MUSIC | Rock & Pop
FREE Band Showcase Whistle Binkies Live Music Bar, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 8pm. Email gaz@ whistlebinkies.com in advance for a gig. St Andrews ■ Fifestock Festival The Inn at Lathones, By Largoward, 01334 840494. Times vary. Prices vary. See Thu 20.
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Glasgow ■ The Power Cut Choir The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 6.30–8.30pm. £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. ■ The Rainband, The Rockford Files, De Mello and Formal Party Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7pm. £7. Lively indie pop from the Manchester lads. FREE Velvet Five Beresford Lounge, 468 Sauchiehall Street. 7pm. Five-piece Glasgow covers band playing rock, pop and indie classics. ■ Darkside The Art School, 20 Scott Street, harringtone.com 7.30pm. £12.50. The collaborative duo of guitarist Dave Harrington and electronic producer Nicolas Jaar performs experimental and progressive electronica. See preview, page 73. ■ The Four Tops and The Temptations SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £38.50. A double-bill of Motown veterans. Few of the original members survive (with The Temptations alone having had at least 20 different members pass through their ranks over the years), but the songs – from ‘Get Ready’ to ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There’ – most certainly do. ■ Sam Brookes and Paul Gilbody & Leanne Smith Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £7. Soulful Wiltshire-born singer-songwriter who trained as a gilder – so whatever he touches could, potentially, turn to gold. ■ Nieves, William Freeman, Mike Brown, Michael Timmons The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £5. Acoustic performances. ■ Dexters, Medicine Men and Jim Valentine King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Indie pop quintet from London. FREE Et Tu Brute?, Lenin Death Mask, Deathcats, Star Rover Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Big surfing guitar frenzy. FREE Dirty Diamond and The Gunslinger Slouch, 203–205 Bath Street, 221 5518. 9pm. Five piece band playing old school blues. FREE Fortunate Sons Duet Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 10pm. Two piece covers band playing blues and rock’n’roll.
Edinburgh FREE Callum Beattie and Splendid Gentlemen Whistle Binkies Live Music Bar, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 7pm. Edinburgh singer-songwriter, Callum Beattie, who counts Dizzee Rascal and Jamie Cullum as fans. ■ Circle of Reason Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Alt.rock band with prog tendencies drawing on the sounds of Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones, QOTSA and Coheed & Cambria. St Andrews ■ Fifestock Festival The Inn at Lathones, By Largoward, 01334 840494. Times vary. Prices vary. See Thu 20.
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■ Beehoover, Lords of Bastard and Skeleton Gong The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £5. See Thu 27. ■ Paolo Nutini King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £35. The Ivor Novello Award- winning Paisley pop singer-songwriter. Registration for tickets closes 25 Feb. All proceeds from this show will go to The Sunday Mail Centenary Fund. See list.co.uk for an interview and album review. ■ The Velveteen Saints Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £7. Hotly tipped young rockers bring the garage rock’n’roll noise.
Edinburgh FREE Chris Finn, The Demons Eye and Mad Ferret Whistle Binkies Live Music Bar, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 5pm. Classic rock from Demons Eye and Celtic roots from Mad Ferret.
✽ Hidden Door Festival Opening Night East Market Street Vaults, East Market Street. 6pm. £15. Hidden Door’s music venues within the disused vaults on Market Street will be unveiled through a spectacular collaboration of light and sound. Programmed by Adventures in Light and Astrojazz performers include Digital Jones, We Are Tall Order and Fridge Master. Part of Hidden Door Festival. See feature, page 18. FREE Tartan Underground The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Fri 21. ■ Coasts, Quiet As A Mouse and The Monty Hall Problem Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £6. Bristol indie five-piece with Foals and the Cure influences. ■ Poor Things, Lenin Death Mask and Star Rover Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7–10pm. £5. Post-punk-meets-alt.rock trio. ■ Toledo Steel, Torn Face and Disaster Area Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £3 in advance; £5 on the door. Classic NWOBHM influenced metal sounds from Southampton. ■ Fortune Unsigned Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Unsigned bands night. FREE Karal Kalaf Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 10pm. Acoustic music.
