MUSIC | Rock & Pop
FREE Itchycoo Park Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Sixties tunes and sharp suits. ■ Less than Sober and Cammy Black King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Indie pop/rockers from Saltcoats. FREE Bloodoo St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Road, Thornwood, 339 1742. 9pm. Blues rock. Edinburgh ■ Peat Loaf The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 6pm. £12.50. Spanish Meatloaf tribute who’s a real dead ringer. ■ Broken Bones The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £12.50. Hardcore punk act formed in ‘83 and influenced trash metal acts such as Metallica and Slayer. Final farewell tour. ■ Dead Sea Souls Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 247 4704. 7pm. £6. Indie singalongs and danceable guitar sounds from this West Lothian four- piece. People, Places, Maps support. ■ Pih Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £15 in advance; £20 on the door. Polish hip hop from former member of JedenSiedem Pih. With WENA and DJ Perc. ■ Plum Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Pastoral electronica from Plum and friends. ■ Pigs as People Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. See Wed 26. FREE David Limmer Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, captainsedinburgh.webs.com 9pm. Pop music on keyboards. ■ Artful 511, The Newsroom, 5-11 Leith Street, 557 5830. 10pm–3am. £9–£10. Artful (one half of Artful Dodger, who produced Craig David) plays a set of garage, dubstep and house with support from grime star Rude Kid, Jaylaxx and Subnote.
Carluke ■ Les-Fest 2 Valley International Park, Crossford Clyde Valley, 01555 860150. Times vary. £30–£45. See Fri 28. Melrose ■ Soul Manor Kippilaw House, 01835 822790. 2pm–1am. £25–£40. In aid of Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland comes this massive line-up of live acts and DJs, organised by Sounds of Soul UK. In addition to the live stage, there are three rooms to get you pulling shapes, including the deep house room, funk, disco, soulful house room and hip hop, R&B reggae room. Confirmed DJs include Craig Smith, AtJazz and Sean McCabe.
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Glasgow ■ Big Blues Day The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 12.30pm. £8 (lunch from £8.50). Food served from 12.30pm, live music from 4pm. Sets by The Urban Poets, The Brian Rawson Band, Deadly Viper Guitar Squad and Little Miss Debby & The Scumbag Boogie Band featuring Phil Hoolahan. FREE Linda Jaxson Trio St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Road, Thornwood, 339 1742. 5pm. Soul, jazz and rhythm’n’blues. ■ The Pharcyde O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £15. Over-14s show. Fatlip and Slimkid3, founding members of this alternative hip hop crew from LA, perform their debut album Bizarre Ride II in its entirety to mark its 20th anniversary. ■ Acoustic Sunday Session The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 7.30pm. £5. Settle back for some end of the week sounds. With sets by Katie Morris, Ben Graves, 90 THE LIST 13 Jun–11 Jul 2013
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ADVANCE BASE
Since putting his long-running, plaintive keyboard-pop project, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone to bed and adopting Advance Base as a fresh new moniker, Owen Ashworth seemed to have forgotten about the UK: until now. His first British tour in three years sees the Chicago-based musician going solo, delivering songs from his Advance Base debut, A Shut-In’s Prayer, as well as his forthcoming Washington Phillips tribute EP ‘The World is in a Bad Fix Everywhere’. ■ Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Tue 9 Jul and Nice’n’Sleazy, Glasgow, Wed 10 Jul; advancebasemusic.com
Dougsy, Black and White Boy, Hannah Jackson and Franny McKeown. ■ Great Cop Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £5. Hardcore. With Forest Fires and That Sinking Feeling. FREE Retrospex Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. Rock’nroll classics in R&B, soul, pop and Latin styles. ■ Silibil N Brains The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 8pm. £tbc. Infamous rap duo from Dundee who couldn’t get arrested for their Scottish accents so posed as Californian rappers to land a deal. FREE Itchycoo Park Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9–11pm. Plenty of 60s rock and mod covers from this band who use genuine instruments and garb from the day. Carluke ■ Les-Fest 2 Valley International Park, Crossford Clyde Valley, 01555 860150. Times vary. £30–£45. See Fri 28.
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Glasgow ■ Blondie SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £30–£35. New York punk’s eclectic pop wing continue to enjoy longevity. Edinburgh ■ Stompin’ at the Summerhall Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 7.30pm. £7. A chance to dance to the best in big band sounds, swing and jazz.
34 King Street, 552 7123. 8–10.30pm. Acoustic set of originals and classic covers. FREE The Longdrone Flowers, 7 of 7 and Vanilla Gloom Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Cast the Net line-up including Irish post-punk trio Vanilla Gloom.
Edinburgh ✽ ■ Vatican Shadow Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 9pm. £7.
Machine Music alter ego of Cold Cave’s Dominick Fernow. See preview, page 75.
Tuesday 2 Wednesday 3
Glasgow ■ Smashing Pumpkins and Beware of Darkness O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £35. Over-14s show. Billy Corgan and co – whoever they may be these days – play from most recent album Oceania and a selection of alt.rock classics from through the years. FREE The Latecomers Avant Garde, Glasgow ■ Bon Jovi Hampden Park, Letherby Drive, 616 6000. 4pm. £12.50–£125. Poodle rockin’ veterans with a set of air- punching anthems. ■ A Whole Lotta Shakin’ The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 7.30pm. £5. Rock’n’Rollin’ charity cabaret night in aid of CLIC Sargent featuring The Shakewell Tarts,