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FREE Live! in the Saint The Saint on Bath Street, 190 Bath Street, 352 8800. 9pm. See Thu 26. ■ No Dice Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 221 0726. 9pm. £5. Rock covers.
Edinburgh FREE La Fête de la Musique Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. 12–11pm. A day featuring all types of music from amateur players willing to test the waters of live public performance. ■ Leith Festival Music Session Pilrig St Paul’s Church, Pilrig Street, Leith Walk, 553 1876. 12–7pm. £5. All day session of bands. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Ged Hanley Trio, Safehouse and Soulussion Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 4.45pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Rock and funk. FREE William Douglas The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Sat 28. FREE Discopolis and Blank Canvas Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. Haunting electro pop. ■ The Douglas Firs, Something Beginning With L and Plastic Animals Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Lush complex sounds from Neil Insh. ■ Little Doses, FO Machette and Death Trap City Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £6. Triple bill of Scottish alt.rock. ■ The Mars Patrol Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £7.50. Upbeat Edinburgh indie outfit. ■ Waverley The Store, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 7pm. £5 in advance; £6 on the door. Rock and indie with more bands tbc. FREE Free Music Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 7.30pm. See Sat 11. ■ The Scattered Family and The Deadly Winters The Village, 16 South Fort Street, 478 7810. 7.30pm. £5. Rowdy acoustic double bill. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Sing in the City Choir South Leith Parish Church, 6 Henderson Street Leith, www.leithfestival.com 7.30pm. £8 (£6). An evening of popular song in aid of Leith Rotary Club’s educational project in a village in South Africa. Part of Leith Festival. ■ Stevie & The Moon, The Laymites and Sao Paulo The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £6. Quirky indie. FREE Live Music Cruz Bar and Restaurant, 14 The Shore, 553 6699. 8pm. Acts tbc. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE Megajam The Parlour Bar, 142 Duke Street, 555 3848. 8.30pm. Funk, rock, blues, hip hop and soul jam. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE Size Queen Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 10pm. Classic rock covers. Dunoon ■ Morrissey Queen’s Hall, Argyll Street, 01369 702800. 7.30pm. £32.50. See Wed 15.
Sunday 19 Glasgow FREE La Fête de la Musique Ashton Lane, www.westendfestival.co.uk 1pm. Organised by Ashton Lane Proprietors and Alliance Française de Glasgow, this key event in the West End Festival programme has musicians of all styles, including Findlay Napier, The Dirty Keys and Comanam, playing all over Ashton Lane alongside a street market. Part of the West End Festival. 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. ■ Assemblage 23, Obscenity Trial and Analog Angel Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £15. Electronica act from Seattle. ■ Colin MacIntyre Òran Mór, 731- 735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £13. The artist formerly known as Mull Historical Society with his bittersweet pop songs. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Damo Suzuki and Mandog Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 220 6176. 7pm. £10. Legendary sometime vocalist with Krautrock supremos Can performs in improvisatory fashion. With support from Japanese psych rockers featuring Boredoms/Acid Mothers Temple collaborator Keiichi Miyashita. ■ Forever Intent Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Live music. ■ A Joker’s Rage Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £4. Described by BBC Introducing as ‘the missing link between Faith No More and Frank Zappa’. ■ John Hinshelwood Band The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8pm. £5. Americana and country sounds. Kathy Stewart & The Frequent Flyers provide support. ■ Veloz, Lich and In Tongues The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Headliners from Boston. ■ The Travelling Band, The Rudiments and Dead Man’s Waltz King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Indie folk charmers from Manchester supported by The Rudiments’ melodic 60s-inspired harmony sounds. Please note change of date. FREE Bloc+ Jam Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. See Sun 29. Edinburgh FREE Mouthful of Grass, The Dark Jokes & Cutter and Willis Band The Village, 16 South Fort Street, 478 7810. 2pm. Blues, funk and rockin’ country. Part of the Leith Festival. FREE Live Music Cruz Bar and Restaurant, 14 The Shore, 553 6699. 3pm–1am. See Sun 12. FREE Vocal Vibes and Singchronicity Youth Coir Pilrig St Paul’s Church, Pilrig Street, Leith Walk, 553 1876. 4pm. Pop, West End favourites and gospel classics from these youth choirs. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Rock For Leith The Granary, 32–34 The Shore, Leith, 554 9465. 6pm. £5 (£2.50). Full day of live rock. 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. See Sun 12. ■ Augustralia, Remnant Kings and A Fight You Can’t Win Leith Dockers Club, 17–17a Academy Street Leith, www.leithfestival.com/ 7pm. £5. Rock. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ The Brief Encounters, Donnie Willow, DARC, Atlantic Banks and Modern Misfortune Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £5–£6. Indie, alt.rock, punk and electronica. FREE Free Music Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 7.30pm. See Sat 11. FREE Rossco Galloway and Alisdair McErlain Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. See Sun 29. FREE The Johnstone Brothers and Oatbeanie Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Covers.
