3%: Spanky Wilson and the Ouantic Soul Orchestra The Arches. 253 Argyle Street. 0870 240 7528. Breakbeat jazz enthusiast Will Ilolland decided to recreate the vintage jazz and funk sounds that others were sampling by forming his own live band featuring 60s soul legend Spanky Wilson.
Edinburgh
I Capdown, The Kings Blues and Buzzkill Subway (‘owgate. 69 (‘owgatc. 225 6766. 6pm. £7.50. See Thu 30.
I The Bluetones The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7pm. £12. Indie stalwarts from the 90s still making a working wage.
I Trashlight Vision Subway (‘ow-gatc. 69 (‘owgate. 225 6766. 7pm. £6. New trash punk rock band featuring Acey Slade from Murdcrdolls.
I Stewart Traquair Beanscene. 2 (irosvenor Street. 346 8043. 9pm. Free. See Fri 1.
Thursday 7
Glasgow
I XFM’s Winter Wonderland (‘arling Academy (ilasgow, 121 liglinton Street. 0871 2221049. 5pm. S()I.D ()I'T. XFM's big Xmas gig comes to Scotland for the first time raising money for Shelter with a stellar cast including The Fratellis. Biffy ('Iyro. The View. (iet (‘ape. Wear (‘ape. Fly and The Dykeenies.
I Kasabian and The Fratellis S1i(‘(‘. Finnieston Quay. 0870 1690100. 6.30pm. S()I.D ()I'T. (‘0! from the same cloth as Oasis and .\"I’R.tl.\”l’R era Primal Scream. the Leicester combo are back with new album Iz'mpire and their musical heirs in support.
I Nemesis Theory, The Embers, The Stolen Ones, Minus Won, Noodwink and The Primary School Fury Murry's. 96 Maxwell Street. 221 6511. 7.30pm. £4.50. Furys King of Bands semi-final.
I Black Wire and The Ads Barfly. 260 (‘Iyde Street. 0870907 0999. 8pm. £7. Black Wire are glamtronic punk rockers from what everyone‘s calling ’the fertile Leeds scene‘.
I Future, The Phantom Band and Lucerna Capitol. 468 Sauchiehall Street. 331 1040. 8pm. £5. Alternative rocking three-piece from (ilasgow. whose IiP 'Keep It Short And Keep It Simple' does what it says on the tin. With support from angular post rockers The Phantom Band and alternarockers Lucerna.
I The Metro Gnomes Brel. 39-43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 8pm. Free. Andrea 'I'omlinson and Mark Rafferty play at this (hit to Play night.
I The Multi-Coloured T Time Cabaret Tchai ()vna. 42 ()tago Lane. 357 4524. 8pm. Free. Open mic/jam session hosted by Tom Snowball.
I The Needless Essentials, Smoked Glass, Wired Desire and Mezkal Barfly (upstairs). 260 (‘Iyde Street. 0870 907 0999. 8pm. £5. Local rock bill.
I Soiree Oh La La! ()ran Mor.
731 735 (ireat Western Road. 357 6200. 8pm & 2am. £3. Student radio station Subcity joins forces with the Alliance Francaise de (ilasgow to celebrate the best in French music. with special guest band Pravda.
I Codeen, Trabeca, Rockburn and Min Atlantic 1301 Note Cafe. 50 6() King Street. 553 1638. 8.30pm. £4. Atmospheric indie sounds from (‘odeen and Trabeca and upbeat pop/rock from Rockburn and Twin Atlantic.
I Le Reno Amps, The Elvis Suicide and Miss the Occupier Nice'n‘Slea/y. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 8.30pm. Melodic indie rock. I Men, Women and Children and Kill the Arcade King Tut's Wah Wah Ilut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Panic? at the Disco-endorsed synth-led punk popstcrs.
I Six Star Hotel and Airspace Bar Bloc. 1 17 Bath Street. 574 6066. 10pm. Free. A night of Northern Irish bands,
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with headturning alternative rock from Six Star Ilotel and indie guitar from Airspace.
