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■ The Hoosiers Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 16 May. ■ HEAT Cathouse, Glasgow, 18 May.
■ The Heartbreakers Nice’n’Sleazy, Glasgow, 21 May.
■ East India Youth Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 29 May. ■ The Holy Ghosts Nice’n’Sleazy, Glasgow, 30 May; Electric Circus, Edinburgh, 31 May.
■ The Phantom Band Art School, Glasgow, 3 Jun. ■ Verses Stereo, Glasgow, 4 Jun.
■ Jeffery Lewis & The Jrams Electric Circus, Edinburgh, 21 Aug.
■ Mogwai Richmond Park, Glasgow, 30 Aug. ■ The Saturdays SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 7 Sep.
■ Dragonforce Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 17 Sep; King Tut’s, Glasgow, 19 Sep. ■ Lydia King Tut’s, Glasgow, 23 Sep.
■ The Fray O2 ABC, Glasgow, 24 Sep. ■ Michael Nesmith Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 24 Sep.
■ Hozier King Tut’s, Glasgow, 9 Jun. ■ Woods Broadcast, Glasgow, 25 Sep.
■ Model Aeroplanes Garage, Glasgow, 14 Jun. ■ The Undertones Garage, Glasgow, 27 Sep.
■ The Vamps SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 27 Sep. ■ Lewis Watson Garage, Glasgow, 28 Sep.
■ James Taylor SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 29 Sep.
■ Sage Francis Oran Mor, Glasgow, 15 Oct.
■ Blackberry Smoke O2 ABC, Glasgow, 16 Oct. ■ Vetusta Morla Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 19 Oct.
■ We Are the Ocean Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 21 Oct. ■ Sam Smith O2 ABC, Glasgow, 23 Oct.
■ The Pierces Oran Mor, Glasgow, 14 Jun.
■ Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox O2 ANB, Glasgow, 15 Jun. ■ New Bums Glad Café, Glasgow, 18 Jun.
■ Hollywood Ending O2 ABC, Glasgow, 19 Jun. ■ Meadowlark King Tut’s, Glasgow, 19 Jun.
■ Altered Sky Electric Circus, Edinburgh, 26 Jun. ■ Fuck Art Let’s Dance Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 27 Jun.
■ David Gray Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 30 Jun. ■ Richie Sambora O2 ABC, Glasgow, 3 Jul.
■ Andrew WK Classic Grand, Glasgow, 30 Jul.
■ Machine Head Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 31 Jul. ■ Converge Classic Grand, Glasgow, 5 Aug.
■ Steve Hackett ■ Chris Rea Usher
Woods play Broadcast, Glasgow, 25 Sep
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82 THE LIST 17 Apr–15 May 2014
SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 25 Oct.
■ Black Stone Cherry SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 26 Oct. ■ Ed Sheeran SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 30 Oct.
■ The LaFontaines O2 ABC, Glasgow, 31 Oct.
■ Future Islands O2 ABC, Glasgow, 4 Nov. ■ The War on Drugs O2 ABC, Glasgow, 8 Nov.
■ Kylie SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 12 Nov. ■ Bryan Adams SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 14 Nov.
■ Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 14 Nov.
■ Paloma Faith SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 16 Nov.
■ All Saints, Atomic Kitten and East 17 SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 21 Nov. ■ Dan Baird & Homemade Sin O2 ABC, Glasgow, 22 Nov.
■ Electric Six Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 27 Nov.
■ Dreadzone Oran Mor, Glasgow, 28 Nov. ■ John Grant Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 29 Nov.
■ The Smyths O2 ABC, Glasgow, 29 Nov.
■ Time Frequency Barrowland, Glasgow, 29 Nov. ■ Deacon Blue SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 1 Dec.
■ Jock’n’Roll Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield St, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £17–£20 (£18). See Wed 30. ■ Copper Lungs, We Were Hunted and Foreignfox Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St, 333 0900. 8–11pm. £6. The pop rockers from Dundee play tracks from their self-titled EP. ■ Dan Stuart and Kathleen Haskard Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Rd, 636 6119. 8pm. £12. A mix of alternative country and post-punk performed by the American singer-songwriter best known as the frontman of Green On Red. ■ Wolf Alice and Superfood King Tut’s, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8. Off-kilter indie rock from this London four-piece. FREE Dam Mantle Evening Sessions CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, 352 4900. 9pm–midnight. Wide-reaching genres of records played by Glasgow- based producer Dam Mantle. FREE Good Grief’s Goop Shop Bloc+, 117 Bath St, 574 6066. 9pm. DIY zine collective present an evening of alternative sounds. With Inuit and Bianca
Edinburgh ■ Born To Be Wide Electric Circus, 36–39 Market St, 226 4224. 7pm. £6 (Musicians’ Union £5). Music industry seminar/social club that bring musos, journalists, promoters, record shop workers and musicians together. Followed by DJ sets from the seminar guests from 9.30pm. ■ Matt Norris & The Moon Wee Red Bar, ECA, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Edinburgh-based harmonising folky collective. ■ Poor Things Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Post-punk- meets-jangly alt.rock trio. ■ Black Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register St, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £15. Aka Colin Vearncombe, singer/songwriter best known for ‘Wonderful Life’ and ‘Sweetest Smile’, in an intimate gig. ■ Chris Tame Grosvenor Casino Edinburgh, 1–5 South Maybury, 01313 384444. 7.30–10.30pm. £30. Chris Tame belts out Michael Buble’s back catalogue of traditional pop, big band numbers and swing. Enjoy a three course meal in the Charleston restaurant, followed by the Buble classics, plus a free win £10 roulette bet.
