Music ROCK&POP
■ EU Feminist Society Fundraiser The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £tbc. Live music and entertainment to raise funds. ■ Jeffrey Lewis The Third Door, 45–47 Lothian Street, 225 6313. 8pm. £9. Anti- folk troubadour and comic book artist. FREE Crazy Alice, Roman Holiday and 3 Card Trick Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Rock and covers.
Thursday 27 Glasgow FREE The MeatMen Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. See Thu 20. ■ Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £9. See Wed 26. ■ Michael Kiwanuka and Jo Mango Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7pm. £6. singer-songwriter who has recently supported Adele on tour. ■ Mishkin, Portionfed, Lost Persona and Forevervoid Soundhaus, 47 Hydepark Street, 221 4659. 7pm. Leeds screamo quintet. ■ Steve Earle and The Dukes & Duchesses ft. Allison Moorer O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £27.50. The roots rock power couple return with a set apiece – Earle’s all gnarly integrity and Moorer in a more mainstream, mellifluous vein. ■ The Wonder Stuff Apollo 23, 11 Renfrew Street, 332 8209. 7.30pm. £20. Fraggle rockers from the late 80s and early 90s, scattering their perky, subtly clever indie pop around once more. ■ 1990s and The Bent Moustache Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £6. Spiky, celebratory Glaswegian trio who take pop music but not themselves seriously. ■ Big Hogg The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £3. Wild grooves, jazz chops and psych rock. ■ The Dead Man’s Waltz Old Hairdressers, Opposite Stereo Renfield Lane. 8pm. £5. Skye quartet performing folk noir with a theatrical flourish. ■ Fridge Magnets, Versus Versus and The Machine Room Chambre 69, Stock Exchange House, 69 Nelson Mandela Place. 8pm. £5. Blend of electro pop and post-punk guitars which sounds, according to Vic Galloway, ‘kind of like New Order if they were from Glasgow’. ■ Insomniac, Psychotropic System and CEMTEX Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £6. Weekly metal night Mayhem Underground. Ticket price includes entry to The Cathouse afterwards. ■ Martin Stephenson & The Daintees The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £12.50 in advance; £14 on door; £26.45 with early dinner at 6. Now resident in Scotland, the respected Geordie songwriter makes another trip to Glasgow in the company of his band The Daintees. FREE Rose Parade, Black & White Boy and West Avenue Black Sparrow,
241 North Street, 221 5530. 8pm. Country- tinged indie and soulful Americana at the latest Vagabond Social Club. ■ Singing Adams Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Aka Broken Family Band’s Steven Adams, now supplemented with band members. ■ Rod Jones & The Birthday Suit King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7.50. New side project from Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones. With support from Davey Horne. Edinburgh ■ Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Keeping up with little bruv, Gallagher senior launches his new project with a clutch of gigs. FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 20. FREE Henry Ibbs Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 9pm. See Thu 20. ■ Stiff Little Fingers The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 6.30pm. £14.50. Ireland’s favourite delinquent punk sons. ■ Carrie Rodriguez and Luke Jacobs Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £12. Roots-rock singer who has worked with Lucinda Williams, Alejandro Escovedo and Lyle Lovett. ■ DZ Deathrays Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £6. See Wed 26. ■ The Maccabees and 2:54 The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £15. See Wed 26. ■ Static City Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Four bands tbc. ■ Edinburgh School For the Deaf, Vladimir, Hookers for Jesus and Sacred Heart Losers Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £5. Fuzzed up psyche shoegaze and distorted guitars. ■ John Barrowman The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 7.30pm. £35–£45.50. The housewives’ choice returns with his variety show mix of pop hits, West End numbers and general campery. ■ Kono Michi The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7.30pm. £8.50 in advance; £10 on the door. Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter who releases music through the Shark Batter label. ■ Skip ‘Little Axe’ McDonald The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £10. Ex-Sugar Hill house band artist Skip McDonald returns to the roots he learned from his father with this contemporary dub gospel blues collision. FREE Open Yer Mic The Parlour Bar, 142 Duke Street, 555 3848. 8pm. See Thu 20. FREE The Venus Fly Traps, The Jackals, Ambassadors of Morocco and Seneka Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Rock and indie bill.
