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■ Eliza Doolittle The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. Smooth Radio Love Live Music event featuring the chirpy young pop pretender, born into light entertainment royalty. Her mum is singer Frances Ruffelle and her gran is veteran acting coach Sylvia Young. ■ Jason Collett Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £9. Toronto musician who played guitar in Broken Social Scene before concentrating on his solo career. ■ The Magic Carpet Cabaret Tchai- Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. A night of poetry, songs and stories, with open mic spots. FREE Spotlight@Slouch Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8pm. New weekly open mic night hosted by Wull Swales. FREE Tangles Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. Gossamer guitar sounds in the vein of Robert Fripp from Ricky Egan, aka Tangles. ■ The Bookhouse Boys and Alice Gold King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. See Mon 30. FREE Open Mic Box, 431 Sauchiehall St, 332 5431. 9pm. Weekly open stage. FREE The Shiverin’ Sheiks Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Rock’n’roll, country and gospel from members of The Five Aces, Bottleneckers and Hidden Masters. Edinburgh ■ The Travelling Band, Jesus H Foxx and The Last Battle Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £6. Indie folk charmers from Manchester. ■ Slum Village and Kobi Onyame The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £15. Underground lyrical hip hop trio from Detroit, with back up from DJ Bunty Beats. FREE Open Mic Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. Open mic session with Caramello Fats and Packet O’Shay. FREE Open Mic Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 9.30pm. Original music preferred. FREE Lesley Young Duo, Anna Neale and Three Knots Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 10pm. Power-pop from Three Knots.
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108 THE LIST 26 May–23 Jun 2011
Wednesday 1 Glasgow ■ The Coffins and Annie Stevenson Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £6. Rocket- fuelled feel good rock from The Coffins. ■ Gregory Alan Isakov Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. £10. Singer/songwriter from Johannesburg who has played alongside the likes of Calexico, Mumford & Sons and Fiona Apple. ■ Ross Leighton Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Singer/songwriter from Kilmarnock. ■ Zulu People, The Gun Street Few and We Came from the Sea Capitol, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 7.30pm. £4. Alt.rock line-up. ■ Aspen Tide and Remember Paris Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Alt.rockers from Glasgow. ■ Chris T-T, Hordes of Unstoppable Skeletons and Roscoe Vacant & the Gantin’ Screichs The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £5. Agit-folk from London’s Chris T-T. ■ Errors and D/R/U/G/S SWG3, Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. 8pm. £tbc. Glasgow electronica outfit going from strength to strength, and now with added Mogwai- endorsement, with support from mellow Mancunians at this Diesel Island Disco night. ■ The Barents Sea, The Fiction and Meanwhile City The Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. 9pm. £4. Folky sounds from The Barents Sea at this week’s Muso Club. ■ Slum Village Glasgow School of Art Union, 168 Renfrew Street, 353 4410. 10.30pm. £12. Underground lyrical hip
The Wild Swans
hop trio from Detroit play at the weekly Knock Knock night. Edinburgh ■ James Blake and Cloud Boat The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £12.75. Mournful, minimalist dubstep piano man who was runner-up in the BBC Sound of 2011 poll. ■ Secret CDs The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £3. A night set up to help sell CDs by Edinburgh-based musicians. June features Paul Gilbody, Aaron Shanley, Arran Arctic and Tom McConnell. ■ Eagleowl The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £tbc. Lo-fi folky loveliness at the latest Limbo with the Black Spring DJs. FREE Toby Mottershead Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. The Black Diamond Express man presents ‘the Jack of Diamonds Scrimshaw shanties’. FREE Slurpy Gloop, Kalamazoo and 3 Card Trick Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Electronica, alt.rock and covers. FREE Craig Finnie Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 10pm. Live music.
Thursday 2 Glasgow ■ Charles Hayward, The One Ensemble and Capillary Action CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. £6. The former drummer with experimental rockers This Heat and, briefly, anarcho-punks Crass heads this bill. FREE The Human Zoo Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 7pm. Alt/garage rockers. ■ James Blake and Cloud Boat
Lost Liverpool bands of the early 1980s don’t come much better than The Wild Swans, whose sole release in their original incarnation, the single ‘The Revolutionary Spirit/God Forbid’ defined the band’s questing romanticism that made every song a Boy’s Own adventure for young men in search of the heroic. Formed by ex-Teardrop Explodes member Paul Simpson 30 years ago, and with two compilations charting their missing-in-action back catalogue, The Wild Swans are back with new material for imminent album The Coldest Winter for a Hundred Years and a live line-up that includes ex-Echo & the Bunnymen bassist Les Pattinson and members of the Brian Jonestown Massacre. Catch this rare show for a feast of Blakeian Scouse myth-making to die for. (Neil Cooper) ■ Captain’s Rest, Glasgow, Tue 7 Jun.
Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £12.75. See Wed 1. ■ Judy Collins Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £18.50. Veteran folk pop troubadour who first came to prominence as part of the protest singer boom in the 60s. ■ Kate McGill and Mike Dignam Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Welsh-born, Plymouth- based pop singer/songwriter, with support from singer/songwriter from Preston. ■ The Senses and Mythrias Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £5. Melodic alt.pop from Kilmarnock, plus electro rock from the two-piece Mythrias. ■ The Black Lights Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Rock. ■ Jim Dead & the Doubters, The Colts and Craig Hughes The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £5 including a copy of the album. The dark end of the Americana street explored by Jim Dead at this launch of new album Ten Fires. Plus country and blues supports. ■ Katy Moffatt St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £10 (£8). See Mon 30. FREE The Lonely Boy, Tragic O’Hara and Kerrie Lynch Black Sparrow, 241 North Street, 221 5530. 8pm. Stripped back, acoustic sets. ■ Brigitte Aphrodite King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7.50. The comedy Kate Nash who has been compared to Lene Lovich in her punky style. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 26. FREE Acoustic Open Mic 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. See Thu 26. FREE Live! in the Saint The Saint on Bath Street, 190 Bath Street, 352 8800. 9pm. See Thu 26. FREE Open Mic Night The Bay, 142 West Regent Street. 9pm. See Thu 26. FREE Shona Foster and Jonathan Sebastian Knight Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before 11pm. Scots-born, Yorkshire-bred and now Brighton-based songwriter with a touch of the Regina Spektor in her songwriting and performing style. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 26. ■ Francesqa, The Winter Tradition and A Day Overdue Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 6.30pm. £7. Big epic brooding rock. FREE Bob Dylan Birthday Night Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. A post birthday celebration of the man and his music. ■ The Last September, Caro Bridges & The River and The Little Birds The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £3. Folky indie and mellow multi- instrumentalism. ■ Trapped in Kansas, Letters and Plastic Animals Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. Math rock. ■ The Mighty Moth Magnets The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £tbc. Novelty indie act who promise ‘not so much a gig, as a musical-mystical-entomological experience’. ■ 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. FREE Hailey Beavis Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. See Thu 26. FREE Mark Burwell’s Rockeoke Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 9.30pm. See Thu 26. FREE The Merrylees, JKLMNO and The Ringos Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South