MUSIC | Rock & Pop
■ Tribute Night Alea Casino, Springfield Quay, Paisley Road, 530 2845. 7.30pm. £25. A three-course dinner with DJs and a tribute act for your entertainment. An 80s tribute with the Rubix Cubes. ■ Heart of Rust The 13th Note Café/ Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Neil Young & Crazy Horse tribute. ■ Just Handshakes The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 8pm. £tbc. Leeds-based indie pop band. FREE The Debt Collectors Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Rock and blues. ■ Kevin McDermott Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 8.30pm. £11. An intimate solo show from one of Scotland’s foremost singer-songwriters. ■ Of Kings & Captains King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Rock band from Stourbridge. Support from the Bawlers, Keeping Dirt Clean and Alburn. FREE Brian Rawson St Louis Café Bar, 734 Dumbarton Road, Thornwood, 339 1742. 9pm. Singer-songwriter. Edinburgh ■ Edinburgh Mela Leith Links, Leith. 12.30–9pm. £4. The main stage features music from India plus African rhythms form Samba Sene & Diwan (3.30pm); a mix of sitars and Celtic fiddle from Delhi 2 Dublin (4.45pm), Asian rapper/singer duo Adil Hashmi & SIB (6.05pm), a mix of desi, dubstep and R&B from Johnny Mirza (6.20pm), Asian singers Navin Kundra (8.40pm) and Mumzy Stranger (7.10pm), finishing with bangra group DCS (8pm). FREE Elvis Shakespeare In- Stores Elvis Shakespeare, 347 Leith Walk, 561 1363. 2.30pm. Get an earful of local bands and support your neighbourhood record shop with Elvis Shakespeare’s regular in-stores. Today, it’s glamorous twosome the Priscillas. ■ Afrobeat Summer Festival Party The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 551 6822. 6–10pm. £20–£30. An eclectic musical line-up – including Iyanya, Kukere and DJ G – accompanied by stand-up and dance performers. ■ Eagleowl Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £5. Lo- fi folky loveliness from Fence Records signing. Part of Pale Imitation Festival. ■ Eleanor Friedberger Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £9. Former frontwoman of the Fiery Furnaces, and subject of Franz Ferdinand’s ‘Eleanor Put Your Boots On’, with an idiosyncratic approach to her music. ■ The Smyths The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £10. Accurate Smiths soundalike outfit. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Hand in Glove and This Charming Man. ■ Lipstick On My Collar Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 07716 669566. 7.30pm–1am. £7–£14.99. Davy Sloan and the Rattlers and Row Zed, plus a DJ spinning 60s and 70s tracks. ■ The New Piccadillys Spider’s Web Cellar Bar, 258 Morrison Street, 228 1949. 8.30pm. £10. Rock’n’roll and 60s beat pop in the new old fashioned way, courtesy of George Miller, a man who always keeps the faith. FREE Matt Gloss & the Emulsions Malone’s Irish Bar, 14 Forrest Road, 226 5954. 10.30pm. Diverse band covering everything from the 1950s. FREE Ulysses Jones Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 10.30pm. Folky rock.
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Glasgow ■ Big Blues Day The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 4pm. £8. Food served from 12.30pm, live Edinburgh FREE Antihoot Open Stage Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 9pm. See Mon 26.
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ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER One part of the indie-rock sibling duo the Fiery Furnaces, Friedberger returned earlier this summer with her second solo album Personal Record, showcasing her quirky persona with bright vocals accompanied by twanging guitar. Friedberger’s talent for writing buoyant pop songs makes for a fun gig to dance your worries away, with a few slower paced tracks such as ‘I Don’t Want To Bother You’ revealing her warm and slightly mischievous side. ■ Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Sat 31 Aug; Broadcast, Glasgow, Sun 1 Sep.
music from 4pm. Featuring sets from Gratefully Not Dead and George Linsay Band. ■ Kat Men O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £13.50. Stray Cats drummer Slim Jim Phantom in partnership with rockabilly guitarist Darrel Higham. Support from local chanteuse Lou Hickey. Part of No Mean City. ■ Grant Hart & the Burn Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 7.30pm. £10. CANCELLED. ■ Eleanor Friedberger Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £7.50. See Sat 31. Edinburgh ■ Edinburgh Mela Leith Links, Leith. 12.30–8.30pm. £4. Today’s main stage line-up includes Bangalore rock group Thermal & a Quarter (4.05pm), Cuban rhythms from Son Yambu (5.10pm), party DJ Surinder Rattan (6.20pm) and headliners the Orb (7.20pm) teaming up with the Kakatsitsi Master Drummers from Ghana for a mix of world rhythms and dance beats.
