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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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Featuring music from The Piano, The Draughtsman’s Contract, A Zed & Two Noughts and many more SATURDAY 26th OCTOBER QUEEN’S HALL, EDINBURGH
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