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Gigs are listed by date. then by ci . Performances will be listed. provr ed that details reach our offices at least ten days before publication. Rock & Pop listings compiled b Fiona Shepherd (Glasgow) & odger Evans (Edinburgh).
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Virgin. Argyle Street, 204 5151 Tower Records Argyle Street. 204 2500.
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Virgin Princes Street. 220 3234. ~ Ripping Records South Bridge. 226 7010.
Assembly Rooms George Street. 220 4349
THURSDAY 20
Glasgow
I Neadswim and Trent The Cathouse. Union Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £6. No age restriction. Headswim have moved on a little from the sub-metal flirtations and with the likes of recent hit ‘Tourniquet' seem to be staking a claim in Radiohead's portentous angst territory. Oh dear. More hopeful sounds from Coatbridge fourpiece Trent.
I The Nectarine No.9. Magoo and Snow Patrol Nice ’n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £4 on door. No advance tickets. The next slice of the IO Day Weekend underground music festival begins with this cool bill of fractious sounds. Edinburgh‘s Nectarine No.9 continue to weld beguiling melodies to ear-splitting guitars on their Fried For Blue Material album. Norwich's Magoo continue to build their profile as Chemikal Underground's hidden treasure and Snow Patrol promote their debut album Sunps F of Polar Bears. containing bolshy guitar pop to get under your skin.
I The Third Way, The Room and Hypermellow King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50. Indie cool and funky rock are on the cards with this triple bill.
I Grover The 13th Note Cafe. King Street. 553 1638. 9pm. £2. A Glasgow Music Collective night of underground sounds.
I Perfectly Legal, Planet Fuse. Free For All and Superhero Strawberry Fields. Oswald Street. 221 7871. 9pm. £3. Planet Fuse hail from Irvine and play indie music with retro roots.
I Transaudio. High Flats and Lecher Fury Murrys. Maxwell Street. 221 6511. 9pm. £3 (advance). £4 (door). including entry to the post-gig club.
I Crazy Forests, Starsky and Biffy Clyro Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street 552 1895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
I Live Music The Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 564 1527. 9pm. Free.
I Live Music Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Mr Wish Attic. Dyers Close. Cowgate. 225 8382. 7.30pm. £1.
I Tim Amann Jazz Quartet NB‘s Bar. Balmoral Hotel. Princes Street. 556 2414. 9.30pm. Soulful jazz.
I El Cometa 10 Kulu's Jazz Joint. Henry‘s Cellar Bar. Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm—3am. £4. Afro Latino funk
I Annie Christian/Motor Life ColMayonnaise Planet Pop. Cas Rock. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £4. Local
headliners rock the Casbah with their ever improving drama rock.
I Sizzling Songwriters Common Grounds Coffee House. North Bank Street. 226 1416. 8.30pm. £3 (£2. £1 floor spots). Spicy new songwriters from Edinburgh and further afield. Thu-Mon it‘s hosted by the talented Holly Thomas. while on Tue and Wed Andy Neate is your host.
FRIDAY 21
Glasgow
I Bis. Brassy and Whistler CCA. Sauchiehall Street. 332 0522. 7.30pm. Free. with tickets on the door or ordered in advance on 946 0001. A Wiiija Records tenth anniversary celebration as part of the 10 Day Weekend featuring three of the fiercely independent label's current roster. Headliners Bis are obviously no strangers although this is their first Glasgow show in aeons as they've been busy recording their second album which should appear early next year. Expect a shift in musical emphasis from their set. The trio also DJ along with Essex crew Mucho Macho.
I Elvis Wade SECC. Finnieston Quay. 287 7777. 8pm. £15—£20. An Elvis tribute to mark the 21st anniversary of his death. with proceeds from the evening going to Barnardos. This particular Elvis wannabe comes with the thumbs-up from the King’s stepmother Dee Presley.
I New Rising. The Amber Room and April Floor King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50. Indie rock sounds.
I A Band Called Red Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
I Bugalu Foundation Havana. Hope Street. 248 4466. 8pm. Free. Latino grooves from this Leeds-based outfit who promise to deliver a taste of Nuyorican funk.
