Glasgow
I Jack Savoretti ll.\I\'. l'nit 5 6. Lewis Building. Argyle Street. 204 4787. 5pm. Free. lnstore appearance ahead of tonight's gig at Brel.
I Chiaro Rockers. 14 Midland Street. 22l 0726. 7pm. £5. Indie rock. with more bands to be confirmed.
I Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Sli(‘(‘: ('lyde .-\uditorium. l’iimieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. 7pm. £25. 80s popsters ()MI) reyisit their classic album .-il'(‘/Ill(’(‘llll'(’ uml .llomlity. the one with all the songs you know on ii.
I The Pigeon Detectives and Air Traffic ()ran Mor. 731 “735 (ireat Western Road. 357 0200. 7pm. £9. (‘urrent indie by numbers lrom young Leeds band popular with the kids.
I Jack Savoretti Brel. 39 43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 7.30pm. £6. Scrul'l‘y. hall-linglish. hall-Italian. bohetnian troubadour peddling delicate melancholy. I Au Revoir Simone and Ned Collette The Hold (under Admiral Bart. Waterloo Street. 8pm. £6. Triple keyboard action from Brooklyn girls ARS.
*5: Emma Pollock, PopUp and Attic Lights Barfly. 260 (‘lyde Street. 0870 907 0999. 8pm. £8. See Mon I5
I Glasgow Songwriters Blackt‘riars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 8pm. Free. l-‘ortnightly gathering of the musicians' collectiye with featured artists. open mic and a strict original material policy.
I Jim Whyte ’l‘chai ()yna. 42 ()tago Lane. 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Rock. blues and jazz inflections from this songwriter. I Amiina .\lono. 12 King‘s ('ourt. King Street. 55.3 2400. 8.30pm. £8.50. Icelandic outlit \\ ho double as string section for their countrymen Sigur Ros. I Red String and Eight Page Pullout .\'ice'n'Slea/.y. 42l Sauchiehall
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Thes One and Double K understand ‘ ‘ ‘ " ‘ that hip hop needs to be a show. Hence they’re back in town for the second time in a year and can guarantee a top night out, with the kind of thing Jurassic 5 and Ugly Duckling do so well: pure hip hop entertainment replete with crowd interaction that goes beyond these tired ‘all the people on the right say “hey!”’ tactics. Four albums in, they remain US underground hip hop’s least hyped sons. They truly deserve your love. Bongo Club. Edinburgh, Wed 76 May; King Tut's. G/asgow. Thu 77 May.
I Gavin Urie Beanscene. 38 42 \Vootlluntls Road. 352 9800. 9pm. Free. Welsh-born. (ilasgow -based singer/song“riter whose style stretches from indie to country.
I Superunknown l3lh .\'ote (are. 50 ()0 King Street. 553 l(i38. 9pm. £3.
Street. 333 0900. 8.30pm. .v\lt.rock and punk pop.
I City Bar Bloc. I I7 Bath Street. 574 (illoo. 9pm. Free. See 'l'hu I0.
I The Garden Party Beanscene. l9 Skirying Street. Shawlands, o32 8090. 9pm. l-‘ree. Power pop duo.
27 May
Stoner grunge from the band behind the soundtrack to S'I‘V’s High Illilt’x series.
Edinburgh
I Jacob Flynch, Unknown Hagan and Villians ()ctopus Diamond. 37 (iuthrie Street. 225 9744. 7pm. £5. Jacob lily nch haye been described as ‘('aptain Beelheart being assaulted by Rage Against the .\Iachine.'
iii Roy Ayers and Gecko 3 The liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7pm. £l4. Jan l‘unk \ibraphone legend behind the eternal ‘liyerybody Loves the Sunshine‘. who’s been sampled by nearly eyery hip hop artist out there. Part of the Liquid Room's l0th birthday celebrations. See preview. page ()0.
I The Wombats, Gofaster and Chutes ('abaret Voltaire. 3b 38 Blair Street. 220 (il7o. 7pm. £6. See Mon I4. I Broken Records, Wesley McCoy, Ricard Boa and The Sprouting “wigs llenry ’s ('ellar Bar. 8 Ion Morrison Street. 228 9393. 8pm. £4. ('omplex alternatiye indie.
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Glasgow
I Girls Aloud Sli('(’. l‘innieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. 7pm. £20. Robotic yogueing l'rom the li\ e performing seals. but you can't deny the catchiness of the tunes.
I Jeff Healey Blues Band and Stretch (‘arling Academy (ilasgow. l2l Iiglinton Street. 0870 77] 2000. 7pm. £22.50. Blind guitarist who is well respected on the blues circuit.
I Mika Barrowland. 244 (iallow gate. 552 4(i0l. 7pm. £l2.50. ()yer-l4s show. l-‘lamboyant new pop sensation born in Lebanon but raised in Paris and London. whose helium \‘UL‘itlS haye been ubiquitous c\c1‘ since he hit the top of the charts with debut single '(irace Kelly'.
Glasgow lmprovisers Orchestra
Film screenings Part 2:
Luke Fowler — Pilgrimage from Scattered Points. Cornelius Cardew + The Scratch Orchestra
Nagisa Ni te Justice Yeldham
eena Parkins The Thing + Z"
Ia weekend