Music ROCK&POP
ROCK&POP Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication for Glasgow to glasgow@list.co.uk and for Edinburgh to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Fiona Shepherd and Henry Northmore. For ticket outlet information, see Book Now. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
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. ■ 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’. ■ Finn le Marinel, Debitant, Panda Su and Brown Bear & The Bandits Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £4. Varied solo/ambient acts. ■ 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. FREE Echofela Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8pm. Catchy indie pop from Falkirk rockers Echofela. ■ Face to Face, Scarlet Shift and Shatterhand King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £15. Over-14s show. Face to Face is a Bay Area punk outfit of a similar vintage to Green Day and The Offspring, who reformed a couple of years ago. Used to be called Zero Tolerance, funnily enough. Part of Rock’n’Roll Damnation. FREE John Hinshelwood Tchai- Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Star of Scottish roots,
country and folk music scene. ■ Liza Day, Adam Stearns Band and Tom Snowball The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8pm. £3. Classic country with some rockabilly dirt from Wisconsin native Liza Day, playing her debut Scottish dates. FREE The Modests, The Dots and The Remnant Kings Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Indie blues rock from Edinburgh’s Remnant Kings. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Hosted by Independence. FREE Acoustic Open Mic 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. Weekly open mic. FREE Lizzie Nightingale 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. Local singer/songwriter. FREE Open Mic Night The Bay, 142 West Regent Street. 9pm. With a free drink for all performers. 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. Weekly acoustic showcase hosted by David Duffy. Edinburgh ■ Amanda Palmer The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £14. One half of the Dresden Dolls (now going under the name of ‘Amanda Fucking Palmer’) mixing Weimar cabaret with old school blues. Part of the Edge Festival. ■ Jimmy Eat World and We Were Promised Jet Packs Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. 7pm. £16.50. US emo punks. Part of The Edge Festival. ■ Pettybone and Divorce Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 553 1638. 7pm. £5. Emo and hardcore sounds. ■ Tommy Reilly Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £9. Heartfelt Glaswegian indie popster who won the Orange Unsigned Act award a while back. ■ The Twilight Singers The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £14. CANCELLED. ■ Willy Mason and Gillian Christie Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £10. Young bluesman with the weight of the world on his shoulders. Part of the Edge Festival. ■ Withered Hand plus Special Guests The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10. Continuing in the Queen’s Hall tradition of inviting local bands on the cusp of going massive to take to their stage for a celebratory end-of-August knees up, this year offers the chance to see tireless Edinburgh scene stalwart and master of
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plaintive, witty outsider folk Withered Hand on the big stage. Expect a full band show, with lots of special guests chosen by Dan Willson, aka Mr Hand, himself. FREE Al Shields The Ale House, 18–22 Clerk Street, 668 4786. 9pm. Acoustic country singer-songwriter. FREE Hailey Beavis Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9pm. Acoustic showcase featuring various guests. FREE Henry Ibbs Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, captainsedinburgh.webs.com/ 9pm. Electro-acoustic sounds from singer- songwriter Ibbs and friends. FREE The Loafers and Bannockburn Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Blues, classic rock and folk. FREE Sunshine Delay The Caley Sample Room, 42–58 Angle Park Terrace, 337 7204. 10pm. Melodic country-influenced Americana. ■ Late, Live & Loud Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 11pm–3am. £7 (£6). A cross section from across the Fringe with music, comedians, DJs, theatre and cabaret.
Friday 26 Glasgow FREE Jericho Hill Chambre 69, Stock Exchange House, 69 Nelson Mandela Place. 6pm. Johnny Cash tribute band. ■ Amanda Palmer The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £14. See Thu 25. ■ Andrew Lindsay & The Coat Hooks, Lost Letters, Fargo and Eamonn McNaughton O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £6. Jangly indie folk from the headliners. ■ The Bronx and Mariachi El Bronx The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £15. Over-14s show. Righteous LA punk crew The Bronx support themselves in their acoustic mariachi incarnation with very convincing results. Part of Rock’n’Roll Damnation. ■ The Clock O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £8. Live music. FREE Diana Schad The Living Room, 150 St Vincent Street, 229 0607. 7pm. Singer/pianist performing originals and covers. ■ Full Metal Racket, Lucky 13 and Lil Charlie & the Easy Riders Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £7. Triple bill ‘Rock out for Rutherglen High’. ■ Kudos, The Aviators, The Broadcasters and Amanda Coffield Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over- 14s show. Local band line-up. ■ Hei Ensemble Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. The core trio of post-punk outfit Hey Enemy are joined by members of DeSalvo, Holy Mountain, Titus Gein, Cuddly Shark and others on reworkings of their songs. FREE Hidden Agenda Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. Motown and soul sounds. FREE Dirty Diamond & the Gunslinger Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Old school blues. FREE The George Lindsay Band 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 8pm. Chicago blues. ■ Kobi Onyame Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Ghana-born, Glasgow-based hip-hop artist Kobi Onyame performs from his debut album Green Green Grasses. ■ Madnish The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £8.50 in advance; £10 on the door; £22.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Tribute to the nutty boys Madness.
EXPOSURE
ALPINES This girl/ boy duo from SW London have us hooked with their moody single ‘Cocoon’, a dose of ‘night-pop’ with more than a little hint of Portishead about it. We caught Catherine Pockson (vocals) and Bob Matthews (keyboards) on the phone, in between feeding the parking meter and ordering food at Wagamamas . . .
Do you like the label ‘night pop’ for your music? Bob: ‘It was Catherine and I that first called it that. We knew we needed some kind of buzzy term for it, and just thought our music really suited being listened to while driving around at night. Stuff we’ve recorded more recently sounds a bit lighter; less dense maybe. Certainly not happy-clappy, but not always so dark. We play around with a lot of sounds; trip-hop, 2- step . . . ’ You seem to enjoy blurring the lines between fashion/ music/ art/ photography. True? Catherine: ‘Definitely. Music and fashion are very symbiotic to me. I’d love to design a handmade range of merchandise for key fans, the way Karen O has done. I studied fashion design and art history, and I love putting Polaroids and fashion shoots on my blog (alpinesmusic.blogspot.com), or designing my outfits. My favourite one recently had swan feathers, fur pom poms, a chiffon dress and a suede belt. Maybe that’s why I keep getting Florence and the Machine comparisons?’
Bob: ‘My dad has hundreds of cameras, so I’ve picked up his love of photography. I studied film too. We’re working on a soundtrack for a short film called Skin, by the director of our ‘Cocoon’ video.’
What would you like to be up to this time next year? Catherine: ‘Getting to play outside the UK would be good. Going somewhere like Japan would be amazing, it’s a place that’s always really inspired me. Travelling, and getting to work with more amazing people.’ (Claire Sawers) ■ Alpines support CSS, Stereo, Glasgow, Wed 31 Aug.