Music ROCK&POP
■ Diagram of the Heart, Simple Mistake and Waiting on Jack Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £6. Weedy chart synth pop. Note new date and venue. ■ James Vincent McMorrow Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. See Mon 7. ■ Juan Pablo, Julia & the Doogans, The Barents Sea and Becca Fox The Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Juan Pablo launch their EP ‘Loose Lips Sink Ships’ with full supporting line-up of gentle souls. ■ San Fran & the Ciscos Tchai- Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. A night of singers and bands hosted by San Fran & the Ciscos. ■ Dead Rock West, Man Gone Missing, Finding Albert and Mike Nisbet King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. LA roots rockers with throw in a bit of bluegrass to the mix. ■ Sunshine Social, Roman Road and Gary Jordan The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. £tbc. Six-piece alt.folk band from Glasgow. Edinburgh ■ Dave McPherson Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £7 in advance; more on the door. See Mon 7. ■ Death Vessel and Rozi Plain Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £7.50. See Sun 6. ■ Boutros Bubba, Super Adventure Club and My Cousin I Bid You Farewell Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 8pm. £5. Dutch alt.rockers play this Detour South by South West special. FREE Hard Rock’s Battle of the Bands Hard Rock Café, 18–20 George Street, 260 3000. 8pm. The Edinburgh heats of the national bands competition
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to win a slot at Hard Rock Calling 2011 in London’s Hyde Park (final on the Thursday). Josh T Pearson
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Glasgow ■ Sacred Betrayal Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 6.30pm. £7. See Fri 4. ■ All Time Low and Yellow Card Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £15. Over-14s show. Punk pop quartet from Maryland. ■ Vigo Thieves Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Classic rock and pop influences from this Wishaw quartet, launching their single ‘Love is Dead’. ■ Mona King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Rescheduled date for this rocking Nashville combo who sound just a tad like Kings of Leon. FREE Boutros Bubba, Super Adventure Club and My Cousin I Bid You Farewell Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before 11pm. See Tue 8. ■ Sean Kennedy, Wrote the Author and Mr Kil The Buff Club, 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. 9pm. £4. Live music at the Buff’s regular Muso club night. ✽✽ Jacques Greene, The American Men The Art School, 168 Renfrew Street, 353 4690. 10.30pm. £5. Artists from the LuckyMe collective, including young Montreal house producer Jacques Greene, take over this week’s Knock Knock night. Blessings, Eclair Fifi and
Edinburgh FREE Mad Nurse Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. Post-rock. ■ Napoleon IIIrd Electric Circus,
Texas-born Josh T Pearson showcases tracks off his much anticipated debut solo LP Last of the Country Gentlemen (see review, page 83). While the record threatens to leave you wanting to stick your head in an oven – it was written on the back of a self-confessed ‘rough year’ and containing solemn titles such as ‘Sorry with a Song’ – there is an uplifting spirit to be found in the darkness. ■ Stereo, Glasgow, Fri 25 Mar.
36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £6. One man pop machine with trusty backing from his reel-to-reel tape machine. ■ Meursault, Washington Irving and Graeme Clark The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7.30pm. £6 in advance; £8 on the door. Distorted, absorbing folktronica from Meursault as they headline this Intermedia Degree Show Fundraiser, with the Hotrods DJs until 3am. ■ Edinburgh Unplugged 3 The Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8pm. £2. A night of acoustic music featuring Townhouse, six-piece a capella group The Wild Myrtles, folk duo Eilidh Steel & Mark Neal and Nicky Carder (Neoviolet). FREE Hard Rock’s Battle of the Bands Hard Rock Café, 18–20 George Street, 260 3000. 8pm. See Tue 8. ■ Sarah McQuaid Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £8 (£7; members £5). Singer-songwriter who wrote the Irish ‘DADGAD Guitar Book’ and recently released ‘I Won’t Go Home ’Til Morning’.
Thursday 10 Glasgow ■ Hell Above Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. Album launch for these local thrash metallers. ■ Two Door Cinema Club and Copy Haho Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £12. Upbeat electronic indie from Northern Irish trio who have proved to be the stealth success of the past year. ■ The Australian Pink Floyd Show Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 08444 779000. 7.30pm. £27.50. Probably the best known and certainly one of the longest running Floyd tributes, supposedly counting members of the real band among its fans. ■ Devil May Cry Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £6. Live music. ■ The Limelight Music Festival
Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 7.45pm. £11–£15 (£7–£11). Three nights of music to celebrate the launch of Limelight Studios, tonight featuring Sally Clay, Sarah Caltieri, 21st Century Band, Zass and Little Eye plus guests including Terry Neason, ex-Blue Nile man PJ Moore, Maggie Reilly and Bathers members Chris Thomson and Hazel Morrison. ■ The Forgotten Works Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Electro-acoustic four-piece playing ‘new-fashioned chamber music’ on guitar and double bass. ■ The Kat Healy Music Club, Sonny Marvello and Dead Man’s Waltz The Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Singer/songwriter who says she has always felt a bit ‘odd’ supported by two acts with some theatrical swagger. ■ Outback Eskimos, We Came from the Sea and Kerrie Lynch Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Indie folk sounds from Edinburgh’s WCFTS. ■ Royal Republic, Eat Dr Ape and the Jigawotts King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Swedish quartet influenced by Britpop, punk and funk, who have supported Biffy Clyro. ■ The Love Spells, Politics of Time, Caroline Gilmour and Stephanie Manns Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 9pm. Live music. ■ The Stupid Idiots and W.E.F.U.N.K. The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. Live music. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 3. ■ Bearfoot Beware Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £tbc. Alternative pop punk and post-rock from Leeds. ■ Charity Fundraiser Party Night The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4. Student charity do with live music to raise funds for a good cause.