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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. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 26. ■ Improvising Live Music For Film Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. 6.15pm. £10 (£8.50). ■ Seven Deadly Sins, Miss the Occupier, Casino Queen and Ghost of Progress Leith Dockers Club, 17–17a Academy Street Leith, www.leithfestival.com/ 7pm. £5. Rock night. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE Free Music Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 7.30pm. See Sat 11. ■ Hopwood & Black The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £5. Folky indie from Phil Hopwood (The Marrs Effect) and Lindsey Black (The Bevvy Sisters). FREE Live Music Carriers Quarters, 42 Bernard Street Leith, 554 4122. 8pm. See Sun 12. FREE Hailey Beavis Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. See Thu 26. FREE The Parlour Open Mic The Parlour Bar, 142 Duke Street, 555 3848. 8.30pm. Open mic session hosted by Packets O’Shea. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE The Loafers and The Offenders Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Blues funk jam. FREE Mark Burwell’s Rockeoke Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 9.30pm. See Thu 26. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 26.
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Glasgow ■ The Rudiments Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. Times tbc. £tbc. Melodic 60s-inspired harmony sounds from The Rudiments. FREE Fresh Faced Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 6–10pm. A night of workshops, activities and performances from and for young people. As well as chances to tour the British Art Show 7 exhibition and live music, there will be a chance to see Glas(s) Performance’s show Generation. ■ The Big Gig Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £30. Cash for Kids fundraising extravaganza, featuring live music from Midge Ure, Jim Diamond and Scottish supergroup The Gathering, featuring members of Hue & Cry, Wet Wet Wet and The Proclaimers, plus special surprise guests. The bumper comedy line-up is headed by Janey Godley. ■ Moving Pictures Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £10. Tribute to the mighty Rush. ■ Punto the Feef, Have Mercy Las Vegas and King Chaos & the Prism Skies O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Funky rockers from Fife headline. ■ 3 Doors Down O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £19.50–£22.50. Over-14s show. Mainstream US rockers who have enjoyed huge success in the States. ■ Clocked Out, Fifteen Dead and Absolutists Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Punk and hardcore bill. FREE The Raybandos Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. Rhythm’n’blues and rock’n’roll covers. ■ Joy Dunlop St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £tbc. Folky and traditional sounds. 116 THE LIST 26 May–23 Jun 2011
■ Marmalade and Counselled Out The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £12 in advance; £15 on door; £25.95 with early dinner at 6pm. 1960s pop rockers of ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob- La-Da’ fame return, with support from the Commitments-style soul big band Counselled Out. ■ Olympic Swimmers Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Melodious indie pop from this Glasgow five-piece, fronted by Susie Liddell, who have been compared to everyone from the Delgados to Electrelane. ■ Persons Unknown, Stomphouse Sauce and Bunny & the Misshapes The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Garage and punk. FREE Honey and Epico Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8.30pm. Epico are indie poppers from East Kilbride. FREE Isis Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Soft rock. ■ Red Snapper King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £15. Instrumental jazz, funk, jungle, trip-hop, hip-hop and breakbeat from Warp Record’s Red Snapper. FREE Live! in the Saint The Saint on Bath Street, 190 Bath Street, 352 8800. 9pm. See Thu 26. Edinburgh FREE David A Roberts The Village, 16 South Fort Street, 478 7810. 2–3.30pm. Music and poetry from a seasoned performer. Part of Leith Festival. FREE Electric Circus Live Lounge Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 5pm. Start the weekend early with a mix of musicians, comedians and DJs. Special acoustic show from The Machine Room plus Yesterday Today and John Taylor. FREE Rossco Galloway The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Fri 27. ■ Supermarionation, Rolled Up 20s and China Shop Bull Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 6.30pm. Free before midnight;
The Mountain Goats
£4 after. Power pop and indie plus drum & bass/rock form CSB. ■ Any Color Black and Epic 26 Queen Charlotte Rooms, 56a Queen Charlotte Street Leith, 555 6660. 7pm. £tbc. Electro sleaze rock duo from Glasgow headline. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Edinburgh School for the Deaf Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Fuzzed up psyche shoegaze and distorted guitars. Launching debut album New Youth Bible. ■ Les Bof! Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £tbc. French language garage rockers. Album launch party. ■ Meursault, The Savings and Loan & John Egdell The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7pm. £7. Edinburgh indie/folktronica types Meursault. FREE Bwani Junction Maggie’s Chamber, Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 7.30pm. Rock and Afrobeat from this rising Edinburgh outfit. FREE Free Music Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 7.30pm. See Sat 11. ■ Ianfest Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7.30pm–3am. £5. First anniversary celebration of the life of Ian Calvert with all proceeds going to Parkinsons UK. Live music comes from Sad Society, Shock & Awe, Chinese Jocks, Desperation AM, Izzy & The Stoooges, Isaac Brutal & the Trailer Trash Express and very special guests. ■ Southern Tenant Folk Union Pilrig St Paul’s Church, Pilrig Street, Leith Walk, 553 1876. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). Gospel-influenced seven-piece with their own mix of old-time, bluegrass and Celtic folk music. Launching their new CD Pencaitland. ■ Kim Edgar iso-bar, 7 Bernard Street, 467 8904. 8pm. £8 (£6). Acoustic pop, jazz and original compositions on piano, guitar and voice from local musician Kim Edgar. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE The Go Figures The Village, 16 South Fort Street, 478 7810. 8.30pm. Roots rock and country soul. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE Bainbridge Presents Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. Three bands still tbc.