Friday 28 Glasgow FREE The MeatMen Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. See Thu 20. ■ PM Music Presents Mainstage @ O2 Academy Glasgow O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 6pm. £10. Over-14s show. Performances from The Vespas, Rare Breed, The Classics, Sunset Stereo, Till This Night, Taylor & Leight and Eye’s Own. ■ The Aviators, Marillo, Call Me Salvador and Noodle Circuit Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Local band line-up. ■ Dirty Looks, Indie Code and Perpetual Motion Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Local band line-up. ■ Oracle, Clench, The Deadlights, Protocol and The Rain Experiment Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Acoustic duo headline with support from local indie and rock bands. ■ Pirate Hallowe’en Band Night Soundhaus, 47 Hydepark Street, 221 4659. 7pm. Live music from indie rockers The Ashtones, glam metal outfit Switchblade Scream, Carrion and Soundwhole at this piratical celebration. With a prize for the best pirate costume. ■ The Revolt and Calum Jarvie O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £8. Originals inspired by 60s and 70s rock’n’roll. ■ Sam Duckworth and Shoes & Socks Off Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7pm. £10. The indie troubadour and activist formerly known as Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly! mercifully reverts to his real name. ■ Sons & Daughters O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £11. Heady indie pop, punk blues and dark brooding electro from the underrated Sons & Daughters, one of the most distinctive Scottish bands of recent years. With Peggy Sue and Bonfire Nights. ■ Zaun, Here By Chance, Dirty Looks, Perpetual Motion and Catcher Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Local band line-up. ■ And Finally Phil Collins Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £15–£16.50. Pete Bultitude pays tribute to the ex-Genesis man. ■ Foreign Beggars and Lazer Sword The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £9. See Wed 26. FREE Jericho Hill Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. Johnny Cash tribute band. ■ Warm Digits, Fur Hood and She’s Hit Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £4. Dual laptop electro, no wave guitar and free jazz drumming from Newcastle/Manchester duo Warm Digits. Garage, punk and indie influences combine in She’s Hit’s upfront sound. ■ Annie Stevenson and Death Trap City The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King
Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Glasgow alt.rockers head the bill. FREE Echofela The Common Room, 77 Byres Road, 334 7132. 8pm. Catchy indie pop from Falkirk rockers Echofela. ■ Maggie Bell with Chris Farlowe & the Norman Beaker Band The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £17.50 in advance; £19 on door; £31.45 with early dinner at 6pm. The grand dame of the Caledonian blues is still a formidable singer, joined here by ‘Out of Time’ hitmaker Chris Farlowe and backed by the Norman Beaker Band. ■ Pinup Frights The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. 8pm–3am. £6 in advance; £7 on the door. Hallowe’en extravaganza with guest DJs Carl Barat, Scott Paterson and Adele Bethel of Sons & Daughters, and Didz Hammond of Cooper Temple Clause. With live music from Colonel Mustard, Mondegreen, Skinny Villains and Tokomak. ■ Systems, Mile Away Chant and Solar Dogs Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Indie sounds. FREE The Latecomers Lauries Bar, 34 King Street, 552 7123. 8.15pm. Acoustic set of originals and classic covers. FREE Itchycoo Park Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. 60s tunes and sharp suits. ■ Ugly Duckling King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Old school funky hip hop invested with humour and intelligence. With support from Hector Bizerk. Edinburgh FREE Rossco Galloway The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Fri 21. ■ The Friday Fix The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 6.30pm. £9. A regular night of comedy fun, with up-and-comers and expert types, followed by a storming band to end the night and start the weekend. Tonight’s Hallowe’en Fright-Day Fix features Bethany Black (‘perhaps the world’s only out goth lesbian post-op male-to-female transsexual stand-up’), Sian Bevan, Damien Crow and The Last Battle. ■ John Cooper Clarke The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Rd, 0844 847 1740. 6.30pm. £15. Rescheduled date for the legendary Mancunian punk poet – a sort of spiritual godfather of the likes of Mike Skinner. ■ Six Storeys High Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 6.30pm. £5. Power pop with shades of Foo Fighters, Kings of Leon and Biffy. ■ Bombskare and The Imagineers The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria St, 225 2564. 7pm. £8. Infectious ska action from Bombskare. Skalloween special. ■ The Jackals, The Venus Flytraps and The Merrylees Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair St, 220 6176. 7pm. £5. Gritty psych rock as Jackals launch new album. ■ Lee Paterson, The Offenders and The Diversions Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 7pm. Free before
Opera. Worth a second look. Get £10 tix if you’re under 26. Any seat. Any performance.
The Barber of Seville 21 October -19 November Glasgow • Inverness • Aberdeen • Edinburgh
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