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1450. 8pm. £tbc. Electronica and atmospheric sounds at the Slow Club. ■ Milk Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Live music. ■ Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers and Maple Leaves Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. £6. The folksy, rhythmic Woodenbox top this bill. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Passenger and Alan McKim King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Indie pop five-piece from Brighton. FREE Brooksy and the Sound Collectors The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9pm. New age hippy rockers. ■ Marshall Chipped, Words and Pictures and Ross Gilchrist 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Synth pop duo. FREE Acoustic Cafe The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 352 9996. Unplugged performances. FREE Glasgow Mod Weekender Various Venues, See Thu 24. FREE John & Rab Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. Acoustic duo. ■ Blues on the River The Ferry, 42 Clyde Place, 429 1010. Times vary. £12 (£16 for both days). See Sat 26.
Edinburgh ■ Stevie and the Moon Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Pop/rock band fronted by Stevie McCrorie. ■ Horrors That You’ve Seen and Plague Vessel Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £4. Hardcore bands, with more tbc. FREE West Port Book Festival Party Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. 8pm. Local band Deserters Deserve Death entertain from 8.30pm, with a little help from their friends, then there’s ambient music and laidback literary chat from 11pm onwards to close the West Port Book Festival. Part of the West Port Book Festival. FREE Open Mic Mezz Bar, 49–51 London Street, 556 9808. 9pm. Open mic night. All welcome. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Mix of folk, blues and Celtic influences. Bathgate ■ Penguins Kill Polar Bears Harley’s Bar, 4 Mid Street, 7pm. £tbc. See Fri 25.
Mid Calder FREE Choral Highlights Ladies Choir Kirk of Calder, Main Street, 01506 437658. noon–1pm. Join the Choral Highlights Ladies Choir at their bi-weekly rehearsals. New members very welcome. ■ The Wee Tree Secret Location, Times vary. £42. See Fri 25.
Monday 28 Glasgow ■ The Get Up Kids The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £12. Over- 14s show. Veterans of the emo scene, hailing from Kansas. ■ Love the Eagles King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 7.30pm. £16.75–£25.50. The Illegal Eagles present their tribute to the soft rockers, with narration of the band’s by Smooth Radio presenters. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. Weekly showcase for local songwriters performing original material. FREE Aisle 11 and The Sun Explodes Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Local indie. ■ Michael Simons Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Glasgow-based guitarist playing folk, blues and beyond.
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. ■ The Features, Kassidy and Acrylic Iqon King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. The headliners are Tennessee retro rockers signed to Kings of Leon’s label. ■ 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 each week, all tbc at the moment. ■ Baka 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Live music. FREE Blochestra Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Bring along any instrument you might have (from tubas to triangles) for a workshop/jam session with Craig Grant (Union of Knives) teaching two songs each week, before planned gigs for this ad hoc multi- member orchestra. Edinburgh ■ Blank Canvas and Bleaklow Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. Frantic indie rock. ■ The Chans The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Singer/guitarist Rossco Galloway and his rocking four-piece.
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Glasgow ■ Evergreen Terrace and Azriel Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 6.30pm. £10. Hardcore headliners from Florida. ■ Rock Around the Clock King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. 7.30pm. £11–£26. Over 20 singers, dancers and musicians bring to life the music of the 1950s including Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry and Elvis. ■ The Magic Carpet Cabaret Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. A night of songwriters and bands. ■ The Morning Benders King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Euphoric sunny jangle pop from a group who have toured with Grizzly Bear and Death Cab For Cutie. FREE Open Mic The Solid Rock Cafe, 19 Hope Street, 221 1105. 8.30pm. Weekly acoustic open mic hosted by Pete ‘the Voice’ McCoy. FREE Forgotten Roots, Misled Icons and Emma Forman MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. Pop punk. ■ The Koffin Kats, The Burning Hats and Buzzbomb 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Wreckin Pit night of rocking mayhem. FREE Open Mic The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9pm. Weekly open stage. FREE The Shiverin’ Sheiks Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Rock’n’roll, country and gospel from members of The Five Aces, Bottleneckers and Hidden Masters. FREE Open Mic Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. Weekly open stage.
Edinburgh ■ Dead Meadow Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £9. Stoner psych rockers from Washington DC bring the heavy music. Kilbarchan ■ The Fox Hunt and The Henry Girls Kilbarchan Old Library Centre, 9 High Barholm, 01505 706070. 7.30pm. £tbc. An evening of Appalachian and bluegrass from West Virginia, with a dash of rock’n’roll and a capella harmonies from Irish sisters The Henry Girls.
ROCKNESS PLUGGED IN WINNER REVIEW
Loch Ness is just beautiful, I can’t imagine a more splendid natural auditorium. It’s certainly a good spot to watch Fatboy Slim. I would never have counted myself a fan but there’s no denying the appeal of Weapon of Choice or the irresistible piano riff on Praise You, particularly with 35,000 people enthusiastically singing along.
Characteristically a dance heavy festival, RockNess was new territory for me and Aphex Twin was the weekend’s revelation. Strange things happen if you’re prepared to let that man play beats and shine lights in your eyes for an hour or so. It’s music more felt than heard. The beats are so loud and intense you feel them in your kidneys as much as your ears. The ambient sounds never resemble a melody but eventually start to make their own sort of sense. It’s a bit like watching the end of Kubrick’s 2001, hypnotic but eventually euphoric. I promised a shout out to my lovely tent neighbours Kirsty and Katherine who laughed at my attempt to explain Saturday night headliners Leftfield. “There was this Guinness advert, it was ace, with horses and tick followed tock and there was this beat”. They looked at me blankly as I attempted to convey the bass line of Phat Planet by blowing raspberries. “When was this?” “About 1999”. “Yeah, we’d have been eight”. They had a point; you might argue this wasn’t the most relevant line up in the festival’s history and with acts like Blondie and Ian Brown it was trading on past glories. A random poll of attractive young women confirmed the consensus. As Anna from Inverness had it, “What’s the point of Ian Brown? I’d rather see the Complete Stone Roses”. I was mulling that one over on Sunday night when The Strokes turned up to remind me how brilliant they were in 2001. (Tim Glanton)
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