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■ Nacional, Strays and Iamchemist King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Indie post-punkers with a love of 80s janglers The Wedding Present and The June Brides. FREE Swagger Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Quality rock covers. ■ The Lava Experiments 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Reflective sounds at the launch of The Lava Experiments’ album Strange Gathering. Arbroath ■ Quiver & the Ladysnatchers Viewfield Hotel, 1 Viewfield Road, 08700 600100. 8pm. £6. Indie-rock quartet from Dundee with wide-ranging influences.
Bathgate ■ Heartbeat Regal Theatre, North Bridge St, 01506 632558. 8pm. £12 (£10). Nostalgia-trippers assemble for a live music tribute to 60s classics including the Beatles, Herman’s Hermits, the Kinks and many more. You’ll be twisting in the aisles before the night is over. Dalkeith ■ Blind Lemon Black Bull, 1 Lothian Street, 663 2095. 9pm. £tbc. Old school covers and classics from one of the hardest working bands around.
East Kilbride ■ It’s D’Lovely East Kilbride Village Theatre, Maxwell Drive, 01355 248669. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Join a bunch of West End singers and take a musical trip down memory lane to visit some of the best- loved musical songs from yesteryear. Hawick ■ Party on the Pitch Buccleuch Park, Buccleuch Park Road, £6 before 5pm, £7 thereafter (under 12s free). A day of family fun and music at Buccleuch Park: attractions include a bouncy castle, climbing wall, Punch & Judy, and the all important beer tent. Tickling your ears will be Scocha, The Honey Badgers, QFX, Johnny and the Roccos and Danny Allan’s Elvis tribute act.
Rock&Pop Music
Largs ■ Phil Lee – I Saw Him Before he Died Tour 2009 Victoria Hotel, 80 Gallowgate Street, 01475 672355. £tbc. See Fri 21.
Motherwell ■ MacFloyd Motherwell Concert Hall, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, 01698 403120. 7.30pm. £13 (£12). Internationally acclaimed tribute combo to Pink Floyd, who recreate (on a slightly smaller scale) the stage effects the prog rockers were renowned for. Part of Motherwell Music Festival. Peebles ■ Abba-cadabra Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Re-live the magic of ABBA with the UK’s number one ABBA-tribute show.
Sunday 23 Glasgow FREE Clydebank Salvation Army Brass Band Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2.45–4.30pm. These Mugdock perennials return once again to provide you with marches, hymns, light classical and brass music at the bandstand in the walled garden. ■ Bex Marshall The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360 085. 7pm. £10. Acoustic blues singer/songwriter with a touch of bluegrass. ■ To Catch a Thief and Soundtrack to a Blockbuster Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Emo quartet from Glasgow. ■ Martha Scanlan and Pokey LaFarge The Universal, 57–59 Sauchiehall Lane, 332 8899. 7.30pm. £12. Old school mountain bluegrass and vintage blues from this double bill of artists from Minnesota and Kentucky respectively. ✽✽ Bill Callahan Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm. £12.50. Charismatic Smog mainman Callahan brings his droll songs and calming influence back to an adoring Glasgow. See 5 Reasons, page 39. ■ Corruption, Pandora and The Number Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street,
564 8100. 8pm. £3. No Tribe night of loud, dark and scary sounds. ■ Downfall, Final Silence, Dirty Rose and Burn the Sunset Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Over-16s show. Local rock bands. FREE Tinycuts Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Sunday Special. ■ The Young States and The Crayons Maggie May’s, 60 Albion Street, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £tbc. Local indie rockers with Glaswegian twang head this bill. ■ Tom Hingley, Kim Edgar and Kevin Rutkiewicz King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Ex-frontman of baggy Mancunian space-rockers The Inspiral Carpets plies his solo wares. ■ Chasm, Amok, Siphon Plane and Trace the Ocean 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Black metal for moshing misfits. Largs ■ Phil Lee – I Saw Him Before he Died Tour 2009 Victoria Hotel, 80 Gallowgate Street, 01475 672355. £tbc. See Fri 21.
Monday 24 Glasgow FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. Weekly showcase for local songwriters performing original material. ■ Burnin Phoenix Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £5. Over-16s show. Rock band from the States. FREE Open Mic Republic Bier Halle West, 372–374 Great Western Road, 339 9177. 8pm. Weekly open stage. FREE Otaku, Buffleheid, Retrospective and Comatoast Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Rock sounds. ■ Roger Emerson and The Last Ones Left Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £6. Weekly AcousticAid night of unplugged performances. ■ Sleeping States and Andrea Marini Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Eno lovers from London.
We Were Promised Jetpacks, Broken Records, Sparrow & the Workshop andSome Young Pedro In celebration of their first year, The Mill has invited old favourites enthusiastic indie rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks and the multi-talented
Broken Records to play a special anniversary show; they in turn have brought along two of the best bands in new Scottish music. ■ Oran Mor, Glasgow, Thu 27 Aug.
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