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offer jaunty indie music with a lot of heart and some epic pretensions, built around broken rhythms, keyboards and kaleidoscopic lyrics. This show will take place at a secret location to be revealed on the night. ■ Jody Has A Hit List, Forgotten Sunday and Sacred Betrayal O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Emo quintet from Dublin. ■ Mount Kimbie and Sampha Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £8. Post dubstep and wobbly electronica. ■ N-Dubz and Professor Green SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £24. UK urban/hip hop trio, popular with the yout’ of today, supported by latest white bread jack-the- lad rapper on the scene. ■ Tim Booth Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £18. James frontman tours in support of his latest solo album Love Life. FREE Valve Journal Showcase Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 7pm. An evening of readings from the Strathclyde University writers featured in the soon-to-be-launched Valve journal, plus live music. ■ Inner Sight, The NK Jays and Folsom Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £4. Over-14s show. Prog sounds from Inner Sight. ■ Andrea Heins Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Canadian singer-songwriter on guitar and auto-harp. ■ The Dawn Patrol Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Indie rock and pop covers. FREE The Dead Man’s Waltz, Adopted as Holograph and John McFarlane Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 8pm. Skye quartet performing folk noir with a theatrical storytelling flourish, plus atmospheric sounds from ex-Uncle John & Whitelock members and a solo set from Sluts of Trust frontman John McFarlane. ■ No Award, Zoe Sams, 100 Paper Boats and Dave Lang & Niall Murray The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Acoustic folk rock from Greenock’s 100 Paper Boats. ■ Le Reno Amps The Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Melodic indie rock. ■ The Dears and Alice Gold King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £11. The mighty Montreal ensemble who aren’t Arcade Fire shake Tut’s to its foundations with their formidable new album Degeneration Street. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 31. FREE Acoustic Open Mic 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. See Thu 31. ■ Debrasco and The Krimson Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 9pm. Alt.rock and post-punk sounds. FREE Open Mic St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Road, 339 1742. 9pm. See Thu 31. FREE Open Mic Night The Bay, 142 West Regent Street. 9pm. See Thu 31. FREE Rod’s Acoustic Open Mic 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. See Thu 31. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 31. ■ Alabama 3 The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £15. Characterful blend of southern-fried preachifying, dancefloor-friendly beats and a whole lotta love, this time delivered in acoustic form. ■ Big Country The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £20.43. Veteran Scotrockers reform to celebrate the life and bagpipe guitar sound of their late founder Stuart Adamson.
■ Battery Face, Mr Peppermint and Forkeye Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £5. Noise rock. ■ We Luv Musik The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £tbc. See Sat 16. FREE Hailey Beavis and Jed Milroy Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. See Thu 31.
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Glasgow ■ The Ashtones, Stag Firm Collapse, The Ghosties and State of Emergency Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. Indie rock four-piece from East Kilbride. ■ Fugative O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Another hip- hop/R&B contender from London. ■ Huevo & the Giant, Calum Jarvie and Sean Kennedy O2 Academy 2, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £6. Local indie rock. ■ Roads to Siam, Verse Metrics and New Town Triptych Stereo, 20- 28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £5. Proggy psychedelia from Roads to Siam, featuring members of Motor Life Co, for all you Glaswegian indie genealogists. ■ Rockburn g2, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 353 3111. 7pm. £tbc. Indie rockers from Bellshill releasing their new EP ‘Red Dress’. ■ Simone Felice Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £10. Former drummer in The Felice Brothers, current frontman of The Duke & the King, author, poet and renaissance dude brings the soulful rootsiness. ■ Trey Songz O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £25. R&B/hip hop contender from Virginia, who has toured with Jay-Z, Monica and Ne-Yo. ■ You Already Know and Dead Otter The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £7. Dark, heavy rockness from You Already Know. ■ Part Wind Part Wolf Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. EP launch gig. ■ So Many Animal Calls, Campfires in Winter and Make This Relate The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 7.30pm. £5. The headliners launch their ‘Eulogy’ EP. ■ PP Arnold The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £18.50 in advance; £20 on the door; £32.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Sixties soul singer who cut her teeth on the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before scoring some hits of her own and has a long history of collaborating with rock bands including, in recent years, Ocean Colour Scene and Oasis. ■ The Regiment, Good Bad News and The Conways Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 8pm. £5. Indie bill. ■ The Black Rats, The Morra, Dead Electric and The Skinny Machines King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Bluesy indie rock quartet from Strathaven head this local bill. FREE Jack in the Green and Till This Night Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8.30pm. Acoustic rock. FREE The Strangers Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Live rock. ■ We Come In Pieces Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Free before 11pm. Post hardcore from Limerick. ■ Bad Motor Scooter Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 11pm. £5. See Fri 1. Edinburgh FREE Rossco Galloway The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Fri 1. ■ Bonobo and Hidden Orchestra The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £15. Downtempo, hip hop, funk and dub from this Brighton-based DJ/producer.
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