MUSIC | Rock & Pop
■ Tigertailz, Thunderfuck & The Deadly Romantics and Estrella Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £10. Glam metal band from Cardiff who have been around on and off since the mid-80s. Tuesday 26
Glasgow ■ Buckcherry and Hardcore Superstar O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £17.50. Over-14s show. Hard rockers from Los Angeles with a glint of glam. With special guests Hardcore Superstar from Gothenburg. ■ Crystal Fighters The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £11.50. East London ensemble updating the folk music of the Basque region on synthesizers. As awkward a blend as it sounds. ■ Editors Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £20. Brum indie outfit heading in a more mainstream direction with new album The Weight Of Your Love. ■ Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Birds Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £10. Garagey rock’n’roll from the former Gun Club, Bad Seeds and Cramps guitarist. ■ Nickelback The SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 7.30pm. £37. Old school rock from the Canadians that brought you ‘This is How You Remind Me’ and ‘Rockstar’ embark on their ‘Hits’ tour. ■ Follakzoid, Dead Temple and Electric Gardens Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Chilean cosmic rock band.
Edinburgh ■ The Academy of Music & Sound BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma and HND Year 1 End of Term Gig The Annexe at the Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, Entrance via Cowgate, 656 0600. 7–10pm. £5. Showcase for intermediate students of the Academy of Music and Sound. Tickets are available from the Academy of Music and Sound in the Grassmarket. ■ Daughn Gibson and Brokeback Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £7. Country and classic rock singer-songwriter from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. ■ Kim Edgar Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £7. Acoustic pop, jazz and original compositions on piano, guitar and voice. Dundee ■ Black Bomb A Beat Generator Live, 70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229226. 7pm. £5. See Sun 24.
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Glasgow ■ Deez Nuts, Stray from the Path, Obey the Brave, Heart in Hand and Relentless The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 6.30pm. £11. Hardcore punk and rap-metal from this Melbourne quartet. ■ Simple Minds and Ultravox The SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 6.30pm. £39.50. The Scotrock stalwarts make the rounds on this greatest hits tour, following their popular 5x5 tour in 2012. ■ Barenaked Ladies O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £27.50. Canadian quirky popsters who inject their songs with lashings of humour. With Boothby Graffoe. ■ Billy Bragg and Kim Churchill Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7pm. £22. Self-styled ‘progressive patriot’ and veteran political activist who is still one of the UK’s finest writers of love songs. ■ Dan Baird & Homemade Sin O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12.50. Over-14s show. Good 82 THE LIST 14 Nov–12 Dec 2013
STARZ IN THEIR EYES Get your hairbrushes at the ready – Starz In Their Eyes is back. And this time they are taking on girl pop. Raising funds for the Edinburgh Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse centre, the evening will feature a number of bands, including the mighty Two Wings (pictured), RM Hubbert, eagleowl, Kid Canaveral, Withered Hand and more, all playing a set as their favourite girl pop act. With a cheap bar, good tunes and a very worthy local cause being helped out too, screaming or lip-synching along in the name of girl pop power has never seemed such a good idea. ■ Pilrig St Pauls Church, Edinburgh, Sat 23 Nov.
time Southern rock from the ex-Georgia Satellites singer-guitarist and his latest band. ■ Lewis Watson and We The Wild Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £9. Oxford teen songwriter in the Ed Sheeran mould. ■ The Naked & Famous O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £15. Indie ensemble, who were nominated for the BBC Sound of 2011 poll and have topped the charts in their native New Zealand. ■ Pat McManus Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £10. The Derrylin-born singer-songwriter and guitarist plays bluesy rock. ■ Withered Hand and Charles Latham The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £8.50. Edinburgh scene stalwart and master of plaintive, witty outsider folk. ■ Raven and Girlschool King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £14. Co-headline tour featuring two veterans of the New Wave of British heavy metal. FREE Dirty Diamond & the Gunslinger Slouch, 203–205 Bath Street, 221 5518. 9pm. Old school blues from the headliners. Edinburgh ■ The Academy of Music and Sound HND Year 2 End of Term Gig The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7–10pm. £5. Showcase for students of the Academy of Music and Sound. Tickets are available from the Academy of Music and Sound in the Grassmarket. ■ Black Sun Drum Korps: Invokation of Lady MacBeth Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874
3001. 7–9pm. £13. An intense, visceral experience inspired by the automatic writing/cut up technique made famous by William Burroughs and Brion Gysin. ■ Young Light, Plastic Animals and Talvihorros Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 8pm. £5. Michael Feerick of Amusement Parks on Fire and Micah Calabrese of Giant Drag join together to form indie rock outfit Young Light. The duo perform tracks from their debut EP, Great White Arc. Hamilton ■ Eddi Reader The Town House, 102 Cadzow Street, 01698 452299. 7.30pm. £25. See Sun 24.
Thursday 28 Glasgow ■ The Browning, Upon the Dawning and Shoot the Girl First Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 6.30pm. £8. Metalcore, hardstyle, trance and electro. ■ Savage Messiah, Havok and Angelus Apatrida The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 6.30pm. £10. Extreme power metal from ex- Dragonforce/Marshall Law members, co-headlining this tour with US trash metal band Havok. ■ Electric Six O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £15. Over-14s show. The Detroit rockers invite you to join the punky disco party. FREE Erin Vivers Ferguson, Christopher Price, Phil McEwan and the Brian Rawson Band Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7–11pm. Folk, soul and blues line-up. ■ Texas and Girl Called Johnny O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street,
0844 477 2000. 7pm. £37. Reformed Glasgow rockers fronted by Sharleen Spiteri have another crack at the whip, touring in support of new album The Conversation. ■ The Dismemberment Plan Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30pm. £12. DC-based indie rock informed by R&B and hip hop. ■ Onder Invloed: The Influences The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £5. Live music from Alasdair Roberts, Ryan Joseph Burns, Three Blind Wolves, Duglas T Stewart and friends, Paul Tasker, A New International and Les Johnson and Me. ■ Book Group and Pinact The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8pm. £3. Fuzzy indie rockers from Edinburgh, influenced by the likes of Teenage Fanclub and Pavement. Launching double A-side single on Gerry Loves Records. ■ June Brides and Lenzie Moss Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £8. Reformed 80s indie pop band. ■ Louise Rutkowski The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Very rare gig from the Glasgow vocalist best known for being a member of 4AD supergroup This Mortal Coil. Support from female harmony group Wolf Ruby. ■ Slow Club SWG3, Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. 8pm. £12. Sheffield based duo Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor play ethereal folk-rock and indie-pop. ■ The Rifles King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £12.50. Leeds indie rockers with mod leanings. Support from Life in Film and Dexters.