Music Rock&Pop

Orbital and Delphic O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 08444 772 000. 7pm. £23. They retired! And then they came out of retirement! The Hartnoll brothers don those little head torches again to rock the house with their techno anthems. Paint it Black Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £7. Philadelphia hardcore band. Smooth Radio’s The Carpenters Story King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. 7.30pm. £13.75–£25.50. Classic Carpenters hits performed by a nine-piece band and narrated by Smooth presenters. Waterloo Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £19.50–£21.50. Pure entertainment celebrating the music of Abba, with authentic costumes, spectacular lighting and over two hours of hits. FREE Jess Eastfield, Rosco Vacant, Dave Hughes and Cal Murray The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. 8pm. Eastfield is the lead singer of ‘rail punk’ band Eastfield, supported by alt punk and folk punk acts. Rinoa! Rinoa!, The Redshow and Drainpipe Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Female- fronted five-piece pop punk band supported by punk, rock, blues outfits. FREE The Drowned & the Saved and A March in November Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Live music. Hockey, Deastro and Little Comets King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8.50. See Sat 19. Edinburgh FREE Soul Pigeon The Granary, 32––34 The Shore, Leith, 554 9465. 5–10pm. See Sun 13. FREE Acoustic Sunday Supplement Electric Circus, 36–39

Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. See Sun 13. Attrition, Twisted Nerve and Tin Omen The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Dark electronica. Tourettes, Dirty Rose, Cosmonauts and Event Horizon The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Alternative rock and indie. The Chans The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.15pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 14. Hamilton Bjorn Again Flower of Scotland Family Day Hamilton Park Racecourse, Bothwell Road, 01698 283806. 12.10pm. From £13 (family tickets from £26). The world’s most famous ABBA tribute band, who’ve been on the go longer than the Swedish four- piece themselves. Today they perform as the finale to Hamilton Park Racecourse’s Flower of Scotland Family Day, which incorporates seven races and children’s entertainment including laser quest and paintball.

Stirling Back to Broadway Macrobert, University of Stirling, 01786 466 666. 7.30pm. £16.50. JMS Productions presents this charity show in aid of the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland. See familiar faces from TV and the West End performing a host of hits from the shows, including Les Miserables and Hairspray, with dance numbers and some impressive special effects completing the spectacle.

Monday 21 Glasgow InMe ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. InMe are a muscular young rock trio, much touted by the rock oracle that is

Orbital The second coming of dance music pioneers Orbital continues. After the euphoria that greeted them at Rock

Ness this summer, the Hartnoll brothers are back for more of their classic techno cuts and lush ambient electro. O2 Academy, Glasgow, Sun 20 Sep.

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Kerrang!. See preview, page 65. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. See Mon 14. FREE AcousticAid Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Weekly acoustic night, tonight featuring Susanna MacDonald, Franny McKeown, Ramon and Jon Mackenzie. FREE Casino City, Indian Ink, Burnout and Shenanigans Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Local bands. Michael Simons Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Glasgow-based guitarist playing folk, blues and beyond. FREE Open Mic Republic Bier Halle West, 372–374 Great Western Road, 339 9177. 8pm. See Mon 14. Toploader King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 473 2000. 8.30pm. £12.50. Remember the 90s? Crazy times. And these guys were right there with their middle of the road piano pop singalongs . . . Edinburgh Altar of Plagues, Atavist, a Forest of Stars, Wraiths and Haar The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 6.30pm. £5. Black metal, doom and noise from across the UK and Ireland. Kris Drever, John McCusker & Roddy Woomble, Heidi Talbot and Boo Hewerdine Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £13.50 (£11.50). Scottish trio touring their new album of contemporary folk. FREE Open Mic Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. See Mon 14. The Chans The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 1am. £2 (£1). See Mon 14.

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Glasgow Florence & the Machine, The Temper Trap and The XX ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Over-14s show. Mercury Music Prize-nominated London-based vocalist Florence Welch has been compared to Lily Allen and Kate Nash ‘if they’d grown up locked in a cage full of snakes in the basement of a Louisiana funeral home’. ✽✽ Tinchy Stryder and Chipmunk The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Two youthful Brit rappers, popular with the young people of today. William Francis and Danny Shah Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £7.50. Over-14s show. Darkwave melancholy from Aiden frontman Francis, promoting his solo album Hate Culture. FREE Acoustic Sessions and Open Mic Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. See Tue 15. David Thomas Broughton and Twi the Humble Feather Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Broughton creates leftfield indie folk and looped recorded soundscapes, using dexterous delay pedal workouts, old radios and found objects. Rats of the Capital, Social Schism and Violet Rains Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Students free. Local alt.rock. Bob Log III, Zener Diode and Chomsky Allstars King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8. Lightning-paced blues garage guitarist who performs in a satin bodysuit plus diving helmet. Weird and wonderful. Edinburgh Es, Chris Forsyth, Ignatz and Scrim Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £6–£7. Night of Finnish free folk and drone from Es plus Belgian blues and psyche

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form Ignatz and improv guitar from Forsyth. FREE Band Showcase Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9pm. See Tue 15. White Noise Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 10pm. £4. See Tue 15. Wednesday 23

Glasgow John Smith and Jill Leighton Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £10. Unashamed romanticism and warm lyricism on the acoustic guitar from Smith on his debut album The Fox and The Monk. Peter Doherty and Dot Allison Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £19. Over-14s show. The usual unpredictability from the Libertines/Babyshambles man, out on another solo tour, with ex-One Dove singer Allison in support. See preview, page 64. The Veronicas ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Brisbane electro pop duo comprising twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso. The Phantom Band Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £8. Elusive Glaswegian Krautfolk collective who have received much acclaim for their debut album Checkmate Savage. FREE The Fabian, 21 Grams and New Century Revolution Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Indie line-up. Psycho Candy and The Vespas Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Indie. The Jim Jones Revue Mono, 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. £tbc. London-based rock’n’rollers who are ‘here to save your soul’. Trauma Inc Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Metal. We Throw Stones, The Zonules of Zinn and Belgrade Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £6. Alt.rock. Humanzi and The Hype King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Dublin band who have supported Ian Brown in the past. FREE Open Stage The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. 8.30pm. See Wed 16. Edinburgh FREE Teatime Acoustic The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5pm. See Thu 10. David Thomas Broughton and Twi the Humble Feather Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £7. See Tue 22. FREE The Pineapple Chunks and Jesus H Foxx Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7.30pm. Indie with a progressive edge. Susanna Macdonald The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Acoustic indie. Ukeboogie Night The Bowery, 2 Roxburgh Place, 7.30pm. £tbc. ‘No guitars allowed’ at this ukelele open mic night. Shield Your Eyes, Super Adventure Club, Jackie Treehorn and Munchkins Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £4. Discordant noise rock from London headliners SYE. Unpeeled The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £3. See Wed 16. Dr Ruby’s Acoustic Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.15pm. £1. A selection of acoustic acts.

Stirling T Model Ford Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274 000. 8pm. £12 (£10). Intriguing old Delta bluesman T Model