MUSIC | Rock & Pop
■ Angry Vs the Bear Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £5. Fizzy electro pop punk. ■ The Boston Tea Party and The Rockets Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 7.30pm. £6. Psychedelic blues from Boston Tea Party. FREE Diana Schad Urban Bar & Brasserie, 23–25 St Vincent Place, 248 5636. 7.30pm. Singer/pianist performing originals and covers. ■ Alive & Kicking The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.50 in advance: £12 on door: £24.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Simple Minds tribute act who cover the waterfront in terms of the Minds catalogue. FREE Classic Wheels Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Blues-based sounds with guitar, cello and conga. ■ Menomena Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £7.50. Punk-funk-crunk (if there is such a genre) from these Portland experimental rockers. Please note change of venue. ■ Trongate Rum Riots, The Coffins and The Mitre 5s The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Sea shanties and drunken revelry from the headliners. FREE Jerusalem Harpoon Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. A ‘musical timewarp’ is assured. ■ Juan Zelada, Robin Adams and James Mackenzie King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8. London-based Spanish singer/songwriter who has worked with Amy Winehouse and Duran Duran. FREE Drop Out Venus Bar Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. before 11pm. Punk jazz trio from Deptford. Edinburgh ■ Bad For Lazarus The Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, 558 8209. Times tbc. £tbc. See Thu 22. FREE Sher Watson The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Fri 16. ■ Fire in Cairo Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Cure tribute act. ■ Lee Paterson, Audio Fraud and Bad Boogaloo Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 7pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Acoustic sounds, covers and blues. ■ Those in Peril Out in Space and Ettrick Blues Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £5. Comedy rock. ■ The Proclaimers and Blueflint The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. 7.30pm. £24.50–£27.50. See Thu 15. ■ Dog Tired, Blackjack, If All Else Fails and Sound Over Silence Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Hard southern rock and metal. ■ DJ Vadim Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 9pm. £7. See Thu 22. FREE Jamie Scott Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 10pm. Soulful live music from Jamie Scott. ■ Saints of Bliss, Cowboy Horrorshow and Lucille le Seur Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 11pm. £5. South African indie rock.
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Glasgow FREE David Duffy MacSorley’s, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 6pm. See Sat 17. FREE The MeatMen Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. See Sat 17. ■ Bonafide Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £8. Swedish hard rockers. ■ The Core, Revolve, Perpetual Motion, Proud Honey and Life on Standby O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton 86 THE LIST 15 Nov–13 Dec 2012
Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 247 4704. 7pm. £5. Indie. ■ Live Bandaoke Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £4. House band The Bearded Ladies back the bathroom warblings of anyone who wants to show off their singing skills. Choose from 150 songs or see if the band will play your favourite. ■ Matthew Collings, Talvhihorros and Hiva Ova Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Pl, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Electro-acoustic strummings from Collings, plus support from Iceland. Collings launches Splintered Instruments. Read interview, page 94. FREE Stewart MacLennan Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. See Sat 17. ■ We Were Promised Jetpacks The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £12.50. Breakneck alt. rock with strident, jangling guitars from WWPJ. ■ Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 7.30pm. £14. See Thu 22. ■ Lucero, Sam Russo and Taking Chase Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £8. ‘Gruff punk’ from the States. FREE David Limmer Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 9pm. Pop music on keyboards. FREE Burt & The Bacherettes Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 10pm. Live music.
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Glasgow ✽ The Blue Nile: A Walk Across The Rooftops Berkeley Suite, 237
North Street, 237 3235. 5.30–8.30pm. £6. Classic full album playback on Linn equipment (the connoisseur hi-fi brand A Walk Across The Rooftops was originally recorded to showcase). FREE The Bird Doggers PJ Champs, 17 Byres Road, 334 8888. 6–9pm. See Sat 17. FREE John Rush Boudoir Wine Bar, Merchant Square, Candleriggs, 552 4774. 6–8pm. Acoustic rock and pop. FREE The Phantoms and Courtney Elena Stewart Slouch, 203–205 Bath Street, 221 5518. 6pm. See Sun 18. ■ Buddy Whittington & his Band The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 7pm. £13 in advance; £15 on door: £26.95 with early dinner at 5pm. See Sat 24. ■ Dan Mangan and Jason Collett Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £10. A previous recipient of the Juno Award (Canada’s equivalent of the Mercury Prize), Dan Mangan should go down well with fans of Badly Drawn Boy and Mumford & Sons. Collett is a Toronto musician who played guitar in Broken Social Scene before concentrating on his solo career. ■ Dirty Three Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £18. Warren Ellis and cohorts fill the Auditorium with their hypnotic, cathartic sound. ■ Jens Lekman The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £11. Guitar pop from the Belle & Sebastian-loving Swede. See profile, page 77. ■ Netsky and Ayah Marar O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £11.50. Over-14s show. Belgian drum’n’bass producer plays full live show. ■ Patrick Wolf and Abi Wade Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 7pm. £15. Folktronica urchin turned theatrical troubadour continues to plough his own furrow. ■ Peter Andre, Sam Gray and The Risk SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £26–£28.50. Ballads and pop from the mysteriously popular Australian himbo whose fame hangs on his ‘celebrity’ liaison/break up with some ubiquitous glamour model.
