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Events are listed by date. then by city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to glasgow@list.co.uk for Glasgow and henry@list.co.uk for Edinburgh. Listings are compiled by Fiona Shepherd and Henry Northmore. For ticket outlet information, see Book Now. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry.
Thursday 11
Glasgow ■ Between Mockingbirds, Tragic O’Hara and Van Impe The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Blues rocking all round. ■ These Little Kings, Semper Fi and Tragic City Thieves Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Heavy rock and glam punk. Edinburgh ■ Raglans and William Douglas & The Wheel Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £5. A mix of new wave guitars, pop melodies and indie folk. ■ Scott Cowie Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Singer and multi-instrumentalist from Glasgow. Support form Take Today and Elvira Stitt. ■ Horse Latitudes, S&M, Of Spire & Throne and Eagletomb Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Slow, primitive doom metal.
Friday 12
Glasgow FREE Burt & The Bacherettes Glasgow Central Station, Main Concourse, 1 Gordon Street. 5pm. Covering a variety of Burt Bacharach classics. ■ Badmouth Battles O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 6pm. £6. Hip hop slam battle and live performances. Wee Rab’s birthday bash featuring performances by Big Al, Big Des, Respek BA, Loki, Gasp, Silver Tongue, Mr MacKenzie, Jinx & El Green, Mistah Bohze & NC Epik, Physiks and Mixkings. ■ Jack James The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8pm. £tbc. Rare gig from ‘a songwriter and a man’. ■ Lucky 38 and Muttnick The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 8pm. £5. Whole Lotta Rock night. ■ The Sleaze Brother The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 8pm. £5. Live music at this Back to Rock night. ■ The Vex The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Reformed Glasgow band of a punk/New Wave slant. ■ Wham Bam Rocketman The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £12.50 in advance; £14 on door; £27.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Double whammy tribute to George Michael and Elton John, with an almost three-hour set. Support from T-Rex tribute Hot Love. ■ The Wynntown Marshalls Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Country rock and Americana with a smattering of indie harmonies from Edinburgh’s Wynntown Marshalls. Launching new album The Long Haul. With support from Monica Queen and John Smillie of Thrum. Edinburgh ■ Rothschilde Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 07523 391082. 7pm. £5. Melodic rock. ■ Full Moon Freaks and Electric Clowns Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Electric psychobilly rock’n’roll.
■ Susan Boyle Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 8pm. £27.50–£42.50. The Britain’s Got Talent surprise hit has only left it four years since coming second in the talent show to embark on her first live tour, promoting her fourth album Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage. ■ In the Attic Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 10pm. £5. Indie rock.
Kinross ✽ T in the Park Balado Park, 08444 999 990. Times vary. Day pass
£75–£82.50; weekend pass £184–£194. From relatively humble beginnings, T in the Park has become the acknowledged behemoth of the Scottish festival scene and one of the UK’s largest events. Now host to 85,000 people on an airfield on the edge of Fife, over the course of its weekend it becomes the fifth largest town in Scotland. This year’s headliners include Rihanna, The Killers and Mumford & Sons alongside Kraftwerk, Snoop Dogg, Stereophonics, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Foals, My Bloody Valentine and Beady Eye and many many more.
Saturday 13
Glasgow ■ Christopher Price, Craig Swan, Friday Morning Club and The Hinotes Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £4. Live music. ■ James Frew as Rod Stewart The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.50 in advance; £12 on the door; £25.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Tribute to Rod. ■ Russell Campbell, Savannah Reign, Chris McKane and Michael Mrozinski The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £8. Singer-songwriters on piano and guitar. Edinburgh ■ ADSR Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £5 (£4). Experimental mix of electronic rock, basslines, melodies, synths, guitar and vox from Tim Beutler (Oso). ■ Dapitz, Glassface and Babylon Dub Punks Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Old school punk rock line-up. ■ Fad Manners, The Bucky Skanks and The Ratistas The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £8 in advance; £9 on the door. Ska night in aid of Sick Kids Foundation in Edinburgh headed by a tribute to the knees-up sounds of Bad Manners. ■ Tooms and Metaltech Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 7.30pm. £5. The Newcastle-formed collective plays melodic alt-metal with an eclectic techno influence. ■ The Wynntown Marshalls The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £8. See Fri 12. ■ Susan Boyle Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 8pm. £27.50–£42.50. See Fri 12.
Kinross ✽ T in the Park Balado Park, 08444 999 990. Times vary. Day pass
£75–£82.50; weekend pass £184–£194. See Fri 12.