I Beltaroflta, Miss World and Greebo Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street 552 1895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
I Rooster Grand Ole Opry. Paisley Road T011. 429 5396. 7.30pm. £2.50 (£1.50 members). Country twanging.
I The Dagmars McChuilIs. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free.
I The Radoos McChuills Way Out West. Kelvinhaugh. 221 5569. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinbtrgh
I Iron Monkey Attic. Dyers Close. Cowgate. 225 8382. 7.30pm. £4. Hard to their core.
I Poptarts NB's Bar. Balmoral Hotel. Princes Street. 556 2414. 9.30pm. Brit
Pogpets- . .
I BSIC Collective Kulu's Jazz Jomt. Henry’s Cellar Bar. Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm. £4. Breakbeat and soul. I Statik Sound SystemISpaceways Planet Pop. Cas Rock. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £5. Trip-hop and drutn 'n' bass from the Cup OfTea label.
I Sizzling Songwriters Common Grounds Coffee House. North Bank Street. 226 1416. 8.30pm. £3 (£2. £1 floor spots). See Thu 20.
SATURDAY 22 Glasgow I Yo La Tengo. Movietone and Appendix Out King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Tickets from Ticket Scotland. Virgin. Argyle Street and John Smith‘s. Byres Road. Three intriguing bands play as part of the 10 Day Weekend. No new material from New York's Yo La Tengo since last year's I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One which was a feast of Velvet Underground drone rock and loveliness. Movietone and local outfit Appendix Out lay the atmos heric groundwork. I Geno Was ington and The Groove Diggers The Ferry. Clyde Place. 553 0606. 8.30pm. £6. Old-style soul revue from Geno. the man with the big laugh. and his trust band of troubadours. I The Beat es Beat Bourbon Street. George Street. 552 0141. 7pm. £5 (£19.50 with dinner). Fab Four soundalikes.
I Bugalu Foundation Havana. Hope Street. 248 4466. 8 m. Free. See Fri 21. I Inkubus Sukku us. Leechwoman and Stages 0f Cruelty Bedlam Summer Special Part 11. Queen Margaret Union. University Gardens. 339 9784. 7pm—2am. £6.50. Tickets from Osiris. Great Western Road. 337 2999 and Missing Records. Wellington Street. 400 1776. Hard to believe that a band called Leechwoman could have anything to do with summer fun. but the organisers of. . . Part II have clearly got a sense of humour. Whether these goth bands do remains to be seen.
I Red Letter Day Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. A Glasgow Music Collective promotion.
I Peri and Diobane Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street 552 1895. 9 m. Free. Students and guests. I The Duc s McChuills Way Out West. Kelvinhaugh Street. 221 5569. 9.30pm. Free. Pacey. edgey R&B with some wholesome retro influences.
I Paranomia McChuilIs. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free.
I The Vagabonds Waxys. Candleriggs. 552 8717. 9.30pm. Free.
I Nimmo Brothers Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 5—7pm. Free.
I Bulb Chutney Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Bad Influence The Wharf. Yoker. 959 2016. 9.30pm. Free.
I Open Stage The Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 564 1527. 4-8pm. Free. Turn up. plug in. play on.
I Live Music The Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 564 1527. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Speed Racer and Zlot Menthol Attic. Dyers Close. Cowgate. 225 8382. 7.30pm. £3.
I Honky NB's Bar. Balmoral Hotel. Princes Street. 556 2414. 9.30pm. 70s soul and disco.
I Mara Ensign Ewart. 521 Lawnmarket. Royal Mile. 225 7440. 9pm. Free. Acoustic folk-rock.
I Ugly Groove Movement Kulu‘s Jazz Joint. Henry‘s Cellar Bar. Morrison Street. 221 1288. lOpm—Sam. £4. Local funk outfit.