SHHHH! Maybe not what you’d expect to find in Glasgow’s East End on a Saturday afternoon, the local Easterhouse community venue Platform will be playing host to a programme of music co-curated by Glasgow artist RM Hubbert, Chemikal Underground boss/ Platform music programmer Alun Woodward and music blog The Line of Best Fit. The clue’s in the name: ‘Shhhh!’ celebrates quiet music and art, and brings together the mellow, subdued, library- hushed sounds of former Delgado Emma Pollock, plus Meursault, Jo Mango, RM Hubbert’s record label-released guitarist Finn Lemarinel and The Unwinding Hours. (Jack Taylor) ■ Platform, Glasgow, Sat 1 Dec, ticket price includes a free bus from Mono in the afternoon.
Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £10. Over- 14s show. Local band line-up, including The Usuals and Crafted. ■ Eddie & the Hot Rods and The Media Whores O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12.50. Punk era diehards, once upstaged by their support band, The Sex Pistols, but remembered for their tracks ‘Teenage Depression’ and ‘Do Anything You Wanna Do’. ■ First Aid Kit and Idiot Wind O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12.50. Over-14s show. Ethereal nu-folk from teenage Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg. Please note change of venue. See preview, page 97. ■ Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £34.50. Jools and his band play classic boogie woogie and rock’n’roll tunes for your merriment. With guest vocals from KT Tunstall. ■ Allen Stone Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7.30pm. £13.50. Smalltown boy with a powerhouse soul vocal. ■ Band of Friends Stairway Club, 95 Union Street, 221 1009. 7.30pm. £15. Tribute to Rory Gallagher. ■ Delfino, The Pretty Mess, Flying Kites, Balaclava and Sean Guedera Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 7.30pm. £6. Indie Rocks night. ■ Miaoux Miaoux, The Japanese War Effort and grnr The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £5. Lovely bleepy electronica from Glasgow artist Miaoux Miaoux, aka Justin Corrie. ■ Scottish Fiction Presents Aye Tunes vs Peenko The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. 7.30–10.30pm. £6. Indie music night with Behold The Old Bear, Campfires in Winter and Gav Prentice. ■ We Used To Call This Summer, The Beat Movement, Martin Livingstone, The Early Morning Satellites and The Carousels Pivo
Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £5. Indie rock and pop. ■ Hotter than Hell The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.15 in advance: £12 on door: £24.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Kiss tribute act whose members hail from all over Europe. ■ Three Dimensional Tanx, Rapid Pig and Galoshins The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Lancastrian headliners have been described as ‘Stooges era punk rock by way of Can and the Velvets’. FREE The Halos Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Angelic rock. ■ Turbonegro and Daniel P Carter King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 225 2564. 8.30pm. £13.50. Seminal Scandinavian rock band who look like a cross between the Village People and Alice Cooper. New singer The Duke of Nothing makes his Scottish debut. FREE Fried Medicine MacSorley’s, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. See Fri 16. Edinburgh ■ Ged Hanley Trio, The Blackjack Blues Band, Fatlips and U-Know- Hoo Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 5pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Covers, blues, indie and funk rock. ■ The Beat The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £15. One of the earliest of the British ska revivalist groups, who formed in 1978, and skanked up the charts with the likes of ‘Mirror in the Bathroom’ and ‘Stand Down Margaret’. A Band Called Quinn support. ■ Ice Age and Baby Strange Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £7. Danish punks reconfiguring the anger and energy of 1976. ■ Iceage Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £7. Heavy sounds from this teenage four-piece from Copenhagen. ■ Indos, Sunset Abbey, The Phantom and The Dawn cartel