MUSIC | Rock & Pop
WIN STUFF WIN CHRISTMAS RULES COMPILATION CDS
You don’t have to be embarrassed to turn up the volume on this non- cheesy seasonal collection at your Christmas party. Christmas Rules features Paul McCartney, the Shins, Rufus Wainwright, The Civil Wars, Fruit Bats, Punch Brothers, Irma Thomas and more. We have five copies to give away – see below for details. WIN KRAMNIK DEBUT CDS
The Spanish DJ/Producer has re- leased his debut LP Dark Matter, a mix of live instruments, voices, and electronic beats. Dark Matter includes tracks like ‘Diython’ that, inspired by a journey to Scotland, feature bagpipes, and ‘Mongu- lium’, which conjures Mongolian throat sounds and dark beats. Win one of five CDs we have to give away. WIN CELTIC CONNECTIONS
Inspired to go see Martha Wainwright live, after reading our interview with her on page 106? We have a pair of tickets for the US singer’s CC performance (Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Tue 29 Jan) as well as a pair of tickets for Stanley Odd & Electric String Orchestra and Mystery Juice, playing the Old Fruitmarket on Wed 23 Jan. HOW TO ENTER
Log onto list.co.uk/offers. Closing date is Thu 24 Jan, unless stated.
112 THE LIST 13 Dec 2012–24 Jan 2013
ROCK & POP Events are listed by date. then by city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to glasgow@list.co.uk for Glasgow and henry@list.co.uk for Edinburgh. Listings are compiled by Fiona Shepherd and Henry Northmore. For ticket outlet information, see Book Now. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry.
Thursday 13 Glasgow ■ Action Bronson and DJ Bunty O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall St, 332 2232. 7pm. £14. Over-14s show. Hip hop bill headed by a rapper from Queens. ■ Beth Orton Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Rd, 357 6200. 7pm. £18.50. The wispy songstress plays material from Sugaring Season, her first new album in six years. ■ Deacon Blue and Red Sky July Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 7pm. £29.50. The Scotpop favourites celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album Raintown. With support from Ally McErlaine’s new band. ■ Deadly Inscription, Electric Vocation, Bridges Burned and Branded A Traitor The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall St, 332 1120. 7pm. £6. Thrash metal quartet from Paisley headline. ■ Ellie Goulding O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton St, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £22.50. Over-14s show. Wispy pop- folktronica from Goulding. ■ The Hives and The Minutes O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall St, 332 2232. 7pm. £17.50. Over-14s show. The Swedish quintet return to wipe the floor with the garage rock competition, punting new release Lex Hives. ■ Clyde 1 Live SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £27.50– £50. The radio station hosts a big ol’ pop party featuring JLS, Leona Lewis, McFly and Lawson. ■ Hot Love Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo St, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £6. T-Rex covers from this local tribute band. ■ Shelf:Life, Aviators and UrbanMyth Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Alt.rock. ■ Songs of Leonard Cohen Mono, 12 Kings Court, King St, 553 2400. 7.30pm. £4. Tribute to the music of Leonard Cohen to mark 45 years since his first release. Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite and Sons & Daughters’ Adele Bethel are joined by Ricky Egan (Tangles, Particles), John McFarlane (Sluts of Trust) and Michael Anguish. ■ Ape Man Alien, Killer Cure, Irrational Fever and Damaged Goods The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King St, 553 1638. 8pm. £4. Mixed bill from Glasgow Music Studios. FREE Paul G Boudoir Wine Bar, Merchant Square, Candleriggs, 552 4774. 8pm. Weekly live keys, featuring upbeat classics and swinging hits. ■ The Weather Forecats, The Capulets, Star Signs & Calendars and Skeleton Verse The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King St, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Mixed bill of alternative sounds. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Rd, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Weekly jam night. Hosted by Independence. ■ Lower Dens and Novo Line King Tut’s, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £9. Atmospheric new wave from the first act to sign to Devendra Banhart’s label. FREE Johnny Barr and Hot Jupiter MacSorley’s, 42 Jamaica St, 248 8581. 9pm. Singer/songwriter and acoustic jam band. FREE Laid Bar Bloc+, 117 Bath St,
