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Music rock & pop listings

Sun 3

I Chaosphere and Strange Shaped Man Nice'n‘Sleazy'. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.

I Trampas (irand ()le ()pry'. Paisley Road Toll. 429 5396. 7.30pm. £3 (£2 members). Country.

I The Cobramatics The Scotia. 112-114 Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 4pm. Free. Rat B residency.

I Steff’s Sunday Session t‘isge Beatha. 232 Woodlands Road. 564 1596. 5pm. Free. Bring your own instrument.

Edinburgh

I Lloyd Cole Queen’s llall. (’lerk Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £12.50. Once the poster boy for the post-modern beatnik generation. (‘ole has learned to stop worrying and love this crazy music business. Tonight he play s in suitably romantic surroundings.

I The Spencer Davis Group, The Yardbirds and The Troggs Festival Theatre. 13—29 Nicolson Street. 5296000. 7.30pm. £14.50 £18.50

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I Open Mic Southern Bar. 22 South (‘lerk Street. 667 2289. 7pm. Free. All styles welcome. please bring your own instruments.

Monday 4

Glasgow

I Lloyd Cole (irand ()le ()pry. Paisley Road Toll. 429 5396. 7pm. £12.50 plus booking fee. See Sun 3.

I Fridge and Capitol K King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm £7 plus hooking fee. Sometime Badly Drawn Boy backing band Fridge rock the electronica \‘ibe with support from ones-to-watch (‘apitol

K. I The Magic Blues Surfers Studio

Faithless play SECC, Glasgow, Thu 14 Mar

()ne. (irosyenor Hotel. (irosyenor 'I'errace. 341 6516. 9pm. Free. R&B standards from Billie llolliday' to BB King plus original material.

I Acoustic Jam Nice'n‘Slea/y. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. W'eekly session with free liey'ei'ages for performers.

Edinburgh

I Amnesty International Bands Night Bongo (Tub. 14 New Street. 558 7604. l()pm. £3. Details are still to be ironed ottt btit expect four liy'e bands playing ey'erything from funk to rock. add to that |)Js and you hay-e a bloody good night out for a bloody good cause. I Superstars Brunton Theatre.

Lady well Way. .‘yltisselburgh. 665 2240. 7.30pm. £10 (£6.50). (iiasgow's (iary Mullen is Freddie Mercury. Raving Rupert is lily is. and ('laudette Newman is

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Glasgow

I Suzi Ragsdale and Joy Lynn White Tron 'l‘beatre Victorian Bar. 'l'rongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £6 (£4). Double dose of America with Nashy ille- based performer Ragsdale and l‘K debutante White.

I Stuart’s Session t'isge Beatha. 232 Woodlands Road. 564 1596. 9pm. Free.

Edinburgh

I Rieser, The Rushes and Scooby Bongo (Tub. 14 New Street. 558 7604. 8pm. £3. .\lellow rock from lidinburgh‘s Rieser.

I The Fleamarket and Moth La Belle Angclc. llttstie's (lose. 22.5 7.536. 9pm. £4.50 t£3.501. A dottble bill of local funksters including The Fleamarket who used to go by the unwieldy name of Weatltcrdane.

Wednesday 6

Glasgow

I Caydnss, Texlahoma and Demuir The 13th Note (hue. 50 ()0 King Street. 553 1638. 8pm. £3. Late Night Foreign Radio‘s four night residency kicks of with an eyening 01‘ laptop electronica and all that knob

tw iddling tin a purely musical way you understand). Some acts are still to be confirmed. (‘ome early for films and the record swap shop too.

I Slipstream, Azzuri, Star 69 and Pink Monkey Bird King Tut‘s Wah Wah llttt. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm £4 plus booking fee.

I Years Of Frustration, Somnus, Dionysus and 5th Star Down The (’atliotise. l5 l'nion Street. 2486606. 7.45pm. £3.50 tadyance). lixtreme metal.

I The Linda Fletcher Band Brel. Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 8.30pm. Free. Lounge classics in bohemian surroundings.

I Acoustic Open Stage The Hall Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 564 1527. 9pm. Free.

