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Sunday 17
Glasgow ■ Bloc + Jam Bar Bloc, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 5pm–2am. £tbc. See Sun 10. ■ Evile The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Thrash metal from Huddersfield’s Evile who have supported the likes of Megadeth, Machine Head and Sabbat. ■ Saint Deluxe and Stuart Braithwaite Stuart Braithwaite Mono, 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. 7pm. £tbc. Live music from Glasgow indie band and Mogwai frontman at this exhibition opening. Will Carruthers (of Spacemen 3 and Brian Jonestown Massacre) and Joe Foster (Creation Records) DJ. ■ Laura Veirs & the Hall of Flames, Cataldo and The Old Believers Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15. This prolific writer and musician offers a haunting mix of deadpan folk and blues with sparse arrangements and Pacific Northwest flavours, while support act The Old Believers’ sound is apparently located somewhere between Belle & Sebastian and Patsy Cline. Part of Celtic Connections. FREE Kritikill Mass and Preacher MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 8pm. Alternative and classic rock. ■ Police Bastard Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Hardcore punk from Birmingham. ■ Roots Revisited Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £tbc. Funk and soul. ■ Diet Pills, Corpses and La Guerre 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Metal and grindcore. Edinburgh ■ Akolayd, Babylon Dub Punks, Supercharger and Hughes and McQuade The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Mixed bill of indie rock, dub punk and acoustic sounds. FREE Cranachan Bannerman’s,
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Niddry Street, 556 3254. 9pm. See Sun 10. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 10.
Monday 18
Glasgow ■ OK Go O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12.50. Over-14s show. Power pop quartet from Chicago who had a hit with the catchy but inconsequential ‘Get Over It’. ✽✽ Comanechi and Divorce Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Unfettered noise punk from London duo plus Glasgow’s bright prospect Divorce. See preview, page 60. ■ Future of the Left King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8. Funky punky garage band formed by McLusky’s Andy Falkous.
Edinburgh ■ Police Bastard Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £5. See Sun 17. ■ The Chans The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 11. Cumbernauld FREE Jam Session Cumbernauld Theatre, Kildrum, 01236 732887. 8pm. See Mon 11.
Tuesday 19 Glasgow ■ Rolo Tomassi Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Sheffield synth youthquake from this female-fronted hardcore band. ■ Scott Matthews and Foy Vance O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15. Solo artist from Wolverhampton whose folk/blues influenced sound can be heard on albums Passing Stranger and Elsewhere, the latter of which featured a duet with Robert Plant. Part of Celtic Connections.
■ Kontroband, Hosemox, Frontline Playground and Forever Broken Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £5. Four more acts compete to release material on Pivo Pivo’s house label Oanadid. FREE Syndri and The Blue Lips MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 8pm. Electro rockers. Edinburgh ✽✽ Comanechi, Divorce and Your Loyal Subjects Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. See Mon 18.. ■ Its All Fiction and Thomas Davis The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 7.30pm. £4. Punky indie from the grammatically incorrect Its All Fiction.
Wednesday 20 Glasgow ■ Fyfe Dangerfield and Stornoway O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £13. The eccentric frontman of loveable art-pop types Guillemots, Fyfe Dangerfield, plays material from his debut solo album, Fly Yellow Moon, released this month. Support comes from up-and-coming indie- folkers Stornoway, who hail, surprisingly, from Oxford. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ Way to Blue: Songs of Nick Drake Royal Concert Hall: Main Auditorium, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £20 (£18). Nick Drake is one of the most influential and universally praised artists of the 20th century, which could have something to do with the tantalisingly small volume of music created in his musical career, cut short as it was by his tragic death at the age of 26. Twenty-five years later, this concert, curated by his original producer Joe Boyd, celebrates his unique and profound output through reinterpretations of his songs by artists such as Stuart Murdoch, Vashti Bunyan and Teddy Thompson. Part of Celtic Connections. ■ David Ell Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Singer/songwriter influenced by U2 and Radiohead.
Vivian Girls pop at its raw and edgy best, but with a moodier feel that cites Nirvana and the Shangri-Las as influences. ■ Captains Rest, Glasgow, Wed 20 Jan. The second abum from this trio, ironically named Everything Goes Wrong was described by one music mag as ‘sickeningly good’ when it came out in the autumn. The VGs bring indie
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