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Dates listed below are for one-on shows: see separate section ior residencies. Gigs are listed by date.oates will be listed, provided that details reach our oilices art least one week before publication. nook and Blues Listings compiled by Fiona Shepherd . For details oi all events in Edinburgh see Festival coverage on pages 2 -94.
FRIDAY 9
I Speedy, Catcher and The Badoos King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 22l 5279. 8.30pm. £4. Triple bill of local acts. including Catcher who have played here so often they regard Tut‘s as their home venue. They recently released their debut single ‘Autumn' on West Nile Records.
I The Golden Hour The RAFA Club. Ashley Street. 332 4465. 8.30pm. £3. Mod quintet with requisite swirly organ and sharp melodies appropriately play the venue with the target on the ceiling. Plus celeb DJs and other attractions for the consummate night out.
I Alive She Cried, Tangerine and The Corleones The Arena. ()swald Street. 22l 30H). 9pm. £4 including entry to regular Friday club Parklife.
I Blackwater Blues Band and Blue Co The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 380l. 8pm. Free.
I Fat Betty MacSorIey's. Jamaica Street. 22l 8499. 9pm. Free. Thin Lizzy tribute
I llev Doc And The Congregation Twa Corbies. Kilbowie Road. 0I236 727473. 9pm. Free. Trad R & B with sotne mean harmonica.
I Live Music McChuilI’s. High Street. 552 2l35. l()ptn. Free.
SATURDAY 10
I Stylophone, uragdoll and Strawberry King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 22l 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50. Triple bill of up-and-coming talent including Stylopltone with their Motor Life Co connections and Dragdoll. a youthful trio who are getting away from the relentlessly in-your-face guitars to sport a bit of melody in their songs.
I Chicane, The Jennilers and Foil Nice 'n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. A showcase evening for hip Edinburgh label Human Condition.
I liugh lieed And The Velvet Underpants McChuill's. High Street. 552 2I35. IOpm. Free. Hugh and his crew bring their regular dose of punkoid insanity to the Merchant City.
I The llotes The Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 I2 I0. 9.30pm. Free.
I Beioin The Party MacSorIey's. Jamaica Street. 22l 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Blackwater Blues Band The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 38(ll. 5—7pm. Free.
I Blues Shouter The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 380i. 9.30pm. Free.
I Die Happy Kilkenny's. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free. Muscular funk rock outfit.
I Bengal Lancers Boon's Yard. C athcart Road. 649 ()l84. 9pm. Free.
I Eddie Beid Wolburn's Wharf. Yoker Ferry Road. 959 20I6. 9.30pm. Free.
SUNDAY 11
I Swelling Meg Divally‘s. Maxwell
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ill Maglcdrlvo Lounge punk local lads who have just landed themselves a slot at the imminent Dublin ‘In The City' A & R beanfeast. Imagine Madness at a punk patty suddenly finding all their hosts' Adam And The Ants records. But better. The LAttic. Edinburgh. Thurs I5.
I Elastlca and The oelgados Perky. power pop from the new-look Elastica gigging ahead of a full tour in the autumn, with support from local Glaswegian heroes. King Tutir Walt Walt Hut. Glasgow. Mon [2. MD Ii- Tani White shoestring Band The blues singer becomes the latest big name to occupy the grandstand at this new venue. where the ambitious seven nights jazz policy seems to be paying off so far. Bourbon Street. Glasgow Thurs 8—Sat IO.
I nay Cousslns A less familiar name among the Glasgow regulars this week. but the pianist — whose credits include arranging and playing for Whitney Houston — was born in the city. and played as a nine-year-old guest with the Glasgow Philharmonic before making his name in the USA. Pizza Express. Glasgow. Fri 9.
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tI Glasgow International Folir Festival Top names from the worlds of folk and roots descend upon Glasgow for ten days of high kicks and high jinks. Names to look out for include Canada‘s Mad Pudding. Capercaillie and a Bhangra ceilidh. See listings. Highland Village Hall Marquee. George Square. G/aSgon‘. Fri 9—Stm [8.
Street. 8pm. £l. Swelling Meg round up their residency at the salubrious Divally's to promote their debut mini-LP/maxi-EP ‘Well’. Although the event is free. it's advisable to get a ticket in advance from Sano Music. Unit l4. Firhill Road. Glasgow. G20 78A or phone 945 55 l 5. I Dick Johnson Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
I lavelle Kilkenny‘s. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Live Music The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 380l. 8pm. Free.
MDNDAY 12
I Elastica and The oelgadoes King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 22l 5279. 8.30pm. £7. A warm-up date for Justine and new playmates. See preview. With support from her latest faves The Delgadoes. whose “Under Canvas Under Wraps' she recently endorsed on Radio
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