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■ The Field The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall St, 0845 166 6009. 8pm. £8. House, shoegaze, noise rock and cosmic techno from Axel Willner aka The Field. ■ Let’s Buy Happiness and Aaron Wright The Captain’s, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Windswept indie from this Newcastle band, plus local troubadour. ■ Maiden Scotland Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald St, 248 4114. 8pm. £8. Iron Maiden tribute. ■ R Stevie Moore and Platypus Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St, 333 0900. 8pm. £8.50. Punk rock, new wave, country, jazz – this prolific lo-fi musician from Nashville has tried them all over the course of some 400 mostly self- released albums and cassettes. The artist David Shrigley DJs. ■ The Scottish Super Troopers The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10 in advance; £12 on door; £23.95 with early dinner at 6pm. Abba tribute act formerly known as Abba-Cadabra. ■ Theophilus London The Arches, 30 Midland St, 565 1000. 11pm–3am. £7. The Brooklyn rapper crash-lands in Glasgow for a live set. This club show will also feature an array of special guests.
Edinburgh FREE Bruncheon! Featuring The Sound of Muesli Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny St, Leith, 555 7101. 11am–2.30pm. Live music plus your choice of breakfast, traditional or continental. If you can have a dinner dance, why not a breakfast dance? Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Ged Hanley Trio, Safehouse, Size Queen and Mad Ferret Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 5pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Covers, rock, blues and folky sounds. FREE Camii Sinclair The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers St, 220 4298. 6pm. See Sat 26. ■ The Flavours The Jam House, 5 Queen St, 226 4380. 6pm. £4. See Fri 25. ■ Mad Nurse and His Name is Codeine Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4. Post-rock. ■ The Merrylees Electric Circus, 36–39 Market St, 226 4224. 7pm. £5 in advance; £7 on the door. See Sat 26. ■ Skyless, Jaded Playboy and Pirate Sons Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £3. Blues rock as Skyless launch their Silence So Loud EP. FREE Stewart MacLennan Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover St, 225 2131. 7pm. See Sat 26. ■ Keith & Kristyn Getty Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £15–£25. Hymn writers/singers in concert, the Scottish leg of their tour features special guests Stuart Townend and the New Scottish Choir and Orchestra. ■ Justified Sinners and Onzlow Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry St, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Pumped-up rock. Loch Ness ■ RockNess Dores, rockness.co.uk. Weekend tickets £149 (£159 inc camping); Sat or Sun £64 (VIP options also available). See Fri 8.
Sunday 10 Glasgow FREE Warren McIntyre & The Starry Skies, The Starlets, Stevie Jackson and The Parsonage Choir An Clachan, Off La Belle Place, 07846 463614. 1–6pm. Taking place in a concrete circle next to the An Clachan cafe this ‘Live at the Kelvingrove Bowl’ special aims to bring music to unexpected places featuring an album launch party for McIntyre and 40-strong country/blues choir The Parsonage. Part
of the West End Festival. ■ The Damned O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall St, 332 2232. 7pm. £17.50. Punk legends ride once again celebrating their 35th anniversary. ■ The Groundhogs The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 7pm. £12.50 in advance; £14 on the night; £26.45 with early dinner at 5pm. Thrilling audiences since 1963 with their concoction of Chicago fire branded blues, The Hogs have played with many of the greats, including Memphis Slim and Jimmy Reed. ■ Lucy Rose and Nathan Holme Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £8. Touted young singer-songwriter. Part of the West End Festival. ■ The March Violets and Dead Eyes Opened Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica St, 847 0820. 7pm. £15. Goth rock veterans from Leeds who reformed a few years ago. ■ All Eyes West, Shatterhand, Kimberly Steaks and C-Section Infection The Bay, 142 West Regent St. 7.30pm. £5. Chicago-based punk in the vein of Husker Du, Drive Like Jehu and Jawbreaker. ■ EPMD and Naeem & Kash The Arches, 253 Argyle St, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £16.50. Old school hip-hop duo from New York who always mean business. ■ Keith & Kristyn Getty SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £15–£25. See Sat 9. ■ Tragedy, Neonpiss and Kaddish Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St, 333 0900. 8pm. £6. Hardcore and horror- punk. ■ The Wellgreen, Knontiki Suit and The Red Sands The Captain’s, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. The Madmen’s Roadshow returns with harmony pop from The Wellgreen. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Caan, Katie Forbes and Tacado King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Serene synth-pop from former Ou Est Le Swimming Pool member Caan Capan.
Edinburgh FREE Cranachan Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry St, 556 3254. 9pm. See Sun 27. Loch Ness ■ RockNess Dores, rockness.co.uk. Weekend tickets £149 (£159 inc camping); Sat or Sun £64 (VIP options also available). See Fri 8.
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Glasgow ■ Boyce Avenue and Ingrid Michaelson & Tyler Hilton O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton St, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £20. Florida-based fraternal trio playing melodic and acoustic rock. With support from songwriters whose music has appeared in One Tree Hill. ■ Dam-Funk and The Blessings CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £12. Self-styled ambassador of boogie funk, hailing from Los Angeles. FREE Michael Simons Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. See Mon 28. ■ Future of the Left King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Funky punky garage band formed by McLusky’s Andy Falkous, dispensing equal amounts of wit and bile. Edinburgh ■ Tea Dance South Leith Parish Church, 6 Henderson St, Leith, leithfestival.com 1–4.30pm. £3. The Fantasy band provide the live music. Part of the Leith Festival. ■ Mark Stewart and Tango Rhums The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register St, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £13.50. The Pop Group’s fearsome bear of a frontman returns to shake our foundations with his new album The Politics of Envy.
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