I Battle of The Bands Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 (1726. 7.30pm. £4. See Sun 4.

I Howling Bells Classic Grand. 18 Jamaica Street. 847 0820. 7.30pm. £8.50. ()z-born. London-based southern gotbic indie country quartet.

I Kristin Hersh ()ran Mor. 731—735 Great Western Road. 357 6200. 7.30pm. £12.50. The former Throwing Muses singer return with more of those songs which cotne to her in the night.

I Towers of London The Cathouse. 15 Union Street. 248 6606. 7.30pm. Over- 14s show. Gobby old school punk rockers doused in more hairspray than Motley C rue. fronted by that krraazzy Celebrity Big Brother contestant Donny Tourette.

I Coyote Cates, Bela and Jen Campbell The Butterfly and the Pig. 153 Bath Street. 221 7711. 8pm. Free. Acoustic Affair session.

I The Scuffers and Baldego The Arches. 253 Argyle Street. 0870 240 7528. 8pm. £6. Access gig. featuring the country-tinged Scuffers and solo acoustic act Baldego.

I The Legacy Barfly. 260 (‘Iyde Street. 0870 907 (1999. 8pm. £6. Fast melodic hardcore combo from Sheffield.

I Red String and Dresden Nice’n'Slcazy. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 8.30pm. lilectro punk from Dresden.

I Thirteen Senses and Luke Toms King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. SOLD OUT. Rescheduled date for the indie rockers perpetrating the trend for piano-fronted bands but chucking in some thrashy indie guitars too.

Edinburgh

I Combichrist The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7pm. £10. Industrial metal and punk techno from Norway's Combichrist.

I Cut Out 8. Keep, Aevum, Exit to Nowhere, Paradime and Recreational Homicide Cabaret Voltaire. 36—38 Blair Street. 220 6176. 7pm. £tbc. Five bands of rock attitude. I Steven Seagal & Thunderbox Queen's Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £26. See Sat 10.

I The Sound Station Sunday Session The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 8pm. New showcase of young acts. with at least four bands per week.

I Hobo The Bongo Club. Moray House. 37 Holyrood Road. 558 7604. 10pm—3am. Free before 1 1pm; £3 after. See Sun 4.

Glasgow

-. Arcade Fire and Patrick Wolf Barrowland. 244 Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7pm. SOLD 0111‘. See Sun 11.

I The Deftones and Mnemic Carling Academy Glasgow. 121 Einnton Street. 0870 444 6062. 7pm. £12.50. Over-14s show. Nu-metal virtuosos headed by Chino Marino play tracks from their latest Satin-(lav Night Wrist album.

I Battle of The Bands Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 ()726. 7.30pm. £4. See Sun 4.

I Howard’s Alias Barfly. 260 Clyde Street. 0870 907 0999. 8pm. £7. Return of the Southampton prog-ska-rockers. I The Bishops King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. London beat combo fronted by twins Mike and Pete Bishop.

Edinburgh

I The Fall The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7pm. £16. Gruff indie diehard Mark F. Smith is back with the latest incarnation of the Fall. whoever that might involve. No change in musical status though it's iconic ramshackle indie punk all the way.

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I The Low Lows, Music for One, Julien Pearly and Eagleowl Henry‘s Cellar Bar. 8~|6a Morrison Street. 228 9393. 8pm. £5 (£4). Lo-li feedback and gently chugging guitars. I Battle of the Bands The Bongo Club. Moray House. 37 Holyrood Road. 558 7604. 9pm. £5. Live band showcase raising funds for EPG.

Stirling

I Chas 8: Dave Albert Halls. Dumbarton Road. 01786 473 544. 7.30pm. £15 (£13.50). See Sat 10.

Glasgow

I Celtic Frost V Kreator and Legion of the Damned The Garage. 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 l 120. 6pm. £20. ()ver-l4s show. Double trouble with this twin-headed death metal tour featuring Swiss-American and (ierman bands.

I lncasino, Festoon, Four Star and Gravity Grace Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 0726. 7.30pm. £4. Featuring the guitar based indie of Aberdeen‘s Incasino.

. I Andy Miller Tchai ()vna. 42 ()tago

Lane. 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Acoustic

E guitar virtuoso and singer/songwriter. I Keller Williams and Amy

McDonald King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8. Virginia troubadour with local songwriter support.

I Yellow Bentines Beanscene. l9

Skirving Street. Shawlands. 6328090. 9pm. Free. Piano pop. with trumpet embellishment.

