressive psychedelic heaviness from LSD. FREE The Japanese War Effort Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 9pm. Lo-fi folktronica on a variety
of everyday topics from Martin Moog. Edinburgh ■ Cattle & Cane, Miasma, Al Shields and The Last September Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £6. Folky indie pop. FREE Boda’sChanBang Boda Bar, 229 Leith Walk. 8pm. See Mon 4. FREE Dawn Patrol Malone’s Irish Bar, 14 Forrest Road, 226 5954. 9pm. See Mon 4. FREE Open Mic Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. See Mon 4.
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Glasgow ■ Malevolent Creation Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £13.50. Death metal from Florida. ■ Dinosaur Pile-Up King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £6.50. Grunge rockers hailing from Leeds. ■ San Fran & the Ciscos Tchai- Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. A night of singers and bands hosted by San Fran & the Ciscos. ■ Andy Lucas and Michael Maclelland Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 222 2254. 9pm. Free before 11pm. Former session player for the likes of Amy MacDonald and Ocean Colour Scene plays tracks from his debut album ‘Weekend Millionaire’ at the Slow Club. ■ Dusk ‘Til Dawn, Hello! Hello! and Yakuza & the Snow The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Live music. FREE The Seventeenth Century Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 9pm. Dreamy folk rock from this Glasgow five-piece who sound a bit like a Scottish Fleet Foxes. FREE The Shiverin’ Sheiks Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. See Tue 5.
Edinburgh FREE Out of the Bedroom Montague Bar, Montague Street, 226 0931. 7.30pm. See Tue 5. FREE Open Mic Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. See Tue 5. FREE The Regent Showcase The Regent Bar, 2 Montrose Terrace, 661 8198. 8.30pm. Local singer-songwriter Cameron Phair hosts this night of musicians, poets and comedians. Wednesday 13
Glasgow ■ The Wanted SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £24. Latest airbrushed boy band to pop off the end of the production line. ■ Crayons, Tempercalm, Weather Barn and Dilectrics Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £5. Launch of the weareglasgow compilation album with more acts tbc. ■ I’m From Barcelona The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £12. They’re touring, they’re from Sweden, and there are very many of them. ■ Insomniac Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 7pm. Live music. ■ Magnum The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £19.50. Over-14s show. Old school foot- on-the-monitor rockers who just keep on trucking. ■ Mike Fantastic O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £8. Cardiff electro quintet with a penchant for silly glasses who have appeared on Britain’s Got Talent. ■ Man at the Window Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Reggae/dub band play their eminently danceable tunes. Plus All Star Mezzanines and DJ Maxiroots. ■ Jeniferever Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Noisy and thoughtful post-rock in a Sigur Ros style.
94 THE LIST 31 Mar–28 Apr 2011