Sunday 14
Glasgow ■ The Great Cull, The Skinny Velvet, Heralds of Galactus and Laura Corrigan The 13th Note Café/ Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 7.30pm. £5. Glasgow Music Studios showcase.
✽ Com Truise and Sad City Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £8. Slow wave funk on synths and drums from this Ghostly International signing.
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FREE John Lemke Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8–11pm. (donations welcome). Intricately woven electronica from John Lemke. People Do album launch, with special guests Poppy Ackroyd, Kim Moore and Gareth Griffiths.
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Kinross ✽ T in the Park Balado Park, 08444 999 990. Times vary. Day pass
£75–£82.50; weekend pass £184–£194. See Fri 12.
Monday 15
Glasgow ■ Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros SWG3, Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. 7pm. £15. Indie collective from Los Angeles with a psychedelic streak. ■ The New Mendicants Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 7.30pm. £12. Collaboration between Toronto neighbours Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub and Joe Pernice of the Pernice Brothers playing new material and songs from their back catalogues. See preview, page 96. Edinburgh ■ Press To Meco Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. The three-piece from London plays progressive rock and riff-heavy alt-rock supported by emotive harmonies and punk-pop vocals. FREE Antihoot Open Stage Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 9pm. Anti-folk hero Lach hosts this open mic free-for-all featuring music, comedy, poetry, stories, magic and more.
Tuesday 16
Glasgow ■ Retox Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Support from Zeus!, Battery Face and Thin Privilege Edinburgh ■ Avocet Blue, Sectioned and Dead Echoes Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Alt.rock four-piece from Edinburgh. FREE The Songwriters’ Cellar Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. A selection of acts scouted from Lach’s Antihoot Open Stage plus visiting singers, songwriters and special guests.
Wednesday 17
Glasgow ✽ Shangaan Electro SWG3, Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. 6pm–midnight. £10 (performance); £4 (workshop); £12 (performance and workshop). See preview, page 79. ■ Laki Mera Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Euro electronica and folk pop outfit, fronted by Laura Donnelly, previously of God’s Boyfriend. Launching new album Turn All Memory To White Noise.
Edinburgh ■ Jessie J and AME Edinburgh Castle, Royal Mile, 225 9846. 6.45pm. £38.50. The urban pop diva and TV talent show ‘coach’ belts out the hits. ■ Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £16. One half of the Dresden Dolls mixing Weimar cabaret with old school blues.
Thursday 18 Glasgow ■ Bam Margera from Jackass is Fuckface Unstoppable O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £15. Over-14s show. The Jackass star performs punk covers of Turbonegro,
2013 is the tenth birthday of Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival (11–18 Aug), and to celebrate, there are over 200 traditional music events happening over one week. We have five pairs of tickets to be won for Friday Night Folk (Oran Mor, 16 Aug), featuring three exciting collaborations from the modern folk/piping scene. Check out the full listings at pipinglive.co.uk. Closing date is Tue 13 Aug. To enter, visit list. co.uk and click on ‘Offers’. WIN ED JAZZ FEST TICKETS
Jazz fans are in luck. We have two pairs of tickets to give away to see Italian pianist, Kekko Fornarelli (pictured, 24 Jul, 3 Bristo Place), performing at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, plus two pairs of tickets for Snarky Puppy (22 Jul, Queen’s Hall) - a Brooklyn collective play- ing in the festival’s new ‘Cross the Tracks’, jazz crossover strand. See crossthetracks.com. Closing date is Thu 18 Jul.
WIN MIAOUX MIAOUX TICKETS Miaoux Miaoux – once the solo project of electronic whizz-kid Julian Corrie – is now a three-piece, and will be playing dates in Glasgow (Stereo, Sun 21 Jul, with Jonnie Common, Atom Tree and M/e/r/m/a/i/d/S) and Edinburgh (Electric Circus, Sat 20 Jull, with Machines in Heaven and Capitals) by way of an introduction. To enter, visit list. co.uk and click on the ‘Offers’ tab. Closing date is Thu 18 Jul.
Clutch and Bloodhound Gang plus originals. ■ Ricky Warwick and Acoustic TV Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £11. Almighty frontman who has been touring with Thin Lizzy of late co-headlines a tour with Acoustic TV, aka Tony and Milly from Terrorvision. ■ Tom Waits – Innocent When You Dream Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 7.30pm. £5. A tribute to Tom Waits, marking the 40th anniversary of his debut album Closing Time with performances by The Rosy 11 Jul–22 Aug 2013 THE LIST 87