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The Sheffield lads are having a busy year, playing T in the Park on Fri 8 Jul, before a big UK tour, which stops in at the SECC on Tue 8 Nov. If you fancy winning one of three copies of Alex Turner and co’s latest LP Suck It and See, go to list.co.uk/offers. WIN JUDAS PRIEST TICKETS
Heavy metal legends Judas Priest are finally packing it in after one final farewell tour. To get one last glimpse of their rocking stageshows and one last fist pump along to Rob Halford’s operatic vocal, head over to list.co.uk/offers to win one of three pairs of tickets to see them at the SECC on Tue 19 Jul. HOW TO ENTER
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84 THE LIST 23 Jun–21 Jul 2011
Electroscope Wellington Church ■ Circus Hats Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £tbc. Music and conversation from Starlets frontman Biff Smith, with trumpet and flugelhorn support from Ruari Wilson. ■ The Classics, Palladium, Calum Wilson, Port Cullas and Forgetting Yesterday Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over- 14s show. Local band line-up. ■ Luke Pickett The Cathouse, 15 Union St, 248 6606. 7pm. £7. Young, acoustic singer-songwriter from Hertfordshire, formerly of Her Words Kill, who cites The Police and Prince as influences. ■ My Name is a Dirty Word, Well Known Secret, Hand Cannon and Penny & the Restless Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £5. Pop punk quartet from Arran headline, with alt.rock supports. ■ Paul Simon SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £45. The legendary songsmith returns to these shores, touting new album So Beautiful or So What. FREE Dirty Old Red Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. Young bluesy band from Glasgow. ■ Flo Sparks, The Christians and Plain Alias O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7.30pm. £8–£10. Up-coming funk, rock and R&B singer. ✽✽ Two Wings with Arborea and Hall, University Ave, £5, all ages, BYOB. A rescheduled date from Two Wings – this time joined by Electroscope, a duo which existed from 1996-2000. Gayle Brogan and John Cavanagh are back playing pin matrix games, combining the sounds of a VCS3 synthesizer, a 1950s radio microphone and vortex of vocals ■ B Movie Junkies and Time Travellers Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Pop with a double dash of filth from BMJ. FREE Dirty Diamond & the Gunslinger, Twister, Chasing Owls and Tusk Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Alt.folk acoustica from Edinburgh four-piece Chasing Owls. ■ Male Pattern Band, Sick Kids, Moscow Olympics and Aeroplanes Under the Sea The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Junkyard pop from MPB. FREE Public House Orchestra Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Folky ensemble wielding banjos, accordians and fiddles. ■ Wake the President, Casual Sex and POST Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £6. Heartfelt guitar popsters, fronted by brothers Erik and Bjorn Sandberg. ■ Walter Trout The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £17.50 in advance; £19 on door; £31.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Blues guitarist who has played with John Mayall, Canned Heat and John Lee Hooker. FREE John Hinshelwood Band The Liquid Ship, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8.30pm. Americana and country sounds. FREE Lightnin’ Willie & the Poor Boys Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Delve into the ‘Devil’s Music’ with Lightnin’ Willie and co, who’ve been touring their rockabilly- tinged blues for ten years. ■ Lost City Soul, The Stagger Rats, Coup d’Etat and Sweet Relief King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. LCS are an anthemic indie pop five- piece from the Dundee area. FREE Kill the Waves and Dirty Beggars Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before 11pm. Podcart Mix Up Mayhem night. FREE Live! in the Saint The Saint on Bath Street, 190 Bath Street, 352 8800. 9pm. See Thu 23.
Edinburgh 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. Tonight’s line-up features a solo acoustic set from Jill O’Sullivan (Sparrow & the Workshop) plus Very Well and more tbc. ■ Institut Français d’Ecosse: Cinéconcerts Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. 6pm. £10 (£8). Duel (Steven Spielberg, 1971) with live music from Olivier Mellano. Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. ■ Kinetica: Lift Off! Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, 650 2750. 6pm. Free (ticketed). Kinetica presents a night of music and video, with the mesmeric and haunting experimental sounds of Edinburgh’s John Robertson, aka Luxury Car, plus performances from Letters, X Lion Tamer, Konx Om Pax and many more delights both aural and visual. FREE Rossco Galloway The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. The singer-songwriter-guitarist is regularly joined by a selection of special guests. ■ The Houserockers, The Media Whores and Dignan, Dowell & White Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 6.30pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Covers, alt.rock and jam band action. ■ BIGott The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7pm. £14. Lo-fi idiosyncratic folky rock from Zaragoza musician Borja Laudo. ■ Of Nature, Chris Darling and Dave Wren Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £5. Indie and acoustic sounds. ■ Para Hills Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Alt.rock. ■ Tellison, Sketches, Debutant, Your Neighbour the Liar and Esperi Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5 in advance; £8 on the door. Big bill including Kerrang!-tipped indie rockers Tellison. ■ Think Floyd The Caves, Niddry Street South, 01698 360085. 7pm. £14. See Thu 23. ■ A Fight You Can’t Win and Scrap Brain Maggie’s Chamber, Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 7.30pm. £5. Grunge rock and alt.metal influenced by the likes of Biffy and Queens of the Stone Age. ■ Aerials Up The One Below, Rutland Hotel 1–3 Rutland Street. 8pm. £5. Glasgow indie folk big band. ■ Ten Tracks: Music Pictures Teviot Row Union, Bristo Square, 650 4673. 8.30pm. £12 (£10). Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. FREE Peterman Powderkeg Project Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. Good time indie rock featuring members of Aberfeldy, plus a selection of covers from AC/DC to Devo. Musselburgh ■ Diana Schad The Birdcage, Stuart House, Eskmills, Station Road, 273 5240. 7.30pm. Singer/pianist performing originals and covers.
