MUSIC | Rock & Pop
7pm. £5. Young indie types drawing on the sounds of Arctic Monkeys and The Maccabees. Dundee ■ AB/CD Beat Generator Live, 70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229226. 8pm. £11–£28. AC/DC tribute act who also do their own songs that do ‘sound similar’ to AC/DC. Farewell shows.
Stirling ■ Blues’n’Trouble Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £10. See Fri 27.
Sunday 29
Glasgow FREE Livin On Tootsie Time Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. See Sun 15. FREE Shake Your Tail Feather Slouch, 203–205 Bath Street, 221 5518. 6pm. Shake Your Tail Feather Promotions presents a weekly line-up of live bands playing rock’n’roll, indie, metal and everything in between. With The Recovery ■ Angelic Upstarts, Crashed Out and Hateful Audio, 14 Midland Street. 7pm. £10. Socially conscious punk/oi band formed back in 1977. ■ Dirty Harry - A Tribute to Blondie The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £12 in advance; £14 on door; £26.95 with early dinner at 6pm. See Thu 19. ■ Southside Americana Club The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 8pm. £5. A night of live Americana music featuring The Rulers of the Root, Last National Band and The Hillbilly Howlers. Yeehaw! ■ The Last of the Free and The Sneaky Russians King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Alt.pop and rock bill.
Monday 30 Edinburgh FREE Antihoot Open Stage Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7.30pm. See Mon 16.
Tuesday 31
Glasgow ■ Milk Flat 0/1, 162 Bath Street, 331 6227. 8pm–4am. £8. Indie night with two live bands plus an acoustic act, visuals and DJs. The Milk Hogmanay party, with Hector Bizerk, Pronto Mama and STAR, and SMAC DJs. ■ Stop the Clocks King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £9. Oasis tribute. ■ Nice’n’Sleazy Hogmanay Party Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 10pm–4am. £8. Joint affair from Harsh Tug, Voodoo Voodoo featuring Total Jerks (live) and DJ Duncan Harvey.
Edinburgh ■ Big Fat Panda Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 38 West Nicolson Street, 667 7533. 7pm–3am. £15. Six-piece ska and reggae band from Edinburgh.
✽ Concert in the Gardens: Pet Shop Boys Princes Street Gardens,
Princes Street Gardens, 0844 573 8455. 9pm. £40–£45. This year’s famed Princes Street Gardens Hogmanay will be headlined by electro pop superstars Pet Shop Boys returning after their 2006 Hogmanay show was cancelled due to bad weather. Special guests include The 1975, Nina Nesbitt and The 10:04’s. ■ Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party Edinburgh City Centre, 0844 573 8455. 9pm–1am. £20. Famed as one of the best New Year celebrations in the world, thousands of revellers bring in the New Year in the centre of Edinburgh with a mix of live music and DJs. This
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year’s line up includes Chvrches, King Creosote, The Rezillos and four hours of non-stop music through Scotland’s time with the Rewinder. Stirling ■ Stirling Hogmanay Stirling Castle Esplanade, 01786 274000. 8.30pm. £25 (under 15s £12.50). Official Hogmanay celebrations on the Castle Esplanade, with live music from Deacon Blue and a spectacular firework display.
Thursday 2 Glasgow ■ Spiders on Mars The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £12 advance (£14 on the door). Bowie tribute.
Friday 3
Glasgow ■ The Springsteen Sessions The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. Times tbc. £tbc. The tribute act covers all of the Boss’s forty-year back catalogue. ■ The Begbies, Soldier On, The Virginia Dons and Lemonhaze King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Indie punks from West Lothian. Part of New Year’s Revolution. Edinburgh ■ Henry’s X-Mess Party Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7.30pm–3am. £tbc. The Cellar Bar’s customary post-festive Xmas party featuring live music. ■ This Feeling The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £tbc. London’s rock’n’roll/indie/ mod night tours the country.
Saturday 4
Glasgow ■ Confusion The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.50 advance (£12 on the door). Local rock band play covers from the 70s. ■ The Banter Thieves, The Moon Kids, Black Balloons and The Masses King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Upbeat indie rock from Motherwell four piece. Part of New Year’s Revolution. Edinburgh ■ Peat Loaf and Belter The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 6pm. £12.50. Spanish Meatloaf tribute who’s a real dead ringer. ■ Decagram Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm–3am. £tbc. Night of independent film, live music and clubbing. ■ PMCJ Presents Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. See Sat 14.
Sunday 5
Glasgow FREE Sammy’s Acoustic Open Mic The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 8pm. Acoustic open stage. ■ Have Mercy Las Vegas, Rose Parade and King Eider King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Folk and blues covers from the five-piece. Part of New Year’s Revolution. Edinburgh ■ Free Nelson Mandoomjazz Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7.30pm. £5. Jazz meets doom metal.
Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Country-tinged harmony band. Part of New Year’s Revolution. FREE The Slow Club Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm–3am. Relax to the moody, mellow, and murky strains of Tom Waits, John Barry, Brian Eno and Serge Gainsbourg, while classic films play in the background. Comedy and quiz night. Edinburgh FREE Antihoot Open Stage Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7.30pm. See Mon 16.
Tuesday 7
Glasgow ■ Wolfxdown, Benchpress, War Charge, Revelations and Dread Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 6pm. £6. Hardcore moshers from Germany. ■ Union J SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £22.50. The usual pop and ballads from ‘Britain’s next big boyband’ according to their X-Factor judges. ■ Altered Sky and Dancing with Dakota King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Energetic female fronted alt.rock act. Part of New Year’s Revolution. FREE Free Nelson Mandoomjazz Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. See Sun 5. FREE Munro’s Open Mic Night Munro’s, 185 Great Western Road, 332 0972. 9pm. See Tue 17.
Wednesday 8
Glasgow ■ Alcoa Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 6.30pm. £8. Singer- songwriter Derek Archambault, from the band Defeater, leads this solo hard rock project. ■ Campfires in Winter, Book Group and The Lonely Together King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Alternative, indie rock four-piece from Croy. Part of New Year’s Revolution. Edinburgh ■ The Bunker Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 7pm. £2. Alternative/metal/skate social with ping pong, stalls, ramps and live music. ■ Adam Holmes & The Embers The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £10. BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Adam Holmes and his band.
Thursday 9
Glasgow ■ Cass McCombs CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 8pm. £8.50. Highly regarded indie, rootsy singer/songwriter from the States, once described by John Peel as ‘unobtrusively brilliant’. ■ Chloe Latimer, Becca Fox, Dougie Crosbie and Chelsey Cornelius King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £6.50. 17 year old singer-songwriter from Glasgow. Part of New Year’s Revolution. FREE Good Grief’s Goop Shop Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm–3am. See Thu 12. Edinburgh ■ James Arthur Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7pm. £27.50. The singer and winner of the ninth series of The X Factor performs in support of his self- titled debut album.
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Monday 6 Friday 10
Glasgow ■ Harry & the Hendersons, Quinny, The Van T’s and Kith & Kin King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Glasgow ■ Sound of Thought CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Times vary. Prices vary. Postgraduate students
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