MUSIC | Rock & Pop
EARL SWEATSHIRT Another member of the forward-thinking, sometimes mark-missing, but generally highly entertaining Los Angeles-based hip hop collective Odd Future. Earl’s real name is Thebe Neruda Kgositsile, and he put out his debut album Doris last year. Things could get emotional in The Garage too; Earl recently asked the crowd at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg , ‘Y’all ’bout to cry with me, or what?’, before doing ‘Chum’ off his album. ■ The Garage, Glasgow, Mon 24 Mar.
festival. This year’s programme includes Garland Jeferies, Simon Kempston, Dana Dixon Band, Cherry Lee Mewis and more. Stirling ■ Let’s Hang On: A Tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 7.30pm. £20 (£18). Tight falsetto vocals and doo-wop harmonies, featuring all those insanely catchy hits such as ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ and ‘Dec ‘63 (Oh What A Night)’.
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Glasgow ■ March Of The Mods O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 4pm. £11.50. Performances from The Chords UK, Button Up, Captain Wow, The Beat Movement, Defiant Pose, The Laynes, Esperanza, The Redstarts and Target 5 in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. ■ All Time Low O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £22.50. Punk pop quartet from Maryland. ■ Irrational Fever, Origin Sins, The Senses and Dizzy on Broadway Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7pm. £8. Teenage rockers who hold the title of youngest ever headliners at the Barrowlands Ballroom. ■ Cyrus Rose, Club De radio, Parralel Redemption, Quaid and Beltur The Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. 7.15pm. £6. The Aberdeen rockers perform tracks from their debut album Granite and Light. ■ Lyla Foy Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £8.50. Electro-folk and indie singer- songwriter. ■ Electric Horse Power and The Optimystics The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8pm–midnight. 80 THE LIST 20 Mar–17 Apr 2014
£tbc. Three-piece rock act playing their own material and the ‘odd magic cover.’ ■ Gigs in Great Places Glasgow Bike Station, 65 Haugh Road, 248 5409. 8–11pm. £7–£10. Lorraine McCauley presents a night of live music to celebrate the great work of The Bike Station, Glasgow. Live performances from Lorraine McCauley & The Borderlands and Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5. ■ How To Swim, Brass, Aye and Fat Suite CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 8pm. £5. The characterful, eclectic pop collective perform tracks from their new album Niagarama. ■ The Larch?, Ramage Inc, Pilljaw The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8–11.30pm. £5. A night of modern and nu metal from three Scottish bands.
✽ The Radiophonic Workshop Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew
Street, 353 4500. 8pm. £15. Musicians from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop perform the original compositions for television dramas from the late-1950s through to the 90s, including the iconic Doctor Who theme. See preview, page 71. ■ Saint Raymond King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £7. Young English singer- songwriter. ■ The Larch, Ramage Inc and Pilljaw The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £4. Sonic brutality and heavy metal. ■ The Underground Jam The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.50–£12. The Jam tribute act. ■ A Tribute to Robbie Williams The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.50–£12. Alan Walker performs Robbie hits and songs from Take That’s catalogue. Edinburgh FREE Tartan Underground The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298.
6pm. Scottish acoustic talent. ■ The Bismarck & Ex-Wives Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4. Seattle band described as a punk version of Crazy Horse. FREE Blackjack Blues Band, Fatlips and Elwood Whistle Binkies Live Music Bar, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 7pm. Blues and rock. ■ Jules & The Blue Garnets and Al Shields Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Lo-fi soul. ■ Miles Kane and Telegram The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £17.50. Indie rock swagger from the charismatic Rascals frontman who reached for his inner Scott Walker with Arctic Monkey Alex Turner in The Last Shadow Puppets. ■ Franklin Rock’n’Roll Club Leith Franklin Cricket Club, 1 Leith Links, 554 5832. 7.30pm–midnight. £5. Monthly club with DJs playing garage punk, rockabilly, surf, rhythm’n blues with live bands. This month’s bands are MFC Chicken supported by The Kosher Pickles. ■ Fresh Air Festival Teviot, Bristo Square, 650 4673. 8pm. £6 (student £5). A night of bands and DJs as Edinburgh’s student radio station takes over the whole of Teviot for one night of hedonistic fun. This year’s line-up features Blood Relatives, Wyldeck, Model Aeroplanes and Twist & Shout Orchestra. ■ Strawberry Blondes, The Brothel Corpse Trio, Jockerspill and Four Past Midnight Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £6. Welsh ska punks. St Andrews ■ Fifestock Festival The Inn at Lathones, By Largoward, 01334 840494. Times vary. Prices vary. See Thu 20.
