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Edinburgh ✽✽ Joan As Police Woman and Krystle Warren The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £15. Former Antony and the Johnsons collaborator, who lives by the slogan ‘beauty is the new punk rock’. Part of the Edge Festival. ✽✽ Rod Jones & The Birthday Suit Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £7.50. New side project from Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones. Part of the Edge Festival. FREE Liza Day The Ale House, 18–22 Clerk Street, 668 4786. 9pm. Chicago-based Americana artist. FREE Toby Mottershead Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9pm. The Black Diamond Express man presents ‘the Jack of Diamonds Scrimshaw shanties’. FREE Ghosts in the Arcade, Espionage of the Loc and 3 Card Trick Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Alternative acoustic music, punk and rock covers. FREE Open Mic Lebowskis, 18 Morrison Street, 466 1779. 9.30pm. Open mic night with Richard and Danny.
Thursday 1
Glasgow ■ Lisa Grant and Anna Shields Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. Live music. ■ Toots & the Maytals O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £24. The Jamaican music legend Toots Hibbert (credited with giving reggae its name), with new versions of his classic repertoire and a whole lot of pep in his step. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 25. FREE Acoustic Open Mic 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. See Thu 25. FREE Death Trap City Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before midnight. Alternative pop rock. FREE Open Mic Night The Bay, 142 West Regent Street. 9pm. See Thu 25. FREE Live at Lebowskis Lebowskis, 1008 Argyle Street, 564 7988. 9.30pm. See Thu 25.
Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 25. FREE Open Mic Sportsters Bar, City Edinburgh 1a Market Street, 226 9560. 7pm. See Thu 25. ■ Arcade Fire and The Walkmen Edinburgh Castle, Royal Mile, 0871 230 1094. 7.30pm. £32.50–£37.50. The vastly-acclaimed Canadian ensemble return to play material from their three critically-adored albums of joyous oddness and grandiose genius. ■ Unpeeled The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£3). Showcase of four new acts of any genre from rock and indie to folk and acoustic. FREE Hailey Beavis Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9pm. See Thu 25. FREE Mark Burwell’s Rockeoke Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 9pm. A live twist of karaoke. FREE Elliot Morriss, Jack & Jills Daughter, Get Back Colquitt and Seneka Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Indie. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £3 (£2). Groovy funk four-piece (formerly known as Freaky Family) from guitarist Aki Remally. Stirling ■ Dolly: The Show Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 7.30pm. £19 (£18). Country star Jeanne Jordan portrays the life and songs of the leading lady of country. Prepare for
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spectacular vocals and a little bit of cheese with ‘9 to 5’, ‘Jolene’ and ‘Islands in the Stream’. Friday 2
Glasgow ■ Average White Band O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £18.50. The funkiest band from Dundee, or Scotland for that matter. They’re a bit long in the tooth these days but can still recapture that Sly Stone/Isley Brothers summer spirit in their current set. ■ Cairo, Shatter the Solace and The Random Guy Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over- 14s show. Local band line-up. ■ Mono Six, Alabaster Jones, Amy Ledger and Cielo 69 Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Indie rock from Mono Six, funk from Alabaster Jones. ■ Panic Room The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. UK prog rockers fronted by Anne-Marie Helder. ■ The Whisky Works, The Darien Venture and Atlas:Empire Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £5. Post-hardcore headliners. FREE First Charge of the Light Brigade Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. Former members of The Endrick Brothers play indie, Americana and folk. ■ The Johnny Cash Story Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £14.50–£16.50 (£12.50–£14.50). Roger Dean sings classics by the Man in Black and tells the story of his life, accompanied by band The Lazy Boys.
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