MUSIC | Rock & Pop
FREE Faktory Live The Faktory, 17 Byres Road, thefaktorywestend.co.uk 7.30pm. A local talent line-up. ■ Papa Shandy & the Drams The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £tbc. Buckfast-fuelled bluegrass-style party sounds from the ‘hardest drinking band in showbiz’. ■ The Men They Couldn’t Hang King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £13. Political folk punks, first active in the 80s. FREE Perfect Remedy Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Local rock covers band. FREE Diana Schad Urban Bar & Brasserie, 23–25 St Vincent Place, 248 5636. 9pm–midnight. Singer/pianist performing originals and covers. Edinburgh ■ Collar Up, Errant Boy and Elyssa Vulpe Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Indie signed to Edinburgh label Permwhale. FREE National Collective Launch Party Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. (donations welcome). Launch party of the movement for Scottish independence by artists and creatives. ■ Thank You So Nice, Et Tu Brute??? and Buffalo Stance Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £4. Swooning indie pop. Celebrating the release of their The Royal Bank EP. ■ Voodoo Kings Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £6. Blues, punk and rock’n’roll from the three piece band from Coventry. ■ Norman Silver & The Gold Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 10pm–3am. £5. ‘Morose’ country and western punks. Christmas party with The Matatunes and Cow Cow Boogie.
Airdrie ■ Jai McDowall Airdrie Town Hall, Stirling Street, 01698 403120. 7pm. £20 (VIP tickets £30–£40) (seniors £17.50; family £15 each). Booming Scottish balladeer who won Britain’s Got Talent in 2011. Hamilton ■ Christmas Party Night featuring Big Vern & The Shootahs The Town House, 102 Cadzow Street, 01698 452299. 7pm– 1am. £42.50. Festive food, drink and dancing with Glasgow’s Blues Brothers outfit rolling out the rhythm’n’blues favourites.
Irvine ■ Espedair Street Band Harbour Arts Centre, 114–116 Harbour Street, 01294 274059. 8pm. £10 (£8). Named after a novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks, the eight-piece is a tribute band to Scotland itself, covering 50 years of Scottish hits from Lulu to the Proclaimers to the Fratellis.
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Glasgow ■ Hands Up! Fest Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 1pm. £10. All-dayer pop punk fest headlined by Taking Hayley, Fluorescent Hearts and Mechanical Smile. FREE David Duffy MacSorley’s, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 6pm. Blues, soul and rock’n’roll covers. ■ Primal Scream SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £29.50. Bobby Gillespie and his band of tea- drinking rock’n’rollers on a mini tour promoting latest album More Light. See feature, page 94. ■ Chris Helme Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 7pm. £7.50. Solo acoustic performance from the ex-Seahorses frontman. ■ Flux Pavilion O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £14.50. English dubstep DJ and producer 102 THE LIST 12 Dec 2013–23 Jan 2014
HAIM Hands down, the best thing to have snuck into view on your musical landscape this year? Or just a Cyndi Lauper-meets-Best Coast, cut-and-paste pop band, not worth all the hype? There’s no denying the San Fernando sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim have been everywhere this year – at number one in the UK album charts with their debut, playing before an enraptured crowd at T in the Park – and now onstage in Sauchiehall Street, in front of a sellout audience. Maybe it’s time to go see what the fuss is about . . . eh? ■ O2 ABC, Glasgow, Thu 12 Dec, SOLD OUT.
