MUSIC | Rock & Pop
■ Twisted Rainbow, Lynnie Carson, Jacob & Rory Green and The Usual Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7pm. £5 in advance; £6 on the door. Party punk comedy trio. ■ Tall Ships and United Fruit Bowlers Bar, 100 Tullis Street, Bridgeton, 556 1857. 7.30pm. £8.50. Effects-drenched trio comparable to Battles, Foals and Explosions in the Sky. Part of East End Social. ■ The Very Most, Duglas T Stewart, Yakuri Cable and Bodyheat The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £6. Melodic indie pop led by Jeremy Jensen and joined on this tour by musicians from Scotland, England and Spain. ■ A Tribute to Robbie Williams The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.50 in advance; £12 on the door. Alan Walker performs Robbie hits and songs from Take That’s catalogue. ■ Lemonhaze, Feet of Clay, Sergio Sergio and The Responsible King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Indie pop rock band from Paisley, influenced by jangle and Britpop. Part of King Tut’s Summer Nights. FREE The Cosmic Dead Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 11pm. Heavy psych and prog.
Edinburgh ■ Samba Sene & Diwan The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 1.30am. £5 (£4). Dancey, jazzy grooves and Afro-beats from Senegal. FREE Tartan Underground The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Fri 11. Isle of Arran ■ Nick Harper Corrie and Sannox Village Hall, Corrie, harperspace.com 8.30–11pm. £10. See Thu 17.
Isle of Tiree ■ Tiree Music Festival An Talla, 01879 220520. Times vary. £tbc. Folk and trad music are the stars at this festival, which was voted Best Small Festival at the Scottish Event Awards in 2012 and 2013. The tiny Hebridean island, nicknamed the ‘Hawaii of the North’, plays host to a weekend of genre-spanning sounds as well as family activities and fringe events. Last year’s line-up included Capercaillie, Roddy Hart & the Lonesome Fire, Skerryvore and Washington Irving.
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Glasgow FREE BBC at the Quay Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, 420 5000. Times vary. Live music, food and drink and a big screen show all of your favourite BBC shows for free. The high-punching programme includes sets from Texas, Simple Minds, Paloma Faith and Amy Macdonald, plus loads of BBC-centric activities for the whole family. Access is free, but some events are ticketed. Part of Festival 2014. ■ Pride Glasgow King Street, King Street, prideglasgow.co.uk noon. £5. Pride Glasgow returns for 2014 with a 16-day festival of events celebrating LGBT equality including the usual parade and street party, as well as Pride Day which includes a fairground, a community expo, a cabaret stage, marketplace, a youth space, a trans safe space and a great big concert featuring Blue, Heather Peace, Amelia Lily, Lucy Spraggan and Angie Brown. ■ Admiral Fallow Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. tbc. Folky indie from Louis Abbot’s Admiral Fallow. Charity concert for Cash For Kids ■ The Face On The Moon, Ryan Gaffney, Thank The Boy and Cloud Of Starlings Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7pm. £5. Alt rock band from South Lanarkshire led by Steven Leonard. 94 THE LIST 10 Jul–21 Aug 2014
T IN THE PARK The biggest gathering in Scotland’s musical calendar is back. Mud, sweat, Bucky and all. If you missed our coverage in the last issue of Paolo Nutini, Calvin Harris, Pixies, the T-Break stage and more, you can check it online at list.co.uk. Altogether now, ‘Here we, here we, here we f*@king go . . . !’ ■ Balado, Fri 11-Sun 13 Jul.
■ Dexy’s Bootleg Runners The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10 in advance; £12.50 on the door. Tribute to the mighty Dexy’s Midnight Runners. ■ The Telescopes, St Deluxe and Skullwizard The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Indie psych rockers from the first wave of shoegaze.
✽ The Sugarhill Gang King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent
Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £20. Hip hop and rap pioneers most famous for their 1979 hit ‘Rapper’s Delight’. FREE Thee AHs Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 11pm. ‘Black bubblegum pop’ from the Canadian post punk femme collective. Edinburgh FREE David Limmer Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 6.45pm. Pop music on keyboards. ■ BBC Live At Edinburgh Castle Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh Castle, Royal Mile, 225 9846. 7pm. £55. The One Show’s Alex Jones presents this mix of pop, classical, comedy and more featuring Culture Club, Alfie Boe, Il Divo, Paloma Faith, Ella Henderson, Katherine Jenkins, Kaiser Chiefs, One Republic, Pumeza, Rizzle Kicks, Smokey Robinson, Bill Bailey with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Fred MacAulay. ■ Be Like Pablo, Golden Arm and Wonder Villains Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £5.
Energetic power-pop from rural Scotland with 60s undertones. ■ Benny Monteux Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Folk-tinged pop from Edinburgh. EP launch. ■ Black Cat Bone, Jester Echo and Logan›s Close The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £6 advance; £8 on the door. Blues rock with a twist. ■ Massive Wagons, Engines of Vengeance and Paper Beats Rock Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £6. Hard-rock quintet from Carnforth. Arbroath ■ Amy Duncan Hospitalfield House, Hospitalfield, 01241 656124. Times tbc. £tbc. Edinburgh-based singer / songwriter Amy Duncan embarks on a Scottish tour with a string trio, double bass and harp in tow.
Dundee ■ Skeem Fest Beat Generator Live, 70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229226. Times tbc. £tbc. Catch this stacked line- up with The Cundeez, Overdose, Balsall Heathens, Buzzbomb, The McGonagalls, Jim Threat and the Vultures and the Happy Spastics.
East Kilbride ■ The Ultimate Drifters East Kilbride Village Theatre, Maxwell Drive, 01355 248669. 7.30–9.30pm. £18. Classic soul, pop and R&B led by Gillie Leroy Jones.
Isle of Tiree ■ Tiree Music Festival An Talla, 01879 220520. Times vary. £tbc. See Fri 18.
Livingston ■ Kevin McDermott Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 7.30–10pm. £13 (£11). An intimate solo show from one of Scotland›s foremost singer-songwriters. Rothesay ■ Nick Harper The Craigmore Bowling Club, Grosvenor Road, 01700 503 334. 7.30–11pm. £10. See Thu 17.
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Glasgow FREE BBC at the Quay Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, 420 5000. Times vary. See Sat 19. ■ Mike Dignam Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 7pm. £9. Acoustic singer / songwriter from Preston. ■ SchnarffSchnarff, Algernon Doll, Start Static and Scarlet Shift King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Scottish five-piece indie rockers whose band name is fun to say as well as hear. Part of King Tut’s Summer Nights. Edinburgh ■ Thee AHs and Little Loves & Friendly Vibes Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. See Sat 19.