Edinburgh

I The Fall The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7pm. £16. See Mon 12.

I Band Showcase Whistlebinkies. 4—6 South Bridge. 557 51 14. 9pm. Free. See Tue 6.

: Wednesday 14

Glasgow

I Air ABC. 330 Sauchiehall Street.

332 2232. 7pm. SOLD OUT. ()ver-l4s show. Dreamy French dance duo back with a new album of Fnoesque

atmosphere. See 5 Reasons. page 68.

I Motion Sickness and This Smile Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 ()726. 7.30pm. £4. Indie rock from [England‘s Motion Sickness.

I Acoustic Open Stage The Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 352 9996. 8pm. Free. See Wed 7.

I Boyfriend/Girlfriend, The Stars

' aren’t Silver and Aeronaut Barfly.

260 Clyde Street. 0870 907 (1999. 8pm. £4. Post-punk/prog jitterers Boyfriend/Girlfriend headline.

I Michael Simons Tchai ()vna. 169 Deanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2. See Wed 7.

I The Multi-Coloured Speakeasy Tchai ()vna. 42 ()tago Lane. 357 4524. 8pm. Free. Open mic/jam session hosted by Tom Snowball.

I Five O’Clock Heroes, Operhouse and The Ones That Got Away King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. The headliners are an Anglo-American outlit enthused by Motown and New Wave.

I Marshan Bar Bloc. 1 17 Bath Street. 574 6066. 9pm. Free. Superheavy stoner rock.

I Outi Karhula, Crawford Smith and Le Beef Linen 1906. l l 10 Pollokshaws Road. 649 0007. 9pm. Free. Acoustic night.

I Ridin’ on a Soul Train Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. CANCELLED.

Edinburgh

I Tim Finn Queen‘s Hall. 87---89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £14. Legendary New '/..ealand songwriter

best known for being one half of the brains behind Crowded Ilouse.

I Hollow Heart Parlour Henry's Cellar Bar. 8— 16a Morrison Street. 228 9393. 8pm. £5. Acoustic night.

I Clutter and The Cardboard Lung ()ctopus Diamond. 37 (iuthrie Street.

225 9744. 8.30pm. £1. Noise and glitchy

electronica.

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Glasgow

I Stone Sour and Flyleaf Carling Academy (ilasgow. 121 Iiglinton Street. 0870771 2000. 7pm. £15. ()ver-l4s show. Slipknot frontman Corey 'l‘aylor unmasks for his other band of a more complaint rock persuasion.

I Massacre on the Fjords, Signal Way, The Antics, Stop the Sunrise, State of Affairs and The Heist Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 221 (1726. 7.30pm. £4. Huge line up of rock. indie and metal completed by Albion Tower. Dovetail and Corona.

I Beyond All Reason, This Tall to Ride, Non Operational and Dana Walker Barfly. 260 Clyde Street. ()870 907 0999. 8pm. £5. Melodic metal quartet with downtuncd guitars. comparable to the likes of (ilassjaw and Thursday.

I I was a Cub Scout, W-T-N and The Lost Generation King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8pm. £5. ()ver-l4s show. ‘Boy band' duo from Nottingham with a scattershot approach to pop music.

I Ideal Panic Capitol. 468 Sauchiehall Street. 331 1040. 8pm. £5. Power pop and indie rock.

I Leaves Tchai ()vna. 42 ()tago Lane. 357 4524. 8pm. £2. l.o-li singer/guitarist. I The Phantom Band Mono. 12 Kings Court. King Street. 553 2400. 8pm. Leftlield rock four-piece.

I The Protocall, The Sophisticates, Domino 7 and The Series BarlIy (upstairs). 260 Clyde Street. 0870907 0999. 8pm. £5.

I Tribute to The Magnetic Fields MacSorIey's. 42 Jamaica Street. 248 8581. 8pm. Free. The Royal We. Bricolage. Dot to Dot. Mia Beane & the Asthmatic Scene. The Deep Fried Wolf Knuckles and Sporting Ilero all salute the droll songwriting genitis of Stephin Merritt.

I Soul Circus, Dark Little Poet and The Droogs Nice'n'Sleazy. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 8.30pm. £5. Indie rockers.

I Santa Karla and Rise with the Fallen Bar Bloc. I 17 Bath Street. 574 6066. 9pm. Free. Crushing metal from ex-Love That Kills members.

