ROCK & BLUES MDSID

playing as part of a one-off Airborne club do. See Clubs listings for further details. I One God Universe and Men lie Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. The Aberdonian headliners produce hard rock. Same again as far as the support is concerned. Men Lie have also won the Radio One Rock Wars.

I Bo Weevil Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £1. Good time blues. R 8; B and a moothie to boot.

I Good Sons Whistlebinkies, Niddry Street. 557 5114. 9pm. Free.

I live Music Pear Tree. West Nicolson Street. 667 7533. 8.30pm. Free.

MONDAY 8 .

Glasgow

I Mayiest See separate listings.

I Fugazi and Slant 6 Barrovvland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7pm. £6.30 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin, Union Street. 226 4679. See preview.

I Kirsty MacColI The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7.30pm. £8.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from The 1 Garage and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. See preview.

I Trumans Water and Wormhole King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Tickets from King Tut’s and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Nigh-unlistenable angular US combo. like Pavement without the tunes - a fearful thought.

I Heyzeus, Indigo Groove and Super Stupid Brewliouse. John Street. 552 3801. 9pm. Free.

Edinburgh

I Sahelia, flake and Good Omen Venue. Calton Road, 557 3073. 9pm. £3. Sahelia manage to do a Pink Floyd cover in five minutes. which must be worth seeing. Rake are indie rockers.

I Beckie City Blues Whistlebinkies. Niddry Street. 557 5114. 9pm. Free.

I Weird Made Flesh Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free.

Glasgow

I Maytest See separate listings.

I Amnesty International Beneiit Queen Margaret Union. Glasgow University. 7.30pm. £3. For your aural delectation Amnesty have rounded up a stormin‘ bill ; with the Khartoum Heroes. Said Florence, Ashton Laine and Stihl. Boogie your bunnet off with a clear conscience.

I SIIFU Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £4. Tickets from The Garage. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records, Argyle Street. 204 2500. Straight after tours with Green Day and Bad Religion. Canada's SNFU promote their new album The One Voted Most Likely To Succeed.

I PFII King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4. Tickets from King Tut‘s and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Feelgood pop in the Badfinger/Jellyfish/Crowded House vein from this American Mid-west outfit.

I Khartoum Heroes Queen Margaret Student Union. University Gardens. 339 9784. Studean and guests. Amnesty benefit featuring Edinburgh‘s hoedown merchants.

I lungleg and Hank Kazoo Club. The 13th Note, Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free. Slits-style brevity and minimalism from Lungleg and a fuller 3 sound from punky power trio Rank.

I Babyiunkwonn and Dreamcatchers Live At 7/11, Chubby Chesters. Sauchiehall Street, 353 0436. 8.30pm. Free. See singles for Babyjunkworm. This is the launch for their debut ‘Junkpop’ EP. I Glasgow Songwriters teamrlng Stevie Walker Blackfriars. Bell Street, 552 5924.

9.30pm. Free. Plus open mic.

Edinburgh

I Salad and Flinch Venue, Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £5. The headliners have made an impact on the indie charts since their inception in 1993. Their debut album. Drink Me. is out soon. Frontwornan Marijne van der vlugt is used to life in the limelight as she used to be a videojock on MTV.

I Thunder and b.I.o.w. Playhouse,

Greenside Place. 557 2590. 7.30pm. £11.

Hard rockin‘ long hair antics.

I Songwriters’ Showcase and Workshop Tron Tavern. Hunter Square. 8pm. £1. Information: 553 7631. Weekly forum for Edinburgh-based singer-songwriters. with anybody welcome to perform a fifteen- minute set. One local songwriter is

highlighted at 10.30pm each night. I Sugar Candy Mountain Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free.

WEDNESDAY 10

Glasgow

I Maytest See separate listings.

3 I Babes In Toyland The Garage. ; Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7.30pm.

£7.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from The

Garage. and Just the Ticket, Virgin, Union

Street. 226 4679. Blonde bombshells

: hollering all sorts of abuse. We've seen

them before but the Babes never really

9 lose that primal rush of sound. I The Telstar Ponies and Pink Kross

Nice ‘n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street, 333

5 9637. 9pm. New resting place for ex-

Fanclub drummer Brendan O‘Hare, The

Telstar Ponies are back on the case with a j new line-up and new single 'Not Even

Starcrossed', supported by the swampy

garage sounds of recent Hole support act

Pink Kross. . I Sugarbush, The Dream Disciples and

Mimlaene Soundcheck Club, The Venue. Sauchiehall Street. 353 1927. 8pm. £3. I Glen Dr Glenda, Tumbler, Juicy and Electric Garden Basement Bar, Glasgow University Student Union. University

i Avenue. 339 8697. 8pm. Free. Students

and guests. See Fri 5 for Glen Or Glenda.

