Edinburgh
I Acoustic idols The Jam Home. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 7pm. Free. A night praising the local talent with awards for best songwriter and acoustic mUsic.
I Nerina Pallot The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7pm. £1 I. Laura Ashley-floaty songstress. much favoured by Radio 2. here backed by a string quartet.
I Protokoll and Veto Silver Cabaret Voltaire. 36-38 Blair Street. 2206176. 7pm. £5. Steve Lamaquc endorsed band from the States Protokoll are joined by electro-an-poppers Veto Silver.
I Josh Reuse and Strays Don’t Sleep Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £15. Nashville songwriter who has more in common with the late. great Elliott Smith than with the rhinestone- encrusted soundtrack of his native city. But that hasn't stopped him naming his new album after it.
I Flatliner The Bongo Club. Moray House. 37 Holy'rood Road. 558 7604. 9pm. £4. Indie night.
I Open Mic Whistlebinkies. 4—6 South Bridge. 557 5114. 9pm. Free. See Mon 15.
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Glasgow
I The Brian Jonestown Massacre ABC. 330 Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232. 7pm. £8.50. Psychedelic scuzz rock in the Mary Chain tradition. now internationally notorious after being chronicled in the warts-and-all rock doc I)ig.’.
I The Divine Comedy Queen Margaret Union. 22 University Gardens. 339 9784. 7pm. £16.50. The always charming Irish songwriter. whose hand has come in many shapes and sizes. returns with his latest configuration.
I Spandex Monkeys Soundhaus. 47 Hydepark Street. 221 4659. 7.30pm. £6 (£5). ()ver- 14s show. Rock.
I City a. Colour and Jacobs Stories Barfly. 260 Clyde Street. 0870 907 0999. 8pm. £6. City & Colour feature Dallas Green ofAlexisonfire in more mellow acoustic indie mode.
’43-? Eliza Gilkyson Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £12.50 (£10.50). Bluegrass and more from Gilkyson who appeared on the Bob Dylan tribute album. She comes from noble musical stock — her dad. Terry. wrote ‘Bare Necessities' from The Jungle Book. Part of Big Big Country.
I Trespassers William Nice'n'Sleazy. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 8.30pm. £6. US space country trio. comparable to a female-fronted Red House Painters.
I Glasgow Songwriters Blackfriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 9pm. Free. Fortnightly gathering of the musicians' collective with featured artists. open mic and a strict original material policy.
I Ladyscraper and Mully I3th Note Cafe. 50-60 King Street. 553 1638. 9pm. £3. Aural sickness from these eclectic exponents of Wrong Music.
I King Biscuit Time Oran Mor. 731—735 Great Westem Road. 357 6200. CANCELLED.
Edinburgh
I Mllburn The Venue. 17-21 Calton Road. 557 3073. 7.30pm. £7.50. Sheffield upstarts who are mates with number one stars Arctic Monkeys.
I The Bad Plus Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £3—£I7. Ethan Iversen. Reid Anderson and Dave King make up this radical and inventive piano trio. See preview. page 6|.
I The Dirty Cake The Left Bank. 37 Guthrie Street. 225 9744. 8pm. Free. See Tue 16.
I Band Showcase Whistlebinkies. 4—6 South Bridge. 557 5114. 9pm. Free. See Tue 16.
Wednesday 24
Glasgow
I Acoustic Open Stage The Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 352 9996. 8pm. Free. See Wed 17.
76 THE LIST 11—25 May 2006
I Esther Brel. 39 ~13 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 8pm. £5. listher Duffin. formerly of local favourites Ashton Lane. fronts her own gig.
I The Fallout Trust and Futuro Barfly (upstairs). 260 Clyde Street. 0870 907 ()999. 8pm. £5. London-based indie combo punt their debut album In Case of Iht’ Plum].
I Impaled Nazarene, Master and Zuul FX Soundhaus. 47 llydepark Street. 221 4659. 8pm. £7.50 iadv ). £8 (£6 members). Finnish black metal band who jUst love singing about goats.
I Jesse Dayton ABC. 330 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 8pm. £10 (£8). A modern-day honky-tonk troubadour. l’ur! ofBrg Big Country l'i'vrri‘u/ .
I Michael Simons Tchai ()v na. I69 Deanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2. See Wed 17.
I The Answer, Sign and The Scare Barfly. 260 Clyde Street. 0870907 0999. 8pm. £6. Northern Irish outfit. never afraid to rock like it's 1974.
I The Touch, Five Park Drive and Miyagi The Attic. 56 Dundas Street. 353 6040. 8pm. Free. Local band line-up featuring cowboy surf funkers .Miyagi.
I Spank Rock King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Funky. foulrnouthed avant- hip-hop duo.
I Tapes’n’Tapes Nice'n'SIea/y. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 8.30pm. £6. Minneapolis leftfield indie band who were the toast of this year's South by Southwest Festival.
