MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
I Jenny Angel Whistle Binkies. Niddry Street. 557 5114. 9pm. Free. Gutsy acoustic and electric stuff from US singer- songwriter.
I The Peptones Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. Vibrant Glasgow guitar folk with a new single out soon.
I Mr Pitiful L'Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Soul.
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I The Australian Pink Floyd Martell. Burnbank Road. 01324 621764. 8pm. £7. The Aussie Pink Floyd are embarking on a multi-date tour of Scotland. Last year the three top medium-sized bands who were guaranteed to sell out were Oasis (no surprises there). Rolf Harris (bloody students) and this lot who appeal to everyone from suits reliving their youth to addled hippies who can't remember their youth.
TUESDAY 7
Glasgow
I The Charlatans and Northern Uproar Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. As strong as they ever were. even if they don‘t receive the attention they merit. The Charlatans continue to peddle their goodtime retro tunes to casual lads and lasses. Fellow Mancunians Northern Uproar commence their Barrowland mini-residency. Their debut single 'Rollercoaster‘ was produced by Manic Street Preacher James Dean Bradfield. See preview.
I The Official Tribute To The Blues Brodters King’s Theatre. Bath Street. 7.30pm. £4-—£14.50. Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. See Mon 6.
I Seahouse, Flux, Fruitcake and Gypski King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3. Monthly showcase of new local bands.
I Bedhead, Ascli and Crazy Nettie Kazoo
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Club. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free.
I Jacob’s Ladder Kilkenny's. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Mr Bill
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9.30pm. Free. Plus open mic.
I The Australian Pink Floyd Rico‘s. Ann Street. Greenock. 721327. 8pm. £7. See Mon 6.
Edinburgh
I Buffalo Tom Queen‘s Hall. South Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8.70 plus booking. Fashions come and fashions go btit Buffalo Tomjust keep churning out a low key success. Unflashy but impassioned songs from fi'ontiiian Bill Jaiiovitz. Don't be fooled into thinking they can't pack a punch.
I The Exploited Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £5. No introduction needed. really. The Bonny Army may have decreased in size but they‘rejust as vociferous as always.
I Songwriters’ Showcase and Workshop Tron Tavern. Hunter Square. 7.30pm. £1. information: 228 8245. 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. who tonight is the man known only as Ruaridh. I Penthouse Poppers Whistle Binkies. Niddry Street. 557 5114. 9pm. Free. Acoustic rock.
I Resin Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free.
WEDNESDAY 8
Glasgow
I Paul Weller and Northern Uproar Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. The Modfather continues to surf the wave of critical and commercial success. but anyone who watched last night‘s My Generation will
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see where he‘s garnered his inspiration practically wholesale. See preview for Northern Uproar.
I The Official Tribute To The Blues Brothers King's Theatre. 8th Street. 7.30pm. £4—£ 14.50. Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. See Mon 6.
I Glen Hughes Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £7.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. Ex- Deep Purple singer fronts his own band. I Roach Quadrophonic. Basement Bar. Glasgow University Student Union. University Avenue. 339 8697. 9pm. Free. Students and guests. Plus three other bands.
I Billy Rivers McChuill‘s. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free. Blues guitarist. Edinburgh
I Numan league Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12.50. See panel.
I The Trashcan Sinatras and The Gyres La Belle Angele. Hasties Close. Cowgate. 225 2774. 8pm. £5.30 plus booking fee in advance. At this rate you‘ll need two hands to count the number of times that the boys have ventured out of their Shabby Road studio this year. The world awaits their third album with bated breath. See preview.
I Phil McFadden West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. Acoustic covers.
I idiot Dance L'Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free. Rock/dance
I The Fabians Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. The popsters from Aberdeen are back after a successful tour of Europe.
Livmgston I The Charlatans Forum. 01506 419191. 8pm. £9 plus booking fee. See Tue 7.
THURSDAY 9
Glasgow
I Paul Weller and Northern Uproar Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. See Wed 8 for Weller. See preview for Northern Uproar. I The Australian Pink Floyd Show Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7pm. £7 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. See Mon 6. Should this accurate tribute band be worried about the competition from their Scottish counterparts (see below)?
I The Pete Best Band King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Tickets from King Tut's and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. The original Beatles drummer. whose name has long been used as a metaphor for people who narrowly missed the boat. surfaces again with his own band on the ‘Back to the Beat‘ tour.
I The Exploited and Tribute To Nothing Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5.30 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. See Tue 7.
I The Official Tribute To The Blues Brothers King‘s Theatre. Bath Street. 7.30pm. £4—£14.50. Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. See Mon 6.
I Toaster McChuill's. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free. See Mon 6.
I Biverdog, Dark and liar’s Tale Arena. Oswald Street. 221 3010. 9pm. £2.50.
I Cylinder, Oave Swain and Park llark Club 99p. The 13th Note (downstairs). Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. 99p.
I Sawney Bean Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. Folk rock.
I Oionysus MacSorley‘s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Roach Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 8pm. Free.
I McFloyd Boon's Yard. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 8pm. The Scottish Pink Floyd in clash of the titans head-to-head with the Australian Pink Floyd.
I Captain 22, Mister Ons and Merc Sax. Teviot Walk. Cumbernauld. (11236 733 200. 8pm. £3. Benefit evening.
Edinburgh
I Sam Brown and Sophie Bancroft and Gina Bae La Belle Angele. Hasties Close. Cowgate. 225 2774. 7.30pm. £6.30 plus booking fee from Ripping Records. Note early show. The chanteuse returns to the intimate venues having toured with Pink Floyd and taken a couple of years off to raise a family. Support comes from a (lUU ofjazzy singers.
I Stephen Bruton Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 8pm. £6 from Queen‘s Hall Box Office. 668 2019. See preview.
I Manson, Backwater and Urusei Yatsura Potterrow Student Union. Bristo Square. 650 2656. 8pm. £4. Mansun are a scuzzy. no-nonsense five-piece from Chester who have recently changed their name from Manson. Backwater are from Belfast while Urusei Yatsura are the Glaswegian noiseniks that we all know and love so well.
I Chicane and Mad Carson Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 8pm. £2. lndie pop and rock.
I Not Tamales West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. See Fri 4.
I Congy Ben Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free. Acoustic blues. self penned material and the occasional jaunt into the Oasis Snog (sic) Book.
I Black Jacks Neighbours. McDonald Road. 557 4928. 9pm. Free.
FRIDAY 10
Glasgow
I The Human league Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £12.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. The New Romantic standard bearers who have been around long enough to see the style of music they patented come round again iii trendy London clubs. while they choose to make sugary eleclro pop tailor- iiiade for the charts. See preview.
I The Official Tribute To The Blues Brothers King‘s Theatre. Bath Street. 5.30piit/8.30pm. £4—£14.50. Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. See Mon 6.
I Fluke Strathclyde University Student Union. John Street. 552 1895. 9pm. £5. Students and guests. Techno boffins who borrow inventiver from other genres to fuel their soundscapes.
I Strangelove, Powder, Pushennan and
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