Monday 20 Glasgow FREE Second Escape and Touch
of Severity Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. Rock, punk and metal. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. See Mon 30. 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 Acoustic Bluegrass Jam Session Victoria, 265 Leith Walk, 555 1638. 8pm. Session with Pat and friends. FREE Boda’sChanBang Boda Bar, 229 Leith Walk, 553 5900. 8pm. See Mon 30. ■ Institut Français d’Ecosse: Cinéconcerts Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. 8pm. £10 (£8). The Prisoner (Patrick MacGoohan, 1967-68) by NeirdA & Z3ro. FREE Open Mic Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. See Mon 30. Dunfermline ■ Morrissey Alhambra Theatre, 35 Canmore Street, 01383 740384. 7.30pm. £32.50. See Wed 15.
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Glasgow ■ LA Guns, Gypsy Pistoleros and Venrez Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £12. Sunset Strip glam metal veterans who begat Guns’n’Roses. FREE Pivo Acoustic Session Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. Unplugged performances by Doubtful Sound, Chris Gould, Johnny Graham, Sanantone, Two Rivers, Fake Gods and Rebecca Sandridge. FREE Spotlight@Slouch Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8pm. See Tue 31. ✽✽ Dominique Young Unique The Sub Club, 22 Jamaica Street, 248 4600. 9–11pm. £6. Highly-rated 19 year old Tampa Bay rapper Dominique Young Unique comes to Scotland. This set features Profisee & S-Type (Phuturelabs/Lucky Me) and Peace (Naïve), and feeds directly into the I AM club night right after, to which all attending will get free entry. FREE Open Mic Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. See Tue 31. FREE The Shiverin’ Sheiks Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. See Tue 31. Edinburgh ■ Institut Français d’Ecosse: Cinéconcerts Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. 5pm. £5 (£3). Talk: An Introduction to Cinéconcerts. New tailor-made live soundtracks for cult films, creating a dialogue between their music and the images screened, in association with Tentracks. Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. ■ Institut Français d’Ecosse: Cinéconcerts Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. 6pm. £10 (£8). Screening The Prisoner (Patrick MacGoohan, 1967-68) with music by NeirdA & Z3ro. Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. ■ Institut Français d’Ecosse: Cinéconcerts Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. 8pm. £10 (£8). Desperado (Robert Rodriguez, 1995) with a live soundtrack from Bikini Machine. Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. FREE Craig McMurdo The Compass Bar, 44 Queen Charlotte Street, Leith, 554 1979. 7.30pm. Jazz and swing vocalist McMurdo. A special ‘’Moon, June, Croon, Swoon’ residency.
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5 REASONS
TO GO TO THE WEST END FESTIVAL 1 Fence Collective There are dozens of good musical reasons to take yourself to the West End Festival this June. How about Fife’s favourite indie-folk collective for starters? The line-up’s a secret until the day, but the name ‘Fence’ is all the badge of quality you need. Oran Mor, Sun 5 Jun. 2 Electric Honey Records Showcase The Stow College- based indie label which launched the careers of Belle & Sebastian, Snow Patrol and Biffy Clyro goes from strength to strength, presenting here Miniature Dinosaurs, French Wives, Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers and the launch of White Heath’s debut album Take No Thought for Tomorrow. Oran Mor, Sat 4 Jun.
3 Alasdair Roberts & Tannahill Ensemble A West End Festival exclusive, as highly- regarded Scots indie-folk musician Roberts presents an evening of works by Robert Tannahill, the ‘Weaver Poet’ and contemporary of Robert Burns, with help from members of the Second Hand Marching Band (pictured), John Knox Sex Club and more. Oran Mor, Thu 14 Jun. 4 Brain Burner Noise Night Sample folk, jazz or indie at venues like Brel, Cottier Theatre or the Rio Café. Or, how about this instead, which had us at ‘rare and cult short films, with local underground musicians providing one-off improvised scores’? Plus it’s in the West End’s most reliably bleeding edge basement venue. Captain’s Rest, Sun 5 Jun.
5 Optimo in Dub What a way to end the festival. With indoor and outdoor stages, and a family-friendly barbecue, Glasgow’s most learned DJs present a day of dub, reggae and dancehall sounds to set us up for summer. SWG3, Sun 26 Jun. (David Pollock) ■ Various venues, Glasgow, Fri 3–Sun 26 Jun westendfestival.co.uk
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