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FREE Turbo Elvis Rat Pack Piano Bar. 9 Shandwick Place. 228 9147. 9pm. From Sinatra to AC/l)C with plenty of lilvis in the middle.
FREE Underbelly and Monday Street Heriot-Watt University L'nion. Riccarton. 451 5333. 9pm. Anthemic rock from Belfast's L'nderbelly.
FREE The Freaky Family The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298.
1 1.30pm. See Thu 24.
Friday 2
Glasgow
I Audiofixx, The Rodents, Seneka and Ruff Diamond: The Ferry. Anderston Quay. The Broomielaw. ()1698 360 085. 7pm. £5. Local band showcase. I The Law, The Tide and The Routes ()ran Mor. 73l~735 (ireat Western Road. 357 6200. 7pm. See Thu 1. FREE The GoMA Gig 2008 (iallery of Modern Art. Royal lixchange Square. 22‘) 305‘). 730—1 lpm. Ticketed. Late night gig to coincide with the gallery‘s current Jim Lambie exhibition. Tickets are limited to two per person and are only available in person front: (ioMA. Tickets Scotland. Monorail Music in Mono and Avalanche Records. For more information call ()141 22‘) 305‘). Part ()fS/imi' Scotland.
I Jethro Tilll Pavilion Theatre. 121 Renfield Street. 332 1846. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. See Thu 1.
I Lightspeed Champion and Operator Please Classic (irand. 18 Jamaica Street. 847 0820. 7.30pm. £8. lix- Test lcicles member l)ev Hynes. now making the unlikely move into vulnerable acoustica with his new incarnation Lightspeed Champion. Supported by sunny indie teenagers ()perator Please.
I Terry Neason: Secret Smiles’n’Love Songs (‘itizens‘ Theatre. 1 l‘) (iorbals Street. 42‘) 0022. 7.30pm. £12. See Tue 2‘).
I Don’t Mess with Texas The State Bar. 148 Holland Street. 332 215‘). 8pm. £4. Monthly country & western and rock‘n'roll night with live music from hosts Coconut L'niversity and guest performers Jill Leighton and (ierry Dickson.
I The Freelance Hellraiser, The Rascals, We Smoke Fags and The Joy Formidable The Arches. 30 Midland Street. 565 1000. 8pm. £15 (£10). Cut-and-paste electronica merchant The Freelance llellraiser headlines this Skins Live party with support from the Arctic Monkeys‘ mates The Rascals.
F REE The Rise of the Woo Woo Germs, Luxury Car, Varna and Michael Hargan Box. 431 Sauchiehall Street. 332 5431. 8pm. lilectro pop frorn Luxury Car. plus l72/l)ylan/Cash- influenced singer-songwriter llargan. FREE Goodbye Stranger Samuel Dow's. 67—71 Nithsdale Road. 423 ()107. 8.30pm. Live music.
I Proud Mary, The Scuffers and Raymond Meade King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 527‘). 8.30pm. £7.50. ()ne of Noel Gallagher's favourite bands. which is probably all you need to know about these dadrock plodders. playing acoustically in this instance.
I White Rabbits Nice'n‘Sleazy. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 ()‘)00. 8.30pm. Twelve-legged groove machine from Brooklyn. referencing 10cc. The Specials and Cold War Kids.
I The Gilded Angels Firewater. 341 Sauchiehall Street. 354 0350. 9pm. £5 (£4). See Sat 26.
I Hug Party and House Hotdog 13th Note Cafe. 50—60 King Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Rapping duo from Manchester.
I The Rico Franchi Vibe Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 9.30pm. £8. Glasgow ‘experimental world pop' songwriter and his band play at this Acoustic Affair night.
I The Hidden Masters The Twisted Wheel. 73 Queen Street. 221 4851.
1 1pm. £5 (£4). [ix-Needles members play at the liyes Wide Open club.
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I Brothers of Craig, Redshift, Local Tour Guide and The Hardy Souls lvory Blacks. 56 ()swald Street. 248 4114. Indie pop/rock.