I Live Music Nice'n'Slea/y. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. A North (ilasgow .\lusic-promoted night.

Edinburgh

I The Bees and Rob Da Bank La Belle Angele. llttslie\ (‘lnscfi 22.5 7.556. 7.30pm. £6 £8. (‘AN(‘lil.l.lil).

I Baltic, Garner and Pseudofunk Blind Poet. 32c “est Nicolson Street. 667 0876. 7.30pm. £3. ('harity night in aid of Leonard ('heshire with a mi\ of rock. indie and funk.

I Psyche Essential The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7.30pm. £4. Launch night for the new soulful pop/ rock act on Shay ed Records. Jewel tk lisk ('ollege\ aspiring label.

Glasgow 0 ldlewild (ilasgow School ()1..-\t'l. Renfrew Street. 332 0691. 7.30pm. £10. Former indie punk pups return to remind us why they are one of Scotland's finest bands. live or on record. This is a wee warm tip in prepa- ration for the release of their new album later in the spring. I Magnum The (iarage. 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 l 120. 7pm. £12.50 plus booking fee. Old school hard rock for those who spurn the lttre of the Slipknot hooded top. 0 The Soundtrack Of Our Lives King Tut's Wah Wah llut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7 plus booking fee. Hey. hey. it‘s the mad Swedish blokes! ()ne of them has a heard how quaint. For a less cliched View. imagine the euphoric eclecticism of Super Furry Animals and you’ye got the right ballpark at least. See pt‘ey'iew. I The Groundhogs and Redeye The ('athouse. l5 l'nion Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £6.50 plus booking fee. ()y‘er- 14s show. Veteran blues rockers who embraced prog. weathered punk and keep coming back like an old blues riff. I Overhaul and Feed Nice'n'Slea/y. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. I The Boogaloo Investigators Studio One. (irosyenor llotel. (it't)s\'ettot‘ 'I‘errace. 341 6516. 9pm. Free. R& B classics. I The Vagabonds The Seotia. 1 12- 114 Stockw'ell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free. Popular coyct's. I Jam Session Samuel Dow‘s. ()7- 9lNithsdale Road. 423 0107. 8.30pm.

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Edinburgh

I Tergazzi, The Element and Wildtype Studio 24. (‘alton Road. 558 3758. 8pm. £4. Studio 24 goes all rock on Us with Liy'ingston‘s Tergaz/i and The lilement. with things getting es en heay‘ier as Wildtype take to the stage.

3 Tiger Moth, Sugar Daddy and Empire Windrush The Venue. 17—2 ('alton Road. 557 3073. 8pm. £4~£5. Triple bill of local indie acts as The Venue slowly but surely returns to its former glory as a liayen for quality liye music.

I Parka Bongo Club. 14 New Street. 558 7604. 9pm. £3. lndie rockers Parka launch their "lime In The Sun' liP with support still to be confirmed.

I Kin ('afe Royal Bistro Bar. 17 West Register Street. 557 4792. 9pm. £1 (performers free). New \enue for this weekly acoustic open stage for poems. comedy. songs and inusic. Performers welcome book a slot before 9pm.

I Showcase The Mailings. 81 85 St Leonards Street. 667 5946. 9.30pm. Free. Alternatiye open mic night with full PA. back line and drum kit.

Kirkcaldy

I Motormark, The Lush Rollers, Aieris and John Sinclair Path 'l‘ayern. .\1id Street. 01592 263671. 8.30pm. £4. Well they say all good things cotne to an end. and Fife‘s premier alternatiye music Venue is closing its doors. So for the first gig of this final weekend we haye a mi\ed bag of electronica t.\lotormark l. alt.eountry (The Lush Rollers). indie (Aierist and the truly bi/arre from comedian John Sinclair's mtisical efforts.

Friday 8

Glasgow

I Animation, March Of Dimes, Grant Campbell and Kush 13m Note Club. 260 ('lydc Street. 243 2177. 8pm. £3. The much rated Animation make a return after a wee break with a bigger and better line up and w hat they describe as ‘tluieter and darker material'. Should be good.