MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
Edinburgh
I The Lost Soul Band Venue. Calton Road. 5573073. 7.30pm. £5.50. See Fri 15.
I Dead Flowers and Psyche Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341 . 9pm. £2.50. Tense and atmospheric Newcastle combo. who have risen above their garage-rock roots (and Hendrix/MCS comparisons apparently) to nibble at the apple of psychedelia. Slightly reminiscent ofcarly 80s bands like The Chameleons or even The Bunnymen. they can still pack a punch when it‘s needed.
I Bacey Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 11.30pm. £5. Truly. one ofthe cheesiest acts to have crawled out ofthe woodwork in this 70s nostalgia boom. You mean you don’t remember ‘Lay Your Love On Mc' and ‘Some Girls‘? You lucky bleeder.
I The TCs Platform One. Rutland Street.
225 2433. 9pm. Free. Rock‘n‘roll.
I The Hideaway Blues Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816.
I Bo'vleevli Subway. Cowgatc. 225 6766. Doors open 9.30pm. £1 .50—£2. Blues. R&B and rock‘n'roli.
I Billy Rivers Nicky Tam‘s. Victoria Street. 225 3326. 5pm. Free. Solo bluesy singer and guitarist.
I The Road (TBC) St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free.
I Verses From The Abstract Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Live music Abbey. South Clerk Street.
SUNDAY 17 Glasgow
I My Little Funhouse and Hansel Storm Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5 (advance). £6 (door). Relatively new major label dudes receiving a monster promotional push for their relatively prehistoric rock.
I Viva Vandaal McCool‘s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. Free.
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1 Edinburgh
I Cheesegraier and Crisis Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 8pm. £3. Local 1 indie-thrashers team up with dance-rock specialists from Glasgow. 3 I Jeggro Bertie‘s. Merchant Street. 225 i 2002. 11pm. Free. A well-stirred pop concoction. with Jamaican and African influences prominent. Catchy and accessible too.
I The Volunteers Ryric‘s. Haymarket Terrace. 337 7582. 9pm. Free.
I Live music Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Live music Mission. Victoria Street. 225 3326. 11pm.
I Talent showcase Bugsy's. King‘s Stables Road. 228 6669.
MONDAY 18
~ I Smells Like Marzipan RGs. Queen . Street. 221 2200. 10pm. Free.
Street. 225 2564. 7.30pm. Live recording
; times. Sister Sledge. without whom (for
.3 better or worse) En Vogue might never
have existed. take time out from their PA ' tour to record a gig for RFM. to be
broadcast at a later date.
: I Tinkerbell's Dope Bing, Nectar3 and Big 2 Blue Funky Whale Venue. Calton Road.
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I The Jury Music Box. Victoria Street.225 5 2564. 9pm. £3. Locally-based hard
rockers.
I Big Bedroom Noise Subway. Cowgatc.
' 225 6766. Doors open 9.30pm. £1 .50—£2.
I. I Ultra Indian Negociants. Lothian Street.
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Edinburgh
I Sister Sledge Music Box. Victoria
for Radio Forth RFM. Tickets only available by calling the station at specified
557 3073. 9pm. £3. Local band package. '
I Jeggro Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. See Sun 17.
TUESDAY 19 Glasgow
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Archie Red Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Plus open platform.
Edinburgh
I The Counterieit Stones Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £5. Is there no end to this? Tributemania may be keeping live
stunning bore. Still. at least in the case of these young and enthusiastic Stones impersonators. there‘s the chance that this
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Glasgow
I Kith and Kin and The Henry Brothers King Tut‘s Wah Wah liut. St Vincent Street.
22nd
221 5279. 8.30pm. £3. An evening ofroots music with Edinburgh’s Kith and Kin who span a variety of styles and Glasgow's Henry Brothers who combine folk and pop/rock.
I saidilorence 13th Note.G1assford Street. 553 1638. 10pm. Free. Bellshill band limbering up for the release oftheir debut single. ‘Definitely Maybe'. in a months time.
I The Corleone: RGs. Queen Street. 221 2200. 10pm. Free. Ska-tinged sounds.
I Shane MacSorieys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I BiggerThan Jesus? and Scatter Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. Edinburgh band known once upon a time as Two Weeks in June. the headliners have added a questionmark to their name. possibly to avoid offence to those ofa religious persuasion. Scatter have just released their first single. 8 handsomely-packaged thing called ‘Burn A Hole in Me‘ (Manatee). which displays a few Beatles and Postcard influences and belongs on any indie-pop fan‘s shelf.