I You Already Know, Skeleton Bob and Mitchell Museum Stereo. 20—28 Renfield Lane. 222 2254. £4 (£3). Dark. heavy rockness from You Already Know.
Edinburgh
I Johnny Downie and The One Day Speakers Wee Red Bar. Edinburgh
College of Art. Lauriston Place. 22‘) 1442.
6pm. £tbc. Singer-songwriter.
I Lee Patterson, Any Colour Black and Tree House lnfidels Whistlebinkies. 4—6 South Bridge. 557
51 14. 6pm. Free before midnight; £4 after.
lndie.
I Chuck Prophet 8. the Mission Express and The Wynntown Marshalls Cabaret Voltaire. 36—38 Blair Street. 220 6176. 7.30pm. £13. Former frontman of cosmic cowboys Green on Red for whom ‘all roads lead to Dylan‘. But his latest album Age of.11irut‘les also draws on soul. pop. funk and blues.
I The Fratellis Queen's Hall. 87—89 Clerk Street. 668 201‘). 7.30pm. £17.50. See Thu 24.
Dunfermline
I Molly Wagger and Hippo Monty‘s. Guildhall Street. 01383 623383. 9pm. £5. lndie rock plus a 1)] set from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I’ur! ({I'Yigt’rj/i'.s'l.
Isle of Mull
I Colin Macintyre An Tobar. Argyll Terrace. Tobermory. 01688 302 21 1. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). The Mull Historical Society mart reverts to his own name for a gig in his home town.
Glasgow s. Pendulum Carling Academy (ilasgow. l2l liglinton Street. 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £6. London via Perth (Australia) outfit who mix drum & bass with heavy rock. See preview. page 70. I Gemma Hayes ()ran Mor. 731 -735 (ireat Western Road. 357 6200. 7.30pm.
Hotel Cafe featuring Tom McRae
Return of one time Mercury Award
nominee singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes.
I One Night with Elvis Pavilion
Theatre. 121 Renfield Street. 332 1846. 7.30pm. £17.50—£l8.50. Tribute to the
King. I Terry Neason: Secret Smiles ‘n’ Love Songs Citizens” Theatre. 1 1‘)
5 (iorbals Street. 42‘) 0022. 7.30pm. £12.
See Tue 2‘).
I How to Swim and Say Glasgow
School of Art. 167 Renfrew Street. 353 4531. 8pm. £5. Characterful pop from a
many-membered collective who don‘t
take themselves too seriously. playing this New Breed night.
FREE Suspire, Kobai, City, The
Antics and The Casuals Box. 431 Sauchiehall Street. 332 5431. 8pm. Soaring melodic rock from Suspire. I Chuck Prophet a the Mission Express and The Wynntown
. Marshalls King Tut's Wah Wah Hut.
272a St Vincent Street. 221 527‘). 8.30pm. £13.50. See Fri 2.
FREE Jed Milroy The Butterfly & the Pig. 153 Bath Street. 221 7711. 8.30pm. singer-songwriter.
FREE Kong Samuel Dow's. 67--7l Nithsdale Road. 423 0107. 8.30pm. Rock.
I The Maple State, This Ain’t Vegas and Above Them Nice‘n'Sleazy. 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 0900. 8.30pm. Mellow Mancunian indie band headline.
FREE Santa Lucia, Brawth, Saint Jude and The Valkarays ()‘Henry's. 14 1)rury Street. 248 3751. 8.30pm. Folk. country and psychedelic sounds at this acoustic night.
EZREE Dirty Hearts The Halt Bar. 160 Woodlands Road. 352 9996. 9pm. Live music at the llalt Bar Hijack.
I My Electric Love Affair The Flying Duck. 142 Renfield Street. 572 0100.
1 1pm. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Psychedelic rock from MELA at this l)olly Mixture night.
I Sonny Marvello Woodside Social Club. 32‘) North Woodside Road. 337 1643. £8 before midnight; £10 after. Bowler-halted swagger from this (ilasgow outfit playing Club Noir‘s Backstage night.
