www.list.co.uk/music
■ Heavy Lies the Crown, A Ship Going Under, Insanita and What Happens in Vegas Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Metal and hardcore line-up. FREE Acoustic Night Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Monthly acoustic session. ■ Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Young blues guitarist from Isle of Man who has toured extensively in the States. FREE The Easy Orchestra Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. The Friday morning houseband on BBC Radio Scotland’s MacAulay & Co perform from their diverse songbook. FREE Ian Forbes The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9pm. Guitar instrumentals. ■ Marshall Chipped, Sugar Crisis and The Paraffins 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. New wave electro and synth pop. FREE The Shiverin’ Sheiks Argyll Hotel, 973 Sauchiehall Street, 337 3313. 9pm. Rock’n’roll, country and gospel from members of The Five Aces, Bottleneckers and Hidden Masters. ✽✽ Woodenbox with a Fistful of Street, 553 2400. £tbc. The folksy, rhythmic Woodenbox launch their album Home and the Wildhunt. Fivers Mono, 12 King’s Court, King
Edinburgh ■ Brother Louis Collective and Baby Bones Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. Guillemots-endorsed headliners with clarinet and flute embellishment. ■ And So I Watch you from Afar, Lafaro and Slow Motion Replay Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £6. Belfast rockers. FREE Cranachan Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 9pm. Weekly Sunday Session. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Mix of folk, blues and Celtic influences.
Dundee ■ New York Tourists Dexter’s Lounge Bar, 24 Castle Street, 01382 228894. 8pm. £tbc. See Sat 3. FREE Sunday Busking Session Duke’s Corner, 13 Brown Street, 01382 205052. 8pm. Live acoustic open mic session. FREE Turning 13, 14 Miles from Home and PanicByFlare Chambers Bar, 59–61 Gellatly Street, 01382 225616. 8pm. Hi-octane rock with indie punk leanings. ■ Young Rebel Set Hustlers Snooker & Pool Hall, 66–70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229 226. 8pm. £5. Teeside group combining punk and indie-folk.
Monday 5 Glasgow ■ The Broadcast and 2 Thirds of Youth O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Melodic pop punk line-up. ■ Eyehategod and Totimoshi Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £12. Sludge rockers from New Orleans. ■ Lauren Pritchard Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7.30pm. £6. London-based singer-songwriter, originally from Tennessee. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. Weekly showcase for local songwriters performing original material. FREE Communicator, 19 Folds and Pishy Tissue Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Pearl Jam-like rock from Communicator, epic, atmospheric rock from 19 Folds and comic ditties from Pishy Tissue. ■ Michael Simons Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Glasgow-based guitarist playing folk, blues and beyond.
Rock&Pop Music
FREE Open Mic The Brass Monkey, 1004 Argyle Street, 243 2170. 8pm. A new open mic night presided over by Martin Mochan and with free beer for all performers. ■ Young Rebel Set, The Banter Thiefs and Bad Bad Men King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Teeside group combining punk and indie-folk. ■ Raid La Cheetah, 73 Queen Street, 221 4851. 9pm–3am. £3–£2 (£1 with a trade payslip). A new trade/student night featuring live indie bands plus DJs playing ‘anything and everything to get you dancing your ass off’. Live guests are Fatalists and The Retrofrets (1 Mar) and Mickey 9s and All the Queen’s Bovine (8 Mar). Edinburgh ■ Airbourne, Black Spiders and Taking Dawn The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £15. Old school foot-on-the- monitor rocking from Oz. See Five Reasons, page 68. ■ James Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. 7pm. £29.50. Madchester favourites continue their very successful reunion. ■ Maya 29, One Way Chemistry and Ex-Spectators Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. Rock night. ■ The Chans The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Singer/guitarist Rossco Galloway and his rocking four-piece.
Tuesday 6
Glasgow ■ Airbourne, Black Spiders and Taking Dawn O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £15. See Mon 5. ■ The Cinnamons, Penny Black and The Generals Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Lo-fi indie pop on laptops. ■ Sorry & the Sinatras Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £8. Hi-octane punk rock from Wildhearts- affiliated Scott Sorry and band. FREE Acoustic Sessions and Open Mic Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. Free acoustic night hosted by Ross Clark. ■ Aerials Up Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30pm. £5. Indie rockers warm up for their Paolo Nutini support slot at the Royal Albert Hall. ■ Eryn Strachan Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. New Zealand-born, Glasgow-based singer- songwriter. FREE Michael MacLennan Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 8pm. Live music at the weekly Slow Club. ■ Soundtrack to a Blockbuster and Whatever they Say Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £tbc. Epic sounds from STAB. ■ We Have Band Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Synth pop trio from London who have been described as ‘Can covered by Buggles’. ■ The Crookes, Created from Silence and Park Circus King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Indie urchins from Sheffield. ■ Mutiny on the Bounty, Adult Emergency and Gropetown 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £6 (£5). Post-punk from Luxembourg. FREE The Shiverin’ Sheiks Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. See Sun 4. FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. Fifties-style rhythm’n’blues band play a residency. Edinburgh FREE Informal Concert St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673.
2.30pm. The Canadian Chamber Choral Group perform a varied programme. ■ Lauren Pritchard Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £6. See Mon 5. ■ John Renbourn & Robin Williamson Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 7.30pm. £12 (£10; members 8). Two musical legends (members of Pentangle and the Incredible String Band respectively) bring their mix of guitar, harp, song and storytelling to the Inn. ■ The Solid Silver 60s Show Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £19–£24. Annual nostalgic touring jamboree, this year featuring Mike Pender, Dave Berry, Brian Poole, Peter Sarstedt, Vanity Fare and Swinging Blue Jeans. ■ New York Tourists Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 8pm. £tbc. See Sun 4.
Wednesday 7
Glasgow ■ Meursault, Randolph’s Leap and Yusuf Azak Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Edinburgh folktronica group headline. ■ Shimmer, The Blind Watchmaker, Kris Tennant and Kenzie Mack Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £tbc. Melodic indie sounds. ■ Frankie & the Heartstrings and Les Cox King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Sunderland five-piece who have been described as ‘Josef K meets JoBoxers’. ■ The Cellophanes, Scragfight and The Cemetery Girls 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Punky sounds at the launch of the How to Make a Monster CD. Edinburgh ■ We Have Band Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £6. See Tue 6. ■ White Noise Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £3. The finest up-and-coming Scottish acts perform live including indie pop form The Crookes (7 Apr) and 80s rock from Night Noise Team and Acrylic Iqon (14 Apr). ■ Sorry & the Sinatras, The Fake Exteriors, The Begrudgers and Billy Liar Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £tbc. See Tue 6. ■ 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. ■ The Chans The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 5.
Gourock ■ Ricky Warwick Café Continental, 40 Kempock Street, 9pm. £8. Almighty frontman whose debut solo album Tattoos & Alibis was compared to Steve Earle and Tom Petty by Kerrang! and has more recently been collaborating with Billy Duffy of The Cult on a new band called Circus Diablo. Leven ■ John Renbourn & Robin Williamson Inn at Lathones, Lathones, Largoward, 01334 840494. 9pm. £20. See Tue 6.
Thursday 8 Glasgow ■ AFI and Dear & Departed O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16. Aka A Fire Inside, a cult goth/metal combo fronted by the pallid Davey Havok. ■ Robyn Hitchcock O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £13.50. The ex-Soft Boys frontman returns to the stage to perform tracks from his vast back catalogue.
1–15 Apr 2010 THE LIST 71