MUSIC | Rock & Pop ROCK & POP
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Thursday 17 Glasgow ■ McBusted Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 6.30pm. £39.50. Fans of early-00s fresh-faced pop punk – hold onto your hats. Busted and McFly are merging together to create probably the most inoffensive supergroup ever. ■ Los Duenos, The Skarsoles and The Ska Beat Jakes Record Factory, 17 Byres Rd, losduenos.bandcamp.com 7pm. £6. Luxembourgian reggae and ska band. ■ Ben Marwood, Pip Mountjoy and Chris Devotion Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Rd, 636 6119. 7.30–10.30pm. £5. Contemporary folk by the singer-songwriter who originates from Reading. ■ Federation of the Disco Pimp Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30pm. £6. Jazzy funk tuneage. ■ Gallon Drunk Mono, 12 Kings Court, King St, 553 2400. 7.30pm. £9. Swampy rock’n’rollers return after stints for various members playing with Nick Cave and Lydia Lunch. ■ Richard Youngs Secret Location, West End. 8pm. £6. Experimental artist mixing primitive folk ballads with avant-garde synth pop. The location will only be revealed to ticket holders. ■ Sixth Avenue Traffic, Kobosh and Teresa Banks 13th Note, 50–60
King St, 553 1638. 8pm. £4. Rock, punk, funk and soul elements in an alt.rock package from this Glasgow quartet. ■ Sixth Avenue Traffic, Kobosh and Teresa Banks 13th Note, 50–60 King St, 553 1638. 8–11pm. £4. Alt. rock, progressive funk and post grunge. ■ Sleepy Sun Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall St, 332 7304. 8pm. £8. Psych rock from California. ■ Revolving Doors, Lonely Souls and The Trend King Tut’s, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Indie/punk in The Clash/Libertines vein from the Glasgow band previously known as No Fxd Abode. FREE The Cosmic Dead, Kabobo and Howie Reeve Bloc+, 117 Bath St, 574 6066. 9pm. Heavy psych and prog. FREE Analogue Anonymous Flat 0/1, 162 Bath St, 331 6227. 11pm–3am. Experimental synth excursions or bring your own equipment for a jam session. Edinburgh ■ Laura Stevenson, Chrissy Barnacle and BEAM Electric Circus, 36–39 Market St, 226 4224. 7pm. £7. Folk and indie-rock by the singer- songwriter who hails from Long Island, USA. ■ The Ooh La La’s, Southpaws and Penfold Wee Red Bar, ECA, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5–£6. Old school indie rock. ■ Withered Hand Liquid Room, 9c Victoria St, 225 2564. 7pm. £12. Edinburgh scene stalwart and master of plaintive, witty outsider folk. ■ IPA Battle of the Bands Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry St, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. A mixed line-up of bands compete. Punk heat. FREE Radge Against the Machine Whistle Binkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Edinburgh tribute to the incendiary rap/rock of Rage Against the Machine.
Friday 18
Glasgow ✽George Clinton O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall St, 332 2232. 6.30pm.
£25. The much sampled funk legend comes to town with his band, P-funk. FREE The Lift Shaft Incident MacSorley’s, 42 Jamaica St, 248 8581. Times tbc. Rock covers of everything from AC/DC to Katy Perry. ■ McBusted Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 6.30pm. £39.50. See Thu 17. ■ The Dunwells Òran Mór, 731–735 Gt Western Rd, 357 6200. 7pm. £10. Fraternal duo blending English rock and American roots influences. ■ Emma Stevens Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall St, 332 7304. 7pm. £3.50. The Surrey-based singer-songwriter and multi- instrumentalist plays folky pop and country. ■ Eugene Chadbourne The Old Hairdressers, Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.15pm. £8. Cult experimental guitarist from the States, influenced by everything from blues to free jazz. Solo Show ■ Sigma Logic, Shambles In A Husk, Emilio Largo, Marfa Front and Speak Easy Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. 7.15pm. £6. Alt. hard rock from the Ayrshire four piece. Album Launch ■ The Beat Movement, Joe Symes & The Loving Kind, The Clock Tower, Jamie Reilly Music, Vida, Jamie Coleman Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo St, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £6. A six strong line-up of guitar driven rock. ■ No More Tiger, BMX Bandits and Honey & The Herbs Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Rd, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £5. ‘Post-twee groove’ with a soupcon of Gallic charm. ■ A Vision of Elvis Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield St, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £19–£20. 2008 European Elvis Tribute Artist Champion Rob Kingsley presents the total Elvis package, from custom-made costumes to that curl of the lip.