whose work has been sampled by Jay-Z and Kanye West. ■ Jasmine O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Local sweet- voiced singer-songwriter. ■ The Mission and Fields of the Nephilim O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £26. Tasty double header for the delectation of old age goths, with both bands celebrating their 25th anniversary on this Revelations tour. Fields of the Nephilim perform their 1988 album The Nephilim. ■ Monsters On Movie Posters, Pilgrims Carnival and The Mojocams Flat 0/1, 162 Bath Street, 331 6227. 7pm. £5. Alternative folk rock line-up. ■ Scarlet Shift The Arches Café Bar & Restaurant, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1035. 7pm. £tbc. Indie rock trio from Glasgow. ■ Steve Hogarth Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. tbc. Marillion frontman presents his own project. ■ The Amazing Snakeheads Kinning Park Complex, Cornwall Street, 419 0329. 7.30pm. £6. Garage blues trio from Glasgow, now signed to Domino Records. Christmas party with guests Future Glue. ■ Call To Mind and Jo Mango, Behold and the Old Bear The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30–11pm. £5–£6. Olive Grove Records pair the latest addition to their roster Call To Mind in a co-headline show with Jo Mango who has recently released her EP When We Lived in the Crook of a Tree. FREE Rachele Rhienne The Faktory, 17 Byres Road, rachelerhienne. co.uk 7.30pm. Nineteen year old singer songwriter based in Glasgow. ■ Musichoir City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £16. An evening of pop, rock, gospel and Motown singalongs. FREE Perpetual Motion, The Trend and The Usual McChuills, 40 High Street, 552 2135. 8pm. Showcase of upcoming indie rock bands.
■ The Post Orgasmic Sunshine Band, Sea Bass Kid, Lieutenant Tango and Mickey 9’s Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm–3am. £6. Energetic Glasgow/Edinburgh ten piece who formed after late night jamming sessions at festivals such as Wickerman and Knockengorroch. The band perform a mix of reggae, dub and Scottish ska. Christmas party. ■ Alabaster Jones King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Goodtime funk sounds. Festive Funk night with Hook and Slingers and Ded Rabbit. FREE Trunk Monkey Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Rock. Edinburgh FREE Bruncheon! Featuring the Sound of Muesli Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. 11am–3pm. Live music plus your choice of breakfast, traditional or continental. If you can have a dinner dance, why not a breakfast dance? ■ Kid Canaveral’s Christmas Baubles IV Portobello Town Hall, Portobello. 2pm–midnight. £20–£22. An all day indie Christmas party curated by KC. The wonderful Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice) will be headlining with his six-piece band alongside Pictish Trail, Siobhan Wilson, De Rosa and This Many Boyfriends with more acts still to be announced. See preview, page 95. ■ The Complete Stone Roses The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 6pm. £15. Stone Roses tribute act officially approved by Roses bassist Mani. Please note new venue. ■ The Birthday Suit The Bongo Club, 66 Cowgate, 558 8844. 7pm. £7. Side project from Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones which comes close in spirit to early Idlewild. Christmas party. ■ Bobok Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. A deliberately absurdist mix of Balkan brass, ska, tango and punk.
■ Deathcats, Plastic Animals, Wozniak and Jags! Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £5. Scuzzy, fuzzy garage rock weirdness. beach party to mark the release of Deathcats’ new cassette EP The Raddest. ■ The Easy Orchestra The Scottish Café and Restaurant, National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, 226 6524. 7–11pm. £45.50. Trio rendering classic pop songs in an easy listening style. Tickets to include three-course meal and coffee, glass of Prosecco, half a bottle of wine and the performance. Advance booking essential. ■ Jai McDowall Church Hill Theatre, 33a Morningside Road, 447 7597. 7pm. £20. See Fri 13. ■ PMCJ Presents Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Local indie line-up. ■ Party Fears Three Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £10. Classic 80s covers band re- engineered for the 21st century.
✽ The Twilight Sad The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564.
7pm. £12.50. Melancholic soaring sounds from indie rock band Twilight Sad. ■ Samba Sene & Diwan The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Dancey, jazzy grooves and Afro-beats from Senegal. Dundee ■ Anderson, McGinty, Webster, Ward & Fisher Gardyne Theatre, Gardyne Road, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £tbc. See Fri 13. ■ Christmas With The Rat Pack Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £27. Beat the winter blues with seasonal classics including ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’, ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’, ‘Let It Snow’ and many more. ■ Skint Lizzy Beat Generator Live, 70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229226. 8pm. £6. Cash-poor tribute to the Irish rock heroes.