: I Mudsklppers Comer, St George‘s Road

(at Charing Cross), 332 1625. 9pm. Free. Acoustic session.

3 I Storm Cheers. Brewery Lane. Dumbarton, 01389 742 333. 8pm. £2.

Edinburgh

I Robyn Hitchcock, Hew leat and John

E Hicks Venue, Calton Road, 557 3073.

9pm. £4. Hitchcock belongs to the great

English tradition of eccentric singer songwriters. As well as forming The Soft

Boys and The Egyptians. he also writes a mean press release which allows us to

; learn that in in 1989 he opened up a gig

for REM ‘playing to lots of people who hadn‘t arrived yet’. New Leaf give slick pop interspersed with some cocktail lounge crooning.

I The Comedians, Khartoum Heroes and Dominic Waxing lyrical La Belle Angele, Hasties Close, 225 2774. 8pm. £4. Tonight sees a cracking line-up of local

. heroes The Comedians are a six-piece

who create rock using a squeeze box and fiddle among other instruments; The Khartoum Heroes have arisen phoenix- like from the ashes of the Skuobhie Dubh

Orchestra and Miraclehead to mix ska, power pop and traditional music. As for

Dominic Waxing Lyrical. he's mad as a snake and worth checking out. There will also be fire-juggling. a smart bar and stalls.

I Slidin' Delta Blues Band West End Oyster Bar, West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. Swampy blues from the finger- ickin' twosome.

I Space onkey Maria Stones, Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. R00ts. reggae. a spot of dub and lots of anti- fascist sentiment.

I live Music Whistlebinkies, Niddry Street. 557 5114. 9pm. Free.

THURSDAY 11 '

Glasgow

I Mayiest See separate listings.

I Brutal Goose and Heave Nice ’n’ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637.

9 m.

IpHallowed Ground, Kazoo oi Colombian and ChIIII In The Fridge Arena, Oswald Street. 221 3010. 9pm. £2.50.

I The Tom McHiven Duintet McChuills. High Street. 552 2135. 9pm. Free. Acid

JI levi Tol Halt Bar, Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. Jazz funk.

I Back Street Heroes MacSorley‘s. Jamaica Street, 221 8499. 9pm. Free.

I Bluesberry Jam, JDF and Jonah Live At The 7/11. Chubbie Chesters. Sauchiehall Street, 353 0436. 8.30pm. Free.

I The Corleones and Deadcat Motorbike Under Ventura, King Street, 552 1388. 9pm. £2. Headlong garage thrashing about from Deadcat Motorbike.

I The Gyros Batcave, Bruce Hotel. Cornwall Street. East Kilbride, 013552 29771. 10pm. £3. Oasis-like premium

placed on guitar-driven melody from this !

rising band.

Edinburgh

I Dig Eyed Beans Whistlebinkies, Niddry Street, 557 5114. 9pm. Free.

I Hot Tomales West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. Harmonica-flavoured blues.

Falkirk

I Baby Stattord Martell, Bumbank Road. 01324 621764. 8pm. £2. The ex-Baby's Got A Gun rockers take to the road.

FRIDAY 12

Glasgow

I Mayiest See separate listings.

I The Telstar Ponies (TBC) Mean Streets, The 13th Note (downstairs). Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. See Wed

10.

I Bab Hoakes And The Varatlames Tower Records, Argyle Street, 204 2500. Noon. Free.

I Big Wednesday, Alkahounds and The Apple Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 9pm.

I My Favourite Sneakers and Fat Groove The Arena. Oswald Street, 221 3010. 9pm. £2.50. including entry to Parklife. I The Hideaway Blues Band Brewhouse. John Street, 552 3801. 9pm. Free.

I Fabulous, Idle Poor and Souls DI Discretion Colors, Harleys. Cheapside Street (off Broomielaw). 10pm. £3.

I Bed Green’s Blues Band MacSorley’s.

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