■ Withered Hand CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £10. See Thu 17. ■ The Sex Pistols Experience and Lizzie & The Banshees The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £12. Sex Pistols tribute outfit (if you hadn’t guessed). FREE Sheets of Easter Fest 13th Note, 50–60 King St, 553 1638. 8pm. No fluffy bunnies or teeny chicks, but plenty of black metal, doom, hardcore and thrash, with Black Magician, Dread, Coltsblood, Clocked Out, Vuil, The Dead Raven and Dead Otter. ■ Crookes, High Hazels, Made As Mannequins and Waiting For Go King Tut’s, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Indie pop from the band who recorded new LP Soapbox in a church in the Italian countryside. Edinburgh ■ Dropkick and The Galypaygos Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Mellow melodic sounds from Teenage Fanclub and Proclaimers- influenced Dropkick. EP launch. ■ Edinburgh Blues Club Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register St, 556 7060. 7pm. £10. Regular monthly live blues events with touring blues acts and the finest local blues artists. Featuring Eilidh McKellar and GT’s Boos Band. ■ Kobosh Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry St, 558 8209. 7pm. £tbc. FREE The New Shmoo, Sea Bass Kid and Elwood Whistle Binkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 7pm. Classic covers plus reggae from Sea Bass Kid. ■ Universal Thee, Mad Tango and The Nex-Tide Wee Red Bar, ECA, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7–10pm. £4 in advance; £5 on door. Five-piece, led by husband and wife, James and Lisa Russell, mixing slacker rock, grunge and indie pop. Captainskydiver launch night. ■ Rally & Broad Counting House, West Nicolson St, 07989 508436. 7.30–11pm.
MUSIC FAMILY TREES GLASGOW DIY POP AND ELECTRONIC SCENE
Mapping out the local music scene in Scotland, one sub-genre at a time, we continue our series of Family Trees with some of the bleeping, colourful, danceloor-bothering acts making pop and experimental sounds in the city. Want to add more? Comment at list.co.uk
S TA R T H E R E GOLDEN TEACHER
SAM BELLACOSA
SILK CUT
RICHARD MCMASTER
GENERAL LUDD
TOM MARSHALLSAY
RAYDALE DOWLER (COLLABORATOR)
DAM MANTLE
ANAK ANAK
ANNEKE KAMPMAN (COLLABORATOR)
CONQUERING ANIMAL SOUND
MIAOUX MIAOUX
INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA BDY_PRTS
(LABEL)
REMEMBER REMEMBER UBRE BLANCA
HENRI CLAUDEL
CLIP ART
MAGIC EYE
STEEV LIVINGSTONE
INFANT TELEPHON
MICHELLE HANNAH ERRORS
OLLIE PITT
LAURIE PITT
DICK 50 OPTIMO MUSIC
(LABEL) CONAL BLAKE
WORLD PEACE
WHILST SINEAD YOUNG
TUT VU VU
ELA ORLEANS
TROPICS OF CANCER
CLAN DESTINE (LABEL)
STEFAN BLOMEIER & CLAIRE
RECENTLY DISBANDED DIVORCE
ANDY BROWN
PALMS
JULIA SCOTT
FEM BITCH NATION
BLOOD OF THE BULL
MELLOW DRAMA
RECENTLY DISBANDED HILLARY VAN SCOY
AGGI DOOM HAUSFRAU
JOAN SWEENEY CLAUDIA NOVA
76 THE LIST 17 Apr–15 May 2014