MUSIC | Rock & Pop Saturday 3
Glasgow ■ Divides, Start Static, The Black Art and Picnic Basket Nosedive King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Five-piece Glasgow rock band named by XFM as their breakout act. Part of New Year’s Revolution. ■ New Year’s Revolution King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Now in its fifth year King Tut’s New Year’s Revolution starts 2015 with a line-up of acts making waves in the Scottish music scene including Bad Luck, Divides, Kill The Waves and Jakil. Edinburgh ■ Smokey Oklahoma The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Blues/rockabilly sextet fronted by Nicole Smit (Blueswater).
Sunday 4
Glasgow ■ Rock It! Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30–10.45pm. £5. Monthly night of live unsigned/ underground rock and indie. ■ Nick Mercer Jr Record Factory, 17 Byres Road, recordfactory.co.uk 8pm. £5. Former front man of Sergeant now touring his solo project. ■ New Year’s Revolution King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. See Sat 3.
Monday 5
Glasgow ■ New Year’s Revolution King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. See Sat 3.
Tuesday 6
Glasgow ■ New Year’s Revolution King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. See Sat 3.
Wednesday 7 Glasgow ■ New Year’s Revolution King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. See Sat 3.
Thursday 8 Glasgow ■ Kill the Waves, AmatrArt, Static Future and Woodwife King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Glasgow based quintet playing dreamy, experimental pop music that combines glitchy electronic beats with driving bass lines, post rock guitar effects and atmospheric strings. Part of New Year’s Revolution.
Friday 9
Glasgow ■ Paolo Nutini The SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 6.30pm. £35–£50. The Ivor Novello Award- winning Paisley pop singer-songwriter and Scots favourite. Rescheduled date. ■ Paul Carrack Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £28.50–£38.50. The voice behind hits such as Ace’s ‘How Long’, Squeeze’s ‘Tempted’ and Mike and the Mechanics’ ‘The Living Years’. ■ Weekend Wars, indigo Velvet and Foreignfox King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Up-tempo indie pop from the Glasgow band. Part of New Year’s Revolution.
Saturday 10
Glasgow ■ Soundwave Music Competition 104 THE LIST 11 Dec 2014–5 Feb 2015
JAMES BLACKSHAW AND ADRIAN CROWLEY One of two consecutive nights at Platform, as part of Celtic Connections. The virtuoso guitarist James Blackshaw (pictured) teams up with Dublin songwriter, Adrian Crowley, for ‘an evening of intense, cinematic musical magnificence’. For more recommendations from the Celtic Connections festival, see feature, page 46. ■ Platform, Glasgow, Fri 23 Jan.
O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 5.30pm. £7.55. The biggest music competition in Northern England and Scotland for unsigned bands, solo acts, singers, duos and DJs. ■ Paolo Nutini The SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 6.30pm. £35–£50. See Fri 9. ■ Junebug, Pariah Soul and Justhope King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Jangly indie loveliness. Part of New Year’s Revolution. Edinburgh ■ Paul Carrack The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 6.30pm. £28.50–£33.50. See Fri 9.
Sunday 11 Glasgow ■ Halo Tora, Mason Hill and Donnie Willow King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Soaring rock sounds from Halo Tora. Part of New Year’s Revolution.
Monday 12
Glasgow ■ New Year’s Revolution King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. See Sat 3. Edinburgh ■ Honningbarna Electric Circus,
For listings from 23 Jan, see list.co.uk
36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7–10pm. £5. Norwegian punks.
Tuesday 13
Glasgow FREE The Latecomers Avant Garde, 34 King Street, 552 7123. 8–10.30pm. Acoustic set of originals and classic covers. ■ New Year’s Revolution King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. See Sat 3.
Wednesday 14 Glasgow ■ Queen & Adam Lambert The SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 6.30pm. £67.28–£77.28. Having completed their sold-out world tour the critically acclaimed partnership of Queen guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and new vocalist Adam Lambert (American Idol/Glee) embark on a series of European dates. ■ Die Antwoord O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £19.50. Cape Town hip-hop crew who rap in English and Afrikaans. See 5 Reasons, page 99. ■ New Year’s Revolution King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. See Sat 3.
Thursday 15 Glasgow ■ Bad Luck, SchnarffSchnarff, Pinact and Twin Mirrors King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Indie punk rock songs from the Glasgow songwriter and his pals. Part of New Year’s Revolution.
Edinburgh ■ The Blue Jester The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Jazz, blues and funk with a folky edge. Friday 16
Glasgow ■ James Veck-Gilodi Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. midnight. £11. The Deaf Havana frontman and songwriter presents his new project with and Max Britton. Max doesn’t get a look in on the band name though. ■ Jakil and The Alter-Natives King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Funk rock crossover from the charismatic Jakil. Part of New Year’s Revolution. Edinburgh ■ Federation of the Disco Pimp The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Jazzy funk tuneage and disco groove from the Glasgow-based seven-piece.
Saturday 17
Glasgow ■ Federation of the Disco Pimp and Dumb Instrument The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30– 10.30pm. £14. See Fri 16. ■ New Year’s Revolution King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. See Sat 3. Edinburgh ■ Jakil Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7–10pm. £7. See Fri 16.