Saturday 22 Glasgow FREE The Fortunate Sons Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. Harmonious Glaswegian blues-meisters. ■ Fall Out Boy and The Pretty Reckless The SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 6.30pm. £27.50. Return of the Chicago emo quartet who honour the genre traditional of cumbersome song titles. ■ Octane Ok and We Found Out Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 6.30pm. £7. Hard rock quartet from Birmingham perform tracks from their debut album Face The Facts. ■ City Of Lights, The Durty Wurks and Justhope O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £3.50. Indie-rock by the four-piece, Leeds-based outfit. ■ Daughtry O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. tbc. Ernest commercial rock by the band from Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, founded by singer-songwriter Chris Daughtry who found fame on American Idol. ■ OneRepublic O2 Academy Glasgow, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. tbc. Mainstream pop/rock outfit from the US who have enjoyed the patronage of hip super-producer Timbaland and have swept all before them commercially in the last while. Frontman Ryan Tedder is also the individual to hold responsible for Leona Lewis’s ‘Bleeding Love’. ■ Big Boy Bloater Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £9. Respected blues session guitarist who has recently toured with Imelda May. ■ Kathryn Joseph Govanhill Baths, Calder Street, 433 2999. 7.30pm. £tbc. Singer-songwriter/pianist. Debut album launch. ■ Willie Campbell CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £tbc. The former Astrid frontman and Reindeer Section members mixes indie
with Gaelic folk, 60s pop and Americana influences. Launching his first Gealic album Dalma. ■ The Bismarck, Ex-Wives and Bite The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. The Seattle rock quartet perform tracks from their album Wild Prairie Rose. FREE Seaside Sons Record Factory, 17 Byres Road, recordfactory.co.uk 8pm. Four piece indie band from Ayr specialising in funky bass lines and punchy guitar rifts. ■ A Tribute to Robbie Williams The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.50–£12. See Fri 21. FREE The Collectors McChuills, 40 High Street, 552 2135. 8.30pm– midnight. Mod, garage and R&B covers from this Glaswegian quintet, plus DJ sets from Gregor Emond (Superfly) before and after the band. Ages 18+. ■ Monster Truck and Scorpion Child King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Double bill of heavy old school hard rock on this co-headline tour dubbed ‘Lords of the Riff’. ■ Gratefully Not Dead MacSorley’s, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm– midnight. Blues rock covers.
Edinburgh ■ Punk for Pam The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 1pm. £40 for a weekend ticket; £20 for a day ticket. Two days of punk rock in memory of Pam Blyth in aid of Waverly Care and Milestone Hospice. The impressive line-up features GBH, Goldblade, Peter & The Test Tube Babies, Sick on the Bus, Drongos for Europe and many more. FREE Ged Hanley Trio, Safehouse, Size Queen and Roguestar Whistle Binkies Live Music Bar, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 5pm. Covers, blues and rock action. ■ The Bryan Adams Experience Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £8. Tribute to the Canadian rocker. ■ PMCJ Presents Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Local indie line-up. ■ Rebecca Ferguson Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7pm. £29.50. Big ballads and coffee table soul from the Scouse finalist of the 2010 X Factor. ■ Hecate Enthroned, Barshasketh and Nolti Nan Gana Nan Nolta Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £6 in advance; £8 on the door. Symphonic black metal from Wrexham. ■ We Came From the North, We Ate Them Off The Floor and Wozniak Opium, 71 Cowgate, 225 8382. 8–11pm. £5 on the door. Edinburgh based post rock band. Launch of debut EP From Which All Things Depend. FREE Gallus Crows Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, captainsedinburgh. webs.com 9pm. Original acoustic numbers plus the odd cover. Musselburgh ■ Roy Orbison & The Travelling Wilburys Tribute Show The Brunton, Ladywell Way, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £16 (£14). Paul Hopkins steps into the Roy Orbison role with this tribute to the 80s supergroup.
St Andrews ■ Fifestock Festival The Inn at Lathones, By Largoward, 01334 840494. Times vary. Prices vary. See Thu 20.
Sunday 23 Glasgow ■ 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. Playing Massive Attack Blue Lines.