I Julia Thirteen ('lassic (irand. 18 Jamaica Street. 847 0820. 10.30pm. £2 before midnight: £4 after. Experimental guitar rockers play (‘1th ()lum.
Edinburgh
I Amplitico, The Fortunate Sons and Billy Bates (‘abaret Voltaire.
36 38 Blair Street. 220 6176. 7pm. £5. The almost impossible to categorise jazz. acotistic alt.folk popsters Amplilico.
I Gravity Graced Subway (‘owgate. 69 (‘owgate. 225 6766. 7pm. £tbc. Psychedelic indie rock.
IE: Spanky Wilson and the Ouantic Soul Orchestra The Bongo (‘lub. Moray House. 37 Ilolyrood Road. 558 7604. 8pm. £I0--£13. See Wed 6.
I David Gibson Beanscene. 99 Nicholson Street. 667 5697. 9pm. Free. Acoustic guitarist.
Friday 8
Glasgow
I Basement Jaxx Sl{(‘(‘. Finniestott Quay. 08700404000. 6.30pm. £23.50. Basement Jaxx always put on a terrific live jamboree combining house. electro. ragga and anything else they can pull out of their box of sonic tricks. now graduating to the ‘arena tour' level of fame.
I Buzzcocks ABC. 330 Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232. 7pm. £15. Seasoned punk band able to fire tip the same attitude usually accorded to the troubled youth of the 70s.
I Dirty Pretty Things, Mando Diao and Larrikin Love (‘arling Academy (ilasgow'. l2l Iiglinton Street. 0870 771 2000. 7pm. S()LD ()l'T. They're definitely pretty and they may well be dirty . . . it's the other Libertine 1(‘arl Barat) and his new band. so far proving more reliable than Babyshambles.
Jo Mango’s Hootenanny llyndland (‘ommunity llall. Nov'at‘ Drive. 7pm. Reserve tickets at Brel; suggested donation £12. The local singer/ songwriter is joined by a bumper bill of special guests. including Iiddi Reader. Vashti Bunyan. The Pictish Trail. members of Trashcan Sinatras. ()Id Solar. Iindor. Ben TD. Yvonne Lyon and (iareth Dickson. in order to raise money for Yorkhill Hospital.
I 5th and Pontiac, Acoustic Butterfly and Mick Coyle AB(‘2. 330 Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232. 7pm. £6. ()ver- 14s show. Mark Tait performs solo material on guitar from his latest album along with Acoustic Butterfly's classic folk rock and Mick (‘oyle.
I Howling Bells The (‘athouse. l5 I'nion Street. 248 6606. 7.30pm. £5. ()ver-14s show. ()z-born. London-based southern gothic indie country quartet.
I Jack Butler, The Mode and Trap 6 ()ran Mor. 731-735 (ireat Western Road. 357 6200. 7.30pm. £4. The headliners are a Stirling band with Bloc Party/Rapture stylings and linger-picked guitars.
I Eyrka, Local Hero and The Hillcoats Barfly. 260 ('lyde Street. 0870 907 0999. 8pm. £4.
I Ezio and Eoghan Colgan King Tut's Wah Wah IIut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Acoustic folk rock from [film Lunedei and band. I Kong Samuel Dow’s. 67- 71 Nithsdale Road. 423 0107. 8.30pm. Free. See Sat 2.
I Loris and The Zipps Nice’n’SIea/y. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 8.30pm. £4. Folky. psychedelic rock from Loris.
I The Fortunate Sons The Butterfly and the Pig. 153 Bath Street. 221 771 1. 8.30pm. Free. See Fri 1.
I John Peebles Beanscene. 38 ~42 Woodlands Road. 352 9800. 9pm. Free. See Tue 5.
I The Easy Orchestra The Butterfly and the Pig. 153 Bath Street. 221 7711. 10pm. Free. See Fri 1.
Turn right at the bottom of Byres Road, past the Lismore Bar and
you’re nearly at the Annexe - the hub of Partick’s annual little gem of a folk festival. From jazzy bagpipes to ancient song tradition, in concert and workshop. there’s music for all, and all ages. Dave Burland is a magnificent, mesmerising singer who has been there, has all the T shirts, from 505 English skifer through to folk/rock, and he’s making a rare appearance in company with the gentle storytelling talents of Lanarkshire songwriter Tom Clelland (pictured), on Fri 1.
