MUSIC | Rock & Pop
Edinburgh ■ Beards The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £8.50. Hirsute comic folk rock troupe from Australia. ■ Numbers are Futile Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). New drums, synth and vocals duo mixing indie and electronica. Plus a special secret guest to be revealed on the night.
Friday 17 Glasgow ■ Badmouth Battles O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 6pm. £12. Hip hop slam battle and live performances. Featuring R the Rugged Man and the Mixkings DJs. ■ Dodgy and Ripley O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 6.30pm.
WIN STUFF WIN ‘NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL 30 YEARS’ ALBUMS
This news may make you feel old. (Or, you’re a Spotify kid and you’re not even sure what a ‘compilation’ is?) Iconic music compilation Now That’s What I Call Music turns 30 this year, and to celebrate, we’re offering three copies of Now That’s What I Call 30 Years, featuring hits from the last three decades including Whitney, UB40, The Bangles, Phil Collins, Lady Gaga and more. See below for details of how to enter. WIN SPARROW AND THE WORKSHOP ALBUMS
Glasgow- based trio Sparrow and the Workshop are back with their third album
Murderopolis. If our album review has whet your appetite for a listen (see page 84) your luck’s in – we have five copies to give away. See below to find out how to win.
WIN THE PASTELS ALBUMS After a decade and a half in the
recording wilderness, Glaswegian group The Pastels are back with a spanking new album (read
our interview with Stephen Pastel, page 83). We have three copies of Slow Summits to dish out to three of you lucky ducks.
HOW TO ENTER Visit list.co.uk/offers. Closing date for competitions is Wed 12 Jun, unless otherwise stated. There is no cash alternative. Usual List rules apply.
90 THE LIST 16 May–13 Jun 2013
£16. Over-14s show. Mid-90s indie trio, best known for their hits ‘Good Enough’ and ‘Staying Out for the Summer’, playing 1993’s The Dodgy Album and their most recent album Stand Upright In A Cool Place in their entirety. ■ Suffocation, Cephalic Carnage, Havok and Fallujah Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 6.30pm. £13. Over-14s show. Death metal five-piece from Long Island. ■ Band of Friends g2, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 353 3111. 7pm. £15. Tribute to Rory Gallagher featuring original band members Gerry McAvoy and Ted McKenna and friends. ■ Dead By April The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £10. CANCELLED. ■ Fish O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £22.50. The ex-Marillion singer embarks on this Moveable Feast tour. Please note change of date. ■ Beards Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 7.30pm. £8.50. See Thu 16. ■ Less Than Sober, Big Little Small, Gerry Cinnamon and James Michael Rodgers Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 7.30pm. £6. Indie rock. ■ Mark Knopfler SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £41–£45. The frontman of 80s stadium greats Dire Straits returns to the city of his birth for a concert of his more folk and country- influenced solo material. ■ Sea of Crowns and Neil Parkinson The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 7.30pm. £5. Acoustic session. ■ James King & The Lone Wolves, The Trongate Rum Riots and Tijuana Bibles Queen’s Park Glasshouses, Langside Road, 287 5108. 8pm. £8. Reformed Glasgow post-punks who have been compared to Velvet Underground and Echo & The Bunnymen. Part of Southside Festival. ■ Magic: A Kind Of Queen The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £13 in advance; £15 on the door; £26.95 with early dinner at 6pm. Queen tribute act ■ Trembling Bells, Muscles of Joy and The Rosy Crucifixion Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £7. Glasgow-based psych folk four-piece. ■ Vakunoht and Headless Kross The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Heavy progressive space rock. FREE Confusion Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Local rock band play covers from the 70s. ■ The Dead Lay Waiting King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Post melodic metalcore from Swindon. Support from Viking Galaxy and Let’s Play God. FREE Curt Price & the Discounts Sweeney’s on the Park, 962 Pollokshaws Road, 632 6741. 9pm–midnight. Energetic covers band. Part of Southside Fringe. Edinburgh ■ The Birthday Suit Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £7. Side project from Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones which comes close in spirit to early Idlewild. ■ Forever Young and Dio Apostles Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £5. Double bill of heavy rock tributes with AC/DC and Ronnie James Dio sound-a-likes. ■ Stiff Little Fingers The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £16. Ireland’s favourite delinquent punk sons. ■ Vondelpark and Law Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £6. Introspective ‘washed out’ indie. ■ The Applebeggars, Callum Beattie and Stevie Scott The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7.30pm.