✽Umberto and The Southern Tenant Banshee Labyrinth,
29–35 Niddry St, 558 8209. 7.30pm. £7. Umberto, aka LA’s Matt Hill, infuses his synth pop with the throbbing foreboding of a retro horror soundtrack. ■ The Broken Ravens Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry St, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Fuzzy, bluesy, heavy rock from Stornoway. ■ Knotslip Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry St, 556 3254. 8pm. £8. Tribute to masked heavy metal thrashers Slipknot.
Friday 2 Glasgow ■ A Storm of Light Audio, 14 Midland St, astormoflight.com Times tbc. £tbc. Post-rock doom metal band from New York on their Nations to Flames tour. ■ Andrew Strong O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall St, 332 2232. 6.30pm. £18.50. The Dublin singer and one-time member of The Commitments performs a selection of soul material. ■ Atomic Blondie and The Underground Jam Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica St, 847 0820. 7pm. £10. Tribute to New York pop icons Blondie. ■ Martin Stephenson & The Daintees Òran Mór, 731–735 Gt Western Rd, 357 6200. 7pm. £16. Now resident in Scotland, the respected Geordie songwriter performs with his band The Daintees. ■ Athenas Army, The Framed, Voodoo Mind Control, Friends Of Ours, Saint Secaire Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. 7.15pm. £5. Local rock showcase. ■ Jock’n’Roll Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield St, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £17–£20 (£18). See Wed 30.
■ Stop the Clocks, Swinging Mables and Lemon Party Record Factory, 17 Byres Rd, recordfactory.co.uk 7.30pm. £6. Oasis tribute act, keeping the dream alive.
✽Umberto, Ubre Blanca and The Orpheus Choir Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £7. See Thu 1.
✽Yes SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £37.50. The
veteran proggers are back with a touring line-up of Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, Geoff Downes and Jon Davidson, to perform three of their best loved albums – The Yes Album, Close To The Edge and Going For The One – in their entirety. Phew! ■ The Rag’n’Bone Man McChuills, 40 High St, 552 2135. 8pm. £tbc. One-man band playing brutal trash blues. FREE Support Your Local One Man Band McChuills, 40 High St, 552 2135. 8–11.30pm. A night showcasing Scotland’s One Man Bands with Charles Randolph Rivers’ Slim Rhythm Revue, king of the honkytonk foot stamp; garage blues from The Rag N Bone Man, harmonic soul from Homesick Aldo and killer boogie from Willie Dick. ■ Amber Run King Tut’s, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Five piece rock band from Nottingham who’ve supported Kodaline. ■ Tuff Love and Trash Kit The Old Hairdressers, Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 10pm–2am. £6. The female fronted power trio play lo-fi guitar pop. Launch for EP Junk with DJ sets form Josie Long and Pictish Trail. ■ Spaceghostpurrp & Yung Simmie Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 11pm–3am. £12. Two members of the Miami-based hip hop group Raider Klan perform 90s southern hip hop.
Edinburgh ■ The Last Battle and Lidh The Annexe at Liquid Room, 9c Victoria St, Entrance via Cowgate, 225 2564. 7–10pm. £5 in advance; £6 on door. Edinburgh folk pop six-piece. Album launch for Lay Your Burden Down with support from Lidh from the East Neuk Of Fife and mystery guests. ■ The Little Kicks, The Lonely Together and King Eider Wee Red Bar, ECA, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £7. See Thu 1. ■ Racing Pacific and The Niblicks Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair St, 247 4704. 7pm. £5. Indie. ■ Rally & BRd Bongo Club, 66 Cowgate, 07989 508436. 7pm. £5. A literary-flavoured cabaret night, boasting spoken word, ‘live literature’, music and dancing into the wee small hours. Hosted by Jenny Lindsay and Rachel McCrum. Award-winning dancer and choreographer Ruth Mills teams up with Gerry Campbell (formerly Belle & Sebastian), poet Ryan Van Winkle teams up with Lake Montgomery (more acts tbc). Part of The Bongo Lives!. ■ SAMH Fundraiser Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry St, 556 3254. 8pm. £tbc. Charity gig raising funds for the Scottish Association for Mental Health. ■ Vasa, Shrine and The Gothenburg Address Opium, 71 Cowgate, 225 8382. 8–11pm. £4. Instrumental post and math rock quartet. Double headline show with Brighton based math-hardcore band Shrine.
Saturday 3 Glasgow ■ Jock’n’Roll Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield St, 332 1846. 2pm & 7.30pm. £17–£20 (£18). See Wed 30. ■ The Electric Frog & Pressure Riverside Festival Riverside Museum, 100 Pointhouse Place, 287 2660. 4–11pm. Weekend ticket £55; day ticket £30. Once again The Frog and Pressure pool their resources to bring you the Riverside Festival. The line-up on Sat includes 2ManyDJs, Vitalic (live), Pan-Pot, Slam, Tiga, Matthew Dear, Derrick May, Felix