Music Rock&Pop
Rock&Pop Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication for Glasgow to glasgow@list.co.uk and for Edinburgh to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Fiona Shepherd and Henry Northmore. For ticket outlet information, see Book Now. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 19 Glasgow ■ Kris Tennant, Cherri Fosphate, The Upbeat Beatdown and Ten 84 O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Elton John/Rufus Wainwright-loving singer/songwriter and band. ■ The Chords and The Laynes Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7.30pm. £15 (£12.50 in advance). Mod band playing back in Scotland for the first time in thirty years. ■ Let’s Hang On Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 3321846. 7.30pm. £15–£16.50 (£14–£15.50). Outstanding Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons tribute act perform all their greatest hits. ■ Open Swimmer and The Social Services Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Intelligent, melodramatic indie pop from The Social Services. ■ Acrylic Iqon Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £3. Epic rock. ■ Cake Free Bakesale Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Bands hosted by Johnny Terrell. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8pm. Hosted by Independence. ■ Rachel Harrington & Rod Clements St Andrew’s in the Square, St
Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £10 (£8). Oregon singer/songwriter Harrington performs an accomplished blend of country, folk and bluegrass accompanied by blues guitarist Clements (Lindisfarne). ■ Going Underground The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. 8.30pm–2am. £5 (£4). An indie and mod club night, featuring to be confirmed live bands plus stand up comedy from Dan Conner. ■ Philadelphia Grand Jury King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Duo comprising Berkfinger and MC Bad Genius who have been compared to a punkier Elvis Costello/Eels. Dundee FREE PanicByFlare McDaniel’s Bar, 34–36 Whitehall Crescent, 8pm. Hi- octane rock with indie punk leanings. ■ Skies Fell The Doghouse, 15 Ward Road, 01382 206812. 8pm. £5. Scottish post-rock outfit.
Dunfermline ■ Dougie Maclean Dunfermline Abbey, Abbey Park Place, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £15. Scotland’s foremost folk/roots troubadour, renowned for the uniqueness of his meaningful, haunting music. Friday 20
Glasgow FREE Diana Schad The Living Room, 150 St Vincent Street, 229 0607. 7pm. Singer/pianist performing originals and covers. ■ Gap Year Riot O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Power pop punk from GYR. ✽✽ The Zephyrs, Moth & the Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £5. Mesmeric Edinburgh band play Mirror and Randolph’s Leap
material from their forthcoming album Fool of Regrets. See preview, page 116. ■ Mocker Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Indie sounds. FREE OK Amigos Live at Lauries Bar Lauries Bar, 34 King Street, 552 7123. 8–11pm. OK Amigos perform a unique blend of Latin, blues and funk. FREE The Dirty Demographic Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. Jazz funk sounds. ■ How to Swim and Sunset Song Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £4. Indie pop big band supported by ex-Wake the President rhythm section in new guise. ■ Kerrie Lynch, Julia & the Doogans, So Many Animal Calls and Juan Pablo 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Alt ambient indie sounds. ■ The Laymanites, Neon Hero and 3 Musicians & a Bass Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Local band bill. ■ Red Scot Chili Peppers The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £8. Chili Peppers tribute. ■ Toy Tin Soldier The Griffin, 226 Bath Street, 331 5170. 8pm. SOLD OUT. Members of The Proclaimers, The Hussys and Mr Kil play this pub show. Part of Summer Song. FREE Itchycoo Park Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Retro sounds. ■ Jill Jackson King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Ex-Speedway frontwoman Jackson strikes out on her own showcasing her style of acoustic Americana. ■ Breakdown Bands and Homebass Soundhaus, 47 Hydepark Street, 221 4659. 9pm–3am. £6 (£5). Indie, rock and electro live acts from the local scene (bands tbc), with DJs during and after the acts. Katchi and Badfinger
play fidget, dubstep, house and more in the wee room from 10pm. FREE Revelry, Cha Cha Heels, Delgetti and Echofela Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. Alternative/indie. Colliston ■ Tom Jones and Elvis Presley Night Letham Grange Hotel, Letham Grange, 01241 890459. 8pm–midnight. £12.50–£17.95. What’s new pussycat? Only a Tom Jones/Elvis Presley tribute night. It’s not unusual . . .
Dundee ■ Dressed to Kill The Doghouse, 15 Ward Road, 01382 206812. 8pm. £12–£14. A tribute to the rock gods in make-up, Kiss. ■ Figure 5, Mass Consensus and Fintry Lovechild Dexter’s Lounge Bar, 24 Castle Street, 01382 228894. 8pm. £5. Mod and classic rock references from established local boys Figure 5 plus support.
Dunfermline ■ Dougie Maclean Dunfermline Abbey, Abbey Park Place, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £15. See Thu 19. Largs FREE Micky Kemp Band Victoria Hotel, 80 Gallowgate Street, 01475 689493. 9pm. A rock’n’roll hurricane to leave you breathless from a young group with some old influences: from Johnny Cash to Elvis, these boys have learned from the masters.
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Glasgow FREE Live and Unsigned Auditions City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 9.30am. National music competition for unsigned bands, vocal groups, and solo artists. See www.liveandunsigned.uk.com for more information. ■ Vitamins Island Fling Glasgow University, Gilmorehill G12, 9 University Ave, 10am. £tbc. Get onboard and travel up north to a secret location where you can rock out all night long to bands such as Bigfoot’s Tea Party, Point to C, Bones & Money, All Caps and many more. Leave from the main gate of Glasgow Uni (on University Avenue). Please email vitaminsuk@gmail.com for information and tickets.
✽✽ FREE Sonic Soak Govanhill Baths, Calder Street, 433 2999.
11am–8pm. A unique event in the disused Govanhill Baths combining music, art and swimming. Sound and art collective 85A have curated a weekend of local choral and musical acts, as well as sculpture, installation, film and more. Line-up includes Tut Vu Vu, Rm Hubbert, Billy Boyd, Skizzwang, Konx- Om-Pax, Jim Colquhoun, The Parsonage and many more. Attend in swimwear or an aquatically-themed costume. See Five Reasons, page 119. ■ Tartan Gig 100 – Girl Guiding Scotland Centenary Concert Royal Concert Hall: Main Auditorium, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 5–7.30pm. £22. An exclusive concert in celebration of a century of good deeds by the girls in blue. FREE The MeatMen Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350. 5pm. Rockabilly, bluegrass and skiffle from Glasgow trio The MeatMen. ■ The Angies, The Ghosties, The Edge of Noise and Sweet Relief O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £6. The Ghosties are influenced by everyone from Devo to Duran Duran. ■ Modus and The Coy Dogs O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Organised by burlesque night Club Noir and billed as a night of Mods v Rockers. CANCELLED. ■ Raoul Duke, Deadwood, Ghost Ride the Whip, Dawns Club and
Subcurrent 2010: No Concept / No Clue It’s the return of the annual experimental music festival, brought to you by those Glasgow
champions of the underground, Volcanic Tongue. A tenner on the door will get you performances by Matt Valentine and Erika Elder (see above; think spectral jams and folky Americana from deep in the Vermont woods); frantic free-jazz drumming from Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides; and local noise rock from Glasgow’s own Smoke Jaguar. ■ CCA, Glasgow, Sat 21 Aug.