Monday 2 Glasgow ■ Defeated Sanity Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £8 in advance: £10 on the door. Death metal from Bavaria. Support from Regurgitate Life and Scordatura. ■ Strand Of Oaks O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £7. Aka US indie folk musician Timothy Showalter. Support from Daniel Norgren. Part of No Mean City. ■ Dawes Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £12. Indie folk quartet from Los Angeles. Part of No Mean City.
Tuesday 3
Glasgow ■ Eels O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £23.50. Skewed take on the indie format from frontman and multi-instrumentalist E, currently on magnificent malcontent form. Part of No Mean City. ■ Jetplane Landing Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £8. Post- hardcore and alternative rock from this Derry-based band. ■ Daughn Gibson Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £9. Country and classic rock singer- songwriter from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Part of No Mean City.
Wednesday 4 Glasgow ■ Babyshambles Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. Times tbc. £23. Pete Doherty brings his appropriately- named indie band back to Scotland. ■ The Milk Carton Kids Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £10. Part of No Mean City. ■ The Barr Brothers Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £10. Support from Siobhan Wilson. Part of No Mean City.
Thursday 5 Glasgow ■ Be Good Tanyas O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16. Drawing on the musical spirit of the movie O Brother Where Art Thou?, this Vancouver trio continue to charm the public and critics alike with their old time country, mountain folk and lonesome blues. Part of No Mean City. ■ Discharge Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £10. Veteran anarcho-punks still railing against The Man. ■ King King O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16. Glasgow blues
outfit fronted by Alan Nimmo. Part of No Mean City. ■ Phillip Taylor Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. £5. Solo acoustic show by Paws’ Phillip Taylor. Support from the Sean Armstrong Experience. ■ Sam Baker St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £13. Poetic singer-songwriter from Austin, who had to relearn how to play guitar after his hand was injured in a bomb blast. ■ Shield Patterns The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 8pm. £tbc. Manchester-based artist Claire Brentnall’s songs come backed by strings, synth and piano. Edinburgh ■ Born To Be Wide Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £tbc. Music industry seminar/social club that aims to bring musos, journalists, promoters, record shop workers and musicians together. Followed by DJ sets from the seminar guests. ■ Acoustic Edinburgh The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 9pm. £5 (£4). All unplugged, all original music, hosted by Paul Gilbody.
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Glasgow ✽ ■ Music is the Music Language Various venues: Glasgow,
musiclanguagefestival.com 6pm. £10 earlybird weekend tickets. A festival of live music from Cry Parrot and Tracer Trails celebrating the Scottish underground indie scene featuring the likes of National Jazz Trio of Scotland, Eagleowl, Vars of Litchi, Konx-om-Pax, Ela Orleans, Flaccid Haus, P6 & Skitter, Jer Reid, Stevie Jones & friends, Noma, the Cosmic Dead and many more in venues across the city. See preview, page 63. ■ Mad Sin and Buzzbomb Audio, 14 Midland Street. 7pm. £12. German psychobilly troupe. ■ The Last Waltz Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £17.50–£20 (£18). The Band tribute outfit, the Group, recreate the Band’s final concert, as portrayed in the Martin Scorcese film of the same name. ■ Randolph’s Leap The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £8 in advance; £10 on the door. Indie folk collective from Glasgow that manages to squeeze eight members on stage each night. A launch party for the band’s mini album Real Anymore. ■ Devilock Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £5. Tribute to Danzig-era Misfits, named after a hairstyle created by Misfits bassist Jerry Only. Also features Hello Pricks, a tribute to the almighty Sick of It All, plus D.T.P. and Kingpin. ■ Ten Gallon Bratz, Sleepy Eyes Nelson, Miss Irenie Rose The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8pm– midnight. £4. An Americana Vagabond Social Club line-up. ■ Straighten Out The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 9pm. £10.50 in advance; £12 on door. Tribute to the Stranglers.
Edinburgh ■ Pussy Whipped Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7–10pm. £3. An electro- punk night for queer/LGBT/ feminist bands, happening right before gay club Hot Mess, featuring the delights of Zdrada Palki, Gaptooth and Seth Corbin. ■ Sham 69 and Crashed Out The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £15. The veteran bolshy Cockney punk rockers are still going, with this tour featuring the original 1977 line-up (Jimmy Pursey, Dave Parsons, Dave Tregunna). ■ Das Contras The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Fife-grown six-piece with a Latin temperament and a rock’n’roll heart.