Music Rock&Pop
Bathgate ■ Kitty the Lion, Julia & the Doogans, Ewan Butler, Muzz and Jellie Harley’s Bar, 4 Mid Street, 8pm. £5. Folk pop five-piece fronted by singer/songwriter Anna Meldrum. Dundee ■ Joe Carnall & The Book Club Hustlers Snooker & Pool Hall, 66–70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229 226. 8pm. £8. See Wed 21.
Irvine ■ The Johnny Cash Story Harbour Arts Centre, 114–116 Harbour Street, 01294 274059. 7.30pm. £15. See Tue 20.
Kilmarnock ■ Ultimate Bowie Palace Theatre, 9 Green Street, 01563 554900. 7.30pm. £16 (£15). A show capturing the vocal style and visual spectacle of David Bowie’s performances throughout the different stages of his career.
Livingston ■ Skerryvore Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 8pm. £11 (£8). Bagpipes, accordion and fiddle mixed with standard rock instruments from the ‘boy band of Scottish traditional music’. Stirling ■ MacFloyd Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 7.30pm. £14 (£12). Internationally acclaimed tribute combo to Pink Floyd, who recreate (on a slightly smaller scale) the stage effects for which the prog rockers were renowned.
Saturday 24 Glasgow ■ Bleed from Within, Casino Brawl, Paridian, She Sleeps Forever and Scordatura Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Glasgow extreme metal band promote their debut album Humanity.
■ Fuck Buttons The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £10. Experimental noise duo from Bristol. See preview, page 63. ■ Midnight Harlots, Evol and Out of Samsara O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £6. Biffy/Mogwai wall of noise from OOS. ■ The DieYoungs, Madskull, Blackberry Jack, Svengali and Zaun Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Dark indie drone from the headliners. ■ The Little Kicks, Midnight Lion and This Silent Forest Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. Upbeat Aberdeen band headline. ■ The Storm Society, Mocker, Cherri Fosphate and Missing Focus O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. The headlining quartet sport an abundance of goth, psychedelic and new wave influences on their Interpol/Editors-like sleeves. Off-kilter indie pop from ZOZ. FREE Berry Tweed & the Chasers The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 7.30pm. Eight-piece northern soul troupe. ■ Frost and Fire Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. 7.30pm. £10. Howie Reeve curates a mixed bag of entertainers, musicians and puppets in the Circle Studio: Sokobauno Puppet Theatre, Keith John Adams, Jenny Reeve and Alasdair Roberts. ■ Candi Staton and Das Contras The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw, 01698 360085. 8pm. £22. See Fri 23. ■ Johnny Reb City Halls: Recital Rooms, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. Acoustic Affair gig from a singer/songwriter who blends the pop of Orange Juice with the politicised passion of Billy Bragg. ■ Penetration and Cathode Ray Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm. £10. Veteran punk combo fronted by the iconic Pauline Murray. ■ Salon Society, 12 Dirty Bullets and Where’s Strutter Maggie May’s,
60 Albion Street, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Pop with bluesy vocals from Salon Society. FREE Swagger Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Quality rock covers and self-styled ‘rock salvation’ from Swagger. ■ The Inspector Cluzo, Vinyl and Preacher King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Melting pot of rap, rock, funk and soul from this French duo. ■ The Murderburgers, The Accelerators, The Priceduifkes and The Cellophanes 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Album launch for the Scottish headliners, with punk support from Dutch and Belgian bands. ✽✽ Tronic Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 11pm–3am. £8. A night of obscure and experimental electronica, with guests Luke Abbott (Border Community), Araya (Benbecula), Modifier (Paint Work) and Leigh Miles (Soma).
Edinburgh ✽✽ Unique Beats v2.0 Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. noon–1am. £10. Red Dog Music present a one day festival of electronic music across three floors. Featuring demos, interactive displays and products (from the likes of Ableton, Akai, Bozz, Korg, Moog, Roland, Yamaha and more) plus live acts Anchorsong, Bit Basic, Engine 7, Frog Pocket, LeKtroiD, The Amazing Rolo, Tokyo Knife Attack and more to be confirmed. ■ William Douglas The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Sat 17. ✽✽ Bear in Heaven and Dead Boy Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £6. See Fri 23. ■ The Fall Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 7pm. £22.50. Gruff indie diehard Mark E Smith is back with the latest incarnation of the Fall, whoever that might involve. No change in musical Robotics Sneaky Pete’s, 73
status though – it’s iconic ramshackle indie punk all the way. See 5 Reasons, page 69. ■ Joshua Radin The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7pm. £10. See Fri 23. ■ The Strands and Lost Generation The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 7pm. £6. Dirty indie rock’n’roll. ■ UFO and Voodoo Six The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £18. Hard, progressive space rock and boogie merchants. ■ The Valkarys The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £5. Sixties rock’n’roll. ■ The Tex Speed Combo Spider’s Web Cellar Bar, 258 Morrison Street, 228 1949. 8.30pm. £8. Rockabilly (with DJ support). ■ Ghillie Gigs Ghillie Dhu, 2 Rutland Place, 222 9930. 10.30pm. £5 (£25 inc dinner from 7.30pm). See Sat 17.
Balloch FREE The Five Aces The Tullie Inn, Balloch Road, 01389 752052. 9pm. Garage and rhythm’n’blues outfit. Kilmarnock ■ Ga Ga: A Queen Tribute Palace Theatre, 9 Green Street, 01563 554900. 8pm. £13 (£11.50). A celebration of the music of Queen, minus any of the usual wig and fake moustache cover band fripperies.
Sunday 25 Glasgow ■ The Quireboys Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £15. Old school (as in last decade imitating the decade before and the decade before that) rock combo fronted by Spike. ■ Vigo Thieves and The Foundry Men O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £5. Over-14s show. Classic rock and pop influences from this Wishaw quartet.
Pearl and the Puppets Pearl (or Katie Sutherland to her mum) and her particular brand of soft and sugary tune-smithery are homegrown, and have been kicking about the Scottish music scene for a few years now. Managing to raise her profile in
several different areas of the world at once (she’s just lent her summery folk-pop song, ‘Because I Do’ to Vodafone adverts in Australia and New Zealand, and also has a US record deal) P&TP are currently on tour accompanying hyper-camp Danish popsters, Alphabeat. ■ Supporting Alphabeat, HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, Thu 22 Apr; O2 ABC, Glasgow, Fri 23 Apr.
74 THE LIST 15–29 Apr 2010