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You know you’re in safe hands when Fence Records are involved. And Fife’s weirdy, folky, lo-fi, indie, little bit electronic-y collective are once again taking over every gig space they Homegame can cram a stage into across Anstruther this year with a line-up that includes Four Tet, King Creosote, Findo Gask, Remember Remember (pictured), Django Django, John Maclean and oh, so much more. ■ Various venues, Anstruther, Fife, Fri 12-Sun 14 Mar.
■ The Skababs Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £8. Ska outfit. FREE The Strands, Secret Circuits, Tobias and Jer McDade Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Dirty indie rock’n’roll. FREE The Halos Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Angelic rock. ■ Karnivool King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8. Progressive rockers from Perth, Australia. ■ The Catalysts and Glider 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Experimental indie pop from Glider. ■ Memory Tapes Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. £tbc. Dayve Hawk conflates his two monikers – the dancey, electronica of Weird Tapes and the hazy, wistfulness of Memory Cassette. See preview, page 62. Edinburgh ■ Dana Walker, Avosetta, Dweller, This Murder of Angels and Outkast & Overkast Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 6pm. £6. Serious heavy metal with an emo edge. ■ Rossco Galloway The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Fri 5. ■ Alex Gardner Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £10. See Thu 11. ■ The School, Allo Darlin’ and Django Django Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £4. Sweetly melodious indie pop from Cardiff eight- piece The School, plus surf pop from Allo Darlin' with Django Django lending proceedings a psychedelic twist. Stick around afterwards for an indie disco with the Fresh Air DJs. ■ Punch & the Apostles, Wounded Knee, Pineapple Chunks and
Jennifer Williams Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 7pm. £5. Blues, funk, punk and jazz influences from P&TA. ■ We Luv Musik The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £5. New monthly live music night. ■ Kast off Kinks The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7.15pm. £11.50. See Thu 11. ■ Townhouse, Augustalia, Neoviolet and The Laymanites The Ark, 3–7 Waterloo Place, 623 7147. 8pm. £4. Soulful rock. ■ These Monsters, Jackie Treehorn and Lords of Bastard Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. See Thu 11. FREE Open Mic McEwans Ale House, 18–22 Clerk Street, 668 4786. 9pm. See Fri 5. ■ This is Music Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 11pm–3am. £3 (members free). See Fri 5.
Anstruther ✽✽ The Fence Collective’s Homegame Various Venues,
Times vary. £75. Fife’s Fence Collective take over Anstruther and Cellardyke for the weekend with intimate gigs in various venues. This year’s line-up includes Four Tet, Django Django, Francois and the Atlas Mountains, Findo Gask, Meursault, Panda Su, Benni Hemm Hemm, and of course all the usual friendly Fence folk.
Saturday 13 Glasgow FREE Live and Unsigned Regional Finals Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. noon. National music competition for unsigned bands, vocal groups, and solo artists. See www.liveandunsigned.uk.com for more information. ■ Star Wars: The Concert SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000.
6.30pm. £25–£75. See Fri 12. ■ Colours, The Carrick, The Sleepwalkers and Hello Hello Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Local band showcase. ■ The DieYoungs, The Method One and The Spectres O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Dark indie drone from The DieYoungs. ■ Echofela, The Cairos and Johnny & the Giros O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Catchy tunes from Falkirk rockers Echofela. ■ The School, Allo Darlin’ and The Social Services The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 7.30pm. £6. Including entry to Half My Heart Beats. Shimmering pop from Welsh eight-piece. ■ Blue Gillespie and The Amorettes The Vale, 5 Dundas Street, 332 4928. 8pm. £7. Blues rock from Blue Gillespie, fronted by Gareth David Lloyd (Torchwood’s Ianto), who are launching their debut album, Synesthesia. ■ Charger and Size Queen Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Classic rock. ■ The Invisible Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Quirky indie/electro trio. ■ Most Thursdays City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. The Acoustic Affair goes electronic with Iain Copeland (Peatbog Faeries) and his new box of sonic tricks, which includes dance grooves, acoustic roots and traditional Celtic music. Check out the GreatOffers on page 6