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4851. 8pm. £5. Bittersweet harmonies from Motherwell outfit. FREE Le Reno Amps and Injuns Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. Eclectic sounds at this week’s Concrete Campfire. ■ Martin Stephenson & The Daintees Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428 . 8pm. £15. Special show with Stephenson and his band playing Boat to Bolivia. ■ Tyla, Ninety Six 4 and Audiology Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £5. Glammy rock from the Dogs D’Amour frontman.
✽✽ Idlewild King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221
5279. 8.30pm. SOLD OUT. See Wed 17. ■ How to Swim 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. Characterful pop from a many- membered collective who don’t take themselves too seriously. FREE Thorn’s Musical Journey, Sparrahawk and Outback Eskimos The Drawing Room, 1055 Sauchiehall Street, 339 8866. 9pm. Mixed line-up at this week’s Quiet Riot, headed by the folk rock of TMJ. FREE Bazodee The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. See Thu 11. ■ The Amphetameanies Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. Rabble- rousing ska punk from local supergroup.
Edinburgh FREE Dr Ruby’s Musical Surgery The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5–8pm. See Thu 11. FREE Y’All is Fantasy Island and St Jude’s Infirmary The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7pm. Stripped-down melancholy set from Falkirk’s Y’All is Fantasy Island and the Velvet Underground-esque SJI. Free tickets from www.themill-live.com. ■ EskimoGo and Roscco Galloway Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7.30pm. £5. Indie. ■ Foetus Boy, Alex Rech band, Teme, Sanna and Poison Teacups The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £4. Alt.rock meets classic rock with the guitar toting Foetus Boy. FREE Interstate Six, In Reason and Mike Kearney Trio Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. Indie and rock followed by jazz at midnight. ■ Napier Live The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 10pm–3am. £3–£4. Live sets from City City Beat, MC Solareye and Callel with Napier DJs spinning until late. Dundee ■ Ben Ottewell Fat Sam’s, 31 South Ward Road, 01382 228496. 8pm. £10. See Wed 17. ■ Bury Tomorrow, Last Witness, Many Things Untold The Doghouse, 13 Brown Street, 01382 206812. 8pm. £6–£7. Screamo from Southampton.
Dunfermline ■ The Rezillos Kinema, 45 Carnegie Drive, 7pm. £12. Over 14s show. Legendary Day-Glo Scots punks, fronted by the fabulous Fay Fife, perform hits from classic album Can’t Stand the Rezillos.
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Glasgow ✽✽ Burst Noel Christmas Party Fairfield Working Men’s Club, 205 Crossloan Road , Govan, 0141 445 3614. 7pm. £9.99. Malcolm Middleton heads a bill which includes De Rosa, Strike the Colours, The Phantom Band and DJ Aidan Moffat. The evening also involves a buffet meal, free mince pies, seasonal games and Evil Santa’s Grotto. How can you resist? See preview, page 74. ■ Eskimo Go and Rosco ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-16s show. Local indie rockers.
Spectrum Spacemen 3 set the template for proggy post-rock. Unsurprisingly, given their moniker, they offered a
cosmic narcotic haze of guitar and practically invented the term ‘space rock’. They split in 1991, with Jason Pierce going on to form Spiritualized while Sonic Boom (aka Peter Kember) recruited new musicians to form Spectrum (named after his 1989 solo album) who still reach for the outer fringes of musical possibilities. ■ Stereo, Glasgow, Sat 13 Dec.
■ Ocean Colour Scene Aftershow Party Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 10.30pm–3am. £5. Featuring a DJ set from OCS’ Steve Craddock and live sets from The Soviets and The Black Arrows. Edinburgh ■ Ben Ottewell Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £12.50. Gomez lead singer and guitarist takes to the road for a solo show. ■ Dancing Mice The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £4. Electro flavoured indie pop. FREE The Golden Hour Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. 8pm. Loose cabaret evening with words, music and video madness, hosted by the splendidly-named Ryan Van Winkle and with readings from Jason Morton, Aiko Harmon and Benjamin Lancaster (via Satellite Canada!) and music by The Forest Cafe Chior and klezmer group Blatata. BYOB. FREE Danika Star Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. Alt.rock from Livingston. FREE Rockeoke Espionage, 4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, 477 7007. 9pm. A particularly head-banging take on the traditional karaoke night.
Dundee ■ Christmas with The Rat Pack Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £25.50 (£22.50). Beat the winter blues with the Christmas version of Frank, Sammy and Dean – The Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas, with seasonal classics including ‘Baby it’s Cold Outside’, ‘Rudolph the Red Nose
Reindeer’, ‘Let it Snow’ and much more. Thursday 18
Glasgow ■ Counting Crows SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. 7pm. £33.50. POSTPONED to 10 May. ■ Deficit, Rockstars and The Wrong Ones Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £6. Indie rock. ■ The Levellers with Divokej Bill and Frank Turner ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £19.50. Over 14s show. Perennial crusty favourites influenced by punk and traditional English music, showcasing material from their latest album, Letters from The Underground. FREE Dinny Art de Caf, The Old Sheriff Court Building, Brunswick Street, 333 0344. 7.30pm. Cinematic electronica from this singer/songwriter, influenced by kd lang and Annie Lennox. ■ Ocean Colour Scene Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7.30pm. £22.50. See Sat 13. ■ Panisia, in Adaras Oceans, Silvertrace and Dwelling Redemption Barfly, 260 Clyde Street, 0870 907 0999. 7.30pm. £6 (£5). Over- 14s show. Metal bill. ■ Ross Clark & The Scarfs Go Missing, Woodenbox and Fistful of Fivers Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. Acoustic singer-songwriter likened to a quirky Scottish Bright Eyes or Ryan Adams. ■ The Just Joans, The Middle Ones and Mountain Parade The Twisted Wheel, 73 Queen Street, 221
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