John Darnielle, lyricist for indie-rockers The Mountain Goats, and sometime novelist, started sending in sci-fi stories to magazines while he was still at school, and began writing songs while working as a psychiatric nurse in California. It proved an excellent training ground, and his poetic, sometimes hilarious writings for TMG led the New Yorker magazine to call him ‘America’s best non-hip-hop lyricist’. ■ Glasgow, King Tuts, Sun 29 May.
■ Click Clack Club The Granary, 32–34 The Shore, Leith, 554 9465. 10pm. £3. Experimental music club featuring Captain Beefheart as interpreted by Ego Ergo Aggro. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE Jamie Scott Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 10pm. See Fri 3. ■ Fisheye Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Launch of this new night that combines gig thrills and DJ skills with live sets form Death by Misadventure and
Saturday 18 Glasgow FREE Lobey Dosser Day Lobey’s Statue, Opposite the Halt Bar Woodlands, www.westendfestival.co.uk 1pm & 2.30pm. A celebration of the life and good times of Bud Neill, cartoonist, poet and boulevardier sans pareil with an exhibition, readings, a trumpet piece by John Maxwell Geddes, ‘costumed jollity’ and more.Part of the West End Festival. ■ In Demand Live! SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 2pm. £25. Big pop event with live performances from Alexis Jordan, The Feeling, Example, Wretch 32, Wonderland, Her Majesty & the Wolves and Yasmin. FREE The MeatMen Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. See Sat 28. ■ Herculean The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 6.30pm. £10. Epic indie rock trio. ■ Dan Mangan and Three Blind Wolves Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £7. A previous recipient of Canada’s equivalent of the Mercury Prize), Dan Mangan should go down well with fans of Badly Drawn Boy and Mumford & Sons. Support from singer/songwriter Ross Clark’s new incarnation. ■ The Dirty Hugos, The Monty Hall Problem, Folsom and Frontline O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Local band line-up. ■ Neal Morse The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £20. The prog rocker and his eight-piece band play Testimony 2 in its entirety and old favourites. FREE Jericho Hill Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. Johnny Cash tribute band. ■ Wake Via Satellite Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Indie with a hint of prog. ■ The Fear, Russian Brides and Shaun Philbin Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.45pm. £5. Altfolk from Saltcoats band The Fear plus post- punk from Russian Brides. ■ Absolute Bowie The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £11.50 in advance; £13 on the door; £25.45 with early dinner at 6pm. ‘Europe’s premier Bowie tribute band’, it says here. ■ Kogumaza, Pyramidion and Cosmic Dead The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Psychedelic jams. ■ Tenniscoats Garnethill Multicultural Centre, 21 Rose Street, 332 9765. 8pm. £7. Japanese twee pop outfit who have collaborated with The Pastels in the past. See Exposure, page 105. ■ Alex Winston, Jonathan Sebastian Knight and Fridge Magnets King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Detroit-born alternative singer/songwriter tipped for crossover success. Please note change of date. FREE The Dangerous Brothers Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. A classic rock/metal repertoire from the Kendal-based bros. FREE Slim Mistress Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8.30pm. Live music. FREE Morgan Lee Band Bon Accord, 153 North Street, 248 4427. 8.45pm. Live music.