Var/Otis VOIlL/OS, Part/(2k, Fr/ I—Sun 3 DOC.
I Mark Morriss Fury Murry ’s. 96 Maxwell Street. 221 651 I. The Bluetones frontman plays a solo
Edinburgh
I The Complete Stone Roses The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7pm. £10. Stone Roses tribute act. officially approved by ex-Roses bassist Mani.
I The a Forest, Beaches of the Proud, Altres and Brother Juniper Subway (‘ow-gate. 69 (‘ovvgate. 225 6766. 7.30pm. £3. Ambient electronica night. I Dirty Monet and Colonel Turnon llenry's (’eIIar Bar. 8 16a Morrison Street. 228 9393. 7.30pm. £4. Blues and t‘ock‘tt‘roll.
Roddy Woomble 8. Friends and Foxface Queen’s Hall. 87 89 ('lerk Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £15 t£l2). ldlewild front man Rodddy Woomble goes solo with new album My Seerel is my Silenee with a bit of help from fellow bandmate Rod Jones. David (i()\\‘ and Ailidh Lennon of Sons & Daughters. John .‘vIc('usker and Andy (‘utting
Glasgow
I DragonForce, All That Remains and Firewind Barrowland. 244 (iallowgate. 552 4601. 7pm. £12.50. ()ver- 14s show. London—based extreme power metal band.
I The Human League (‘arling Academy (ilasgow. 121 Iiglinton Street. 0870771 2000. 7pm. £20. .‘vIuch-loved Sheffield electro pop pioneers offer tip some prime early 80s nostalgia.
I "O Dice Rockers. I-I Midland Street. 221 0726. 7pm. Rock covers.
I The Ramblers, Idiot Cut, The Temps, Magnus Blaze and The Soul Shaker (‘Iassic (hand. 18 Jamaica Street. 847 0820. 7pm. £4. ()v'er- 14s show. l'nsigned bands from (ilasgow and Ayrshire.
I The Revivals, The Casuals, Alfonso and Dresden Barfly lllpslait'sl. 261) ('lyde Street. 0870907 0999. 7.30pm. Stonesy southern rockers promoting debut album High in Friends /’/u('¢'s.
I Emergency Red, Nine Circles, The Calderas and City Barfly. 260 ('lyde Street. 08709070999. 8pm. £4. The headlining indie trio are former winners of XFM's Best I'nsigned Artist accolade.
I Skindred AB(‘2. 330 Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232. 8pm. £8. I'nique fusion of ragga with metal music.
I Colin Maclntyre and Bela King Tut's Wah Wah llut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Mull Historical Society man reverts to his own name. but will be playing his sterling pop favourites alongside new material from his forthcoming album The Iliuer:
I Free 8: Co Samuel Dow's. 67 71 .\'ithsdale Road. 423 0107. 8.30pm. Free. Free and Bad (‘ompany tribute.
I Viva Stereo and Odeon Beat Club Nice‘n'Slea/y. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 8.30pm. Indie drone rockers referencing the likes of the Velvet I'ndergrouml and melodic indie pop from ()B(‘.
I The Led Zeppelin Story ()ran .\lor. 731 735 (ireat Western Road. 357 6200. the. Tribute to the legendary Xep.
Edinburgh
I Mike Kearney, Athens and The Flavours The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 5.30pm. Free before 10pm: £5 before lam; £7 after. Singing pianist Kearney starts things off. followed by pop covers from Athens and linally houseband The Flavours.
I Roots Manuva (‘abar‘et Voltaire.
36 38 Blair Street. 220 6176. 7pm. £13. M()B() and Brit winning I'K hip hop star Roots Manuva provides a live show.
I Mark Morriss Ilenry 's (‘ellat' Bar.
8 16a Morrison Street. 228 9393. 7.30pm. £7. See Fri 8.