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■ Irrational Fever, Here Lies the Secret, In Search of Ignorance, The Nudist and Revolution-Reload Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 2pm. £6. Over-14s show. Afternoon rock show. FREE Acoustic Butterfly 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 4pm. Folk rock. FREE Betatone Distraction, The Black Lights and Red Kites Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 6pm. Glasgow electro pop trio head this week’s Blues Kitchen bill with support from Guildford’s Red Kites. ■ Greenmantle Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £tbc. Veteran folk rockers from Clydebank who recently reformed for the first time since the early 70s and recorded their debut album. ■ Ludovico, Ravenface, Colours to Shame, Lost Persona and Tusk Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £6. Metal and post-hardcore bill. ■ Co-exist, Throne o’ Diablo and Dies the Fire The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Extreme grind and death metal. ✽✽ Dolly Parton SECC, Finnieston £50–£67.50. See Sat 20. ■ John Hinshelwood Band and Barbara Nesbitt The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8pm. £5. Americana and country. FREE Bloc+ Jam Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Open mic night hosted by Louis Abbot (Brother Louis Collective) and Craig Grant (Union of Knives). FREE Open Mic The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 9pm. Free before 11pm; £3 (£2) after. New weekly open stage at the rock club. FREE Open Mic Lebowskis, 1008 Argyle Street, 564 7988. 9.30pm. Hosted by Fried Medicine. Quay, 0844 395 4000. 8pm.
Monday 22 Glasgow ✽✽ The Avett Brothers The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £15. Harmonising brothers with a Radio 2-friendly country/indie/pop sound. See right for details of how to win tickets.
The National
■ New Found Glory, Fight Like Apes and Save Your Breath The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £16.50. Over-14s show. More of that ubiquitous raucous American punk pop popular with the young people of today. Part of Rock’n’Roll Damnation. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. Weekly showcase for local songwriters performing original material. FREE Brel Sessions Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. Folky jam session with an indie edge from Laura Wilkie (Rachel Sermanni Band) and Sarah Hayes (Admiral Fallow). FREE Michael Simons Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Glasgow-based guitarist playing folk, blues and beyond. ■ Wild Nothing, Silver Caves and The Little Kicks Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £7.50. Lo-fi shoegaze dream pop from Jack Tatum aka Wild Nothing. FREE Acoustic Session Live Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8.30pm. Weekly unplugged session.
Tuesday 23
Everything O2 Academy, 121 Glasgow ✽✽ Interpol and Everything Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £22.50. New York sharp dressers who play dark intense indie in thrall to Joy Division. See right for details of how to win tickets. ■ Taking Back Sunday, The X Certs and The New Regime O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16.50. Over-14s show. Long Island emo quintet who have enjoyed a pretty stratospheric rise in the last couple of years, thanks to ye olde touring their socks off. With support from kindred Scotrockers The X Certs. Part of Rock’n’Roll Damnation. FREE Acoustic Sessions and Open Mic Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. Free acoustic night hosted by Ross Clark. FREE Spotlight @ Slouch Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8pm. Open mic night.
FREE Lizzie Nightingale Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before midnight. Local singer/songwriter. FREE Michael Angus Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 9pm. Solo show from the former Foxface frontman. FREE Open Mic Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. Weekly open stage.
Wednesday 24
Glasgow ■ The Blackout and Flood of Red O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £13.50. Over-14s show. Vigorous Welsh nu-metallers signed to Fierce Panda. Part of Rock’n’Roll Damnation. ■ Leftover Crack, Oi Polloi, Chewing on Tinfoil and Roughmute Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. Hardcore punk outfit formed by members of Choking Victim, Suicidal Tendencies, F-Minus and Blindsided. ✽✽ The National and Wye Oak O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £26.50. American soul rockers, in the vein of Spoon and the Twilight Singers, who have quietly become a force to be reckoned with. ✽✽ Eagulls Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Hardcore meets alt.rock from Leeds band. ■ Sic Alps and Falconry Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Lysergic rock and roll three piece from San Francisco featuring members of Coach Whips, Cat Power and Comets on Fire. FREE Pettybone, Hunt/Gather and No Island Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before midnight. Progressive hardcore outfit from London headline with local post-hardcore supports. No Island feature ex-members of Hush and Hey Vampires. Perth ■ Fish Perth Theatre, 185 High Street, 01738 621031. 8pm. £18. See Fri 19.
Stirling ■ Martyr Defiled Tolbooth, Jail Wynd,
Some of us here at The List have been fans of The National for five-odd years now. So when they brought out last year’s best-of-2010 list-topping album, High Violet, we loved the review that said, ‘If their 2005 album (Alligator) was the toast, then 2007’s (Boxer) was the beans on toast, and High Violet is very much the cheese on the beans on the toast.’ So when they brought out that Special Edition album version – that was basically the Lea & Perrins. Read our interview with singer Matt Berninger at list.co.uk. ■ Corn Exchange, Tue 23 Aug, part of The Edge; with Wye Oak, O2 Academy, Glasgow, Wed 24 Aug. (Rock & Pop)
ROCK&POP Music
01786 274000. 7pm. £6. Metal from Martyr Defiled. Thursday 25
Glasgow ■ South of Summer, We Buried the Sky, Layton, Final Silence and Torch the Skyline Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 6.30pm. £6. Over-14s show. Rock and metal.
W I N S T U F F
WIN TICKETS TO AVETT
BROTHERS
Seth and Scott Avett are the eponymous
backbone to this
folk-rock act from North Carolina, although we’re told they bring along a few pals to assist them on tour. They’re likely to be playing
some material from their well- received 2009 album I and Love and You when they play at the Arches on Mon 22 Aug. If you’d like to pop along and see them, simply enter at list.co.uk/offers by the 22nd – we’ll call you up on the day to arrange it. WIN TICKETS TO AMANDA FUCKING PALMER
The delightful Mrs Neil Gaiman (who also finds time to be one half of coinjoined twin singer- songwriter act Evelyn, Evelyn, and lead singer with alternative theatrical pop outfit Dresden Dolls) is appearing in a number of shows and pop-up gigs at the Edinburgh festivals this month. Thankfully, she’s also found the time to get through to Glasgow for a gig at the Arches on Fri 26 Aug. We’ve got two pairs of tickets to the gig up for grabs – if your delicate little ears can handle the strong language, enter at list.co.uk/offers. WIN INTERPOL TICKETS
New York post-punkers Interpol are swinging by Glasgow’s O2 Academy on Tue 23 Aug. Even better, they’re accompanied on tour by English art- rock combo Everything Everything. Sounds to us like a cracking night out. If you want to go along, visit list.co.uk/offers to bag yourself one of three pairs of tickets.
HOW TO ENTER
Log onto list.co.uk/offers. Closing date for competitions is Mon 22 Aug, unless otherwise stated. There is no cash alternative. Usual List rules apply.
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