MUSIC | Rock & Pop Monday 15
Glasgow ■ Patent Pending O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Punk pop quintet from Long Island. Supported by Bowling for Soup bassist, Erik Chandler. ■ Top of the Pops Live King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 7.30pm. £13–£30. A stage show celebrating that family pop pickers’ teatime treat, with hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s and even a tribute to the legend that was Pan’s People. Made by the producers of the enormously successful Thriller – Live, it includes classic songs made famous by the likes of Adam & The Ants, Duran Duran, Madonna, Oasis and Blur. ■ A Hundred Black Kites The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £4. Post-rock, drone and ambient soundscapes from Brighton duo. Edinburgh ■ Fun. The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. New York rockers who have hit big with their single ‘We Are Young’.
Tuesday 16
Glasgow ■ Peace The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £8. Four piece rock band from Birmingham with a sound akin to The Maccabees and Vampire Weekend. ■ Top of the Pops Live King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 7.30pm. £13–£30. See Mon 15. ■ Fearless Vampire Killers and Revolution Reload King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £7. Over-14s show. Self- styled ‘UK death pop’ from London. Edinburgh ■ Mark Chadwick, Nick Harper and The Reverend Hammer The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £5.50. Folk tinged acoustic pop from The Levellers vocalist and songwriter.
Wednesday 17
Glasgow ■ Archive Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £15. Over-14s show. London band whose sound mixes trip-hop, electronica and post- and progressive rock. ■ Chester P O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £8. Over-14s show. Brit rapper who was a founding member of Task Force. Support from Ransom Badbonez. MAB Abnoxshuz, Twizzy and Jinxsta & Jca. FREE Penguins Kill Polar Bears and Farewell Singapore Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 7pm. Post-rock mixing grunge, heavy rock and pop influences from PKPB. ■ Delfino, The Aboriginals and Caroline Gilmour Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £8–£10. Glasgow indie five-piece headline. ■ Pere Ubu, Variety Lights and Gagarin Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 7.30pm. £15. Cleveland’s avant-garage veterans play an intimate but typically theatrical show. With support from ex-Mercury Rev man David Baker in his Variety Lights guise. ■ Top of the Pops Live King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 7.30pm. £13–£30. See Mon 15. ■ Colin Vearnecombe & Calum MacColl and Liz Lawrence Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £13. Singer-songwriter aka Black, who is best known for his song ‘Wonderful Life’, joins forces with Calum MacColl, son of Ewan and brother of Kirsty. ■ Cuushe, aus and ANAK-ANAK The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws 92 THE LIST 21 Mar–18 Apr 2013
HIEROGLYPHIC BEING Exploring the void lying between the outer cosmic reaches of the galaxy and the dancefloors of Chicago’s house scene (tracing way back to Ron Hardy, Larry Heard and DJ Pierre), producer Jamal Moss mixes up techno, jacking house, obscure disco and tribal rhythm. If last October’s Glasgow date is anything to go by, an energetic, trippy, and deeply good set can be expected. ■ with Golden Teacher, see Exposure, page 81, Sat 30 Mar, Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow.
Road, 636 6119. 8pm. £6. Japanese dream pop singer plus electronica artist from Tokyo and Conquering Animal Sound’s Anneke Kampmann in solo guise. ■ Astra and Purson King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £9.50. Mellotron and Moog-infused nouveau prog from this San Diego quintet, supported by the psych prog sounds of Purson. FREE Jakey Binger Slouch, 203–205 Bath Street, 221 5518. 9pm. See Wed 27. ■ The Physics House Band Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. £5. Future math and space jazz from this Brighton trio influenced by prog, psychedelia and post-rock. Edinburgh ■ NHK’Koyxen Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. Minimal techno and dance orientated electronica. ■ Passion Pusher, Hot Tin Roof and The Riff Kings Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4. Psych-indie. ■ Peace Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £8. See Tue 16. ■ Lach’s Antihoot Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7.30pm. £5. See Wed 27.
Thursday 18 Glasgow FREE Three Card Trick Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 12–3am. See Thu 21. ■ Charli XCX O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £8. Over-14s show. Upcoming electro pop starlet plays songs from her debut album True Romance. ■ Edwyn Collins O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £18.50. The former Orange Juice frontman continues to go from strength to strength, playing tracks from his new album.
■ An Evening With Kinky Friedman St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 01334 840494. 7pm. £16. Veteran troubadour and cult author of detective fiction (his debut novel was called ‘Greenwich Killing Time’) who is mighty proud of his Texan Jewish heritage. ■ Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £18.50. Over-14s show. Frank Turner takes his acoustic folk/punk offerings on tour, playing from his solo albums, the latest of which is called Tape Deck Heart. ■ Hypocrisy Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £15. Over-14s show. Swedish death metal band. ■ KMFDM, FGFC820 and Met’l Tek Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £15. Veteran German industrial outfit whose full name Kein Mehrheit Fur Die Mitleid means ‘no pity for the majority’. ■ Michael Ball SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £37.50. Fresh from his joyful stint as Edna Turnblad in the touring production of Hairspray, Ball appears as himself to perform easy listening covers and show tunes. ■ Top of the Pops Live King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 7.30pm. £13–£30. See Mon 15. ■ The Front Bottoms, Lovers Turn to Monsters and Fraser Ross King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £6.50. Over-14s show. Delightfully named indie-folk-punk duo from New Jersey. ■ Night Beds Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Bon Iver-esque loveliness from singer- songwriter Winston Yellen and band. Edinburgh ■ I Am Kloot The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £17.50. Mancunian acoustic troubadours with great, characterful vocals.
■ Amy Duncan The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £5. Folky singer-songwriter. Launching new album Cycles of Life, joined by harpist Fiona Rutherford, Lisa Rigby harmony vocals; Stuart Clark on percussion; Lawrie MacMillan on bass and sound by Alex Fiennes. Featuring artwork by Carol Le Lievre, inspired by the title Cycles of Life to be projected throughout the performance. ■ Click Clack Club Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 8pm. £tbc. See Thu 21. ■ Crossing Giants Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £tbc. Irish Celtpunk duo, with Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly influences.
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Thursday 21
Glasgow ■ Graeme Stephen Quartet The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 8pm. £7 (£5). Drummer Chris Wallace joins guitarist Stephen in his adventurous jazz outfit. Edinburgh ■ Click Clack Club Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 8pm. £tbc. Funky Beefheart-influenced experimental music club. ■ Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Jazz classics from this 17-piece band playing cool arrangements of jazz and funk tunes.