I Embolism, Maelstrom, Sanguinus and Centuries Cry I3th Note Cafe. 5060 King Street. 553 1638. 9pm. £3. Cavalcade of death. doom and black metal.
Edinburgh
I Fat Freddy’s Drop The Liquid Roorii. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7pm. £12.50. Seven-piece New Zealand outfit mixing up dub. reggae. jau. techno and soul with funky abandon.
ii: Hot Chip Cabaret Voltaire. 3638 Blair Street. 220 6176. 7pm. £8.50. Quirky uber-danceable electronica from the ‘()ver and ()ver‘ collective. See preview. page 59.
I Roots of Unity, etc Etc and Caped Studio 24. 24 ~26 Calton Road. 558 3758. 7pm. £3. Eclectic indie.
I Shot of Rhythm 8 Blues The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 7pm. £I3.50. Quadruple bill of legendary R'n’B rockers. The sixties-tastic line-up includes the Troggs. Animals 8; Friends. Dave Berry 8: the Cruisers and 7.oot Money.
I Nexuslive The Bongo Club. Moray House. 37 Holy'rood Road. 558 7604. 8pm-2am. £4. New music showcase Nexus Live launches with live bands. DIs
and VJs through until 2am. I Acoustica The l.ch Bank. 37 Guthrie
Street. 225 9744. 8pm. Free. A night of acoustic sounds offering a varied line-up from Edinburgh's finest singer/songwriters.
I Found and Dimlite The Bongo Club.
Moray House. 37 Holyrood Road. 558 7604. 8pm. £4 (£3). Experimental catchy pop from a unique acoustic. samplers and laptop set-up of Found as they host their album launch party with [)1 support from Laurent Pastor and S-Type.
I Frothing Mucus, The Spacial
Entrepreneurs and Terra Suria Nektar. 253 Covvgate. 557 2780. 8pm. Free. Expansive guitar sounds at this ‘Godspeed the New Prog‘ night as pan of Edinburgh Rush.
I Eliza Gllkyson Queen’s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £I2—£I4. See Tue 23.
I Nobotalk, Super 8 and lourteenhours Henry's Cellar Bar. 8—16a Morrison Street. 228 9393. 8.30pm.
j £6. Double bill ofexcellent Edinburgh
Americana (including magnetic frontman
Trip Fontaine with Super 8) and Fife
acoustic pop. Part of Tigeljfesf.
I The lso Bar Open Mic Iso Bar. 7
Bernard Street. 467 8904. 8.30pm. Free. See Wed 17.
I Modus, Without Malice and Starry Wisdom Cult Whistlebinkies. 4 6 South Bridge. 55" 5114. 9pm Free. Mod and rock.
Glasgow
I The Black Chain, Sooth, The Threat Remains, Syth and These Guys The Cathousc. l5 LIIIt‘Il Street. 24.8 6606. 7pm. £5 ()ver- 14s show Metal bill I Shot of Rhythm 8. Blues Royal Concert Hall: Main .»\uditorrum. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. ".30prn.
L l 5 L l 7.50. See Wed 24.
I The Amazing Magpie, Gav Uri, Astro Anonymous and Torag The l'niversal. 5'7 59 Sauchiehall Lane. 332 8899. 8pm. £4. Indie. blues and celtrc influences knit together in Astro
Anony mous's set.
I Karina’s Acoustic Showcase Tehat ()vna. 42 ()tago Lane. 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Bi-monthly night featuring some ol the city 's best young songwriters.
I Old Solar The Goat. 1287 Argy Ie Street. 357 7373. 8pm. Free. Atmospheric soundscapes in the vein of Spir'rtuali/ed and the Blue Nile.
ll: Hot Chip and Grosvenor King ’I‘ui's Wah Wah lltit. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 527‘). 3.3(lplil. S( H.” ()LT. See Wed 24. I Reverend and the Makers, Nip Parade and Blind Pew Nice'n'SIea/y. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 8.30pm. U) . Reverend and the Makers is the musical alias of Arctic Monkeys guru Ion McClure. Ilis brother graces the cover of the Monkeys' album.
I Club Olum Bar Bloc. 1 17 Bath Street. 574 6066. 9pm. Free. Vibrant mash-up of new music from this cltib night which made a splash at last year's Fringe.
I Genoa and Michael Clark The Hall Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 352 9996. 9pm. Free. Regular acoustic showcase the Standard Lamp Sessions.
I Live Music McChuills. 40 High Street. 552 2135. 9pm. Free. See Thu 1 I. I Pop Up and The Hedrons Firewater. 341 Sauchiehall Street. 354 0350. 10pm. Free. Melodic indie pop from Pop l'p. See Sal l3 lor the lledroris.
