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The Little Kicks, King Elder and The Book Group Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5–£6. Upbeat Aberdeen-based four-piece who have supported the likes of Editors, the Kooks and Mystery Jets. Album launch party. Samba Sene & Diwan The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Dancy, jazzy grooves and Afro-beats from Senegal.

Dundee Ed Muirhead Drouthy Neebors, 142–146 Perth Road, 01382 202187. 7.30pm. £3 in advance; £4 on the door. Singer-songwriter and pianist straight out of Dundee, with songs about love, life and all that jazz. Simple Life album launch. Elway, Uniforms, Sink Alaska and Shatterhand Kage, 4 St Andrews Lane, 01382 228496. 7.30pm–2.30am. £6. Punk rock lineup from Make-That- A-Take. Kirkcaldy XSLF Windsor Hotel, 38 Victoria Road, 01592 269219. 7–11pm. £10. Reuniting Henry Cluney and Jim Reilly after more than 30 years, the Still Little Fingers guys play all the faves. With the Eddies, Crimedesk and Recovery.

Saturday 5 Glasgow Highway To Hell Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 2pm. £10 (£15 weekend ticket). Finals of the heavy metal talent search. Hazy Recollections CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 2.30pm. £10. Restful afternoon event with acoustic sets. Featuring Anna Coogan, Dean Owens, Jenn Butterworth and Laura-Beth Salter, and Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival. Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £18.50. Extraordinary late-blooming funk/soul singer from Gainesville, Florida, and his band. Eastern Promise Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. 7pm. £10 (£7.50; under 16s free). Platform’s eclectic showcase of music from home and abroad, running over two rooms and two days. Bus leaves from Mono at 6.30pm each night. Weekend tickets £15 (£10). Featuring the Vaselines, Rick Redbeard, Adam Stafford, Grumbling Fur and Ela Orleans. See preview, page 71. Kids In Glass Houses, Cartel and Propellers The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £13.50. Over-14s show. Touted emo powerpop quintet from Wales. Rod Stewart The Hydro, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £60–£70. See Mon 30. Sleeping With Sirens

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Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £16. Florida post-hardcore quintet. Status Quoing and Talk of the Devil Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £6. Status Quo tribute band with a 15-year-old lead guitarist. Ceti and Thrashist Regime Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £8. Fronted by Polish metal singer Grzegorz Kupczyk. The Drifters Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £25 (£24). The veteran vocal harmony group celebrate 60 years of the Drifters name on this Diamond Dynasty tour. Madison Violet and Anna Coogan CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £13. Canadian folk pop duo Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival. 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. A tribute to Dirty Dancing. Brooks Williams Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £10. The Georgia-born singer-songwriter puts his considerable guitar chops to good use, rustling up a blues-inspired Americana style. FREE Independence Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Live music. Spacehog King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £12.50. Britrockers with glam overtones. Support from We Were Kings and the Pacific Blues. The Skunnered Armstrongs, 136 Battlefield Road. 9pm–midnight. £tbc. See Sat 21. Edinburgh Johnny Flynn The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 020 7609 1800. 7pm. £17 (£15). Part of the same London nu-folk scene as Laura Marling and Noah & the Whale, Flynn has been described as ‘Nick Drake fronting the Pogues’. Cry of the Cave People Citrus Club, 40–42 Grindlay Street, 622 7086. 7–10pm. £5 in advance; £7 on the door. Four bands and some spoken word performers reinterpret the magnificent stylings of Nick Cave. Everything Everything The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £tbc. The Manchester- formed quartet, fronted by the singer Jonathan Higgs, performs art rock- infused indie-pop. Let’s Say We Did and Tu Brutus?! Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £5. Indie-pop with strong folk elements from the Swedish group to promote the album Hello Creatures. More Than Conquerors Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. See Tue 1.

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