Music ROCK&POP
5 REASONS
ODD FUTURE 1 We might find out what they are Are they an ironic comedy hip hop troupe? Or are they a wilfully nasty, relentlessly violent, misogynistic and homophobic throwback whose goofy nonsense just happens to distil the finest styles of rap created in the past 20 years as its soundtrack? The clues might be here. 2 We might find out what to call them Do we really have to use their ludicrous but eye-catching full title Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, or OFWGKTA, as it’s reduced to in print? Or will just Odd Future do? Get a chant going and find out.
3 We might find out if Tyler, the Creator, is a screen superstar in waiting The upcoming Odd Future-affiliated sketch show Loiter Squad, produced for grown-up Cartoon Network alter-ego Adult Swim, has been pitched as a blend of Jackass’ blokey goofiness and the relentless iconoclasm of Dave Chappelle’s Chappelle’s Show, and you can find Tyler mugging it up in preview clips online. It might bomb, it might blow up, but there’s no doubting the guy has presence.
4 We’ll discover what everyone thinks of the new material Sony-released The Odd Future Tape Vol.2 has just dropped, and Tyler told The Guardian before its launch that everyone ‘might hate’ it and that he doesn’t care how many copies it shifts. Do we believe him? 5 We might get to Tyler’s heart of darkness ‘I’ve got love for my mother / none of you other fuckers,’ he murmurs on his album Bastard’s title track, a dark Wu-Tang style beat which hints at barely- buried family disharmony as a reason for the bitter-tasting attitudes of, for example, 2 Live Crew-aping horror ‘Bitch Suck Dick’ or West Coast slow jam ‘She’. Impossible to pigeonhole, these songs speak with the disturbing, untempered voice of youth gone wrong, and they reflect their audience more accurately than any number of arena guitar-janglers. (David Pollock) ■ OFWGKTA play the ABC, Glasgow, Sun 1 Apr.
92 THE LIST 29 Mar–26 Apr 2012
Tuesday 3
Glasgow ■ Action Bronson, Gasp & Depths, United Front and Bunty Beats O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton St, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £10. Hip hop bill headed by a rapper from Queens. ■ Ben Montague O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall St, 332 2232. 7pm. £8. Upcoming singer-songwriter who has supported Stereophonics. ■ Failsafe Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £7. Punk rock from Preston. ■ This Will Destroy You Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald St, 248 4114. 7pm. £10. Instrumental post-rock quartet from Texas. See preview, page 94. ■ Scott Logan, The Last of Us and McGabe Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo St, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £5. Art/dance/music mash-up at Oh Yeah. ■ Allen Stone, ZZ Ward and Leon Jackson King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £15. Smalltown boy with a powerhouse soul vocal. Edinburgh FREE Acoustic Edinburgh The Third Door, 45–47 Lothian St, 225 6313. 7pm. All unplugged, all original music. FREE Edinburgh Napier University BA (Hons) Popular Music 4th Year Recitals Electric Circus, 36–39 Market St, 226 4224. 7pm. Final Year Performance Exam from Napier University Music Students Brian Macleod, Johnny Steele and Giancarlo Tammaro. Featuring arrangements of compositions from John Scofield, Bella & The Flecktones, Dream Theater, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Israel Houghton and more. FREE Aaron Wright The Ale House, 18–22 Clerk St, 629 0275. 9.30pm. Rootsy local singer-songwriter hosting a songwriters session.
