Music ROCK&POP
■ The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £12.50. New York indie pop trio who should feel right at home in Scotland, given their liking for Teenage Fanclub and The Pastels. ■ The Cut Throat Razors Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Eight-piece band playing soul, ska and punky pop. ■ Mr Wroe’s Ho’s, The Euan Platter Collective and Concor Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Glasgow’s latest musical terrorists. ■ Brian Wright and Jim Bianco King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. See Fri 10. FREE Rockburn and Death by Ambition Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8.30pm. Indie rockers from Bellshill. FREE Swagger Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Quality rock covers and self-styled ‘rock salvation’ from Swagger. FREE Live! in the Saint The Saint on Bath Street, 190 Bath Street, 352 8800. 9pm. See Thu 26. Edinburgh FREE Bruncheon! Featuring The Sound of Muesli Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7100. 11.30am–3pm. Brunch and live music plus your choice of breakfast, traditional or continental. If you can have a dinner dance, why not a breakfast dance? FREE Debrasco The Parlour Bar, 142 Duke Street, 555 3848. 3pm. High octane rock’n’roll. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Ged Hanley Trio, Midnight Blues Band, Size Queen and U- Know-Hoo Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 4.45pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Blues, funk and rock. FREE William Douglas The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Sat 28. ■ Friends Are Friends, Abduction of Margaret and Sacre Noir Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Electro, dance/rock and pop. ■ Privilege Promotions Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £tbc. Four bands to be confirmed. ■ Stephanie Sounds Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £5. See Fri 10. FREE Free Music Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 7.30pm. A series of gigs. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ My Tiny Robots, Betatone Distinction and Cameo Colours Maggie’s Chamber, Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 7.30pm. £5. Idiosyncratic lilting indie pop and odd ball covers. ■ Undergrowth The Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, 07766 191817. 7.30–11pm. By donation. Fundraiser for the Forest Cafe featuring music and poetry. It’s not in Leith, but we’ll let them off just this once. Part of Leith Festival. FREE James Brown is Annie Cruz Bar and Restaurant, 14 The Shore, 553 6699. 8pm. Raw garage blues and funk. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Townhouse The Village, 16 South Fort Street, 478 7810. 8pm. £3 (£2). Indie. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE The O’s Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. See Fri 10. FREE Sativa Dawn Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 10pm. Retro psychedelic blues-rock.
Doune ✽✽ Doune the Rabbit Hole Doune 970832. Times vary. Prices vary. See Fri 10. Castle, Castle Road, 07915
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Sunday 12 Street, 574 6066. 9pm. See Sun 29.
Glasgow FREE Gibson Street Gala Gibson Street, www.westendfestival.co.uk 12–6pm. Street entertainers, live music on Otago Lane, stalls, art and crafts, food, drink, a climbing wall, children’s areas and games. Live acts include Rudy Alba and the One Flesh Band, Barulho Beats Samba Band and Bombskare. Part of the West End Festival. ■ If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now and Black Jash Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 1.30pm. £tbc. Afternoon gig, headlined by Glasgow’s IYLHYBHBN who cite Dirty Three and Tom Waits as influences on their haunting, lyrical sound. FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2–3pm. See Sun 29. FREE Sunday Sessions La Bodega, Dance With Attitude Studios, 1120 South Street, 581 3401. 2pm. See Sun 29. FREE Blues Kitchen Sundays Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 6pm. See Sun 29. ■ Phoenix Mayhem Punkfest Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 6pm. £10 (£15 for weekend ticket). See Sat 11. ■ Duck Hunt, Standard Error and Man & Superman Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £3. Prog punk, jazz funk folk fusion and angular indie sounds from this bill. FREE Bloc+ Jam Bloc+, 117 Bath Four Hours of Drone
Edinburgh ■ Five in a Bar Acapella Singers iso-bar, 7 Bernard Street, 467 8904. 3pm. £6.50 (£5). Sweet vocal harmonies. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE Live Music Cruz Bar and Restaurant, 14 The Shore, 553 6699. 3pm–1am. Including live jazz at 3pm and a jam session at 7pm. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE Sunshine Delay The Village, 16 South Fort Street, 478 7810. 3pm. Melodic country-influenced Americana. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE Spark! Creativity Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Sun 29. FREE Live Music Carriers Quarters, 42 Bernard Street Leith, 554 4122. 6.30pm. Live music in the oldest pub in Leith. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Dead Boy Robotics, Vasquez and Green Man Running Queen Charlotte Rooms, 56a Queen Charlotte Street Leith, 555 6660. 7pm. £5. New Wave, electro punk, rock and indie. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Emelle, Kat Healy, Callum Beattie and Chris Bradley Leith Dockers Club, 17–17a Academy Street Leith, www.leithfestival.com/ 7pm. £5. Rock and indie. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Every Day at Ten and Paul Hartill Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £7.50 (twin ticket £10). Pop rock also featuring DJ Mike Young in support.
No, not a night in the pub with a high-maintenance friend going through girlfriend troubles. Rather, a gathering of Scotland’s finest experimental musicians, or as the organisers put it, ‘an extended opportunity to meditate on the experience of sound’. It will be a continuous four-hour set, made up of overlapping performances from Neil Davidson, CK Dexter Haven (pictured), Noma and others. ■ CCA, Glasgow, Sat 4 Jun.
FREE Jamie Scott Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. See Fri 3. ■ Orwell Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. French pop. ■ Wolf Gang Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £6. See Sat 4. ■ Britain’s Got Talent Playhouse, 18- 22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 7.30pm. £39.75. Acts from the exceedingly popular ITV talent show perform live as part of a nation-wide tour. FREE Free Music Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 7.30pm. See Sat 11. ■ Father Murphy, Loinstorm and The Eastern Block Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £5. Italian psyche pop trio headline. ■ The Missing Years The Village, 16 South Fort Street, 478 7810. 8.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Satirical, comical and sentimental songs. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE Rossco Galloway and Alisdair McErlain Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. See Sun 29. FREE Dry Boak, Gallo Rojo and Blues For Pocketmoney Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Folk rock and blues. Doune ✽✽ Doune the Rabbit Hole Doune Castle, Castle Road, 07915 970832. Times vary. Prices vary: weekend ticket £58 advance, £68 on the gate (under 16s £45); day ticket £32 (under 16s £18; under 10s free); parking £10. See Fri 10.
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Glasgow ■ GWAR, Clutch and Panic Cell O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £tbc. Space-faring sci-fi masked metal marauders fond of blood, guts and bodily fluids, with complex stoner rock support. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. See Mon 30. ■ Aimee Bobruk Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £10. Folk and roots singer/songwriter from Austin, Texas. ■ Baptised In Blood and Dirty Rose King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £5. Over-14s show. London band signed to the home of thrash metal, Roadrunner Records. FREE Brel Sessions Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. See Mon 30. FREE Acoustic Session Live Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8.30pm. See Mon 30. Edinburgh FREE Free Music Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 7.30pm. See Sat 11. ■ Matt Norris & The Moon The Village, 16 South Fort Street, 478 7810. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). Edinburgh-based harmonising folky collective. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE Boda’sChanBang Boda Bar, 229 Leith Walk, 553 5900. 8pm. See Mon 30. FREE The Parlour Unplugged The Parlour Bar, 142 Duke Street, 555 3848. 8pm. Acoustic folk, blues and rock, all musicians welcome. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE Open Mic Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. See Mon 30.
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