Music ROCK&POP
■ Flogging Molly The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 552 4601. 7pm. £16.50. Over-14s show. LA-based collective who combine Celtic influences with punk in similar vein to the Pogues and the Clash. Part of Rock’n’Roll Damnation. ■ Glassjaw, Rolo Tomassi and Sucioperro O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 339 9784. 7pm. £13.50. Over-14s show. Much respected American hardcore act supported by teenage rioteers RT and Biffy’s pals Sucioperro. Part of Rock’n’Roll Damnation. ✽✽ Trembling Bells Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £7. Local psych-folk outfit promote their album ‘Carbeth’. ■ Roscoe Vacant & the Gantin’ Screichs Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. Garage punk sounds. ■ Superbad Comrade, San Antone and Kiss to Kill The Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. 7.30pm. £5. Alt.rock line-up. ■ Big Hogg The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £3. Wild grooves, jazz chops and psych rock sensibilities. ■ Face to Face, Scarlet Shift and Shatterhand King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £15. Over-14s show. Bay Area punk outfit of a similar vintage to Green Day, The Offspring and Rancid who reformed a couple of years ago. Part of Rock’n’Roll Damnation. FREE John Hinshelwood Tchai- Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Star of the Scottish roots, country and folk music scene plays originals and covers. ■ Liza Day, Adam Stearns Band and Tom Snowball The State Bar, Trembling Bells
148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8pm. £3. Classic country with some rockabilly dirt from Wisconsin native Liza Day, playing her debut Scottish dates. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 18. FREE Acoustic Open Mic 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. See Thu 18. FREE Open Mic Night The Bay, 142 West Regent Street. 9pm. See Thu 18. FREE We Come In Pieces and Handcannon Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before midnight. Post hardcore from Limerick boasting massive guitars, falsetto wailing and death metal growling. FREE Live at Lebowskis Lebowskis, 1008 Argyle Street, 564 7988. 9.30pm. See Thu 18. JAZZ Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore and Kenny Mathieson. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 18 East Kilbride FREE East Kilbride Village Theatre, Maxwell Drive, 01355 248669. 8pm. £12.50. Three songstresses May Miller, Barbara Bryceland and Ashley McCullagh, showcase their individual talents in an evening of cabaret, costume and glamour.
The Glasgow based psych-folkers show off the soaring vocals of lead singer Lavinia Blackwall, and songwriting talents of drummer/ band founder Alex Neilson. Want to know what that sounds like? The List described them earlier this year as possessing ‘a cosmic Englishness, informed by classic American music as much as traditional folk’. And very beautiful it is too. ■ Stereo, Glasgow, Thu 25 Aug. (Rock & Pop) 114 THE LIST 18–25 Aug 2011
Friday 19
Fife ■ Magdalena Reising Hill of Tarvit Mansionhouse, Cupar, 0844 493 2185. 8pm. £12. Captivating jazz vocals and harp of Scottish/Polish Reising joined by LA pianist Louis Durra and Scottish double bassist Graham Robb.
Saturday 20 Glasgow ■ Penman’s Jazzmen King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 2pm. Donations. The late George Penman’s band continue to keep the faith with their take on vintage New Orleans jazz. FREE Liquid Jazz Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. Cool jazz outfit playing standards and classic jazz.
Sunday 21
Glasgow FREE Alan Nimmo & The Magic Blues Surfers Bobar, 383 Byres Road, 341 6516. 8pm. Sunday blues session. Irvine ■ New Orleans Joymakers Harbour Arts Centre, 114–116 Harbour Street, 01294 274059. 2–4.30pm. £8 (£6). Enjoy a swinging afternoon of traditional shoulder bopping jazz. Part of Marymass Festival.
Tuesday 23
Glasgow FREE Jazz Quartet Missoula, 110-114 West George Street, 332 9724. 7pm. Live jazz. FOLK Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore and Norman Chalmers. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 18
Glasgow ■ Nathan Rogers St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). Traditional and original tunes mixing folk, blues, country and rock, from the son of Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers. Dollar ■ North Sea Gas King Seat Bar, 21 Bridge Street, 01259 742515. 8.30pm. . Hugely entertaining Scottish folk band who combine guitars, mandolins, bodhrans, banjos, whistles and bouzoukis with fine vocals. Expect a mixture of traditional and original material and great craic.
Friday 19
Glasgow ■ The Second Hand Marching Band, Looking for Lola and The Geese Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Eighteen-piece folk dance party. The first 50 people are promised a ‘special treat’. Falkirk ■ Nathan Rogers Falkirk Folk Club, The Tolbooth Tavern, Tolbooth Street, 07535 097296. 8pm. £tbc. See Thu 18.
Sunday 21 Glasgow ■ 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. ■ John Hinshelwood Band and Barbara Nesbitt The State Bar, 148
Holland Street, 332 2159. 8pm. £5. Americana and country. ■ Lev Atlas Café Cossachok, 10 King Street/Trongate 103, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Popular Russian folk tunes from the violinist.
Monday 22
Glasgow 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). Stirling ■ Nathan Rogers Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01259 218521. 8pm. £tbc. See Thu 18.
Tuesday 23 Montrose ■ Nathan Rogers Links Hotel, Mid Links, 01674 671000. 8pm. £6. See Thu 18.
Thursday 25 Glasgow ■ Jeanna Leslie & Siobhan Miller St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). Winners of the 2007 BBC Radio 2 Young Musicians of the Year. FREE John Hinshelwood Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Star of the Scottish roots, country and folk music scene plays originals and covers.
CLASSICAL Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to classical@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Carol Main & Tasmin Campbell. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 18 Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists.
Saturday 20 Glasgow Lucia di Lammermoor St John’s Renfield Church, Beaconsfield Road Kelvindale, 01592 596904. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Dynamic new Scottish opera company Opera Bohemia returns with the love story adapted by Donizetti from Walter Scott.
Sunday 21
Glasgow FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallion Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2–3pm. A variety of musical ensembles perform every Sunday this summer in the peaceful surroundings of the Victorian Walled Garden. Please phone for details of individual bands. FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists. ■ Glasgow Schools String Ensemble City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £9. Young local string players showcase their talent in this Recital Room concert.
Monday 22 Kirkcaldy Lucia di Lammermoor St Bryce Kirk, St Brycedale Road, 01592 596904. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). See Sat 20.