Wednesday 4
Glasgow ■ JLS SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £32.50. Incredibuly popular urban-lite X-Factor posers. ■ Helmet The Cathouse, 15 Union St, 248 6606. 7pm. £15. Over-14s show. Alt.rock heroes from LA. ■ JapanFour, Cairo, 24Broken Amps and Law Of The Chord Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo St, 564 8100. 7pm. £6. Indie, grunge, rock and pop at the latest Hellfire Club Glasgow. ■ Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart The Rio Café, 27 Hyndland St, 334 9909. 7.30pm. £20 including supper. Steve’s li’l sis is a great country-orientated talent in her own right, with a less fiery, more poetic approach than her brother. ■ Mad Dog Mcrea Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Rd, 332 7304. 8pm. £6. Devon band blending folk rock, gypsy jazz and bluegrass. ■ Slow Club King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Folky alt.pop duo. Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh Napier University BA Popular Music (Hons) Degree Show Electric Circus, 36–39 Market St, 226 4224. 7pm. Final Year Performance Exam from Napier University Music Students Paul Bannon (Lady North/Dead Boy Robotics), Liam Flaherty and Marek Chrzanowski. ■ Sectioned and The Bowery Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison St, 228 9393. 7pm. £4. Metal. ■ Bannerman’s IPA Battle of the Bands Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry St, 556 3254. 8pm. £tbc. Local bands compete for ‘amazing secret prizes’. Apply via the website if you want to get involved. Indie round. ■ Read Charity Fundraiser The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers St, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Live bands, prizes and more to raise funds for the EdUni Charity Society. FREE Scarlet Wednesdays The Blue
Eye o’ the Dug
The folks at Fence have dispensed with their usual Homegame festival this year, but not to worry – they’ve simply shifted their focus up the road to St Andrews, where’ they’ll be hosting the Eye o’ the Dug two-dayer. King Creosote and The Pictish Trail (aka Fence label bosses Kenny Anderson and Johnny Lynch) are obvious attendees – joining them will be KT Tunstall, Errors, Django Django, Francois and the Atlas Mountains, RM Hubbert, Conquering Animal Sound, James Yorkston and Kid Canaveral, with a DJ set from Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip (above). For more info, see eotdfestival.com ■ Various venues, St Andrews, Sat 14 & Sun 15 Apr.
Goose Country Pub, 27 Lanark Rd, 629 4143. 8pm. Easy listening classics from the Scarlet Acoustic girls. FREE The Jack O’Diamonds Scrimshaw Shanties Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution St, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. Toby Black Diamond and friends.
Thursday 5 Glasgow FREE Fatherson Apple Store, 147 Buchanan St, 300 4950. 5pm. Instore single launch from the Kilmarnock indie power poppers. ■ JLS SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £32.50. See Wed 4. ■ Urbanmyth Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica St, 847 0820. 6.30pm. £5. EP launch. ■ Glasvegas and Two Wounded Birds Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica St, 847 0820. 7pm. £16.50. The anthemic Glasgow rockers play material from their second album. ■ Take a Worm for a Walk Week Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £5 in advance; £6 on door. Last ever show from the fast, chaotic and intense techcore group. ■ Cemtex, Portion Fed and Crowned by Kings Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo St, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £6 including free entry to The Cathouse. Trio of metal bands at this week’s Mayhem Underground. ■ 2:54 and Chelsea Wolfe Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Rd, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Queens of the Stone Age and PJ Harvey-influenced sisters. Plus special guest Chelsea Wolfe – see preview, page 83. ■ Billy Lockett, Chloe Latimer and Naledi Herman King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8pm. £6. Over-14s show. Young Northampton singer/songwriter who cites Radiohead and Bright Eyes as influences. FREE Classic Album Night Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. Local acts cover material from The
Beatles’ Revolver album. FREE Dave Dominey Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Funkiness on laptop and bass. FREE Fat Goth Bar Bloc+, 117 Bath St, 574 6066. 8pm. Alt.rock from ex- Alamos members. FREE Shauna Joy, Andy Lucas and Norquay Black Sparrow, 241 North St, 221 5530. 8pm. Singer/pianist. ■ Thula Borah Stairway Club, 95 Union St, 221 1009. 8pm. £6. Glaswegian alt.rock band. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Rd, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 29. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers St, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 29. ■ Thomas J Speight Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. London-based artist with Keane connections. ■ Vantage Point, Metaltech, Coholic and Engines of Vengeance Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Rd, 558 3758. 7pm. £5–£6. Metal night headlined by Edinburgh’s hardworking Vantage Point. ■ Vladimir Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison St, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £5. Dundonian noisy rock four-piece. ■ Amy Duncan Presents The Third Door, 45–47 Lothian St, 225 6313. 8pm. £3. Acoustic night hosted by singer- songwriter Duncan. FREE Rossco Galloway & Alisdair McErlain Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution St, Leith, 629 7215. 9.30pm. Singer- songwriter showcase.
Friday 6 Glasgow ■ Counterflows Various venues, 565 1000. Times vary. £15 day pass. Collaborative, experimental song-writing festival. See preview, page 83. FREE Thomas J Speight King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 5.30pm. See Thu 5.