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FREE Open Mic Night The Bay, 142 West Regent Street. 9pm. See Thu 22. FREE Live at Lebowskis Lebowskis, 1008 Argyle Street, 564 7988. 9.30pm. See Thu 22. Edinburgh ■ Rock’n’Roll Heaven Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £13–£27.50 (£10–£24.50). See Thu 22. FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 22. FREE Henry Ibbs Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 9pm. See Thu 22. FREE Dirty District Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 7pm. Hip hop night featuring local MCs. ■ Slow Motion Replay, Sixteen Fingers, Scrap Brain and Danika Star Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4. Indie bands from Static City. ■ Straight No Chaser The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £20. Smooth a cappella male choir from Indiana. ✽✽ Tattie Toes Leith Dockers Club, 17–17a Academy Street Leith, 467 7879. 8pm. £4. Album launch for the ‘Balkan jazz folk stramash’s new record on Pickled Egg Records. With guests tbc. FREE Hailey Beavis Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9pm. See Thu 22. FREE Mark Burwell’s Rockeoke Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 9pm. See Thu 22. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £3 (£2). See Thu 22.
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86 THE LIST 22 Sep–20 Oct 2011
Perth ■ Love & Money Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £25.50. Love and Money reform once again, frontman James Grant is joined by co-founder Paul McGeechan and original members Gordon Wilson and Douglas MacIntyre, along with bassist Ewen Vernal, former Thrum vocalist Monica Queen and moothie legend Fraser Spiers. Friday 30
Glasgow ■ Clyde 1 Live SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6pm. £22.50. The radio station hosts a big ol’ pop party - Jessie J, Pixie Lott, The Sugababes and Olly Murs have been announced so far with more tbc. ✽✽ Eastern Promise Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. 7pm. £10 (£6 or £15 (£9) for the weekend). The second year of Platform’s eclectic showcase of music from home and abroad, running over two rooms and two days. Tonight’s bill comprises German postrockers Tarwater, The Thing, 7VWWVW, the mournful sounds of Withered Hand and folk performer Nancy Elizabeth. See preview, page 76. ■ The Fear, Dirty Looks, Indiecode, Note to Self and Two Rivers Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Alt.folk from Saltcoats band The Fear . ■ The Kooks Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £22.50. Brighton indie tykes best known for their hits ‘She Moves in Her Own Way’ and ‘Shine On’ return with a new album. ■ The Revival Tour with Brian Fallon, Dan Andriano, Chuck Ragan and Dave Hause O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £15. Over-14s show. Rock frontmen strike out solo on the Revival tour, featuring The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon, Alkaline Trio’s Dan Andriano, The Loved Ones’ Dave Hause and your host Chuck Ragan. ■ Scott McWatt, Crazy Alice, Hot Jupiter and Breakfast on Pluto Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. Lost City Lights frontman plays his own gig. ■ The Seventh Sons, Rat Patrol IV and Jim Dead The Bath Street Pony, 207 Bath Street, 221 9444. 7pm. £5. Maximum rhythm’n’blues, punk and new wave sounds and acoustic Americana respectively at this benefit for Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy. FREE Jericho Hill Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. Johnny Cash tribute band. ■ Sicknote, The Girobabies, Loki and The Sneaky Russians Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £6.50. Welsh electro-punk outfit who sound like a collision of The Aphex Twin, Prodigy and Happy Mondays. ■ Vukovi and Wecamefromwolves Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. Vukovi launch their debut EP. ■ Freshers Reggae Party Afro Caribbean Network Centre, 66–68 Osborne Street, acnglasgow.org 8pm–3am. £5 donation. A student’s induction to the dub sound from a first class line-up of Prince Fatty Soundsystem, Hollie (daughter of Sex Pistol Paul) Cook, Horseman and Mutant HiFi. ■ Hells Bells The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10 in advance; £12 on door; £23.95 with early dinner at 6. Accomplished AC/DC tribute band. ■ Lake Montgomery, Roscoe Wilson and Tragic O’Hara The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8pm. £6. Texas-born folk/blues songwriter Lake Montgomery plays the latest Vagabond Social Club night. With country support from Rosco Wilson and gospel/blues from Tragic O’Hara.