I The Shrimptons Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I The Bandicoots La Belle Angele. Hasties Close (behind The Pelican). Cowgatc. 225 2774. Tight R&B from Australian singer-songwriter Billy Bond. a veteran of the Oyster Bar scene.
I Sublime, Swine Flu and Sunlight Subway. Cowgatc. 225 6766. Doors open 9.30pm. £1 .50—£2. From the bottom of the bill up. grunge. punk and plain weird.
I Country And Western Night Bugsy's. King‘s Stables Road. 228 6669. 8pm.
THURSDAY 21
Glasgow
I A Certain Ratio King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £6. Mancunian funk stalwarts whose influence far outstrips their unit-shifting ability. The release of their most recent (and somewhat disappointing) album Up In Downsville seems to have passed with barely a ripple of attention but they still air those oldies and surely goldies.
I Seven Drunken Nights McCooi‘s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. Free.
I Cactus Jacit Twa Corbies. Kilbowie Road. Cumbernauld. 0236 727473. 9pm. Free.
I Live Music Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I The Funitollectlve Chocolate City. Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 11pm. Fourteen-piece funk band.
I Reverend Doc And The Congregation Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. Free.
I Fool Circle Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I The Comedians (TBC) St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free. I Andy Chung Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 9pm. Free.
Former singer from Rhythm Chillun oi on his own.
I Billy Rivers Nicky Tam‘s. Victoria Street. 225 3326. 9.30pm. Bluesy singer-guitarist.
I Blueprint Bannerman‘s. Niddry Street. 556 3254. 9.30pm. Free.
I Alter The Rain Neighbours. McDonald Road. 557 4928. 9pm. Free.
I Erroneous Subway. Cowgatc. 225 6766. Doors open 9.30pm. £1 .50—£2.
I Jeny Johns Bridge Bar. George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
I Live music Bertie‘s. Merchant Street.
225 2002. llim. Free.
Glasgow
I Ian McNabb King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £5. See preview.
I The Touch MacSorieys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I The Raggle Taggie Gypsies Cottiers. Hyndiand Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free.
I Ella Crawley Cottiers.11yndland Road. 357 5827. 11pm. Free. The SupperClub. I Gary Hail And The Stormkeepers Jordanhill College of Education. Southbrae Drive. 950 3256. 8pm. Students and guests. Highly-rated country-rockers (with unmistakable folk and R&B influences too) from Preston. of all places. Keep an eye open for their two albums on Run River Records. Garage Heart and Wide Open To The World.
I The Blues Poets McCool‘s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. Free.
I Billy Rivers Rock Tavern. Possil Road. 3324345. Free. Blues.
Edinburgh
I The Dreamers Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 11.30pm. £5. Further nostalgia for the 60s.
I Bluetinger Preservation Hall. Victoria I Street. 226 3816. Fifties and 60s~styie sounds from Edinburgh‘s hardest-working rock‘n‘roll band.
I The Boogie Brothers Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. Free.
I Jeggro Bank. South Bridge. 5569043. See Sun 17.
I Guns For Hire Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Live music Brewsters. South Bridge. 558 3457. 10pm. Free.
SATURDAY 23 Glasgow ;
I New Fast Automatic Daiiodils King Tut‘s Wah Wah iiut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £5. Indie renegades from Manchester whose angular indie funk delights in not fitting in but makes for consistent and compulsive listening. Two albums in. they‘ve weathered the fickle musical climate adeptiy.
I Clach Na Cudden McCool‘s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. Free.
I The Radoos MacSorieys. Jamaica Street. 2218499.9pm. Free.
I Lorna Buchanan Cottiers. ilyndland Road. 357 5827. 11pm. Free. The Supper Club.
IJohnny Logue Blackfriars. BellStreet. f 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Acoustic set.
I Billy Rivers Castle Bar. Turriff Street. 429 2859. Free. Blues.
I The Misilts Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 27918. 9.30pm. £2.50.
I Live Music Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I The Cretins and Gunlt Cas Rock Cafe. ' West Port. 229 4341 . 9pm. £2.50. . Personally. i believe The Cretins started ' the whole tribute movement off years ago. with their uncanny imitation ofThe Ramoncs. ripped jeans. wigs and all.
Good. cretinous fun.
I Blueiinger Platform One. Rutland
Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. See Fri 22. J