MUSIC rock & pop
ROCK 8t POP: GLASGOW, TUE 13 Cont.
I Bandido Torn. Brel. Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 8pm. Free. New weekly drum ‘n' bass night featuring DS Murray’s Bandido side project and various guest DJs and bands over the weeks to come. I Planet Fuse McChuills. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free. Residency for the lrvine indie retroheads.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Alfie Soave Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.15pm. Free. Progressive blues/rock. Plus open mic guest spot. Arrive early to book your space; priority will be given to first-time performers.
Edinburgh
I Republica The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 8pm. £8.50 from Ripping Records in Edinburgh or Missing Records in Glasgow. Big mouth power pop with Saffron and friends promoting their new album Speed Ballads.
I The Dynamic Duo Jazz Joint. 8 Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm—3am. £3. Winners of last year’s Northern Mixing Championships joined by rappers and musicians for hip hop and jazzy vibes.
WEDNESDAY 14
Glasgow
I Placebo. Ultrasound and AC Acoustics Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. No age restriction. See feature for Placebo. A cool support line-up includes the prog theatrics of the occasionally stunning Ultrasound and the ferocious riffola and calm-before-the-storm passages of local four- iece AC Acoustics.
I Ni s Lofgren Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 8pm. £15. Former Springsteen cohort Lofgren gives it a bit of blue-collar AOR strumming.
I Neil Casal, Hazeldine. The Good Sons and Nadine The Garage.
Sauchiehall Street. 572 1120. 7pm. £6 plus booking fee. Tickets from Missing Records. Wellington Street. 400 1776 and Ripping Records. Edinburgh. CC booking: 0870 601 002. Touring line-up of bands and artists who are tipped to take country music kicking and screaming into the next millennium. Alt.country is a crap label but it tits.
I Swell and The Breeze King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Fans of Pavement and Mercury Rev will like these San Franciscans’ take on slightly wibbly US college rock.
I Chain. Blopoke, Super Skull and Moody Strawberry Fields. Oswald Street. 221 7871. 9pm. £3. Local band bonanza.
I Dazed and Valderrama Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 9 m. Free. Students and guests. I The Alf tewart Combo Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free. Blues. I Jonny Logue Brel. Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 8pm. Free. Napoleon 4 singer performs his weekly solo acoustic set.
Edinburgh
I Montrose Avenue, Flick and Perfect Blue The Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 8pm. £5. New country rock from Reading's answer to Crosby. Stills and Nash. See preview.
I Polly Phillips and The Real Norman Lamont Common Grounds. 2/3 North Bank Street. 226 1416. 7.30pm. Free. Not one but two local singer-songwriters of note. Philips has been a backing singer with The Revillos and Lamont is a winner of the Edinburgh Festival Tympanali song competition.
I Proi Wilkie House. 207 Cowgate. 225 5583. 9pm. £3. Eclectic ska outfit.
I Cathie Rae's Jazz Singers Night Jazz Joint. 8 Morrison Street. 221 1288. lOpm—3am. £3. Assorted gttestsjoin the Brian Kellock Trio.
I Lloyd Cole Liquid Rooms. Victoria Street. 225 2564. CANCELLED.
THURSDAY 15
Glasgow
I Lloyd Cole The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 572 1120. CANCELLED.
I The Montrose Avenue and Flick King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5.50. See preview for these retro pop rockers.
I Mark Lanegan g2. Sauchiehall Street. 572 1120. 7pm. £8 plus booking fee. Tickets from Missing Records. Wellington Street. 400 1776 and Ripping Records. Edinburgh. CC booking: 0870 601 002. See-preview for the chain- smoking Screaming Trees vocalist. whose band includes ex-Dinosaur Jr bloke Mike Johnson.
I Ganger, Eska and Billy Mahonie The 13th Note Club. Clyde Street. 221 0414. 9pm. £3. The diverse sounds of local hopefuls Ganger and Eska. The fortner go for largely instrumental Krautrock- inspired workouts. while the latter take on the US underground music scene at its own game.
I Sarah and Floorplan The 13th Note Cafe. King Street. 553 1638. 9pm. £3.
I Skelter Nice ‘n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. It is hoped that a certain gender bending surprise guest might stay over a night in Glasgow to put in a special live appearance at this gig.
I Flipside and Firefly Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests.
Edinburgh
I Nils Lofgren The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7.30pm. £10 from Ripping or Virgin. The highly respected guitarist and one-time band member with Bruce Springsteen is now his own Boss.
I Hub Central and The Room Attic. Dyers Close. Cowgate. 225 8382. 7.30pm. £3. See Fri 9.
I Jazz Machine NB‘s Bar. Balmoral Hotel. Princes Street. 556 2414. 9.30pm. Free.
I Paul Towndrow Quintet Jazz Joint. 8 Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm—3am. £4. See Thu 8.
FRIDAY 16 Glasgow I Terrorvision and Fungus Qudos. Queen Margaret Union. University Gardens. 339 9784. 7pm. £9.50. No age restriction nor signing-in policy. Poppy rockers Terrorvision return with their easily digestible single ‘Josephine’. Support comes from a young Swedish four-piece who occupy similar territory. digging acts as diverse as Metallica and Weezer. They say their mission is to get Brits moshing again. A Terrorvision tour ~ is probably a good place to start. along with their debut single ‘l'd Rather Be A Doll‘. I Ian Dury And The Blockheads The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 572 1120. 7pm. £15 plus booking fee. Tickets from Missing Records. Wellington Street. 400 1776 and Ripping Records. Edinburgh. CC booking: 0870 601 ()02. The former New Wave character has a new album Mr Love Pants to promote and takes to the road again despite ill health. pre-empting the return of the likes of Culture Club and Duran Duran. Is there some big fifteen year itch going on? I Palomino. Summersalt and Bekerofka King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50. I Cimarron Grand Ole Opry. Paisley Road T011. 429 5396. 7.30pm. £2.50 (£1.50 members). Country. I Liminal Nice ’n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. See Sun 11. I Beauty School Dropout. Shatterhand and Mixu The 13th Note Cafe. King Street. 553 1638. 9pm. £3. I The Third Way and The Moondogs Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests. I Retrospex McChuills. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free.
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The British Academy of Film & Television Arts in Scotland
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“THE LIST 8—22 Oct 1998