I The Buzzcocks and Pachinos The Garage, Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £9 plus booking fee. The band with the best pop melodies in punk have returned with a new album Modern which is accompanied by a greatest hits CD Another Kind Of Product, so expect a celebration of spunky oldies sprinkled among the new material.

I A, Dog Eat Dog and Fungus King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7.50 plus booking fee. Jolly big-shorted punk rockers A are joined by their US equivalent Dog Eat Dog for a celebration of adolescent kicks, even if it is high time they all acted their age. Support from yet another bunch of punk pop tykes. Part of the ftch festival. I Spirit Caravan and Hangnail The 13th Note Club, Clyde Street, 243 2177. 8.30pm. £5.

I Cylinder, Broadcasters and Mashaka The 13th Note Cafe, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £3.

I Bakersfield Grand Ole Opry, Paisley Road T011, 429 5396. 7.30pm. £2.50 (£1.50 members). Country hoedown.

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I Live Music The Chill Zone, Kilkennys, John Street, 552 3505. 9pm. Free. Weekly showcase for new music.

Edinburgh

I Feeder Liquid Rooms, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £8. Plying their own brand of guitar bombast, Feeder treat their swiftly growing audience to tracks from their new album Yesterday Went Too Soon.

I Eskimo and First Real Target The Bongo Club, 14 New Street, 558 7604. 9pm—3am. £3.50. Cool and seductive sounds from Eskimo.

I Diskographaz Jazz Joint, 8 Morrison Street, 221 1288. 9pm—3am. £3. Live set from Alice McLaughlin.

I The Shore La Belle Angele, ll Hasties Close, 225 7536. 9pm. Price to be confirmed.

MONDAY 4

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I Neurosis, Voivod and Today’s The Day The Cathouse, Union Street, 248 6606. 8pm. £6.50 plus booking fee. Mucho heaviosity from this triple bill.

Edinburgh

I The Buzzcocks and The Pachinos The Venue, Calton Road, 557 3073. 8pm. £9 plus booking fee in advance from Ripping and Virgin. 'INvo decades after they first brightened Top OfThe Pops with such punky gems as ’Ever Fallen In Love’ and ’Love You More’, Pete Shelley and pals are back. Their new LP ’Modern’ comes with a second (and free) disc by the title of ’A Different Kind Of Product’, a greatest hits com ilation.

I Jonat an Kemp Common Grounds, 2/3 North Bank Street, 226 1416.

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I A tered Beats Jazz Joint, 8 Morrison Street, 221 1288. 10pm—3am. £3. See Mon 27.

TUESDAY 5

Glasgow

I Travis and Remy Zero Barrowland, Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. The kids obviously just can’t get enough of Travis’s uninspired plod rock, such as current single ‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me?’, what with Number One albums and everything. Support from an American crew who released their album Villa Elaine earlier this year.

I Lagwagon. Avail and Bouncing Souls King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50 plus booking fee.

I Peri and Die Parker Gang Stylophone, The 13th Note Cafe, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £2.

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I Glasgow Songwriters Blackfriars, Bell Street, 552 5924. 9.15pm. Free. Plus open mic guest spot.

Edinburgh

I Colin Campbell Common Grounds, 2/3 North Bank Street, 226 1416. 7.30pm. Free. See Tue 28.

I The Dynamic Duo Show Jazz Joint, 8 Morrison Street, 221 1288. 10pm-3am. £3. See Tue 28.

WEDNESDAY 6 Glasgow

I Asian Dub Foundation The Arches, Midland Street, 221 4001. 8.30pm. £8. Their energised collision of beats, rocky guitar and ethnic influences still make Asian Dub Foundation one of the most exciting live bands around. A new album has been recorded but won’t be released until next year, so get your fix now. Part of the [10ch festival.

I Nadine and The Radio Sweethearts Riverside Club, Clyde Street, 248 3144. 7.30pm. £7.50. Nadine are a St Louis- based group, not an individual, whose sound is described as being part power pop and part alternative country.

I Fridge The 13th Note Club, Clyde Street, 243 2177. 8.30pm. £5.50. Kieran Hebden, who also records under the moniker Four Tet, is one third of this young combo who have already produced three albums.

I The Capital City Dusters, Aina and Stupid Acting Smart The 13th Note Cafe, King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. A GMC night.

I Stash, Cinefilm and Bogus Callers Velvet Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, 332 0755. 8.30pm. £3. Stash promote current single ‘Drastic Plastic’.

I Retrosonic and Soul Fuel Strawberry Fields, Oswald Street, 221 7871. 9pm. £3.

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