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221 4851. 9pm–3am. £3–£2 (£1 with a trade payslip). See Mon 17. Edinburgh ■ Male Bonding and The Foundling Wheel Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £6. Upbeat grunge rock (can such a thing exist?). ■ Nell Bryden Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 353 8000. 7pm. £8.50. Modern day Dixie, bluegrass, jazz, soul and blues from this Brooklyn singer-songwriter and Radio 2 favourite. ■ Trigger the Bloodshed Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 7pm. £7. Young death metal quintet headline. ■ White Noise Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £3. See Wed 19. FREE Noisy Nights Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, 228 1404. 8pm. The Traverse’s musical ‘Nights of the Unexpected’ with Red Note Ensemble, other contemporary music acts and DJs. ■ The Chans The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 17.
Tuesday 25 Glasgow ■ Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £tbc. Entertaining, gibbering rockabilly trash style from the motley Disaster crew. ■ The Fire & I O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £6. Guitar/drums duo. ■ An Evening with Peter Hammill Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £15. Former frontman of 70s Brit proggers Van Der Graaf Generator.
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■ Tragic City Thieves Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Glam punk. ■ Westlife SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £38. See Mon 24. ■ 60 Persons Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Glasgow indie rockers claiming influences from Oasis to T Rex. ■ Brookside Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £5. Power punk and emo from Long Island. ■ The Magic Carpet Cabaret Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. A night of songwriters and bands. ■ Goldheart Assembly, 4 Day Weekend and Belgrade King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. London six- piece with effortless melodic style and a dash of English pastoral whimsy. FREE Open Mic The Solid Rock Cafe, 19 Hope Street, 221 1105. 8.30pm. See Tue 18. FREE The Shiverin’ Sheiks Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. See Tue 18. Edinburgh ■ Cats & Cats & Cats, The Siegried Sassoon and Over the Wall Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Exhilarating Hertfordshire five-piece. ■ Faithless Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. 7pm. £30. One of the UK’s biggest dance acts with their big, booming commercial sound. ■ Le Salon du Jazz Refuse, Adelaide’s Cape and Heidi Heidelberg Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £5 (£4). ‘Jazz at its most un-jazzy’ with folky and acoustic support.
■ White Noise Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £3. See Wed 19. ■ Andre Duracell Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £6 (£5). One man 8-bit drum trigger, Duracell, from France, known as ‘the one man Lightning Bolt’. Isle of Mull ■ Lou Brown An Tobar, Argyll Terrace, Tobermory, 01688 302211. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). The London-based singer performs the honest love songs that have won her appearances at Glastonbury and airplay on Radio 2.
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Glasgow ■ Marshall Chipped Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Indie electronica. ■ Westlife SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £38. See Mon 24. ■ Dan Sartain and Augusta Fireball Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £8. Stick thin country blues troubadour trawls the rock’n’roll gutter in fine Cash/Cohen style. ■ Kitty the Lion and Midnight Lion Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm. £5. Folk pop five-piece fronted by singer/songwriter Anna Meldrum. ■ Otaku Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £tbc. Power punk trio.
✽✽ Mayer Hawthorne & the County King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut,
272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £12. Dorky-looking geek from Ann Arbor with an unexpected old school Detroit soul voice. ■ Duracell, Holy Mountain, Eternal Fags and Bronto Skylift 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. One man 8-bit drum trigger from France, known as ‘the one man Lightning Bolt’.
Edinburgh ■ The Fire & I The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 7pm. £6. See Sat 22. ■ Kassidy, Lissie and The Boy who Trapped the Sun Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £7. Glaswegian guitar-led indie- pop with an Americana edge. ■ Keith James and Rick Foot The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £12. The duo who perform the music of Nick Drake for the last time. ■ Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £22.50. The original Cockney rebel returns to play hits from his new album The Quality of Mercy, and some other song . . . can’t think what it’s called. ■ White Noise Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £3. See Wed 19. ■ Aucan, Moonlit Sailor, Amateur Assassins, Super Adventure Club and Jackie Treehorn Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £5. A synthesis of digital and acoustic, melody and dissonance from Italy’s Aucan with reverb, post punk, stoner rock and guitars in support. Dundee ■ Mr McFall’s Chamber & Michael Marra Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £12.50 (£10). See Tue 18.
Holy Fuck Showing off the fact that they’re now a solid four-piece as opposed to a revolving door ensemble of musicians,
the potty-mouthed Canadians hit Glasgow to promote their second album, Latin. Having a good foundation of drums and bass to build upon, Brian Borcherdt and Graham Walsh are free to go mental with electro effects and feedback. With a reputation for a fearsome live presence, seeing them perform helps to understand that band name: where stunned audience members whisper, then shout, ‘Holy Fuck!’ ■ King Tut’s, Glasgow, Wed 19 May.
Thursday 27 Glasgow ■ Breathe Carolina The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £7. Punky electronica from Denver. ■ Heavy Trash Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £11. New garage supergroup featuring Jon Spencer of Blues Explosion notoriety
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