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Thursday 17 Glasgow ✽✽ Pet Shop Boys and Bad Lieutenant SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £30. Over-14s show. The highly anticipated Pandemonium tour, previewed brilliantly at T In The Park this summer, comes hot
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King Creosote recently joined forces with Pictish Trail and James Yorkston (pictured), and behold, a Fence supergroup was born. It’s called The 3 Craws, and they play their first headline show at Fence Club at the Caves, Edinburgh on Fri 22 Jan, supported by fellow Fencer, OLO Worms. Want to hear what they sound like? Two winners will receive tickets to the show, plus a copy of an exclusive 7” single, and a Fence goody bag to take home. WIN CREAM FUTURE ELECTRO ALBUMS
You can’t move without tripping over a synthesiser these days. Cream have decided to celebrate the current love for all things electro with this 3-CD compilation, which brings together remixes, classic tracks and their white-hot tips for up-and-coming artists in 2010. Fever Ray, Mylo and Deadmau5 all feature, and we have four copies up for grabs. WIN JACK DE MARSEILLES ALBUMS
This Marseille DJ was heavily involved in the original acid house and techno scenes, and returns now with Inner Visions, which gels the whole lot together. Bits of Detroit techno, some Chicago house, a little minimal electro – it all comes together here in one dubby, techy, ambient, booming ball of beats. We’ve got five copies for five lucky List readers. To enter, head over to www.list.co.uk/offers. Closing date for competitions is Thu 7 Jan.
76 THE LIST 17 Dec 2009–7 Jan 2010
on the heels of a triumphant year for the Boys – a BRIT award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in February was followed by their highest chart positions in the UK and US for a decade with tenth album Yes. Support comes from Bernard Sumner’s new project Bad Lieutenant. ■ Alexander O’Neal, Kenny Thomas and Andy Abraham O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £22.50. CANCELLED. ■ Bronto Skylift, Super Adventure Club and Lyons Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £3. An impressive bill of local up and coming bands. ■ Codeen, The Cairos, The Regiment and Another Love Party O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £tbc. Atmospheric indie sounds from Codeen. ■ The Last Resort Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £9. Old school punk from London. ■ Dr Feelgood, White Ace and The Fortunate Sons The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £13. Rhythm’n’blues veterans from the 70s, whose unhinged sound inspired the early punk acts. ■ Hey Vampires, Corpses, The Colour Pink is Gay, Shields Up and Fight & Fires Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Hardcore dance punk from Hey Vampires. ■ Cake Free Bakesale Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Bands hosted by Johnny Terrell. FREE Chomsky Allstars, Epico and Emma Forman MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 8pm. Militant beats from Chomsky Allstars, supported by Bad Karma frontwoman. ■ Martin Stephenson & The Daintees and Scott MacDonald Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £15. Stephenson and his band entertain with songs from his latest album as well as Daintees classics at this Christmas concert. FREE Rose Parade, Dean Queasy, Rex Mundi and Liam Cairns Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Live music. ■ Sparrow & the Workshop and Invisible Republic Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. Free but ticketed. A country slant to this Mill gig, featuring two Glasgow- based acts. S&TW have just released their second mini-album of the year.
■ Spitfire and Lowe Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Rock. ■ The Bluetones and Kizzy Star King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £14. Indie stalwarts from the 90s, still making a working wage, play three nights at Tut’s. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Hosted by Independence. ■ Panda Su, Kid Canaveral, The Darien Venture and Tokyo Knife Attack 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. The headliner of this PodcART Christmas extravaganza is a one-woman band from St Andrews playing whimsical electro- acoustic and folk pop. Proceeds from the show go to Yorkhill Hospital’s Christmas Fund. FREE Bazodee The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. Live reggae and dancehall sounds. Edinburgh ■ The 10:04s and London Blackmarket Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Melodic indie rock. ■ The Hundred Metre Club Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5 (£4). Angular post punk. ■ Luke Leighfield, Lightguides and Cast of the Capital Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £7. Mournful piano based indie from Leighfield, plus support from Lightguides (formerly known as We Hung Your Leaders). ■ Jet Jam The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7.45pm. £4 (£3). Showcase of five bands from Jewel & Esk College. ■ Auxerre and Red2Red The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 8pm. £tbc. Ska Xmas party. ■ Bullet VI, Lost City Lights and Rell Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. Indie rock with a reggae lilt from Bullet VI. FREE Fire & Rain The Three Sisters, 139 Cowgate, 622 6801. 8pm. Singer- songwriter night (if you would like to play contact fireandrain@jammermusic.com). FREE Out of the Bedroom The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, High Street, 226 0931. 8pm. Open mic session. The only rule is no cover versions. Sign up from 7pm.
