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WIN TICKETS TO HIDDEN ORCHESTRA AND RED SNAPPER
Mixing jazz
sensibilities with sample- heavy technology, Hidden Orchestra’s Night Walks was one of last year’s surprise gem albums. Live, this group of four core members is expanded into a ten- piece musical behemoth. They playing the Queen’s Hall on Wed 27 Jul, alongside like-minded jazz- and-beats purveyors Red Snapper; check out list.co.uk/offer to win one of two pairs of tickets. Part of the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival. WIN TICKETS TO HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE
HBE is made up of eight brothers from Chicago, each schooled from an early age by their father, Sun Ra trumpeter Phil Cohran. By fusing their jazz education and the hip hop influences they grew up with, they’ve picked up fans (and collaborators) including Mos Def and Damon Albarn, plus appearances with Erykah Badu and Jools Holland. They playing the Spiegeltent on Wed 27 Jul – if you’d like to win one of two pairs of tickets, click on list.co.uk/offers. Part of the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival. WIN TICKETS TO RUMBA CALIENTE
Fans of the rumba will know it’s not easy music to sit still to, which is why the seats have been removed from the Spiegeltent for this dance-inducing ensemble. The musicians, who hail from Cuba, Venezuela and New York, will be joined by Salsa Celtica’s Toby Shippey and El Salson’s Ricardo Fernandez Pompa on vocals. They’re playing on Thu 28 Jul – visit list.co.uk/offers to win one of two pairs of tickets. Part of the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival. HOW TO ENTER
Visit list.co.uk/offers. Closing date for competitions is Tue 26 Jul. There is no cash alternative. Usual List rules apply.
72 THE LIST 21 Jul–4 Aug 2011
■ Six Storeys High, Sidelock and Fireproof Match Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £5. Power pop with shades of Feeder, Kings of Leon and Biffy from SSH. FREE The Wynd, The Cosmonauts, The Lunes and Randolph’s Leap Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. Alternative rock. ■ Secta Rouge, El Schlong, Fatalists and Of Spire & Throne Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 7.30pm. £4. Progressive and avant- garde metal bands from Edinburgh and New Zealand. FREE Hailey Beavis Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. Acoustic showcase featuring various guests. ■ Click Clack Club The Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. 9pm. Donation. Funky experimental music club. Featuring Unearth playing multicultural free-form fusion, Graeme Stephen solo guitar and more. ■ Red Dog Music Night The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 9pm. £tbc. A selection of live bands (and DJs) presented by music store Red Dog Music, also featuring a music marketplace upstairs. FREE Mark Burwell’s Rockeoke Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 9.30pm. A live twist of karaoke. FREE The MeatMen Southside Steamie, 72–74 Newington Road, 667 9019. 9.30pm. Rockabilly, bluegrass and skiffle from Glasgow trio The MeatMen. FREE Roadway, Neil Sturgeon & The Infomaniacs and Bannockburn Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Featuring Goldenhour frontman Sturgeon.
Friday 22 Glasgow ■ A Balcony Scene, Constellations, The Twisted Melons, City of Statues and Your First Mistake O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. EP launch for ABS. ✽✽ Eska Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £5. Return of much loved Glasgow band, contemporaries of Mogwai, The Yummy Fur and Urusei Yatsura back in the heady 90s. ✽✽ Godspeed You! Black Emperor The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £22.50. Cult Canadian stately sonic sculptors. Please note change of venue. See preview, page 66. ■ Hooks’n’Crooks, Oracle, LK Audio and Calum Wilson Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. H’n’C are an indie rock trio from Denny, citing classic influences. ■ No Surrender Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £6. Brooklyn associates of TV on the Radio who feature the actor who played Crabman in My Name is Earl, TV/music crossover fans. ■ El Schlong, Maelstrom, Secta Rouge and Bacchus Baracus Soundhaus, 47 Hydepark Street, 221 4659. 7.30pm. £4. Weirdo metal from New Zealand’s El Schlong and Celtic prog metal from Maelstrom on this metal bill. ■ Nae Danger Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £4. Night of comedy, MCs and hip hop from I Hate Fun, Panda, The Wee Man, Kid Robotik and others. ■ The Temperance Movement, Johnny & the Giros and Blow Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. J&TG have been described as ‘Foals with a Scots twang’. ■ Barbara Nesbitt Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Austin singer-songwriter on tour. FREE Grand Central, Run From Red, Blindfolds, Waiting For Go and The Core Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Local rock and pop bands.
