Music Rock&Pop
■ Mass Action Radio Soundhaus, 47 Hydepark Street, 221 4659. 9pm. £6 (£5). Melodic indie rock. ■ Wolves, The Asps, Liam Tennant & band and Andrew Bowers & band 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Energetic rock with punk attitude. FREE X-phonics The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9pm. Live music. ■ Shadowthrone, Burning Sunrise and Quarter Inch Jacks Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. £5. Over-14s show. Black and death metal. Edinburgh ■ Ged Hanley Trio, The Deal, Size Queen and U-Know-Hoo Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 6.30pm. £tbc. Rock covers and originals. ■ William Douglas The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6.30pm. Donation. Unplugged session with William Douglas and friends.
WIN STUFF
WIN LED FESTIVAL TICKETS The brand new London Electronic Dance Festival – put together by the beat- loving folks at Cream, Goldenvoice and Loudsound – takes place in London’s Victoria Park on Fri 27–Sat 28 Aug, with a line-up including David Guetta, Leftfield, Goldfrapp, Aphex Twin and more. If you can get yourself down there – we have five pairs of weekend adult passes to give away.
WIN WIZARD FESTIVAL TICKETS
Aberdeen’s Wizard Festival on Fri 27–Sat 28 Aug brings old hands Happy Mondays and James to the stage this year, accompanied by younger pups such as The Dykeenies and Pearl and The Puppets. In addition, the dance line-up has also just been announced, with CagedBaby, Slam and Silicone Soul hitting the decks. Sound like your cup of tea? How convenient – we’ve got two weekend passes to give away. WIN GLOBAL GATHERING ALBUMS
The Global Gathering music fest celebrates a decade of dance this year, and to mark the occasion, they’re releasing a three- CD set of some of their favourite performers: two CDs of classic dance acts including The Prodigy and Underworld, plus a bonus disc of more current artists, such as Fake Blood and Sub Focus. We have three copies to give away.
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70 THE LIST 22 Jul–5 Aug 2010
■ Amoriste, we See Lights, Park Circus and James Mckay Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £5–£6. Uplifting London-based indie pop band launching their new EP. ■ Curators Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £tbc. Emotive indie rock from Curators. ■ Mammoeth Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5 (£4). Edinburgh-based jangly indie popster – who is a distant relation of the composer Edvard Grieg – launches his debut album Nascent. ■ Themselves and The Blessings Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £9. See Fri 23. ■ 96 Tears and March her to Norway Bannerman’s, Niddry Street, 556 3254. 7.30pm. £8. Britpop/80s- inspired electro rock as 96 Tears head this CHAS charity gig (with more tbc). ■ CB Radio and Jazz Spastiks The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 8pm. £1. House, funk, hip hop and electronica at this double album launch party as CB Radio unleash 20 Bangers and Jazz Spastiks launch 12 Bit Spit. ■ Jazzfinger Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 11pm–3am. £5. Gig/club crossover with drone meets Detroit techno sounds of Newcastle’s Jazzfinger with support from Linwood Flats, Aliased Neuron and Controlled Demolition DJs.
Kirkcudbright ■ The Wickerman Festival East Kirkcarswell Farm, Dundrennan, 0870 8966 896. Times vary. Weekend ticket £85 (accompanied under 13s free). See Fri 23.
Falkland ■ The Big Tent Big Tent, 01337 858838. Times vary. Weekend pass with camping £70 (£60); without camping £40 (£35); day ticket £15 (£13). See Fri 23. Kirkcaldy ■ Westcoast Adam Smith Theatre, Arts and Theatres Trust Fife Ltd, Bennochy Road, 01592 583302. 7.30pm. £15.50. Beach Boys tribute act.
Largs ■ Gangsters of Ska Victoria Hotel, 80 Gallowgate Street, 01475 689493.
9pm. £10. Covers with a ska and reggae flavour. ■ Grass Mountain Hobos Victoria Hotel, 80 Gallowgate Street, 01475 689493. 9pm. £tbc. See Thu 22. Peebles ■ Thank you for the 70s Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. noon. £15 (£12). Ah, the 70s – great tunes, not so sure about the haircuts. And the fashion. And the cars. But luckily this show is mainly about the music (though we can’t guarantee that the odd flare won’t creep in), and includes songs by Donna Summer, Earth Wind & Fire, The Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor, Tina Turner, Queen, and of course Abba.
Sunday 25 Glasgow FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2–4pm. A variety of musical ensembles perform every Sunday this summer in the peaceful surroundings of the Victorian Walled Garden. Please phone for details of individual bands. FREE Funnels Walkabout, 7 Renfrew Street, 332 8209. 5.15pm. See Sat 24. ■ Mammoeth, Randolph’s Leap and Sunset Song Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £6. See Sat 24. ■ Orange Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £7. Los Angeles- based powerpop/punk quartet. ■ Rae Spoon Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30–10pm. £4 in advance; £5 on the door. Young country singer from Canada who writes about love, contradiction, and his identity as a transgender singer. Advance tickets available from www.bildwechselglasgow.wordpress.com ■ El Toro, The Cemetery Girls and Scragfight Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £tbc. Punky sounds. ■ Ronson Kiplin and Manic Romance Rockers, 14 Midland Street, 221 0726. 8pm. £tbc. Power pop. FREE Scott Nicol Band, Fevrier and The Gift Horses Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Chilled summer vibe.
FREE John & Rab Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Acoustic duo.
✽✽ Young Fathers, Kobi Onyame, Gav Livz and Stanley Odd King
Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. A hip-hop flavour to this King Tut’s Summer Nights gig, headed up by the high-energy mash-ups of Edinburgh trio Young Fathers. ■ The Dead Class, The Snipes, Roughmute and Billy Liar 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Distilled punk essence. FREE Debrasco MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. Alt.rock and post-punk sounds. FREE Graceless Age The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9pm. Live music. ■ Figure 5 Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. £tbc. Glasgow indie rockers launch their fine new album with a matinee gig.
Edinburgh FREE Roxymoron Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. 5pm. Open mic and live jam. ■ Damo Suzuki Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £10. Legendary sometime vocalist with Krautrock supremos Can. At this gig he’s performing with Ewan Gibson (Black Diamond Express) on guitar, drummer Neil Warrack (Super Adventure Club), bassist Edwin Cruden and more tbc. See preview, page 64. 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, rock and Celtic influences.
Dundee FREE Sunday Busking Session Duke’s Corner, 13 Brown Street, 01382 205052. 8pm. Live acoustic open mic session. Falkland ■ The Big Tent Big Tent, 01337 858838. Times vary. Weekend pass with camping £70 (£60); without camping £40 (£35); day ticket £15 (£13). See Fri 23.
The Burns Unit Out of cooperative music project ‘Burnsong’ springs The Burns Unit, a band best described as a ‘folk supergroup’ — although such a title conveys a false sense of
egotism about the members involved. The roster includes some of the shining lights of indie-folk nobility: King Creosote, Karine Polwart and Emma Pollock all lend their considerable talents, alongside Indo-Caledonian pop artist Future Pilot AKA, virtuosic rapper MC Soom T and a few other contributors. See our review of the debut album Side Show page 66. ■ Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Mon 9 Aug.