■ Lightguides and PartWindPartWolf Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. Complex intelligent guitar pop from the band formerly known as We Hung Your Leaders. ■ That Devil Music The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £5. A quadruple-header of the best alternative blues from around Scotland, featuring Craig Hughes (Glasgow) with Missing Cat (Edinburgh), Sleepy Eyes Nelson (Ayrshire) and Ghosts Of Progress (Montrose). FREE Wing & A Prayer Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Folk/blues duo. ■ jointpop Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Fusion of rock’n’roll, reggae and other Caribbean influences from this Trinidad & Tobago crew helmed by songwriter Gary Hector. FREE The Latecomers Lauries Bar, 34 King Street, 552 7123. 8.15pm. Acoustic set of originals and classic covers. FREE Isis Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Soft rock. ■ Modern Superstitions, Elan Few and Mayday King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Indie rock four-piece from Toronto. ■ Pinup Nights The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. 9pm–3am. £7. Glasgow’s biggest indie night, with regular local, national and international guest DJs and live bands representing the best of Glasgow’s scene. An extra special freshers night entitled Red Light Night. With DJs Frank McAvennie (yes, that Frank McAvennie) and Aidan Moffat, bands For Abel and Scunner, and burlesque performers Vendetta Vain, Electra Volt, Tom Delish and Scarlett Flame. Edinburgh FREE Electric Circus Live Lounge Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 5pm. See Fri 23. FREE Rossco Galloway The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Fri 23. ■ Blank Canvas, Edward & The Itch and Fragile Chaos Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £4. Frantic indie rock as Blank Canvas launch their debut double A-side ‘By the Fire’/’Golden’. ■ The Jamm The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7pm. £12.50. A tribute to the many guises of the Modfather, Paul Weller. ■ Love & Money The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £25. See Thu 29. FREE My Electric Love Affair and Lost in Last Week Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. Local indie bands. ■ Bandioke Citrus Club, 40–42 Grindlay Street, 622 7086. 7.30–10.30pm. £4 includes entry to Planet Earth. See Fri 23. ■ Rock’n’Roll Heaven Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £13–£27.50 (£10–£24.50). See Thu 22. ■ Les Mckeown’s Bay City Rollers Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. 8pm. £15. A glam rock blast from the (troubled) past. ■ The Murderburgers and Dee Cracks Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Punk line-up. ■ Soundscapism Vol.1 Maggie’s Chamber, Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 8.30pm. £5. A new series of audiovisual concerts taking place in Edinburgh, focusing on space, drone, electro-acoustic and ambient electronic music. FREE Jamie Scott Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 9pm. See Sun 25. FREE The Dark Jokes Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215.
9.30pm. Brooding epic seven-piece Edinburgh indie outfit. FREE Live Music Lebowskis, 18 Morrison Street, 466 1779. 9.30pm. See Fri 23. Irvine ■ The Train Wreckers Harbour Arts Centre, 114–116 Harbour Street, 01294 274059. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Groovin’, rattlin’ tunes of the 50s and 60s from the train wreckin’ duo footstompin’ Leroy Scott and gattlin’ Axe Forman.
St Andrews ■ Kaleidoscope Festival Kinkell Byre, Kinkell Farm, 01334 472003. Times vary. day ticket £40; weekend ticket £59; camping £10. Home-grown, eco-friendly new addition to the festival calendar. With acts appearing over three days including Fink, Peatbog Faeries, Stanley Odd, Kid Canaveral, Found, Sicknote and many, many more. There’s also art installations, theatre performances, a circus, people powered cinema and talks, lectures and discussions on sustainable living.
Saturday 1 Glasgow ■ Rush Eucon The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 3pm. £15. All-day Rush convention with live performances from Rush tribute band Counterparts and classic rock covers from Joe’s Band, plus charity auction, Rush-themed pub quiz and more. All proceeds go to the MS Society. ■ Dirty Hearts, Ripley, Call Me Salvador and Arcadian Dream Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Local band line-up. ✽✽ Eastern Promise Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. 7pm. £10 (£6 or £15 (£9) for the weekend). The second year of Platform’s eclectic showcase of music from home and abroad, running over two rooms and two days. Tonight’s line-up includes electronica trio To Rococo Rot, local legends The Pastels, Silje Nes, Conquering Animal Sound and Animal Magic Tricks. The venue also hosts the Scottish Independent Record Fair. ■ The Jamm O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12.50. See Fri 30. ■ Nimmo Brothers Òran Mór, 731- 735 Great Western Road, 08444 772000. 7pm. £16. Glasgow’s top blues brothers. ■ The Paris Riots, Johnny & the Bomb, Armadillo Band and San Antone O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £6. Angular and epic indie sounds. ■ You Are a Surface Too CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. £4. Audio-visual presentation with vintage found films and performances by Wounded Knee, Noma and Neil A Simpson. ■ Kris Tennant Band, Julia & the Doogans and Superbad Comrade Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Elton John/Rufus Wainwright-loving singer/songwriter and band play this Oxjam night. ■ The River 68s, The Black Hand Gang and Acutones Flat 0/1, 162 Bath Street, 331 6227. 7.30pm. £6. Alternative rock line-up. ■ Talon Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £16.50–£17.50. Eagles tribute band Talon once again perform their popular tribute to the beardy country rockers. ■ Zoey Van Goey and Kid Canaveral Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30pm. The multi- instrumental pop trio add another string to their bow - live remixing from GRNR. Plus every gig-goer will receive a copy of a one-off EP of ZVG tracks remixed by the likes of We Were Promised Jetpacks, Found, GRNR and Jonnie Common. Bonzer!