574 6066. 9pm–3am. A Christmas party from the new club night, with guests Midnight Lion, Kitty the Lion and Plum. FREE Open Mic Black Rabbit, 526 Great Western Rd, 339 1199. 9pm–1am. Open mic hosted by Crawford Smith, with featured acts. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers St, 220 4298. 6pm. Electro- acoustic sounds from singer-songwriter Ibbs and friends. FREE Restless Diesels and Sea Bass Kid Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 7pm. High energy ska/ funk goodness from SBK. ■ Rufus Wainwright and Adam Cohen Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, 228 1155. 7pm. £35–£45. The uber-talented folk scion presents his twisted torch songs with a full band – including Teddy Thompson on guitar and Krystle Warren on backing vocals – for the first time since 2008. With support from Leonard Cohen’s son (and his child’s uncle). ■ ballboy, Adam Thompson and We See Lights Electric Circus, 36–39 Market St, 226 4224. 7pm. £6. Indie music website Is This Music? celebrates its tenth anniversary with quirky pop from ballboy, a solo show from We Were Promised Jetpacks’s Thompson and Edinburgh indie collective We See Lights, with a DJ set from Frightened Rabbit. See preview, page 107. FREE Betty’s Bar Unplugged Betty’s Bar, 14–16 Grosvenor St, 337 4315. 8pm. Cosy acoustic sessions. ■ Napier University Singers Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers St, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Students from Napier Uni’s Popular Music Course must each perform an original song with a live backing band. FREE Henry Ibbs Captains Bar, 4 South College St, 668 2312. 9pm. See above. FREE Mark Burwell’s Rockeoke
Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson St, 667 4268. 9pm–1am. Karaoke with an edge. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers St, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). Groovy funk four-piece with ace guitarist Aki Remally. Friday 14
Glasgow ■ Esperanza Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo St, 564 8100. Times tbc. £tbc. Scottish nine-piece ska outfit. ■ Communion Glasgow The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall St, 0845 166 6009. 5.30pm. £5. Brown Bear & the Bandits headline. ■ Lionel Richie SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £55–£65. Soul pop party king tours his latest album Tuskegee. Please note new date. ■ The Devin Townsend Project, Fear Factory and Tesseract O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall St, 332 2232. 7pm. £17.50. Over-14s show. Veteran thrash and progressive metal guitarist from Canada joins forces on this Epic Industrialist Tour with kindred spirits Fear Factory. ■ How To Swim and Turning Plates Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £5 (£4). Characterful, eclectic pop collective headline. ■ It Bites O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall St, 332 2232. 7pm. £17.50. 80s pomp pop crew reform with new lead vocalist John Mitchell. ■ Rufus Wainwright and Adam Cohen O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton St, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £32.50. See Thu 13. ■ Slow Club Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Rd, 357 6200. 7pm. £10. Alt.pop duo on their Christmas tour. ■ Flutes Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £7.50. Album launch for the band formerly known as Runner, including DJ sets, a short film and special guests.
13 FOR 2013: THE PICTISH TRAIL
Johnny Lynch, aka The Pictish Trail, from the Fence Collective, takes you on what he’s calling ‘The Predictish Trail’ for the year ahead ‘As I gaze upon my glowing crystal balls, I see that 2013 is going to be a busy one. The mists are clearing, and I sense a new Pictish Trail album twitching in my pipeline. Yes, yes, it’s SECRET SOUNDZ VOL 2, descending from the heavens above. Now I can see an attractive bearded man in a golden jacket going up and down the length and breadth of the country in January and February? I can almost see new Fence albums from Kid Canaveral, eagleowl, Randolph’s Leap and King Creosote . . . but, in actual fact, I think 2013 will be the year the VAT man, HMRC, Health & Safety, Fife Council and Leveson finally expose the music industry for the corporate whoring, tax-dodging moonshiners that we are.’ ■ See page 110 for an album review and page 111 for a single review. The Pictish Trail plays Mono, Glasgow, Mon 31 Dec; The Art Club, Glasgow, Thu 24 Jan, as part of Celtic Connections, and The Caves, Edinburgh, Thu 21 Feb. See thepictishtrail.com for full tour info, and fencerecords.com for releases and gig info.