I Magicdrive. Volley and Khaya Planet Pop. Cas Rock. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £4. Kitsch pop brilliance from Edinburgh‘s own Magicdrive. Volley are bloody lively as well. See Fest music section for preview. I Sizzling Songwriters Common Grounds Coffee House. North Bank Street. 226 1416. 8.30pm. £3 (£2. £1 floor spots). See Thu 20.
Glasgow
I Cinema CCA. Sauchiehall Street. 332 0522. 8pm. Free. Tickets on the door. from John Smith‘s. Byres Road or ordered in advance on 946 0001. Single launch for Glasgow/London duo Cinema which also involves a screening of old skool hip hop flick Wild Style at 6pm. costing £4. See frontlines for this 10 Day Weekend event.
I Tarwater, Laub and Cylinder The 13th Note Club. Clyde Street. 221 0414. 10.30pm. £4 (£3.50) on door. A 10 Day Weekend gig headlined by Germany‘s Tarwater who make electronica in a DJ Shadow style and featuring intense guitar/electronic outfit Laub and Glasgow‘s experimental. instrumental Cylinder in su port.
I Rock'n'rol n'R'n'B Dance Night
Garbage: lift the roof at the Barrowland. Thu 27 8: Fri 28 Aug
listings MUSIC
Bourbon Street. George Street. 552 0141. 9pm. £3. Learn to jive at the start of the evening then groove the night away with your partner of choice to the strains of live R&B and rock 'n’ roll like mother used to listen to.
I Riser. Silverback. Summersalt and The Ambers Strawberry Fields. Oswald Street. 221 7871. 9pm. £3. Quadruplebilleramal!
Edinbtrgh
I Supernaturals The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 8pm. £9 (£9.50 for credit card bookings) from Virgin Records. Non-morning pop people with great dress sense. Well. okay. they dressed in Burger King apparel for Glastonbury. Their new album is a tad more melancholy than we're used to.
I Mara Fiscal and Firkin. Hunter Square. 9.30pm. Free. Acoustic folk- rock.
I Count 8PM Kulu's Jazz Joint. Henry‘s Cellar Bar. Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm. £3. Drum ‘n‘ bass and electronic work out featuring Paul Harrison (Young Scottish Musician Of The Year).
I The Leopards. Jock Scot and Sailors Ashore Planet Pop. Cas Rock. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £4. More Creeping Bentism from the coolest label in Scotland. I Sizzling Songwriters Common Grounds Coffee House. North Bank Street. 226 1416. 8.30pm. £3 (£2. £1 floor spots). See Thu 20.
MONDAY 24
Glasgow
I Green Day and The Llama Farmers Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. No age restriction. which is handy because The Llama Farmers are all about twelve. Their perky punk pop will make an effective curtain opener for the dumbass melodic punk of the irrepressible Green Day.
I Agnes and Trent Fitter & Firkin. Dumbarton Road. 339 5741. 8.30pm. Free. Agnes are a new signing to Island Records featuring ex-Cocteau Twins guitarist Ben Blakeman. who combine contemporary sounds with a bit of vocal catharsis in a similar vein to the likes of Garbage. This tour of Firkin pubs is in support of current single ‘Dumb'.
I Acoustic Night Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Hosted by Gerry Lyons.
I Live Music Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
Edinburgh
I Malcolm's Cardigan and Smiler Attic. Dyers Close. Cowgate. 225 8382. 8pm. £3. Tight knit combo. (Groan. ed). I Fireball 8 Attic. Dyers Close. Cowgate. 225 8382. lam. £1. Gallagher- esque late night rock.
I Mara World’s End. 4 High Street. 556 3628. 9.30 m. Free. Acoustic folk-rock. I Altere Beats 98 Preview Phase 1 Kulu‘s Jazz Joint. Henry’s Cellar Bar. Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm. £3. Drum ‘n' Bass - The Jazz Element.
I Dawn Of The Replicants. Snowpatrol and Lumber Planet Pop. Cas Rock. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £4. Madness from the headliners.
I Sizzling Songwriters Common Grounds Coffee House. North Bank Street. 226 1416. 8.30pm. £3 (£2. £1 floor spots). See Thu 20.
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