Highlights | MUSIC
H I T L I S T
TEENAGE FANCLUB The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Tue 6 Sep, liquidroom.com The
beloved Fannies play through their melodic indie classics. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE O2 ABC, Glasgow, Tue 6 Sep, academymusicgroup. com/o2abcglasgow Psychedelic experimental music from Baltimore, back with new album Painting With.
ARAB STRAP Barrowland, Glasgow, Sat 15 & Sun 16 Oct, glasgow-barrowland. com Scottish rock duo (Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton) reunited for the group’s 20th anniversary. JOHN CARPENTER Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 22 Oct, usherhall.
co.uk Soundtracks and electronic soundscapes from the horror / sci-fi director. See preview, page 69. AMANDA PALMER The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Wed 26 Oct, liquidroom.com One awesome half of the Dresden Dolls, mixes Weimar cabaret with old
school blues.
PJ HARVEY Secc, Glasgow, Wed 2 Nov, secc.co.uk See preview, page 63. ANNA MEREDITH CCA, Glasgow, Wed 2 Nov, cca-glasgow. com Autumn gig from composer and 2016 SAY Award winner .
MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS
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GLASGOW RODDY WOOMBLE Òran Mór, Fri 9 Sep, oran-mor. co.uk The Idlewild frontman has established a formidable back catalogue of contemporary folk solo work.
MATIAS AGUAYO & THE DESDEMONAS Nice’n’Sleazy, Tue 13 Sep, nicensleazy.com Full live band show from the house / techno producer and vocalist.
FLATBUSH ZOMBIES The Garage, Sun 18 Sep, garageglasgow.co.uk Dark, political R&B trio from Flatbush in Brooklyn.
RAT BOY Barrowland, Mon 19 Sep, glasgow-barrowland.com Hip hop and punk from Chelmsford singer and producer, Jordan Cardy.
ELVANA O2 ABC, Sat 24 Sep, Feeder
The Amorettes
academymusicgroup.com/ o2abcglasgow Elvis-fronted Nirvana tribute combining rock’n’roll with grunge.
THE AMORETTES King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Sat 24 Sep, kingtuts.co.uk Glaswegian hard rock trio. Also Electric Circus, Edinburgh, Sun 25 Sep, theelectriccircus.biz
WATSKY King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Tue 27 Sep, kingtuts.co.uk Aka San Francisco rapper / slam poet George Watsky.
FEEDER O2 ABC, Wed 28 Sep, academymusicgroup.com/ o2abcglasgow Britrock which is as comfortable and safe as a pair of old slippers. MITSKI Stereo, Tue 4 Oct, stereocafebar. com Gutsy indie rock from Mitski.
6 Oct, theartschool.co.uk Soulful / jazzy singer-songwriter who topped the BBC’s Sound of 2012 poll. SKINNY LISTER Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, Fri 7 Oct, nicensleazy.com Folky sounds from the London five-piece.
TENEMENT TRAIL Various venues, Sat 8 Oct, tenementtv.com/tenement-trail The likes of Milburn, Crash Club, Be Charlotte, Tijuana Bibles, Declan Welsh, the Van T’s, the Paper Kites, the Spook School, Phoria and many more play this Tenement TV- promoted gig crawl, which takes in Nice’n’Sleazy, O2 ABC2, Broadcast, Flat 0 / 1 and King Tut’s.
WILD BEASTS Queen Margaret Union, Sat 8 Oct, qmunion.org.uk Flamboyant Weimar cabaret-like sounds and mellower, broodier material from touted Lake District quartet Wild Beasts.
o2academyglasgow A celebration of punk rock, ska, reggae and roots with a lineup of Less Than Jake, The Skints and Mariachi El Bronx. BOB MOULD BAND The Garage, Mon 10 Oct, garageglasgow.co.uk American singer / songwriter / guitar hero and giant of US alternative rock, founder member of seminal bands Hüsker Dü and Sugar.
JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW O2 ABC, Mon 10 Oct, academymusicgroup.com/ o2abcglasgow Indie folk singer- songwriter from Dublin with a tremulous tone. STEVE MASON The Vic Cafe & Bar, Glasgow School of Art Students’ Association, Wed 12 Oct, theartschool.co.uk Ex-Beta Band frontman plays material from his beguiling solo albums.
MICHAEL KIWANUKA The Vic Cafe Bar, Glasgow School of Art Students’ Association, Thu FIRE TOUR O2 Academy Glasgow, Sun 9 Oct, academymusicgroup.com/
TOUR Various venues, Thu 13–Sun 16 Oct, redbullmusicacademy.com
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