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ROCK&POP Music
FREE We Came From the Sea, Ambush for Flamingos and Oceans Fall Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 10pm. Indie folk sounds from Edinburgh’s WCFTS. Wednesday 11
Glasgow ■ Chas & Dave O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £20. Together again at last – the Mockney duo who perpetrated such chart offensives as ‘Rabbit’ and ‘Margate’. Flat caps optional. ■ Friendly Fires and Vondelpark The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £13.50. Tropical post-punk indie sounds from this St Albans trio, at one point lumped in with the nu- rave scene, and now poised to return with their second album Pala. ■ Urban Voodoo Machine The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £10. Self-styled bourbon-soaked gypsy blues bop’n’stroll collective from east Londonshire. ■ Francois & The Atlas Mountains, Babe and Fur Hood Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. Bristol-based French musician Francois (who sometimes plays trumpet for Camera Obscura) brings his playful and experimental sounds to Glasgow. ■ Always Read the Label, Life in December and Cullan The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Local alt.rock. ■ Gabrielle Aplin King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £6. Teen singer-songwriter with an online following. ■ Galleries, We See Lights and Letters The Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Melodic, epic indie rock with an electronica twist from the headliners. ■ Hot Jupiter, Hunky Dory, Arthouse and Andy Galbraith Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Arthouse ‘aim to save you from rock mediocrity’. ■ Skinny Molly The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £12.50 in advance; £14 on door: £26.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Mike Estes continues playing southern fried rock’n’roll boogie in his latest band. ■ Juffrage Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before 11pm. Leeds multi-instrumentalist Jeff T Smith, with an armoury of gear in tow. ✽✽ Gatekeeper, Laural Halo and Konx-om-Pax Glasgow School of Art Union, 168 Renfrew Street, 353 4410. 10.30pm. £5. Electronica from Brooklyn and experimental laptronica from the shadowy Konx-om-Pax. Edinburgh ■ Anthems: Kerry Ellis & Brian May Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £36–£40.50. The mop-headed astrophysicist (and sometime axeman in some band called ‘Queen’) is joined by the powerful lungs of Kerry Ellis for a night of Anthems from the worlds of rock and musical theatre. ■ Edinburgh Unplugged The Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8pm. £2. A night of acoustic music. Featuring Conscious Route (energetic Edinburgh band), Man Gone Missing (Scottish blues), The Forget Me Nots (a capella quartet), and Colin Milne (songwriter). FREE Toby Mottershead Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. See Wed 4. FREE Bruise and 3 Card Trick Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Rock covers from 3 Card Trick. FREE Johnson Brothers Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 9.30pm. Live music.
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Glasgow ■ Eric Clapton SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £50. Grizzly guitar god plays those tax exile blues. ■ Page 44, MakethisRelate, Aspen Tide and The Corleones O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Emo pop foursome from the Midlands. ■ Rolo Tomassi Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £9. Sheffield synth youthquake from this female-fronted hardcore band. To win tickets and albums, see page 78. ■ Aames and Restless Sinners Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. Indie. ■ Anthems: Kerry Ellis & Brian May Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £34.50–£39. See Wed 11. ■ David MacDonald, Raymond Elma, West Avenue and Coalescene Cavalcade The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 7.30pm. £5. Upcoming bands and songwriters perform at a fundraiser for the SMCA Caledonian Challenge Team. ■ High Llamas Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £12.50. The return of Sean O’Hagan’s esoteric pop project. ■ If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Glasgow’s IYLHYBHBN cite Dirty Three and Tom Waits as influences on their haunting, lyrical sound. ■ Limehouse Lizzy The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £12.50 in advance; £14 on door; £26.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Tribute to Thin Lizzy. ■ Mary Gauthier and Ben Glover St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £14. Sharp, often devastating emotional observation leavened with a dose of humour from the Louisiana-born songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. ■ Little Dragon King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Swedish electronica band who were one of the array of guests on the latest Gorillaz album. FREE Live! in the Saint The Saint on Bath Street, 190 Bath Street, 352 8800. 9pm. See Thu 28. ■ Porchsong Anthology and Changing Horses Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before 11pm. Wistful folky sounds from PSA with support from kindred outfit from Preston. ■ Sonic Hearts Foundation The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Effects-drenched guitar-wielding Glasgow four-piece. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 28. ■ Die So Fluid, Idiom, Dead Eyes Opened and Dirty Rose Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £8. Gothic power rock trio. ■ Pinky Suavo Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £tbc. Funky indie with a hardcore edge. ■ Lyrikool Lipz, Conscious Route Band, James Brown is Annie and Floor Gangz Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £3.50 before 9pm; £4.50 after. Hip hop, funk, beatboxing and samples. ■ Charity Fundraiser Party Night The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Student charity do with live music to raise funds for the Kenyan Orphan Project. FREE Hailey Beavis and Jed Milroy Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. See Thu 28.
A festival in SW Scotland:
A world of music in the hills! 26th-29th MAY 2011
Horace Andy and Dub Asante DJ Yoda * Salsa Celtica * DJ Food Adrian Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds The Demon Barber Roadshow * Russkaja * Lau Future Trad Collective feat. Michael McGoldrick * Aberfeldy * Found * Hidden Orchestra * Niteworks
Plus workshops, dance tent, crafts, kids area, real ales, stalls, sessions, healing area, open mic, cabaret, camping, cinema, silent disco
More info and tickets: www.knockengorroch.org.uk 01644 460 662 28 Apr–26 May 2011 THE LIST 87