Music ROCK&POP
■ Martin Stephenson The Accies Club, Helensburgh Drive Jordanhill. 8pm. £12. Solo show from the Daintees frontman Stephenson, with a combination of guitar picking, waltzes, swinging country, folk pop and comic tales. ■ Still Vintage Stairway Club, 95 Union Street, 221 1009. 8pm. Live music. FREE Wing & A Prayer Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Folk/blues duo. FREE Perfect Remedy Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Local rock covers band. ■ Scott Nicol & the Limitless Sky, One Week’s Notice, Rough Diamond and Long Way Home King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Acoustic pop rock from this singer-songwriter and band, performing material from his Stunning Silence album. ■ Chase & Status The Arches, 30 Midland Street, 565 1000. 10pm–3am. £12.50. CANCELLED. FREE The MeatMen The Grosvenor Café, The Grosvenor Theatre, Ashton Lane, 0845 166 6028. 10pm. Rockabilly, bluegrass and skiffle from Glasgow trio The MeatMen. Edinburgh FREE Rossco Galloway The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. The singer-songwriter-guitarist is regularly joined by a selection of special guests. ■ Saxon and Hammerfall The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 6.30pm. £18.50. The return of one of old school metal’s most fondly regarded combos. ■ Animal Passion and Bastion Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 247 4704. 7pm. £5. Rock and indie.
FREE The Bearded Ladies Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. Festive themed bandaoke night where you can perform with live band The Bearded Ladies. ■ Catch Click Emceez The Third Door, 45–47 Lothian Street, 225 6313. 7pm. £tbc. Scottish hip hop collective introducing their new mixtape and forthcoming Monolith EP. ■ Lee Patterson, The Diversions and Jojocoke Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 7pm. Free before midnight; £4 after midnight. Blues and classic rock from Jojocoke. ■ People Places Maps, New Fiction and Waiting on Jack Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Headlined by Dunfermline’s folky indie popsters People Places Maps. Album launch party. ■ Bandioke Citrus Club, 40–42 Grindlay Street, 622 7086. 7.30–10.30pm. £4 includes entry to Planet Earth. Your chance to sing with a real band. ■ Cry & The Blocks, Captain Trips and Brittle Head Girl Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Indie rock.
Dundee ■ Kassidy and The Imagineers Fat Sam’s, 31 South Ward Road, 01382 228496. 7.30pm. £12. Americana- influenced quartet from Glasgow, rocking on a frontline of acoustic guitars and vocal harmonies. Glenrothes ■ Kingdom FM Christmas Party Nights Rothes Halls, Kingdom Centre, 01592 611101. 7pm. £35. Ian and Diane from the breakfast show lead the annual Kingdom FM Party Night. Featuring great live music, delicious food, competitions and dancing. Booking essential.
Stirling ■ Roddy Woomble’s Christmas Hootenanny Tolbooth, Jail Wynd,
01786 274000. 8pm. £17 (£15). The Idlewild frontman brings something special to the Tolbooth’s annual Christmas show with a mix of new material, Idlewild hits and a selection of festive favourites. Saturday 17
Glasgow ■ State of Quo and Backwater Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. noon. £3. Quo tribute band featuring former Quo drummer John Coghlan. Support from Hartlepool punk trio. FREE Finlay Wells & Sorren Maclean and Chasing Owls George Square, 7pm. Guitar duets and indie/folk as a warm up to Celtic Connections. Part of Glasgow Loves Christmas. ■ Kassidy and The Imagineers Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £12. Americana-influenced quartet from Glasgow, rocking on a frontline of acoustic guitars and vocal harmonies. Plus We Are The Physics. ■ Maiden Scotland O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £8. Iron Maiden tribute. ■ Millsyeck, The Jokers and Rare Breed Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £5. Millsyeck are a rock and metal four-piece from Dundee who last year made it to third place in Kerrang’s battle of the bands competition. ✽✽ The Phantom Band present a Phestive Phantomime Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £9.50 (£15.50 for both nights). See Fri 16. ■ QuoFest SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £37.50. More than just a Status Quo show, this rocker veterans’ parade also includes glam soldier Roy Wood and celebrity gardener Kim Wilde in its line-up. ■ The Silencers Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £15. Usual Christmas shindig hosted by the veteran Scotrock outfit.
■ The Bucky Rage, The Kosher Pickles and Filthy Little Secret The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £5. Space punk, surfabilly and garage disco for cowboys, it says here. FREE The Collectors McChuills, 40 High Street, 552 2135. 8pm. Mod, garage and R&B covers from this Glaswegian quintet. ■ James Yorkston’s Christmas Jamboree Wellington Church, 77 Southpark Avenue (off University Avenue), 334 0454. 8pm. £9. Spectral and traditional sounds from the East Neuk of Fife’s alternative folk- troubadour at this Christmas Jamboree, where he is joined by The Pictish Trail and Lisa O’Neill. BYOB. See preview, page 94. FREE JapanFour, The Barrels, Haivercraft, Los Tentakills and The Digzys Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. JapanFour are raucous indie rockers from Livingstone. ■ Organs of Love, Correcto, Agi Doom and The Thomas Brothers The Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm–1am. £1. Local recording studios Green Door celebrate four years in the business with live sets, DJ sets upstairs and a free CD of songs recorded at the studios this year. ■ Vladimir Stairway Club, 95 Union Street, 221 1009. 8pm. Dundonian four- piece. ✽✽ Young Fathers The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. 8pm. £3. Old school funky hip hop with electro backing and nifty choreography from Edinburgh trio Young Fathers. Recommended. Mixtape launch. FREE Demon’s Eye Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Rock covers. ■ Gun and The River 68s King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £15. Reformed Scottish rockers, who gave it some old school muscle in the early 90s. ■ 101% Pantera Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 9pm. £9.
Kid Canaveral’s Christmas Baubles
Saturday 31 December 2011 Classic Clapton - New Year Special!
Bring in 2012 with Classic Clapton - THE Eric Clapton Tribute Band.
Saturday 07 January 2012 Dick Gaughan
Dick Gaughan remains one of the most highly respected folk singers in the United Kingdom.
Saturday 21 January 2012 Paul Jones & Dave Kelly
The reviews say it all:”A spell-
binding evening of intense country blues, passionately performed”.
Sunday 12 February 2012 Colin Blunstone
Thursday 05 April 2012 Martin Turners Wishbone Ash
Saturday 28 April 2012 Albert Lee & Hogans Heroes
Backstage at The Green Hotel Kinross KY13 8AS Tel 01577 863467
Website:
WWW.MUNDELLMUSIC.COM 100 THE LIST 15 Dec 2011–5 Jan 2012
This Welsh quirk-folkster, Sweet Baboo (real name Steven Black), is one of many special guests playing at Kid Canaveral’s Christmas party. Other guests include Moshi Moshi signings Slow Club, Standard Fare (read our album review on page 96), Radio 6 DJ Josie Long, local slowcore heroes eagleowl, and ex De Rosa frontman Martin John Henry. See page 101 for how to win a pair of tickets. ■ Summerhall, Edinburgh, Sat 7 Dec.