Music ROCK&POP
Tuesday 16
Glasgow ■ Kelly Clarkson and Cover Drive Braehead Arena, Kings Inch Road, 0844 499 1700. 7pm. £32.50. The only American Idol to go international (so far) belts out her processed pop/rock. ■ Trivium, As I Lay Dying, Caliban and Upon a Burning Body O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £17.50. Over-14s show. Metal favourites from Florida with support from San Diego’s AILD. ■ David Paul Jones The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £10. Songs and piano works from the lyrical talent. Part of Glasgay! FREE Jamfest Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. See Tue 25. ■ Micachu & the Shapes and Jonnie Common Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St, 333 0900. 8pm. £7.50. The return of the young Londoner who uses homemade instruments to create her quirky sound. Please note new venue. FREE Open Mic Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. See Tue 25. ■ The Jim Jones Revue King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £11. See Mon 15. Edinburgh ■ Happy Particles and Magic Eye Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £6. Dreamy indie pop from the Scottish Album of the Year nominees. ■ Idina Menzel Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £25–£60 (+ 10% booking fee). Star of Glee and hit Broadway musical Wicked Idina Menzel performs a programme of musical theatre and pop music backed by a 25-piece live orchestra on her first ever Scottish date. FREE Red Dog Songwriters Night The Ale House, 18–22 Clerk Street, 629 0275. 9.30pm. See Tue 25.
Wednesday 17
Glasgow FREE Kicks Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. Midnight–2am. See Wed 26. ■ Negative Approach, Punch and SSS Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 6.30pm. £10. Detroit hardcore headliners. ■ The Parlotones Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £14.50. Rock four-piece from Johannesburg, who can fill stadiums in their own country, tailor their live show for a more intimate venue. ■ The DOT King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £15. Continuing the collaboration between Mike Skinner and The Music frontman Robert Harvey which began on the last Streets album. FREE Acoustic Open Mic The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 9pm. See Wed 26. FREE Stomphouse Sauce Slouch, 203–205 Bath Street, 221 5518. 9pm. Punky blues. Edinburgh ■ Johnny Foreigner Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £7. ‘Noisy pop songs’ with electronica and alt.country thrown in.
Thursday 18
Glasgow FREE 3 Card Trick Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. Noon– 2am. See Thu 20. FREE The Ray-Bandos Silverburn, Barrhead Road, 880 3200. 6.30–8.30pm. Rhythm’n’blues and rock’n’roll covers. Playing as part of Silverburn’s student event. ■ Evile and Wolf O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12.50. Over-14s show. Thrash metal from Huddersfield’s Evile who have supported the likes of Megadeth, 96 THE LIST 20 Sep–18 Oct 2012
Machine Head and Sabbat. ■ Level 42 O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £26. Eighties funk pop quartet back on the road again, singing some of the old favourites including ‘Running the Family’, ‘Lessons in Love’ and ‘Take a Look’. ■ Middle Finger Salute g2, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 353 3111. 7pm. £7. Over-14s show. Pop punk band from Blackburn. ■ Scissor Sisters Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 08444 999 990. 7pm. £28.50. The return of the best party band in eons, merging funk, rock, disco and Elton Johnesque ballads with effortless charisma. ■ Acid Mothers Temple Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 7.30pm. £8 in advance. ‘Motor- psycho’ guitar action, ethnic drones and throat singing from this cult Japanese psychedelic group. ■ Doomsday Student, Divorce and The Downs Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £6. Hardcore carnage from Providence, Rhode Island outfit formerly known as Arab on Radar. ■ Wishbone Ash The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £15 in advance; £17 on door; £28.95 with early dinner at 6pm. UK rock veterans and twin guitar pioneers. ■ Gaz Coombes and Cave Painting King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £12.50. Supergrass frontman brings the same tunefulness to his solo work. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 20. ■ Mickey 9s, Madison and Queen Jane Bar Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, Why?
574 6066. 9pm. Free before midnight. Funky hip hop, with a comedic twist, from Scotland. FREE The Two Jamies Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. See Thu 20. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 20. ■ John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £22. Founder Barclay James Harvest members John Lees and Stuart ‘Woolly’ Wolstenholme return to the concert stage with a five-piece band to perform a set drawn from the long career of BJH and such classic albums as Once Again, Everyone in Everybody Else and Time Honoured Ghosts. ■ Little Comets Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £9. Alt.pop with an Afrobeat edge from Newcastle. ■ This Many Boyfriends Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. CANCELLED. ■ Trace Bundy, Jonny Downie and Nic Tate & the Sharks The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7pm. £8. Bundy is a highly promising young guitarist, who has earned the notable nickname ‘acoustic ninja’. FREE Betty’s Bar Unplugged Betty’s Bar, 14–16 Grosvenor Street, 337 4315. 8pm. See Thu 20. FREE Unplugged Acoustic Sessions The Ale House, 18–22 Clerk Street, 629 0275. 9.30pm. See Thu 20. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Thu 20.
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Thursday 20
Glasgow FREE The Blokes Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 9pm. Blues and folk residency. Edinburgh ■ Birdland The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Close vocal harmonies a la Andrews Sisters, from this female-fronted group comprising Jess Abrams, Lorna Reid and Marianne Patrick. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). Groovy funk four-piece with ace guitarist Aki Remally.
Friday 21
Glasgow ■ Van Morrison Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £45. Legendary Irish curmudgeon and hugely influential blues and jazz artist plays tracks from his new album Born to Sing: No Plan B. Edinburgh ■ Radio Pachuco Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £tbc. Seven-piece swing/blues band.
Casting what they call ‘a skewed but forever winking eye on the human condition’, the pure genius of Why? returns to Glasgow. Fronted by Berkeley, California boy Yoni Wolf, one of the collective who founded sophisticated hip hop label Anticon, there’s is a unique, usually very funny brand of rock with beats. ■ With Young Fathers, SwG3, Glasgow, Fri 12 Oct.