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Edinburgh ■ Hippocampus and Bohemond The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Alt.rock/funk bill.
Wednesday 30
Glasgow ■ Combat Rock Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Tribute to the Clash. ■ Bluesbunny Night Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £5. The indie music website hosts its favourite bands of the year. FREE Salute Mary, Dixie & the Coconuts, Soviet, Red Light Exit and Chris Crosbie Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Mixed bill, including melodic and alternative rock acts. FREE The Halos Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Angelic rock. FREE Open Stage The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. 8.30pm. See Wed 23. ■ The Seventeenth Century and We’re Only Afraid of NYC King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Dreamy folk rock from this Glasgow five-piece who sound a bit like a Scottish Fleet Foxes. Edinburgh FREE Night Afore: Winter Light St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 7–10pm. Michael Begg and Colin Potter present Fragile Pitches, an electronic avant garde sonic experience. Part of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. ■ Bad Manners The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £15. Buster Bloodvessel and co persist with the comedy ska. ■ The Remains, The Axidents and The Coviets The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. New wave, post punk and indie. ■ The Merchants and Pedantics Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. Edgy rockin’ punk from The Merchants. ■ The Chans The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 21.
Dundee ■ AB/CD Fat Sam’s, 31 South Ward Road, 01382 228496. £11. AC/DC tribute act whose songs, while they aren’t AC/DC songs, do ‘sound similar’ to them. Right.
Thursday 31 Glasgow FREE Bazodee The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. 8pm. Live reggae and dancehall sounds for Hogmanay. FREE Be A Familiar, Mitchell Museum, Washington Irving, Palace Ballet and Call Me Ishmael Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 01224 642662. 8pm. Be A Familiar have been compared to Idlewild and Arcade Fire. Support from lo-fi indie outfit Mitchell Museum amongst others. ■ Casino City, Another Love Party and Codeen Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £6. Alt.rock sounds at this Hogmanay celebration. FREE Project Ven Hell and Sexy Entourage 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Ring in the new year in the ear-bleeding company of these two noisecore acts. Plus Gay Against You and Copy Haho members DJ. ■ Sons & Daughters and Sparkling Shadazz Mono, 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. £15. Heady indie pop from the underrated Sons & Daughters, one of the most distinctive Scottish bands of recent years, who will stomp all over this Hogmanay party. Plus DJs from Errors. ■ St Deluxe, Schnapps and Alan McKim Captain’s Rest, 185 Great
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Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Sonic Youth/Dinosaur Jr-loving combo top the bill. ■ The Amphetameanies and The Bucky Rage King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Glasgow ska supergroup with a cast of thousands drawn, at various times, from members of Franz Ferdinand and Belle & Sebastian, skanking for Scotland at Tut’s Hogmanay party. ■ Rod Jones and Paper Planes The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 9pm. £10. Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones and power punk surf quartet Paper Planes provide the live music at Pinup Nights’ grand Hogmanay Ball, while members of Twilight Sad and Findo Gask man the decks. ■ Optimo Espacio Hogmanay The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 10pm. £26. Optimo’s JD Twitch and JG Wilkes host their annual extravaganza with guests Hudson Mohawke, Drums of Death, Divorce, The Niallist, JD Twitch & JG Wilkes. ■ Boycotts Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. £tbc. Angular indie-poppers with an energetic frontwoman in the shape of Stina Twee. ■ Glasgow’s Hogmanay George Square, 564 4220. £15. Step into the future, well the futuristic-sounding 2010, with a night of revelry, bands on the Big Stage and fireworks. Deacon Blue headline and Tommy Reilly, Bahookie and the winners of the 2009 Road to Hogmanay fill out the remainder of the bill.
Edinburgh ■ Cry Over Billionaires, The Tenements, The Void and Hannah O’Reilly The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £tbc. Rock and punk New Year’s Eve extravaganza. FREE Out of the Bedroom The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, High Street, 226 0931. 8pm. See Thu 17. ■ Madness, Noisettes and Codeine Velvet Club Princes Street Gardens, Princes St Gardens, 0844 8942010. 9pm. £37.50. Dig out your baggy trousers as the 80s ska popsters see you though to 2010 at the official Concert in the Gardens for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay (please note: no admission after 11pm). Part of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. See feature, page 14. Dundee ■ Bad Manners The Doghouse, 15 Ward Street, 01382 206812. 8pm. £tbc. See Wed 30.
Friday 1
Glasgow ■ The Fire & I King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Energetic power pop duo ring in the new. Edinburgh ■ The Hot Lips and The High Lines Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. Indie rock’n’roll from The Hot Lips with more acts tbc at the New Year’s Day party.
Saturday 2 Glasgow FREE Brooksy and the Sound Collectors George Square, 3.30pm. Live music on the Big Stage at Winterfest. ■ Bad Manners The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360 085. 8pm. £22. See Wed 30. FREE The Outpatients Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Rock covers. ■ Val Verde and Casino King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Local indie rockers.
Edinburgh ■ Teatime Acoustic The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. Unplugged session with William Douglas and friends. ■ Ten Tracks Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 11pm–3am. £6. The founders of www.tentracks.co.uk present a night of eclectic musical delights (guests tbc).
Sunday 3
Glasgow ■ Bloc + Jam Bar Bloc, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 5pm–2am. £tbc. See Sun 20. FREE Strangetouch MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 8pm. Alt pop. ■ Call Me Ishmael, Young States, Pacific Theatre and The Little Yellow Ukuleles King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Heavy yet melodic power rock from Sonic Youth/Brand New-influenced headliners. ■ Sweeney Straddles the Sun, The Fast Camels and The Plimptons 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Psychedelia-tinged sounds from The Fast Camels and comedy indie art prog rock from The Plimptons. Edinburgh FREE Cranachan Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 9pm. See Sun 20. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 20.
Monday 4
Edinburgh ■ The Chans The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 1am. £2 (£1). See Mon 21. Wednesday 6
Edinburgh FREE Alex Hodgson The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 226 4380. 8pm. National Burnsong winner Hodgson, performs modern folk with his band. ■ Unpeeled The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8.15pm. £3. Showcase of four new acts of any genre from rock and indie to folk and acoustic.
Thursday 7
Glasgow FREE State of Confusion, Adastra and Dirty Rose MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 8pm. Heavy rock bill. ■ The Yummy Fur Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £tbc. Seminal Glasgow art punks, reforming for a series of low key gigs. See preview, page 72. ■ Alex Wayt and Dante King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Heartfelt Americana from Wayt. ■ Satellite Underground, The Buzz and 3 Blind Mice 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Glasgow indie five-piece headline. Edinburgh ■ The Void and Penguins Kill Polar Bears Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. Free but ticketed. Dynamic and structured alt.rock with inspirational lyrics as The Void play The Mill. Free tickets from www.themill-live.com. FREE Out of the Bedroom The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, High Street, 226 0931. 8pm. See Thu 17. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 17.
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