BELLADRUM FESTIVAL Toasting a decade of tents and tunes, this year’s Tartan Heart tenth birthday celebrations features Twin Atlantic, Seasick Steve and James. As ever, all performances take place in the superlative-inducing surroundings of Beauly. We have a pair of tickets to give away – see Win Stuff on the opposite page for more info. ■ Beauly, Inverness-shire, Sat 2–Sun 3 Aug, tartanheartfestival.co.uk.
£12. A night of classic 60s and 70s covers (from ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ to ‘Live and Let Die’) from Rab Howat and Kenny Herbert. ■ Haight-Ashbury The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Countrified psych-rock from Miyagi and friends. Gypsy swing punk trio The John Lagan Band guest. ■ Tommani, Red2Red and Son of Six The City Café, 19 Blair Street, 220 0125. 8pm–1am. £5. Tommani is influenced by Japanese Edo folk tales, technology and computer games. Album launch. ■ Edinburgh College Of Art Annual Summer Revel Edinburgh College of Art, 74 Lauriston Place, 221 6000. 10pm–3am. £10 before 17 May; £15 before midnight; £20 after. DJ sets and live music from the likes of Éclair Fifi (LuckyMe), Beta & Kappa (iAM), Zzzap!, No Globe, Postal, The Machine Room, Blank Canvas and more tbc. ‘Myths’ theme so come dressed as your favourite character from the world of legends. ■ The Incendiary Bats and Maya 29 Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 10pm–3am. £5 (£4). Post punk and progressive metal. Saturday 18
Glasgow ✽ Stag & Dagger Various venues: Glasgow, staganddagger.co.uk
3pm. £19. An unusual music festival split between London and Glasgow and featuring new live music acts, DJs and visual artists, in which one ticket gives access to several venues and over 100 performances. This year’s line-up so far features local heroes We Were Promised Jetpacks and Fatherson, plus the hip Mac Demarco, psych-progtastic Wolf People, indie psych rockers Temples, plus Widowspeak, How to Dress Well, Hudson Taylor, Hawk Eyes, Kitty the Lion and United Fruit. See preview, page 83. ■ Bob Mould and North Atlantic Oscillation Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £20.
Over-14s show. Ex-Husker Du and Sugar frontman and all round US alt.rock legend, playing material from his new album Silver Age plus golden oldies with Jason Narducy and Jon Wurster of Spl:t S:ngle and Superchunk. See preview, page 101. ■ Journey, Whitesnake and Thunder SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £45. Classic 80s soft rock triple bill for those who won’t stop believin’. ■ Pond Floyd Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Pink Floyd tribute band celebrating the 40th anniversary of Dark Side of the Moon. ■ Chris Helme Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 7.30pm. £6. Solo acoustic performance from the ex- Seahorses frontman. With support from The Masses and Marc Evans. ■ The Dead Generals, Stone Fox Chase, We Free Men and The Dawn Cartel Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £6. Melodic indie rockers from Easterhouse head the bill. ■ Dolly Parton Story Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £14–£17. Andrea Pattison, backed by The Partoners, pays tribute to Dolly. ■ The Handsome Family and Snowapple The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £15. Mordant wit from the Addams family of country rock. ■ Rachael Cormack The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 7.30pm. £5. Acoustic folk pop from Cormack. ■ The Bird Doggers The Old Hairdressers, opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm. £5. A toe-tapping trip into the past with the very best of 1950s rock’n’roll and rockabilly. A two- hour set is promised. ■ Confusion The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.50 in advance; £12 on door; £25.45 with early dinner at 6pm. See Fri 17. ■ Nights on Broadway: A Tribute to the Bee Gees The Ferry, 25