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Lane, 222 2254. 6pm. £7. Metal and hardcore line-up. FREE The MeatMen Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. Rockabilly, bluegrass and skiffle from Glasgow trio The MeatMen. ■ Hot Water Music, Make Do & Mend and Stay Gones Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 6.30pm. £12.50. Florida-based punk rock four-piece with kindred supports. ■ Donegal Rocks The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £18. Featuring The Exiles, The Wakes, Mickey Hart, David Oliver and Yuptae. ■ The Occupationists, The Evil Geniuses, Our Future Glory and Umbilical Chord O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £6. Umbilical Chord are Indie rockers from Aberfeldy. ■ Showstoppers Past and Present Cathcart Trinity Church, 90 Clarkston Road, 637 6658. 7pm. £10. A charity concert in aid of Revive. ■ Strawberry Ocean Sea O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Glasgow indie rock quintet who have supported Glasvegas launch their single ‘To Live’. ■ Strung Out and Trunk Monkey Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £3. Rock. ■ Polish Rap Night Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £tbc. Featuring Louie and Big Taj. ■ The Selective Service, The Hardy Souls, Solarhead and Scott Logan & Ewan Butler Flat 0/1, 162 Bath Street, 07583227912. 7.30pm. £6. Rock, blues and rock’n’roll. FREE Not Half Right, The Mighty Kung Fu, Foxkillfox and The Speakeasies Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Local indie and alt sounds. FREE Penny & the Restless 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 8pm. Alt.rock. ■ Rebel 69, Bismarck and Degas Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Classic rocking from Rebel 69. ■ 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 Sexual Objects Old Hairdressers, Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane. 8pm. £10. Fire Engines frontman Davey Henderson’s new band headline with special guests Vic Godard, Jock Scott and Gareth Sager. ■ Tobias, Una Fiori, Kirstys Metal Hands and Scarlet Inside The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Alt.rock from Edinburgh four-piece Una Fiori. FREE Kong Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Rock covers. ■ Skies Fell, PartWindPartWolf and Omnivores King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Progressive post-rock four- piece. Part of Rock’n’roll Damnation. FREE Waiting for Go and Daybreak Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8.30pm. Clydebank band head the bill. FREE The Mickey 9s, Magic Daddy and How Garbo Died Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 10pm. Free before midnight. Elements of ska, dance and a Talking Heads influence. Edinburgh ✽✽ Retreat! Festival Pilrig St Paul’s Church, Pilrig Street, Leith Walk, 553 1876. 2.30pm. £12 for the weekend; £7 per day. Edinburgh’s independent music scene gathers for a fourth year of festival fun, giving the locals a chance to shine amid all the festival madness. On offer are film screenings, food, a BYOB policy, a general lovable shambolicness and bands including Broken Records, Jesus
H Foxx, Meursault, The Scottish Enlightenment, Skeleton Bob, The Leg, Rob St John, The Pineapple Chunks, eagleowl, Two Wings, ballboy and FOUND. ■ Alma Fiera and The Diversions Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 6.30pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Rock. ■ The Complete Stone Roses The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £15. Stone Roses tribute act officially approved by ex-Roses bassist Mani. ■ Madhat McGore, Nity Gritz, Werd and Jordan Butler Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £5. Scottish hip hop night. ■ The Number 9’s and Macka Rising Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4 (£3). Edinburgh rock. ■ Panic! at the Disco The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £17.50. Chisel- cheekboned emo quartet from Las Vegas take another crack at the whip, this time with exclamation mark restored. Because punctuation rocks! Part of the Edge Festival. FREE Privilege Promotions Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. Four bands to be confirmed. ■ Bad Name Citrus Club, 40–42 Grindlay Street, 622 7086. 7.30pm. £6. Bon Jovi tribute act. ✽✽ Dean Owens & The Erskine Photography, 42-43 Royal Park Terrace, 467 7028. 8.30pm. £tbc. A new collaboration for Edinburgh Americana singer-songwriter Owens as he joins forces with The Erskine Strings. FREE Charlie Woods The Ale House, 18–22 Clerk Street, 668 4786. 9pm. Covers. FREE Jamie Scott Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 9.30pm. Soulful troubadour. FREE Seneka and John Knox Sex Club Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. Double bill of Scottish rock. FREE Sunshine Delay The Reverie, 1 Newington Road, 667 8870. 10pm. See Thu 25. ■ Late, Live & Loud Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 11pm–5am. £7 (£6). See Thu 25. Strings Douglas Robertson
Sunday 28 Glasgow FREE Soul Train The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 2pm. Afternoon covers set. FREE Acoustic Butterfly 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 4pm. Folk rock. FREE Amanda Williams Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 6pm. London songwriter tipped as the next Ellie Goulding plays this week’s Blues Kitchen. ■ The Ashtones Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £6. Indie. ■ The John Knox Sex Club, North American War and Williwaw Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. Rockers with a Calvinist edge launch their album. Er, join their club? ■ Mike Fantastic and Just Me Again Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £8. Over-14s show. Cardiff electro quintet with a penchant for silly glasses who have appeared on Britain’s Got Talent. ■ Outlaw Folk Grand Ole Opry, 2–4 Govan Road, 429 5396. 7pm. £5. Americana event featuring performances by The Moonlight Flitters, Agitatorz, The Cowpat Kickers, The Scuffers and Carlton Jug Band. ■ White Denim and Royal Bangs Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £7. Texas band described as ‘craftsmen of a spastic garage’.
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