The son of not one but two vicars,
unsurprisineg Tom McRae started off singing in the church choir, but soon began trying to emulate his heroes, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Paul Simon. Now a well respected singer-songwriter he heads this massive Hotel Cafe bill, which also features Cary Brothers, Catherine Feeny, Brian Wright, Jim Blanco and Greg Laswell.
I Ark, Edinburgh, Thu 24 Apr; Oran Mor, Glasgow, Fr/ 25 Apr.
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Edinburgh
FREE Rat Pack Re-Launch Rat Pack Piano Bar. 9 Shandwick Place. 228 9147. 6pm. Big blow-out ten live musicians playing funk. rock. soul. pop and more.
I Safehouse and Demons Eye Whistlebinkies. 4-6 South Bridge. 557
51 14. 6pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. lndie and rock. with more acts tbc.
I Fourteenhours and The Stantons Cabaret Voltaire. 36—38 Blair Street. 220 6176. 7pm. £5. Launching Fourteenhours‘ debut album. Part of Tigerfest.
I The Joy Foundations, Emergency Red and Carrie MacDonald Wee Red Bar. Edinburgh College ofAn. Lauriston Place. 229 1442. 7pm. £4—£5. Oxjam music fundraiser.
: I Panther and The Damn Shames
Henry‘s Cellar Bar. 8—16a Morrison Street. 228 9393. 7pm. £tbc. 1 Fly Spitfires night of live indie. I Rise with The Fallen, Forever Ends Tomorrow, Anavris, Sidelock and Bury Your Senses The Hive. 15—17 Niddry Street. 556 0444. 7pm. £5. Hardcore metal. I A State of Mind, Contact Play and Penpushers The Bongo Club. Moray House. 37 Holyrood Road. 558 7604. 7 m. £5. Live off kilter hip hop. 5% Vampire Weekend The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7pm. £10. Upbeat new wavers with an Afrobeat edge. See preview. page 68. I Violent Breakfast, Me & Goliath, Okker and Citizens The Canons' Gait. 232 Canongate. 556 4481. 7.30pm. £5. Italian screamo. I 3 Inches of Blood, Swordmaster and Flat Iron Studio 24. 24—26 Calton Road. 558 3758. 7pm. £8. Six men on a mission to bring metal back into your hearts and minds.
‘ s. Steven Severin The Voodoo
Rooms. 19a West Register Street. 556 7060. £10. Solo show from one of the founding members of Siouxsie & the Banshees with the premiere screening of Severin‘s new score to the 1926 surrealist
. classic The Sous/tell & the C‘Iergvman.
Glenrothes I Root System, Bombskare and Big Hand Greenside Hotel. 1 High
Street. Leslie. 0870 7522235. 8pm. £5. Ska triple bill. Part of Tigerfest.
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Glasgow s. a Nick Cave 8. The Bad Seeds Carling Academy Glasgow. 121 Eglinton Street. 0844 477 2000. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Cave reunites with his trusty Bad Seeds after taking some time out to pursue his Grinderman project. Current album Dig Lazarus Dig!!! features the band in playful. funky mood. See feature. page 20. I The Black Lips Barrowland 2. 244 Uallowgate. 552 4601. 7pm. £9.50. Over- 14s show. Atlanta flower power punks known for their wild live shows. Vampire Weekend ABC. 330 Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Over- 14s show. Note change of venue. See Sat 3. I David Essex Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £18—£22. Pop‘s original cheeky chappie (or was that Tommy Steele?) promotes his greatest hits album. Which is the greatest for you? ‘Silver Dream Machine‘. ‘Rock On‘ or perhaps ‘Tahiti“.’ I Matchbox Nenty SECC. Finnieston Quay. 0870 ()40 4000. 7.30pm. £25. American AOR band who sell bucketloads of albums back home but are still treated with some indifference over here. FREE Jer McDade, Jay Brown and
Alex Wayt The Aragon Bar. 131 Byres
Road. 33‘) 3252. 8pm. Acoustic at the Aragon.
I Parkway Drive, Suicide Silence, Burn Your Dead and Shaped By Fate Barfly. 260 Clyde Street. 0870 907 099‘). 8pm. £10. Heavy hardcore from
Byron Bay. Australia.