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Chris Lee-Marr. Cafe Disco play in the bar. Part of New Year’s Revolution. Edinburgh FREE Cranachan Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 9pm. Sunday classic rock covers and open mic session. FREE Funked Up and Macpolvo Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Funk and Celt-rock.
Monday 16
Glasgow FREE Michael Simons Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. See Mon 9. ■ United Fruit, Lady North, Hunt/Gather and Natalie Pryce King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Alt.rock four-piece headline. Jonathan Snee plays in the bar. Part of New Year’s Revolution. Edinburgh ■ The Horrors The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria St, 225 2564. 7pm. £12. Ripped up horror punks turned art.rockers with a fervent goth following. Rescheduled date (19 Oct tickets still valid). FREE Open Mic Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. See Mon 9.
Tuesday 17 Glasgow ■ Open Swimmer, Reverime, Randolph’s Leap and Ajimal King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Aka Australian singer/songwriter Ben TD, plus other songwriters using stage monikers. I Build Collapsible Mountains plays in the bar. Part of New Year’s Revolution. FREE Open Mic The Libertine, 45–47 Bell Street. 9pm. See Tue 10.
Edinburgh FREE Open Mic Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 10pm. See Tue 10. Wednesday 18
Glasgow ■ My Ruin, Godsized, Sanctorum and Long Day Fear Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £12. Over-14s show. Mouthy grrrl rapper Tairrie B rages hard in dark horror rock mode. ■ Mechanical Smile, Colour Cells, Cheryl Scott and Giro FM Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. Fundraiser for new radio station KA Radio. ■ Whatever They Say and Andrew Yule & Kayleigh Fraser The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Live music. ■ Beerjacket, Michael Cassidy, Coat Hoaks and Julia & the Doogans King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. One man alt.folk act Peter Kelly. Burning Cafe plays in the bar. Part of New Year’s Revolution. Edinburgh FREE Adam Holmes & The Embers and Tipperhill Traverse Bar Café, 10 Cambridge Street, 228 5383. 8pm. Folk and indie. FREE The Jack O’Diamonds Scrimshaw Shanties Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9pm. See Wed 11. FREE Who’s Edna, Kung Fu Academy and 3 Card Trick Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Indie rock.
Thursday 19 Glasgow ■ M83 and Porcelain Raft The
Arches, 253 Argyle St, 565 1000. 7pm. £12.50. Aka Anthony Gonzalez with a mix of hazy pop guitars and ambient electronica. See preview, page 76. ■ Thin Lizzy and Clutch Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £25. The surviving members of one of Ireland’s greatest musical exports reassemble to perform headbangingly good tunes of the calibre of ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’ and ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’, now with Ricky Warwick of The Almighty on vocals. FREE Andrea Heins Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Canadian singer/songwriter on guitar and auto-harp. ■ Los Tentakills The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Garage, surf and psychedelia. ■ Rocketnumbernine The Art School, The Beresford Building, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 353 4410. 8pm. Free for Art School students. Improvised electronica and percussion from brothers Ben and Tom Page. ■ Pareto, Dilectrics, Bear Arms and WeCameFromWolves King Tut’s, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Melodic alt.rock from Glasgow trio Pareto. Skippy Dyes play in the bar. Part of New Year’s Revolution. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 5. ■ Click Clack Club The Third Door, 45–47 Lothian Street, 225 6313. 7pm. £3. Funky experimental music club. ■ Foe Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £6. Wig-wearing singer-songwriter who has collaborated with Ghostpoet. ■ Dead Echo’s and Hotel India Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. Indie rock. FREE Seafieldroad and Finn Anderson Traverse Bar Café, 10 Cambridge Street, 228 5383. 8pm. Evocative, very personal piano sounds from Andrew Eaton-Lewis (aka Seafieldroad). FREE Lewis Gibsons Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9pm. Music session. FREE Crevis Inspection and Blues for Pocketmoney Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Rock/metal and blues. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2–£3. See Thu 5.
Friday 20
Glasgow ■ Peter & the Test Tube Babies Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £9. Outfit who proudly proclaim themselves ‘punk rock since 1978’. ■ Meanwhile City, Junebug, The Blinding, The Glitch and Adriaan Blom Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Indievous night of indie rock acts. ■ Confusion The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £8 in advance; £10 on door; £21.95 for early dinner at 6. Local rock band play covers from the 70s at this party night. ■ Timothy McQuillian, Ross J Watson, Squish Kibosh and Upstanding Monk The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Live music. ■ Various Cruelties and Lugosi King Tut’s, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Named after an Ed Ruscha painting, Various Cruelties revolves around songwriter Liam O’Donnell, who digs The Specials, Shuggie Otis and Devendra Banhart. Edinburgh ✽✽ Dead Boy Robotics The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register St, 556 7060. Times tbc. £tbc. New Wave electro punk sounds. See Exposure, page 83.
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FREE Rossco Galloway The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Fri 6. ■ Carbona Not Glue Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £5. Edinburgh Ramones tribute with a Christmas special promising to play ‘Merry Xmas I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight’ and Joey Ramone’s version of ‘What a Wonderful World’. ■ Lee Patterson, The Demons Eye and Fatlips Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 7pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Covers and rock. FREE The Stormy Seas, Dixie Beaver, Andrew Thomas and HP Neilson Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. Acoustic folky sounds. ■ Bandioke Citrus Club, 40–42 Grindlay Street, 622 7086. 7.30–10.30pm. £4 includes entry to Planet Earth. See Fri 6. ■ Lindi Ortega The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register St, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £8. Alt.country inspired by Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton, self-described as a ‘roadside motel love affair between old school outlaws and country darlings.’ ■ Dead Boy Robotics, Homework and The Lotus Project The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £5. New Wave electro punk sounds from Dead Boy Robotics at the first Limbo of 2012. ■ The Deadly Winters, Paul Gilbody and Steve Heron The Village, 16 South Fort Street, 478 7810. 8pm. £5. Folky and indie acoustica. ■ Mad Nurse, Daisy Chain Gang and The Head Henchmen Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Post-rock. FREE Seneka Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9pm. Young, energetic rock outfit from Edinburgh.
Saturday 21 Glasgow FREE The Ray-Bandos Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. See Sat 14. ■ Never Shout Never Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, 339 9784. 7pm. £14. Christian emo pop band from Joplin, Missouri. ■ Confusion, R-Kive, Radio Arcade, Voice of Reason and Fixer Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Indievous night of indie rock acts. ■ The Lost Society, Holy Pistol Club and Strange October Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo St, 564 8100. 7.30pm. Showcase of Dumbartonshire bands. ■ Casiokids Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Norwegian synthpop outfit. ■ Lawson, Leon Jackson and Carrie Mac King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £7.50. Over-14s show. Chiselled four-piece pop/rock band from London. And is that an ex-X Factor champ we spy on the bill? ■ Organs of Love, Palms and Aggi Doom The Art School, The Beresford Building, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 353 4410. 8pm. £4 (students £3). Alt.rock bill. ■ The Scottish Super Troopers The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10 in advance; £12 on door; £23.95 for early dinner at 6. Abba tribute act formerly known as Abba-Cadabra. ■ Tate & Lyle, Four Inches Ov Foreskin, The Man From Ultra and Scrambled Ovulation The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Live music.
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