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■ Kilmarnock Edition Festival: Saw Doctors, Seth Lakeman, Jo Mango & Ballachulish Hellhounds Dean Castle, Dean Road, 01563 554900. 6.45pm. £15. Another night of great music in the courtyard of Dean Castle, including Galway heroes and writers of the hits ‘I Useta Lover’ and ‘Two Princes’, the Saw Doctors and Mercury prize nominated Lakeman. Tickets available from Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock. ■ Kilmarnock Edition Festival: Calvin Harris The Grand Hall, London Road, 01563 554900. 7.30pm. £14. The man behind ‘Acceptable in the 80s’ descends on Kilmarnock with his electronica and new wave disco spectacular.
Monday 10
Glasgow ■ Annotations of an Autopsy and Trigger the Bloodshed The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £9. Over- 14s show. Mean metal muthas from Lowestoft. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. Weekly showcase for local songwriters performing original material. FREE Open Mic Republic Bier Halle West, 372–374 Great Western Road, 339 9177. 8pm. Weekly open stage. ■ Postcode, Abandon Ship and David Epton Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Over-16s show. Acoustic show. FREE The Roshambos and Susanna MacDonald Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Live music. FREE Swan Lee, Wee Spies, Fiona Crawford and James Stanhope Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Weekly AcousticAid night of unplugged performances. ■ The World/Inferno Friendship Society, Joey Terrifying, The Dirty Demographic and Dave Hughes Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. £7. Punk’n’soul outfit from Brooklyn, supported by Edinburgh ska punk band Joey Terrifying and politicised singer- songwriter Dave Hughes.
Tuesday 11
Glasgow ■ Young Guns, Sacred Betrayal, Converse with Ghosts and Social Schism Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £7. Over-14s show. Buckinghamshire rock five-piece headline. FREE Acoustic Sessions and Open Mic Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. Free acoustic night hosted by Ross Clark. ■ Andripov and Stick 430 Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Down tempo electronica. ■ Andy Miller Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Acoustic guitar virtuoso and singer-songwriter presents some of his favourite bands. ■ Burn the Skyline, as Autumn Falls, Battle a Dinosaur, Purpose:Failed and Harvest the Sun Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Over-16s show. Rock line-up. FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Fifties-style rhythm’n’blues band play a residency. FREE Oran Mor Acoustic Sessions and Open Mic Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. Free acoustic session and open mic. Stirling ■ Dub Syndicate Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £12 (£10). Hypnotic sonic dub sound.
Wednesday 12 Glasgow ■ Rio Callaghan, Funksion and Federation of the Disco Pimp Glasgow Science Centre, ScottishPower Planetarium, 50 Pacific Quay, 0871 540 1000. 7pm. £12. Jazz-funk set from
FOTDP, formerly known as Funkology, as part of the Stellar Sounds series of concerts in the Science Centre’s planetarium. FREE Out of the Swim Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Indie rock. ■ The Scruff and Aames Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Clash, U2 and Mogwai influences. ■ A Thousand Years, Stolen Order and Roadway Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Over-16s show. Rock bill. FREE Open Stage The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. 8.30pm. Weekly open mic night. ■ Vagabond and Oswald King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Soul/blues- influenced band produced by Xenomania, the power behind the Girls Aloud throne. ■ Call Me Ishmael, The Yooks, Pacific Theatre and General 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Heavy yet melodic power rock.
Thursday 13
Glasgow ■ Carpathian, Brutality Will Prevail, Ritual and Here Lies a Warning Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £7.50. Black metal bill. ■ The Detours ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Alt.rock and metal from Glasgow quintet The Detours. ■ After the Ordeal, She Fell Victim!, Son of the Fallen, The Chart Show and Excellent Cadaver Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Over- 16s show. Rock line-up. ■ Bandwaggin Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Electric collective. ■ Galoshins, The Sky Mangle and The Sundancer Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Monks and Captain Beefheart influences from Galoshins. ■ Maple Leaves and Panda Su Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. Free but ticketed. Indie sounds at this week’s Mill. FREE Glasgow Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 6. ■ Telepathe, RBRBR and Super Adventure Club King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7.50. Brooklyn-based avant-pop synth duo headline. FREE Casino, The Other Side, The Talent and Sol Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. Get Loose presents a line-up of local indie groups. FREE The Drawing Room Sessions The Drawing Room, 1055 Sauchiehall Street, 339 2999. 9pm. Hosted by Fraser Ross, and this week featuring performances by Sam’s Dice and Mike Smith. ■ Scunner, Evangenitals, Transvestosaurus Rex and Les D’Viles 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Eclectic electropop troupe Scunner preside over more theatrical mischief. FREE Bazodee The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. See Thu 6. Motherwell ■ The Donnie Munro Band Motherwell Concert Hall, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, 01698 302999. 7.30pm. £18 (£17). The former Runrig singer Donnie Munro brings his Heart of America show, with an all star band and his own evocative vocals, to the Motherwell Music Festival. ■ Motherwell Music Festival Motherwell Theatre, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, 01698 403120. Times vary. Prices vary. Ten nights of concerts at Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre celebrating the complex’s 40 years of successful entertainment. Acts appearing include guitarist Martin Taylor, Teenage Fanclub and the Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook.
Stirling ■ Reloaded Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 7pm. £4. Featuring unsigned act The Froobs. 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. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Thursday 6
Glasgow FREE BAsix Jazz Musicians Gallus, 80 Dumbarton Road, 334 8012. 8pm. Eclectic jazz mix from some of Glasgow’s hottest young musicians.
Friday 7
Glenrothes ■ Lightnin’ Willie & the Poor Boys Rothes Halls, Kingdom Centre, 01592 611101. 7.30pm. £12. Delve into the ‘Devil’s Music’ with Lightnin’ Willie and his band the Poor Boys, who have been touring their brand of rockabilly-tinged blues for over ten years.
Tuesday 11
Glasgow FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Fifties-style rhythm’n’blues band play a residency. Wednesday 12
Glasgow FREE Mono Jazz Mono, 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. Weekly jazz residency with a house quartet of Lorne Cowieson, Euan Stevenson, Andy Sharkey and Jim Drummond.
Thursday 13
Glasgow ■ Elkie Brooks Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0870 060 6647. 7.30pm. £21–£23.50. Million-selling British songstress belts out the hits as well as material from her forthcoming album. Folk 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 Norman Chalmers. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 6
Glasgow ■ Ken Campbell’s Ideal Band St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). Ken Campbell, on guitar, smallpipes and vocals, resurrects his popular band in a new line-up of Seylan Baxter (cello/vocals) and Gavin Paterson (keyboard/piano/vocals). Melrose ■ Tibetan Dance Wynd Theatre, Buccleuch Street, 01896 820028. 8pm. £12 (£10). Monks from the monastery of Tashi Lhunpo perform their dramatic masked dances with music.
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