Saturday 25 Glasgow ■ RM Hubbert Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. Times tbc. £tbc. Instrumental guitar work from ex-El Hombre Trajeado man. ■ Glasgow Mod Weekender Various Venues. noon–3am. Today’s activities include retro clothing and vintage stalls at McChuill’s with live band Big Boss Man, followed by DJs Frank Popp (Berlin), Lee Miller (Leeds) and Davie Quinn (Friday Street) at Strathclyde Uni Students Union (£10; £7 advance). FREE Hidden Lane Festival The Hidden Lane, 8 Argyle Court, www.hiddenlane.co.uk/ 12–9pm. If this particular Glasgow thoroughfare wants to stay hidden, it’s going the wrong way about it – this all-dayer of live bands,
open studios, shisha lounges, fashion shows, BBQ-ing, market stalls and virtual treasure hunts is a sure way to attract attention. On the music bill so far are Sonny Marvello, The Sweetheart Revue, The Chihuahuas, Roy Moller, Scott Peden, Miaoux Miaoux and DJs from the Sub Club. Not content with an official after party at the Ivy from 9pm, the Hidden Laners will be leading their merry band of followers down the road to the Sub Club for an after afterparty from midnight. FREE A Midsummer Day’s Dream: Day Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 12–6pm. Presented by Optimo and the Tramway, an afternoon of cutting edge electronic music will feature Glasgow’s Tut Vu Vu, Tristain Peirch, Rhosyn and Lucky Dragons. ■ A Midsummer Day’s Dream: Night Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 6.30–11pm. £18.50. Presented by Optimo and the Tramway, this evening of cutting-edge electronic music will feature sometime Throbbing Gristle duo Chris & Cosey, and the music of Arthur Russell as imagined by collaborative group Arthur’s Landing. See preview, page 78. ■ Barenaked Ladies O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £25. Canadian quirky popsters who inject their songs with lashings of humour. ■ King King Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £12. Glasgow blues outfit fronted by Alan Nimmo. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Li’l Ze Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £5. Rock/dance crossover outfit launch their debut album. ■ The Lonely Souls O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Rhythm’n’blues band from Lanarkshire. ■ The NK Jays g2, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 353 3111. 7pm. £5 in advance; £6 on door. Launching their single ‘In the Movies’ from forthcoming album Patch Work Story. ■ Ryan Adams O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £27.50. The impish New York troubadour known for a) being incredibly prolific and b) the occasional public meltdown on the internet, returns with some new material. His output to date has spanned straight country, alt.rock and even punk, but for this tour he’s going acoustic. ■ Mark Morriss, The Girobabies, The Calibre, The Speeches and Filthy Little Secret Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £8. The Bluetones frontman plays a solo, acoustic gig with local supports. ■ Strike the Colours and Sparrow & the Workshop Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Delicate indie folk from former Reindeer Section/Arab Strap violinist Jenny Reeve, plus a feistier femme bite from S&TW. FREE Fatherson, He Slept on 57, Discopolis, Paws and Indian Red Lopez Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Indie power pop trio from Kilmarnock headline this Wickerman warm-up, with line-up completed by The Electric Bangarangs and Little Eye. Presented by Ally McCrae. ■ The Movement, Honey and The Toi Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Power pop from The Toi. ■ The Nudists, Against One of the State Killers and Chalk Thieves The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £6 in advance; £7 on the night; £19.95 with early dinner at 6pm. Local indie covers band plus alt.rock supports. ■ The Party Program, Richard Parker and What the Blood Revealed The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Rock and metal.3 ■ Tellison Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Biffy-style rocking from the Kerrang!- tipped London quartet Tellison.