■ X-Factor Live at City City Nightclub, 1a Market Street, 226 9560. 10pm–3am. £8 (VIP £15). Charty club night with live performances from X- Factor finalists Kandy Rain, Lucie Jones and Jamie ‘Afro’ Archer. ■ Napier Live The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 10.30pm–5am. £tbc. A night of new music featuring musicians/DJs from the Napier BA Popular Music degree course. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Organic hip hop and jazzy grooves. Hamilton ■ Christmas Party Night Hamilton Town House, 102 Cadzow Street, 01333 450572. 7pm. £37.50. Party night at the Town House, with drinks, canapés, a three course meal and entertainment from funk and soul maestros Big Vern & the Shootahs.
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Glasgow ■ The Hue & Cry History City Weekend O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 6.30pm. £17.50 (two- night packages available). Two nights of soulful pop and jazz grooves from Scotrock veterans Pat and Greg Kane. Friday is an intimate piano and vocal performance before Saturday’s full-on event. ■ Soulwaxmas Braehead Arena, Kings Inch Road, 0870 277 6062. 7pm–3am. £35. Soulwax/2ManyDJs plus special guests Tiga, Mixhell and more give their mash-up mayhem a festive spin. Entry only via Braehead Boardwalk; 11pm curfew. See Clubs preview, page 44. ■ 101% Pantera Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £9. Tribute to thrash metal overlords Pantera. ✽✽ Babyshambles Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £21. Over-14s show. Pete Doherty brings his appropriately-named indie band back to Scotland. ■ Hawkwind and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £20. Psychedelic hippie warhorses Hawkwind, still best known for the epic ‘Silver Machine’ and for having naked women fire-eating on stage with them, celebrate their 40th anniversary and the fact that they have been out on tour for every one of those years. Supported by the man who sang ‘Fire’ while on fire.
✽✽ Public Image Ltd O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 08444 772000.
7pm. £36. John Lydon’s post-Pistols outfit return, minus Keith Levine and Jah Wobble but still packing a terrific back catalogue from ‘Public Image’ to ‘Death Disco’ to ‘Rise’. See preview, page 71. ■ The Quireboys The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £17. Over-14s show. Old school (as in last decade imitating the decade before and the decade before that) rock combo fronted by Spike. ■ The Low Miffs & Malcolm Ross Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Atmospheric indie band Low Miffs have recently collaborated with ex-Josef K/Orange Juice guitarist Ross on their new album on Re-Action Records.
✽✽ Big Ned, Nacional, Black Jash, Nacional and If You
Elvis Shakespeare Christmas Show The really rather lovely
book store/ record emporium pulls out all the stops for Xmas cramming a heap of (very alternative) festive cheer into a very small space with sets from Rodney Relax, Wintergreens, Saint Jude’s Infirmary (pictured), My Electric Love Affair, House of La, Acid Fascists, The Fnords and more through the day. ■ Elvis Shakespeare, Edinburgh, Sat 19 Dec.
Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £1. Plus free CD. David Lynch/Nick Cave-inspired outfit from Glasgow who are the first band on the new Optimo Music label head the bill at the second birthday party of Green Door Studio. See Exposure, page 73. ■ The Coy Dogs Capitol, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 331 1040. 8pm. £tbc. Hairy rockers with an in-depth knowledge of the rockabilly and blues numbers they cover in their sets. ■ Martin Stephenson & The Daintees and Scott MacDonald The Accies Club, Helensburgh Drive, Jordanhill, 8pm. £15. See Thu 17.