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Shoes The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.15pm. £10. High octane blues rockers. ■ Wee Dub Session The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 9pm– 2am. £10 advance; £13 on the door. Mungo’s Hi-Fi featuring Kenny Knots, Prince Fatty with MC Horseman, Big Toes Hi-Fi and Argonaut Sounds supply the dub, reggae and bass at this gathering of sound systems. Part of Wee Dub Festival. St Andrews ■ Fence Collective University of St Andrews, College Gate, North Street. Times tbc. £tbc. Fife’s Fence Collective brings a mix of electronic, pop, and folk featuring performances from, at various venues, the Pictish Trail, Eagleowl and Randolph’s Leap. See fencerecords. com.
Monday 4
Glasgow ■ Anberlin and The Xcerts The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Florida quintet who have toured with Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance. ■ Modestep O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12. Over-14s show. North London dubstep rockers. ■ Newborn Sessions The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 7.30pm. £6. Weekly showcase of unsigned talent. FREE Open Mic Queen’s Cafe, 530 Victoria Road, 423 2409. 8–11.30pm. See Mon 28. FREE Acoustic Open Mic Night Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8.30pm. See Mon 28. ■ High on Fire King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £13. ‘A supersonic exercise in conquest by volume’. Bring it on! FREE Ross Clark & friends Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. See Mon 28.
Tuesday 5
Glasgow ■ Trey Songz, Sway and Bluey Robinson O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £27.50. R&B/hip-hop contender from Virginia, who has toured with Jay-Z, Monica and Ne-Yo plus took a starring role in Texas Chainsaw 3D (we say stick to the music mate). ■ Two Door Cinema Club and Bastille Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £15. Upbeat electronic indie from the Northern Irish trio, who are taking their sophomore effort, Beacon, for an extended jaunt around the world. With support from Bastille. ■ The History of Apple Pie The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 7.30pm. £7. Lo-fi noise rock quintet from London with more bite than their name suggests. ■ Neon Trees King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £10. Alt.rock and new wave from this US band. FREE Open Mic Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. See Tue 29.
Wednesday 6 Glasgow FREE Kicks Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 12–2am. See Wed 30. ■ Keaton Henson Mitchell Theatre, 6 Granville Street, 287 2999. 7pm. £12.50. London singer/songwriter with a cult following who has worked with galleries and dance companies on unusual live experiences. ■ Back to the 80s Eastwood Park Theatre, Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. 7.30pm. £11–£15. This, like, totally awesome musical sees Minerva Youth Theatre
relive the pop era their parents grew up in, from blue eye shadow to the moonwalk. Prepare to be Rick Rolled in a very real way! ■ The Amazing Snakeheads, Laura St Jude and Saint Max & the Fanatics Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £4. Garage blues trio from Glasgow. ■ Dutch Uncles The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 8pm. £7. Mancunian New Wave five-piece. FREE The Latecomers Avant Garde, 34 King Street, 552 7123. 8–10.30pm. Acoustic set of originals and classic covers. FREE Open Mic The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8.30pm. See Wed 30. FREE An Audience with Stewart Brock Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 11pm. See Wed 30. Edinburgh FREE The Imperfectionists The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6.30pm. See Wed 30. ■ Adam Holmes & The Embers The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £tbc. BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Adam Holmes and his band. ■ Dolly Varden and Wynntown Marshalls The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £10. Country rock and Americana from the States and Scotland.
Thursday 7 Glasgow FREE Three Card Trick Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 12–3am. See Thu 24. ■ Keaton Henson Mitchell Theatre, 6 Granville Street, 287 2999. 7pm. £12.50. See Wed 6. ■ Ryan Leslie O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16.50. R&B and neo-soul singer, songwriter, producer and rapper from Washington DC. ■ We Are the Ocean and Straight Lines The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £12.50. Over 14s show. Twin-vocalled emo rockers headline. ■ Back to the 80s Eastwood Park Theatre, Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. 7.30pm. £11–£15. See Wed 6. ■ Pure Love and Turbogeist King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £10. Alt.rock from former Gallows frontman Frank Carter and ex-Hope Conspiracy and Suicide File guitarist Jim Carroll. Plus The Vestals. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 24.
Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 24. ■ Jake Bugg, Little Green Cars and Hudson Taylor The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £12. Fast rising teenage singer-songwriter peddling a folky country indie sound. Please note change of venue. ■ The Robin Guthrie Trio and Mark Gardener Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £12. Ex-Cocteau Twins man plays an intimate show with support from former Ride frontman Mark Gardener. See preview, page 74. To win tickets, see page 79. ■ Acoustic Edinburgh The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). All unplugged, all original music. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Thu 24.
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