MUSIC | Rock & Pop
£11.50 in advance; £13 on the door. The producers of Abba-Cadabra present another suitably cheesy show, with more than 30 hit songs from the likes of The Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor, T-Rex, Tina Turner and Queen. ■ Gerry Cinnamon, Jamie Coleman, Paul John MacIver and Aaron Fyfe King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Acoustic singer / songwriter from Glasgow mixing folk, blues and loop pedals. Part of King Tut’s Summer Nights. ■ Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 9pm–3am. £15. Funk and soul from the DJ, actor and presenter. ■ Festival 2014 Club The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 10pm. £10. Programmed in association with Celtic Connections, each night the Festival 2014 Club takes audiences on a journey across the many musical cultures of Scotland and the Commonwealth. Featuring Ibibio Sound Machine and Mafilika. Edinburgh FREE Tartan Underground The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Fri 11. FREE Friday’s Covered Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. See Fri 11. ■ Efa Supertramp, Mark Ayling, Brian Curran, Norman Silver & the Gold, Breagha Cuinn The Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, 558 8209. 7.30pm–midnight.
£5. House of Crust present an almost acoustic punk line-up. ■ Unkle Bob The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm–1am. £8. Melancholy indie folk from acoustic outfit Unkle Bob as they perform tracks from their third album Embers. Album launch Milngavie ■ Nick Harper Milngavie Folk Club, The Fraser Centre, Douglas Street, 07743 885991. 7.30–10.30pm. £10. See Thu 17.
Oban ■ Amy Duncan Corran Halls, The Esplanade, 01631 567333. Times tbc. £tbc. See Sat 19.
Saturday 26 Glasgow FREE BBC at the Quay Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, 420 5000. Times vary. See Sat 19. ■ All Ages All-dayer Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 1–10pm. £12 (children £6; under 10s free). An all- day gig for music fans of all ages with headliners Blurt squawking up a storm. Supporting the veteran jazz punk outfit are Sumshapes, Smack Wizard, FK Alexander, Nova Waves, Leathermonk and more. ■ Louise Rutkowski CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30– 10pm. £12. See Thu 24. ■ Save As III: The Jonnie Commonwealth Games, Joe
Howe, MC Almond Milk x DJ Nightmares and Jonnie Common The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £5. The Save As Collective present Paddy Steer, a one- man world of sound who uses homemade instruments to fuse jazz drumming with chaotic B-movie electronica and the occasional Hawaiian guitar. ■ Terror Bird, Clip Art, Hausfrau and Apostille Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Piano / synth-led dramatic indie pop from LA. FREE Blood Indians, The Van T’s, Forest Fires and Chrissy Barnacle Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. Gothic surf folk from the Dundee twosome. ■ Three Dimensional Tanx, No More Tiger, The Brutes, Antique Pony and Mushroom Gnome Club The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Lancastrian headliners have been described as ‘Stooges era punk rock by way of Can and the Velvets’. Part of Merchant City Festival. ■ Tricky Fingers The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.50 in advance; £12 on the door. The tribute band perform hits from the Rolling Stones’ vast discography, led by frontman Sir Mick Swagger. With Live And Dangerous ■ Manky Savage, The Bawlers, Casino Circus and Irrational Fever King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Blues rock trio from Glasgow. Part of
King Tut’s Summer Nights. ■ Amy Hawthorn Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 9pm. £7.50. Jazzy, bluesy pop vocals from Amy Hawthorn. Part of Culture 2014. Edinburgh FREE Lainie & The Crows Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. Mix of blues, roots, country and rockabilly. ■ The Leith Theatre Sessions Thomas Morton Hall, Ferry Road, Leith, 529 6185. 7pm–11am. £10. Fundraiser in support of the Leith Theatre Trust and their work to restore and reopen Leith Theatre as a multi-function venue. Includes live music from Caroline Gilmour, The Deadly Winters, Gecko 3 and Senate. ■ Steady State Regime, Royal Edinburgh Music and The Dirty Wurks Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. Progressive indie rock sounds from SSR.
Isle of Coll ■ Amy Duncan An Cridhe, 01879 230000. Times tbc. £tbc. See Sat 19.
Livingston ■ Simply Soweto Encha Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 7.30–10pm. £13 (£11). A cappella group singing gospel, soul, jazz, doo-wop and other types of music in African and popular styles. Perth ■ Steve Earle Perth Concert Hall,
PERFECT PUSSY A Scottish debut for Syracuse’s punk brats Perfect Pussy, fronted by the ballsy Meredith Graves, looking far more angelic and calm in this photo than she tends to onstage. They’ve been threatening to split up too, so you may not get a chance to catch their thrilling live show again anytime soon. ■ Mono, Glasgow, Thu 31 Jul.
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