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FREE Duffy’s Blues Jam The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 5–7pm. Blues session. Dinosaur Pile-Up Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7pm. £7. Grunge rockers hailing from Leeds rather than Seattle. Fenix TX The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Texan pop punk four-piece. The High Kings Barrowland 2, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £14. Celtic ballads. Quarter Inch Jacks, Local Town Heroes, So Many Animal Calls and Behind the Eclipse O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Funk/rock/psychedelic/indie fusion headliners from Glasgow. The Midnight Beast, Aggro Santos and Futurecop g2, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 353 3111. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Over-14s show. Bratty hip hop trio from London. Yeasayer and Suckers O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £13.50. Over-14s show. Quirky Brooklyn combo blending indie, punk and Afrobeat influences on their new album. See caption, page 67. The Platters Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £15–£16.50 (£14–£15.50). Known for hits such as ‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes’ and ‘The Great Pretender,’ this line-up of The Platters promise a classy night of entertainment. Sinatra Live at the Sands Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £24–£27.50. Sinatra tribute with orchestral backing. Mimas, Union Sound Set and Trapped in Kansas Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £6. Math-rock from TIK. Nils Lofgren Acoustic Duo Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £28.50. See Sat 23. Threshold Sicks and Senzafine Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £tbc. Punk and alt. Francis Dunnery and John Gilmour Smith King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £18. Ex-It Bites singer who has forged a cult solo career and, like Ronald Reagan, is big on astrology as a means of determining the future. Charlie Roth The Victoria Bar @ the Clutha, 159 Bridgegate, 552 6040. 9pm. £tbc. Prolific Americana songwriter, promoting his fifth solo album. Optimus is Primed and Sneaky Pete MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. £tbc. Alternative sounds. FREE 3 Card Trick The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9.30pm. Blooooz bonanza. Brandi Carlile Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. £tbc. CANCELLED. Edinburgh Hidden Door Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. 1–8pm & 6pm–midnight. £10 per session. See Fri 22. FREE Tinderbox Project The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 4pm. Open rehearsal for this 30-piece orchestra of young players with tutors/mentors from some of Edinburgh’s best rock, funk, jazz and indie players. McFly Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 7pm. £25. Pop with a punky edge from this sterling UK quartet who are starting to outgrow their boyband roots, if not their audience. Chantel McGregor The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7.15pm. £8.50. See Thu 21. Polkanauts Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £4. Polka with ‘bullet belts and beer bongs’. The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1

ROCK&POP Music

Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). Mix of folk, blues, rock and Celtic influences. Monday 25

Glasgow The 80s Rocked Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £14. And out to prove the truth of that statement are members of Tyketto, Thunder, Krokus and more. Black Cards g2, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 353 3111. 7pm. £9. Over-14s show. New outfit formed by Fallout Boy’s Pete Wentz. I Like Trains O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £7. Over-14s show. Leeds post-rockers. The Duke & the King Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £12.50. Americana duo from the Catskills, including Simon Felice from the Felice Brothers, who are named after the grifters from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mary Chapin Carpenter and Tift Merritt The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £25. Folk, pop and country from American singer-songwriter Carpenter. Swans and James Blackshaw The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £20. Michael Gira’s influential no wave band return with their harsh mix of proto-industrial rock and atmospheric acoustica. See preview, page 60. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. Weekly showcase for local songwriters performing original material. Andy Lucas Stereo, 22--28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm. £4. Former session player for the likes of Amy MacDonald and Ocean Colour Scene plays tracks from his debut album Weekend Millionaire. FREE Brel Sessions Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. Folky jam session with an indie edge from Laura Wilkie (Rachel Sermanni Band) and Sarah Hayes (Admiral Fallow). 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. Pontiack, The Cosmic Dead and Xavier & the Bastard Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £6. Sludge rock band of brothers who record in a Virginia farmhouse. The Wombats, Apples and Wild Party King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. SOLD OUT. Return of the Scouse indie popsters who are not averse to the occasional barber shop harmony interlude. Raid La Cheetah, 73 Queen Street, 221 4851. 9pm–3am. £2–£3 (£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. 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. The Party Program MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. £tbc. Rock and metal. Edinburgh Christiane Roesinger Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Indie artist who also goes by the name of Britta. Dinosaur Pile-Up Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £6. See Sun 24. Library Tapes, Euan McMeeken and Matthew Collings Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston

Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Ambient sounds with echoes of film scores and classical from Library Tapes. Lichens and The Douglas Firs Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Solo project from 90 Day Men's Robert Aiki Lowe. My Chemical Romance Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. 7pm. £23.50. Over-14s show. Hugely popular New Jersey emo/punk- metallers with an awesome live reputation, preview their eagerly awaited new album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £22.50. See Sat 23.

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Glasgow Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour and hellYeah SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £27.50. Double headline tour from two titans of modern metal featuring epic metal from Orange County’s AX7 on their first UK tour since the death of drummer The Rev, while Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor unmasks for his grunge influenced Stone Sour. Clinic and Spectrals Stereo, 22–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £9.50. Compelling Scouse indie band with the mesmeric urgency of prime Velvet Underground. See caption, page 72. The Last Republic Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £tbc. Over-14s show. Anthemic quintet from South Wales. Lissie Oran Mor, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Country pop and laid back acoustic strumming from the sunkissed singer/songwriter. Egyptian Hip Hop, Conan Mockasin and Fiction Faction Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £6. Manchester teens who decided to invent a fictitious genre and name themselves after it. Lloyd Cole The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £20. The ex-patriate pop crooner debuts the Lloyd Cole Small Ensemble, his all acoustic ‘baby bluegrass’ trio. The Magic Carpet Cabaret Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. A night of songwriters and bands. 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 Barn Owl and The Japanese War Effort Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Arcade Fire-meets-Mogwai sounds from Barn Owl. FREE The Cuthbert Abernethy Quartet MacSorleys Music Bar, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. Experimental melancholic Americana. FREE Open Mic The Wise Monkey, 508 Great Western Road, 334 5125. 9pm. Weekly open stage. Street Lights, University of North Alaska, Rocket Science Dad and Amy Lightwave 13th Note Café, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Indie bill. 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. Edinburgh Big Taj and Nasty P Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Oxjam hip hop special. Tweak Bird Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £6. Ferocious scuzz blues duo who have toured with Tool. Mary Chapin Carpenter and Tift Merritt The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £25. See Mon 25.

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