Bathgate ■ Jai McDowall Regal Community Theatre, 24–34 North Bridge Street, 01506 630085. 7.30pm. £20. Booming Scottish balladeer who won Britain’s Got Talent in 2011.
St Andrews ■ Fifestock Festival The Inn at Lathones, By Largoward, 01334 840494. Times vary. Prices vary. See Thu 20. Stirling ■ T-Rextasy Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 7.30pm. £17.50–£19.50. Longstanding, respected T-Rex tribute act. Glam rockers brace yourselves.
Saturday 29 Glasgow FREE Shake Your Tail Feather Slouch, 203–205 Bath Street, 221 5518. midnight. See Sun 23. ■ Picture Window: busculture Cowcaddens Bus Stop, Garscube Road (opposite Cowcaddens Subway station), picturewindow.org.uk 12–4.30pm. £1.90–£4.50 price is for bus travel. Buses on the 75 route host musical performances in a mobile showcase for Glasgow’s music landscape. Performances take places every half hour. The line-up includes How to Swim, Gave Pretense (Over the Wall), The Glasgow School of Art Choir, First Tiger, Ross Clark (Three Blind Wolves),
EAST END SOCIAL, WITH KING AYISOBA, ZEA AND SACRED PAWS A voice, and a kologo. Or to be more specific, Ghanaian street-folk musician King Ayisoba, singing and playing a two-stringed lute. Extremely infectious stuff, and part of East End Social – a series of gigs and music events in Glasgow’s East End in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games. See eastendsocial.com for info on tea dances, café gigs and Mungos Hi-Fi playing Alexandra Park’s Gala Day in June. ■ Platform, Glasgow, Thu 10 Apr.
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Glasgow ■ Wild Beasts The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £14.50. Flamboyant Weimar cabaret-like sounds and mellower, broodier material from touted Lake District quartet Wild Beasts. ■ Academy Strangers, Sea of Crowns and Avante Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £5. Alt.rock from Edinburgh. ■ Bedford Rascals, Panda Trap and L’elephant Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Youthful rock trio from Perth. ■ The Bonnevilles, The Brutes and Geek Maggot Bingo The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £6. The Belfast based punk blues duo perform tracks from their latest album Folk Art & The Death Of Electric Jesus. ■ Brown Bear & The Bandits, Rose Parade, Little Fire and John Condron Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Largs trio with a folky bent headline. ■ Steve Forbert St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £12.75. Forbert’s appeal lies in his talent for conveying keen observations through tough, terse poetry, a ready tunefulness and a warm rasping voice. ■ Tokyo Police Club and Waiting For Go King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £11. Spiky indie garage sounds from this Toronto quartet as they tour their new album Forcefield. Edinburgh ■ Edinburgh College Band Nights Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 6.30–11pm. £3 (£2). Live music from bands studying the HND Music course at Edinburgh College, with first years on the first night, and second years the next. ■ Beehoover The Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, 558 8209. 7pm.
£tbc. Duo specialising in muscular prog rock and stoner metal. FREE Martin White, Jojocoke and Doc Rodent Whistle Binkies Live Music Bar, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 7pm. Guitar action, rock and classic covers. ■ Sam Brookes and Hot Feet Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £7. See Wed 26.
✽ The Radiophonic Workshop The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650
4673. 7.30pm. £15. See Fri 21. ■ Charity Fundraiser Party The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Student charity do with live music to raise funds for Ade Tanzania. ■ The Darlingtons, The Ellies and Land of Cakes Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. English indie rock four-piece.
St Andrews ■ Fifestock Festival The Inn at Lathones, By Largoward, 01334 840494. Times vary. Prices vary. See Thu 20.
Friday 28 Glasgow ■ Russell Watson Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 6.30pm. £25. One of the country’s most popular crossover singers returns to the stage. ■ The Fire & I Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 7pm. £6. Energetic power pop duo. Album Launch. ■ You Me At Six O2 Academy Glasgow, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £25. The British pop punk and alt. rock group tour their latest album Cavalier Youth. ■ Lyndsey Hurren, Megan Davidson, Craig Whyte, Brian McCafferty and Becca Fox The Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. 7.15pm. £6. The Glaswegian singer-songwriter performs acoustic pop with an honest edge. EP release.