■ ID Parade, Pronto Mama and Crabbit Rabbit Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Electro rockers headline. Part of the Merchant City Festival. ■ The Scottish Super Troopers The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10 in advance; £12 on door; £23.95 with early dinner at 6pm. Abba tribute act formerly known as Abba- Cadabra. ■ The Serious Men The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Indie rock. ■ Strawberry Ocean Sea Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Indie rock. ■ Dead Sea Souls, The Black Rats, John’s Weans and Queen Jane King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Indie singalongs and guitar sounds from DSS. Brian Cattigan plays in the bar. Part of King Tut’s Summer Nights. FREE Dirty Sally, The Future Capital, Umbilical Chord and Civilian Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8.30pm. Indie rock bill. FREE The Halos Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Angelic rock. FREE Cowards and Yeah Detroit! Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before 11pm. Hardcore, punk and emo blend from Cowards. ■ JJC Azure, 98 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1444. 11pm–3am. £7 (students £5). The Nigerian-born rapper, producer, songwriter and former Big Brovaz member comes to Glasgow following the release of his new track ‘We Are Africans’. Edinburgh FREE Savage Sound System Elvis Shakespeare, 347 Leith Walk, 561 1363. 2.30pm. Experimental hip hop/alt.rock featuring Riddlah, Sacre Noir and KOF. 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. Line-up tbc. 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.
Jonnie Common
■ Klashnekoff Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 6.30pm. £4 in advance; £6 on the door. Heavyweight UK rapper with support from Madhat McGore, D Millz, Riddlah & Silvertongue (joint set), DJ Scuba Steve, DJ Fusion and a one hour open mic (6.30pm–7.30pm). ■ Frantic Chant, Soulussion and The Skababs Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 7pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Psych-rock, funk and ska line-up. ■ The Inside Track 2011 Launch Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7–10pm. £3. As part of another ambitious programme of live broadcasting right from the heart of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, student radio station Fresh Air launches The Inside Track, an album of songs donated by local bands, four of whom play tonight. Proceeds from the album go to Waverley Care. On the bill are Plastic Animals, Black International, and solo sets from Supermarionation and Loch Awe. FREE The Just Joans, We See Lights and The Occasional Flickers The Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. 7pm. Bittersweet harmonies from Motherwell outfit. ■ Sweep Across Horizons Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Edinburgh alt.rock. ■ Trapped Mice, Plastic Animals, Enfant Bastard and Penguins Kill Polar Bears Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Alt.folksters Trapped Mice. ■ Blueflint Leith Dockers Club, 17–17a Academy Street Leith, 467 7879. 8pm. £7. Lady banjo players extraordinaire tour their bluegrass ballads. Fundraiser show to help pay for the costs of making their next CD Maudy Tree. Special guests include Sharon King and Kicking Flies, plus a raffle. ■ Iron Maiden Fan Club Meet Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. A celebration of all things Maiden with live bands and DJs. FREE Bainbridge Presents Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. Three bands still tbc.
‘A Glasgow-based sonic boom of majestic devilry forged in the pottery kiln fires of Highland Perthshire’, according to his own website. Or as we called him, after listening to recent LP, Master of None, ‘a lo-fi electro-folk wonder’. Jonnie’ll be back in August too, supporting Ulrich Schnauss. Support here comes from Japanese War Effort (50% of Conquering Animal Sound) and River Of Slime (33.33% of FOUND.) ■ Captain’s Rest, Glasgow, Sun 31 Jul.