MUSIC | Rock & Pop
■ Example and Benga SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £25. Aka Fulham electro rapper and aspiring stand-up comedian Elliot Gleave who specialises in documenting the comic minutiae of everyday life and ‘dysfunctional electro pop’. ■ Your Demise The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £12. Over-14s show. Hardcore metallers from St Albans. ■ Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Folk punk band from Cheltenham. With support from Dave Hughes. FREE Blues Jam Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. See Sun 27. Edinburgh FREE Open Mic Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 3pm. See Sun 27. FREE Andrew Pearson & the Riflebirds, Fay Butler and Hamish James Hawk The Forest Café, 141 Lauriston Place, 229 4922. 7.30pm. See Fri 15.
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Glasgow ■ The Lumineers and Langhorne Slim O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £10. Colorado roots rock trio with a bit of the Mumfords about them. Please note change of venue. ■ Newborn Sessions The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 7.30pm. £6. See Mon 4. 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. FREE Ross Clark & friends Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. See Mon 28. Edinburgh ■ Bird Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £6. Liverpudlian trio with a haunting sound, influenced by Leonard Cohen and Kate Bush. ■ Richard Hawley and The Crookes The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £20. The former guitarist with The Longpigs and Pulp is now punting his swooning, crooning sound.
Tuesday 19 Glasgow ■ Cody Simpson Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £17.50. LA-based, Australian teen heartthrob who has broken through via the YouTube home video route. ■ Bury Tomorrow, The Ghost Inside, Stray from the Path and Landscapes King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £11. Southampton screamo and LA hardcore band headline this Rock Sound Impericon Exposure tour. FREE Open Mic Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. See Tue 29. ■ Johnny & the Bomb, Suicide Underground and Melted Messiah Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before midnight. Desert rock trio from Glasgow.
Wednesday 20 Glasgow FREE Kicks Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 12–2am. See Wed 30. ■ Everything Everything and Post War Years Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £14. Genre-straddling unconventional pop from Manchester’s hotly-tipped Everything Everything.
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FAT GOTH The noodly guitarred, gravelly vocalled alt-metallers from Dundee return with their new album, Stud. To read our review, turn to page 76. ■ Album launch, Electric Circus, Edinburgh, Fri 1 Feb, listen at fatgoth.bandcamp.com
❘■ Rae Morris The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £7.50. Teen singer-songwriter from Blackpool. ■ John Prine Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £23.50–£26.50. Illinois-born rootsy singer-songwriter who has been a Nashville staple for the last quarter century. ■ Bird King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Liverpudlian trio with a haunting sound, influenced by Leonard Cohen and Kate Bush. With support from Anna Sweeney. FREE Open Mic The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8.30pm. See Wed 30. ■ Clockwork Social and Owls in Antarctica Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before midnight. Alt. rock. FREE Sleepy Eyes Nelson Slouch, 203–205 Bath Street, 221 5518. 9pm. Acoustic alt.blues at the weekly Blues Kitchen. 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. ■ My Extraordinary and We Caught the Castle Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £5. Epic alt.rock from Newcastle with support from Reading pop-punk five- piece. This Y&CO Unplugged Live session also features The Phantoms, Exit the Theatre and Cantona. ■ Click Clack Club Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £tbc. Funky Beefheart-influenced experimental music club.
Thursday 21 Glasgow FREE Three Card Trick Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 12–3am. See Thu 24. ■ The Regenerators, Steeler, Aye Candy and The Dolomites Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. £5. Competing in the Lintel Trust Battle of the Bands.
■ Taking Hayley and Speaking in Shadows O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 6pm. £7. Over- 14s show. Pop-punk quartet from Birmingham who have supported McFly. ■ LostAlone The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £7. Over-14s show. Trio suffering from melody nightmares, they say. ■ Ocean Colour Scene O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £25. A two-night stand (one acoustic, one electric) in Glasgow for the baggy/ Britpop survivors. ■ My Extraordinary and We Caught the Castle Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £7. See Wed 20. ■ Colt 45, Electric River and The Hostiles Walkabout, 128 Renfield Street, 332 8209. 8pm. Cumbrian punks head this bill presented by Big Cheese magazine. ■ The Jerry Lee Lewis Story The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £15 in advance; £17 on door; £28.95 with early dinner at 6pm. Peter Gill and his band perform Lewis’ greatest hits, charting his rise to fame and plummet from grace in the wake of the scandalous revelations about his personal life. ■ Mazes, Deathcats! and Great Cop Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £4 in advance; £5 on door. Lo-fi garagey indie from this Manchester quartet. ■ Walk The Moon and The Rubens King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £9. Cincinnati band get into the indie groove. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 24. ■ Barberos and Ultra Zook Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before midnight. Heavy hypnotic instrumental music from Liverpool. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 24. ■ The Winter Tradition The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £4. Tight and dynamic
Scots noise-poppers. Scotia, Modern Misfortune and Gathering Lights provide support. ■ The Pictish Trail and Eagleowl The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 8pm. £11.50. A Fence Records line-up topped off by head honcho Johnny Lynch himself, debuting new material from freshly released album Secret Soundz Vol 2. Read our review online at list.co.uk. Final night of the tour party. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). See Thu 24. Glenrothes ■ Nathan Carter Rothes Halls, Kingdom Centre, 01592 611101. 7.30pm. £16. Irish charmer Nathan Carter and his band play an easy listening mix of Irish, country and popular songs.
JAZZ Events are listed by date, then by city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henry@ list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 24 Edinburgh ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). Groovy funk four-piece with ace guitarist Aki Remally.
Friday 25 Edinburgh ■ Paul Kirby International Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £8 (£6). Jazz pianist Kirby is joined by trumpeter Damon Brown, drummer Mick Taylor, saxophonist Michael Lutzeier and Martin Zenker. ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm– 3am. £5 (£4). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Jazz funk from Federation of the Disco Pimp.