I Futuro The Arches. 30 Midland Street. 0870 240 7528. 10.30pm. £5 (£3). Alternative rocking three-piece from (ilasgow. whose lil’ ‘Keep It Short And Keep It Simple‘ does what it says on the tin. play Club NMIi.

I Team Salt and The People Firewater. 341 Sauchiehall Street. 354 0350. Free before 10.30pm; £4 (£3) after. Iiclectic live—piece play this llorrorshow night.

Edinburgh

I Howling Bells Cabaret Voltaire. 3638 Blair Street. 2206176. 7pm. £8.50. See Sun 11.

I Véronique Pestel lnstitut Francais d'Iicosse. 13 Randolph Crescent. 225 5366. 7pm. £5 (£3). The author. singer and composer. who began her career in the piano bars of Lyon in the early 80s. takes us into the world of the great French poets. singing Louis Aragon. Catherine Pozzi. Jo'e Bousquet and Louise de Vilmorinpoets on the occasion of ‘Printemps des Poetes'.

I Lords of Bastard ()ctoptis Diamond. 37 (iuthrie Street. 225 9744. 8pm. Free before 9pm; £3 after. Sleazy rock action from the Lords.

I Neverzone Henry‘s Cellar Bar.

8- 1621 Morrison Street. 228 9393. 8pm. £4. Local Ieftlield hip hop.

Jazz

Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henry©list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore and Kenny Mathieson.

Glasgow

I James Chadwick St Andrew‘s in the Square. St Andrew's Square. 559 5902. 8pm. £6 (£4). Finalist in the Radio 2 Young Folk Awards. sitiger/songwriter James Chadwick embraces rock. folk. roots. blues. jazz and indie.

Edinburgh

I Ken Mathieson’s Classic Jazz Orchestra Jazz Centre. The Lot. 4/6 (irassmarket. 467 5200. 8.30pm. £7. Fight-piece outfit taking a fresh look at classic jazz and putting a new spin on original compositions. Features top local musicians such as Tom Finlay (piano). Roy Percy (double bass). Martin Foster/Dick Lee/Keith Iidwards (saxes) and Billy Ilunter (trumpet).

Edinburgh

I Haftor Medboe Duo, The Sensational Alex Hodgson Duo and The Flavours The Jam House. 5 Queen Street. 226 4380. 5.15pm. £3 before 10pm; £5 before lam: £7 after. Jazz guitarist Medboe is followed by ‘anything goes” from the Alex Ilodgson Duo and houseband The Flavours.

I Azymuth The Bongo Club. Moray House. 37 Holyrood Road. 558 7604. 8pm. £10. Brazilian 70s funk pioneers playing at Four Corners second birthday. See preview. page 60.

I Sheila Jordan Jazz Centre. The Lot. 4/6 (irassmarket. 467 5200. 8.30pm. £10. Iimbracing audiences with her unique sense of occasion and style. the sensational New York vocalist's shows reflect a lifetime of bop. blues and ballads.

I Gordon McNeill Quartet The Jazz Bar. I Chambers Street. 220 4290. 9pm. Free. Dynamic modern jazz. fronted by powerful saxophonist Mc.\'eill.

I Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4290.

midnight» 3am. £5. Night of top funk from DJ Wilkzbooth and live guests. including jazz funkers Soul Injection (2 Mar) and drummer Swavek Justynski‘s limployce of the Month (9 Mar).

Rutherglen

I Todd Gordon: The Sinatra Era Rutherglen 'l'own Hall. 139 Main Street. 613 5700 . 7.30pm. £10(£b’). Todd (‘iordon puts his spin on ‘()1 Blue Iiyes in his award winning homage to the era when Sinatra was at his peak.

Stirling

I Jeanette Lindstrom Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. ()1786 274000. 8pm. £10 (£8). Self-composed music and lyrics from one of Sweden's most prized jazz singers and her band. l’url o/flluxjimn Siva/mi.

Glasgow

I Evelyn Laurie Trio Brel. 39 43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 3 6pm. Free. Smooth jazz sounds.

I The Michael Deans Quintet Bar Bloc. I 17 Bath Street. 574 6066. 5 8pm. Free. Quintet led by tenor saxophonist Deans. playing a modern blend of bebop. jazz and funk.

I The George Penman Jazzmen Cafe Source. I St Andrew's Stlliare. 548 6020. 8pm. £18.95 including two courses and tea or coffee. Vintage New Orleans jazz with a 50s flavour from this stalwart of the Scottish jazz scene.