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Tickets: £12.50

Available by Credit Cards Tel: 031 557 6969 (subject to 21.00 per ticket booking tee). Personal application from Virgin Records Glasgow and Edinburgh, Ripping Records Edinburgh, One-Up Records Aberdeen and all TOCTA outlets throughout Scotland. For further information Tel: 031 556 1212.

. 36 The List 14 27 February 1992

I Vegas Flagship. Anniesland. 958 0712. 9pm. £2.

Edinburgh

I The Young Gods Calton Studios. Calton Road. 556 7066. See Mon 17.

I Smile Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. One ofthe most promising Edinburgh bands to emerge for some time and certainly destined to become one of Scotland's live favourites in the coming months. Frontman Dean Owens has an enviable knack for sewing togetherclassic rock‘n‘roll riffs and rhythms into bouncy. immediate new songs and the band have a confidence and presence that completely covers up their lack ofexperience on big stages.

I Sweet Jane Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.

I Pureland Subway. Cowgate. 2256766. I Live music Bertie's. Merchant Street. 225 2002.

THURSDAY 20

Glasgow

I The Carol Lauia Band King Tut‘s Wah Wah Ilut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £3.50. See Sat 15.

I Glass 0nion Cotton Club. Scott Street. 332(1712.9.30pm.£2.5(l.

I Revelation Ilalt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. Formerly The Mystreators. heavy garage fans who cleave to their influences as strongly as The Stairs.

I The Hucksters Couch And Slouch. Maxwell Street. 248 6085. 9pm. Free. Neil Young.The Byrds. REM . . . allcredible and obvious reference points for the gloriously effortless Ilucksters sound.

I Rich Is Strange Drum And Monkey. llopc Street. 332 1893. 10pm. Free. Formerly Panic.

I Nathan Detroit Fixx II. Miller Street. 221 1568. 9pm. Free.

I The Thin Men Pig And Firkin. Buchanan Street. 10pm. Free.

I Rhythm Hill L'Academie. Great Western Road. 9pm. Free. See Sat 15.

I Murmur Mission. Battlefield Road. 9pm. Free.

I Nik The Greek Outhouse. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9pm. Free.

I Angel Heart Time Warp Music Club. Joanna‘s. Southgate. East Kilbride. 03552 47534. 9pm. £2. Strangely. Angel Heart have gone fora couple ofsparse. thoughtful songs for their debut Merlin EP. belying their chaotic. egocentric nature and blur of bygone influences.

I The Garlands Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 27918. 9pm. £2.

I Brazil AIehouse. Shuttle Street. Paisley. 848 7403. 8.30pm. Tickets only. available from the bar or a band member.

I Mississippi Shakes Twa Corbies. Kilbowie Road. Cumbernauld. 0236 727473. 9pm. Free.

Edinburgh

I Red Hot And Blue Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Rock‘n‘roll. I Pete Jagger Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. Blues band up from London with excellent harmonica player. '

I The Guilty Party Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free.

I Smalt Lord Darnley. West Port. 229 4341.

I Live music Bertie‘s. Merchant Street. 225 2002.

FRIDAY 21

Glasgow

I Power Of Dreams King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £4. Back to claim the territory that Kingmaker snafflcd in 1991 for the uninitiated. that's highly-charged adolescent sound and fury signifying nothing very much. but being a more than viable alternative to a night in. with onlya bag of tortilla chips and Terry Christian on the box.

I Perception and The it Creative SubClub. Jamaica Street. 248 4600. 11pm. £5. See Clubs preview.

I Panasonic Rock School Scottish Final Glasgow University Union. University Avenue. 339 8697. 1pm. Free. Students and guests.

I The Hermon Batista Group The Apollo. Renfrew Court. 332 6231. 9pm. Free. Funk. jazz. Latin.

I The Ska 3 Bugs Nice'n‘Slcazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 8.30pm. £1. The name says it all (well. the ‘ska'bit does).

I The Rhythm Kittens Traders (upstairs). Glassford Street. 552 6246. 10pm. Free. Indie stalwarts with a mixed bag of a sound and an annoying propensity for strange vocal affectations.

I A Chocolate Morning Jordanhill College of Education. Southbrae Drive. 9503000. 8.30pm. £1.50. See Fri 14.

I Cuttin' A Rug Victorian Bar.Tron Theatre. Trongatc. 552 4267. 9pm. Free. Rockabilly.

I Glasgow Songwriters Montrose Bar. (‘arrick Street. 221 7564. 9pm. Free. Featured artist tonight is Alex Osborne. supported by three other acts from the Songwriters' ranks.

I On The Waterfront Clubhouse. Old Sneddon Street. Paisley. 8894706. 8.30pm.

Edinburgh

I Better Ways Wee Red Bar. Edinburgh College of Art. Lauriston Placc.2299311. 10pm—1ate.£2. Non-students welcome. First gig of '92. with some major shows planned for March. by Edinburgh‘s pop stars in waiting. Debut EP oftheir slinky. danceable pop planned for imminent release.

I Mississippi Sheiks Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1 .50 after 9pm. I Roddy. David And Nicky Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 9.30pm. Free. I Texas Breaidast Lord Darnley. West Port. 229 4341. 9.30pm. Free. See Fri 14. I Alter The Rain Chesterfields. Royal Terrace. 556 6918. 9pm. Free.

SATURDAY 22 .

Glasgow

I Diesel Park West King Tut‘s Wah Wah Ilut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £4. See preview.

I Bedazzled and indigo Father Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 5521895. 9pm. £3. Students and guests. Ex-members of Apple Mosaic (a band who numbered EMF's Derry in their line-up) attempting to emulate the 'Mef‘s success using a fraction oftheir imagination and spunk. Support Indigo Father sound far more interesting. with indie pop tunes that stick in the head instead of squirming pathetically on the floor.

I Hugh Reed And The Velvet Underpants Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 3321210. 9.30pm. Free. The long-awaited (by their mothers anyway) second single. ‘A Walk On The Clydeside‘ should shortly be available. No. make that should be available before the turn of the century.

I Free Airways Radio Nice'n'SIeazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 8.30pm. £2. Gutsy funk and embarrassing ‘right-on‘ attitude.