I The Little Kicks ()r'an Mor. 731 Great Western Road. 357 6200. £tbc. Tipped. upbeat .-\bcrdecn-based four-piece
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who have recently supported the likes of liditors. the Kooks and the Mystery Jets. Edinburgh
I Croft Revue and The Debonaires The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 7.30pm. Free before 10pm; £3 after. Western swing and classic sotil.
I Edinburgh Sound Collective The Left Bank. 37 Guthrie Street. 225 9744. 8pm. Free. See Thu 1 I.
I Out of the Bedroom The (‘anons‘ Gait. 232 Canongate. 556 4481. 8pm. Free. ()peii mic session for lidinburgh- based singer/songwriter's. Folk. punk. funk just bring along your original songs and sign up to play at 8ish.
I Dead on the Live Wire, Karass and Maya Bannerrnan's. Niddry Street. 556 3254. 8.45pm. £4. Debut live show from electro-rock couple Dead on the Live Wire.
I Born to Be Wide The Street. 2 Picardy Place. 556 4272. 9pm-—|am. Free. Music industry social club that aims to bring musos. journalists. promoters. record shop workers and musicians together. Willi a soundtrack from various indUstry bods including the 55's and the Born to be Wide residents.
I Last Great Wilderness and Ten Storeys High lleriot-Walt l'niversiiy Cnion. Riccarton. 451 5333. 9pm. Free. Iipic indie from the l-ast Great Wilderness. plus sci-Ii pop with Jan. hip hop. rock and acoustic flourishes from Ten Storeys High.
I The Set Up, The Jack and Strait Jakit Whistlebinkies. 446 South Bridge. 557 5114.9pm. Free. Indie.
I The Coney Island Freakshow The Left Bank. 37 Guthrie Street. 225 9744. 10pm. Free. See Thu 1 1.
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to jules.graham@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore and Kenny Mathieson.
Edinburgh
I Easy Street and The Five Aces The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 7.30pm. Free before £10pm; 3 after. Light _|a// trio Izasy Street kick things off. followed by hot authentic boogie and Hammond groov es from the Five Aces (previously know ii as the lioogaloo Investigators).
I Jayne C Wright Sygn. 15 Charlotte Lane. 225 6060. 8pm. Free. Weekly residency for the pianist and vocalist play mg _ia// with a contemporary twist I Kevin MacKenzie Trio Jan Centre. The Lot. 4/(i (ilttssllittl‘kel. 4(i7 5200. 8.30pm. £7 (£6). Trio fronted by guitarist and Creative Scotland award w inner Macls'en/ie. a powerful force in Scottish ja/l and lolk since the hey day ()l- the John Rae Collective ill the late Xlls,
I Beat Root Juice The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4290, 10.30pm. Free. Afro-beat. Latin and ska from resident band the Goat Stew ()rchcstra. pltls l)J Barney and the odd live guest and spinner.
Edinburgh
I David Patrick: Coppin' the Bop The Lot. 4/(i (ii‘asstltat'kel. 7.30pm. £7 (£6). \el‘sallle pianist presenting his take on iii/I music paying homage to Cole Porter. Benny Golson and other great standards.
I Guest Bands Night The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4290. 9pm. Free. Featuring different local guest groups each week. including Alyn Cosker's "l‘ciiipr'emenlals‘ Pow er Trio featuring Ross Hamilton on bass ( 19 May ) and the Fraser Campbell Quintet (12 May) with Canadian drummer Chris Wallace's Chaos Theory the follow ing week (26 May ).
I Late Nite Groove The Jan Bar. I Chambers Street. 2204290. midnight 3am. £5. Regular Friday night funkstravagan/a with live bands and DJs. Jan funk from Funk da Ptissy (12 May) followed by funky live-piece Patil Mills‘ Impulse (19 May).
Linlitngow I Beyond Fever I.inIithgow Ia/l Club. Linlithgow Burgh Hall. 01506 848821. 8pm. Sue Mcllugh sings the songs of Peggy Lee with the Tom Finlay Trio.
Paisley
I Velvet and Mink Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. 7.30pm. £8.80 (£5). Tribute to Mel Torme and Peggy Lee (the ‘Velvet Log and “Mink Ja/z') by two of Scotland‘s rising jal/ stars. Stephen Duffy and Alyson ()rr..
Glasgow
I Rostov Jazz Kids People's Palace 8; Winter Gardens. Glasgow Green. 271 2951. noon—1.30pm. Free. Jan. classics. irnprov and original compositions by students aged 9‘ 15 from the Kim Nazaretov Children's Jan School.
7i: Jazz Glasgow’s Big Night Out City Halls. Candlcriggs. 353 8000. 6pm. £5. Marking the launch ofJau Glasgow with this big line-up featuring Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra. European Youth Jazz. Orchestra. Stephen Duffy with Konrad Wis/.niewski Quartet and Future Pilot AKA (£2.50 supplement for