MUSIC | Rock & Pop
LA FETE DE LA MUSIQUE Taking place on the summer solstice each year in France, and increasingly across the world too, La Fête de la Musique is a live music free-for- all. The French Institute always marks the occasion, and this year’s line-up includes local singer/songwriter Rosie Nimmo delivering her smooth combo of jazz, folk and blues, Brussels-based brass-band rammy, La Clinik du Dr Poembak (pictured), surf rock duo The Beat Poets, and Jack and The’, a 60s pop project led by Edinburgh-based French musician Julien Lonchamp. ■ L’Institut Français d’Ecosse, Edinburgh, Fri 21 Jun, fetedelamusique.culture.fr
Or as the band itself so eloquently puts it: ‘DRUMS. RAP. YES.’ See Exposure, page 79. ■ The Manic Shine, Fastlayne and The Vallettas Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £6. The London four-piece dishes jammy blues rock. ■ Deer Leader The 13th Note Café/ Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Post-rock. ■ I See Hawks in LA and First Charge of the Light Brigade Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £10. Alt.country quartet from Los Angeles. ■ Relentless House Party SWG3, Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Pl, 357 7246. 8pm–2am. £5. Yahsin with metalcore from Bleed from Within and melodic rock act Arches plus DJs Johnny Doc (Twilight Sad) and John Baillie Jr (Dannananaykroyd/Alarm Bells). ■ Bob Wayne and The Ballachulish Hellhounds King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Mean, musclebound Nashville singer-songwriter giving alt. country a punkabilly makeover. FREE Crusades, Thinprivilege and A Fight You Can’t Win Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Post- hardcore and no wave sounds at Newlife. Edinburgh ■ The Minister’s Cat, Aaron Wright and Erin Todd Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Quirky acoustic duo. ■ Colm Wilkinson Edinburgh Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. 7.30pm. £27.50–£38.50. Songs and stories from the original Jean
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Valjean (Les Misérables) and Phantom (of the Opera) from one of Broadway’s best-loved voices. Friday 21
Glasgow ■ Bonnie Raitt SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £28.50– £33.50. The enormously respected singer/guitarist tours in support of her current album Slipstream. ■ Croc Roc The Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. 7–10pm. £10. Classic rock sounds of the 50s to the 70s, from a band composed entirely of retired local government officials. Please BYOB and enjoy a drink at your table, cabaret-style. Bar snacks (crisps, nuts, etc) included. ■ Glasgow Psych Fest Various venues, Glasgow, 7pm. £tbc. Psych rocking over three days and three venues with Hidden Masters, Delta Mainline, Dead Rabbit, Dead Temple, His Name Is Codeine, Halfrican, Purple Heart Parade, Little Brain Attack, The Cherry Wave, The Underground Youth, The Beatroots, Big Hogg, Curiosity Shop, The Early Morning Satellites, The New Fabian Society, Lost Cosmonauts, Stewart Traquair and Method 1. Phew! ■ MK1 Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Urban duo most recently seen on The X Factor. ■ Over the Wall and Beerjacket Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £6. Euphoric pop outfit play from latest album Treacherous. ■ Roxy Magic and The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street,
332 2232. 7pm. £15. Tribute to glam rock titans Roxy Music and David Bowie. ■ The Winter Tradition, Alburn and Baltimore League Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £4. Tight and dynamic Scots noise-poppers. ■ The Carlton Jug Band, Chomsky Allstars and Citizen Smart The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 7.30pm. £3. Old school country blues rocking from the headliners, playing in support of Say No to Bedroom Tax. ■ Ken Stringfellow The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £7. Solo show from The Posies frontman who has also collaborated with Alex Chilton and REM. ■ Michael Timmons, Greenfinch, Joe Tinkler and Dear Lara The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 7.30pm. £5. Singer-songwriter line-up. ■ Rainey James, Black Stone Valley and Proggy Style Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 7.30pm. £6. Local live music. ■ Scout Niblett and Body Parts Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £8. Raw and wilfully offbeat folky and bluesy ditties from Ms Niblett. ■ U2-2 The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.50 in advance; £12 on door; £24.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Tribute to the all-conquering Irish behemoths. ■ The Amazing Snakeheads, Laura St Jude and Saint Max & The Fanatics King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Garage blues trio from Glasgow. FREE Confusion Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107.
8.30pm. Local rock band play covers from the 70s. ■ Josh Groban Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8.30pm. £42.50. Young fogey easy listening crooner who introduced the world to the now ubiquitous ‘You Raise Me Up’. ■ The View O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 11pm. £5. The Dundonian indie scamps play new material from their new album Cheeky for a Reason. Live performance at the Propaganda club night.
Edinburgh ✽ ■ Nile Rodgers Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm.
£30 (£25). Master guitarist/producer/ songwriter Nile Rodgers has brought the funk to collaborators as diverse as Sister Sledge and Daft Punk. Tonight’s show is a special collaboration between Rodgers and Belgian artist Jean Pierre Muller for Indigo Night, a music and art project that brings to life the musical and cultural history of Harlem. See preview, page 75. FREE La Fête De La Musique Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. 6pm. Annual musical celebration of our links with France (and Belgium) featuring Rosie Nimmo, La Clinik du Dr Poembak, The Beat Poets and Jack & The’ for a mix of blues, folk, surf rock and 60s pop. ■ The Bookshop Band Looking Glass Books, 36 Simpson Loan, Quartermile, 229 2902. 7pm. £5. They write songs about books. They play the songs in bookshops. ‘Nuff said. ■ Chordless Beaches, Sunset Abbey, Star Rover and Vertebrae