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Events are listed by date, then by city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to glasgow@list.co.uk for Glasgow and henry@list.co.uk for Edinburgh. Listings are compiled by Rowena McIntosh and Henry Northmore. For ticket outlet information, see Book Now. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry.
Thursday 23
Glasgow ■ The Blackout, Lost Alone and Rat Attack King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 7pm. £15. Vigorous Welsh nu-metallers signed to Fierce Panda. Rescheduled gig. Original tickets still valid. ■ The Power Cut Choir The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 7.30pm. £3. Alternative community choir, with a repertoire ranging from Ivor Cutler to Judas Priest via Sleater- Kinney and Talking Heads, gives open rehearsals. All welcome, no audition necessary. ■ Darlia Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £6.50. Grunge- flavoured rock by the three-piece band from Blackpool. ■ Farseer, Disaster Area, Spider Priest and Cicero’s Secret The 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £5. Scottish melodic metal act. ■ Redd Kross King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £16. CANCELLED. Edinburgh ■ Raleigh Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. Pop folk trio from Alberta. FREE Potting Shed Open Mike The Potting Shed, 32 Potterow, 662 9788. 7.30pm. Open mic session hosted by local singer-songwriter Sam Porter. ■ Click Clack Club Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 8pm. £5 (students £3). Funky Beefheart- influenced experimental music club. Featuring The Pygmies. ■ Copper Lungs, Cherri Fosphate, Mechanical Smile Maggie’s Chamber, Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 8–11pm. £3 Free before 8.30pm with Edinbrugh Refreshers wristband. Nuvox Music present an indie rock line-up as part of Edinburgh Refreshers Week. ■ Theatre Fundraiser The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Summerhall put on a night of music to raise funds for four productions.
Friday 24
Glasgow ■ Here Lies A Warning Audio, 14 Midland Street. 6pm. £6. Five-piece metal band hailing from the Kingdom of Fife. ■ Felix Champion, Skippy Dyes and Dialects Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 7pm. £tbc. Energetic alt.rock quartet. ■ The Power Cut Choir The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 7.30pm. £3. See Thu 23. ■ Julia Sheer King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £7. CANCELLED. ■ Nemecyst King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Melodic metalcore from the Glasgow based outfit performing tracks from their debut EP Our Burdens Will Bury Us. Edinburgh ■ Junebug, Made As Mannequins and Kung Fu Academy Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Jangly indie loveliness.
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CONNAN MOCKASIN A bit smooth, a bit weird, sometimes soulful, other times outer-spacey, it’s the trippy, seductive wonky-pop of Kiwi musician Connan Mockasin. ■ King Tuts, Glasgow, Wed 22 Jan.
■ Urvanovic and Stampede Road Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £5 (£4). Catchy pop, synths, vocals and other noises from this Edinburgh seven-piece or as they so succinctly put it: ‘noisy stringy synthy singy pop’. East Kilbride ■ The Springsteen Sessions East Kilbride Arts Centre, Old Coach Road, 01355 261000. 7.30pm. £10. The tribute act covers all of the Boss’s forty-year back catalogue.
Saturday 25
Glasgow ■ Enemies of the State Audio, 14 Midland Street. 6pm. £6. Energetic indie rock from the Glasgow band. ■ Nathaniel Rateliff Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 7pm. £8. Indie rock singer-songwriter from Denver, Colorado performs tracks from his second album Falling Faster Than You Can Run. ■ Trampled By Turtles O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £15. Country-punk outfit from Duluth, Minnesota. FREE Diana Schad Urban Bar & Brasserie, 23–25 St Vincent Place, 248 5636. 7.30–10.30pm. Singer/pianist performing originals and covers. ■ JJ Gilmour The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £12. The former frontman with the Silencers performs his Celtic rock banter. ■ The Power Cut Choir The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 7.30pm. £3. See Thu 23. ■ Junebug, Made as Mannequins and Jamie & The Buzz Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £5. See Fri 24. ■ Rulers of the Root and Sleepy Eyes Nelson The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £5. Glasgow music collective playing blues rock and garage with swamp influences.
■ The Scottish Super Troopers The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £11.50–£13. Abba tribute act formerly known as Abba-Cadabra. ■ Holy Pistol Club King Tut’s, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Indie and psych country. ■ Martin Stephenson and Scott MacDonald: A Burns Special The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8pm. £10. A tribute to the Scottish Bard from Martin Stephenson and Scott MacDonald. ■ The Skunnered 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm– midnight. £tbc. Local band combining traditional songs with covers and their own material. Edinburgh FREE Jojocoke Whistle Binkies Live Music Bar, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 12.45–2.45am. Classic rock covers. FREE The Ged Hanley Trio Whistle Binkies Live Music Bar, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 5–6pm. Blues and rock covers. ■ Deer Lake, Quinny, Feet of Clay and Sienna and Man of Moon Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Noirish collaboration between Annie Christian’s Larry Lean and Dean Owens of The Felsons. ■ Numbers are Futile, Loinstorm and AH Doune The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £3 advance; £5 on the door. Drums, synth and vocals duo mixing indie and electronica. Limbo ‘January Sale’ with cheap entry, solid support and the Black Springs DJs. FREE U-Know-Hoo Whistle Binkies Live Music Bar, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.45–11.45pm. Funk, rock and pop.
Sunday 26 Glasgow ■ Gratefully Not Dead The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 4–10pm. £tbc. Blues rock covers. ■ Classic Album Sundays Berkeley
Suite, 237 North Street, 237 3235. 5.30– 8.30pm. £6. A chance for audio nerds and musos to geek out as well-loved records get the Classic Album Sundays treatment. Lou Reed’s Transformer is played in full from 7.30pm. FREE Livin On Tootsie Time Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. Local band playing CBGBs – country, bluegrass and blues. ■ The Recovery! Audio, 14 Midland Street. 6pm. £6. Indie rock meets death metal from a tattooed Glasgow5-piece. ■ City & Colour O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £25. Aka Dallas Green of Alexisonfire in more mellow acoustic indie mode. ■ The Power Cut Choir The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 7.30pm. £3. See Thu 23. ■ Papa Shandy & the Drams, Franc Cinelli and Scott Nicol The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 8pm. £5. Buckfast-fuelled bluegrass-style party sounds from the ‘hardest drinking band in showbiz’. Edinburgh FREE Lee Patterson Whistle Binkies Live Music Bar, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 6–8.30pm. Acoustic blues covers and originals. ■ Hackney Colliery Band The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £10. Funky East London-based brass band that does drum & bass and Prodigy covers.
Monday 27
Glasgow ■ Skindred O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £23. Fusion of ragga, drum & bass and metal. ■ The Power Cut Choir The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 7.30pm. £3. See Thu 23. Edinburgh ■ Neon Tetras Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. Punky indie three-piece.