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Glaswegian quartet comparable to a more melodic Arab Strap. FREE The George Lindsay Band 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. Chicago blues. FREE Live! in the Saint The Saint on Bath Street, 190 Bath Street, 352 8800. 9pm. See Thu 26. FREE Mothers Ruin The Victoria Bar @ the Clutha, 159 Bridgegate, 552 6040. 9pm. Rock, blues, indie and punk covers. ■ Mitchell Museum and Nevada Base Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 10pm. Free before 11pm. Lo-fi indie combo, who use found instruments and have attracted comparisons to MGMT, Modest Mouse and Grandaddy. Edinburgh FREE Rossco Galloway The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. The singer-songwriter-guitarist is regularly joined by a selection of special guests. ■ Bluesoul, Day of Days, Velvet Audio and Dignan, Dowell & White Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 6.30pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Rock, blues, electro and indie. ■ Bombskare The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7pm. £7 in advance; £10 on the door. Infectious ska action from the nine-piece Bombskare. ■ Great Junction Music Studios Showcase Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £4. Mixed line-up, bands still tbc. ■ The Laymanites, The Rahs and Deco Arcade Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 7pm. £5. Alternative rock as The Laymanites launch their All the Angels EP. ■ Scrap Brain Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £tbc. Grunge rock. ■ Jane McDonald Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 7.30pm. £32.25. The light entertainment chanteuse presents an evening of music and laughter. ■ Adopted as Holograph and Asazi Space Funk Explosion The Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. 8pm. £5 (£4). Fundraiser for The Forest and Doune the Rabbit Hole with eclectic mix of jazz and Afro-funk. ■ Jade & Jacks Band Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. R&B and soul. ■ Michael Ball Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, 228 1155. 8pm. £36 (£32.50). Fresh from his joyful stint as Edna Turnblad in the touring production of Hairspray, Ball appears as himself to perform easy listening covers and show tunes. ■ Lovella Ellis Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 10.30pm–3am. £4 in advance; £5 on the door. South London reggae singer who is the daughter of Studio One recording artist Alton Ellis at this Edinburgh showcase of reggae, dancehall and dub with DJs Robigan, C- Biscuit and Mania.
Saturday 28 Glasgow FREE The Clachies, The Dirty Beggars, James Murray, The Dirt, Outi Smith Queen’s Park Glasshouses, Langside Road, 287 5108. 12–4pm. A folky/Americana/bluegrass/country line up. Part of Southside Festival FREE Southside Festival Queen’s Park, 520 Langside Road, 276 1476. noon. This local community festival returns to Queen’s Park for more music (including headliner Rev Wayne D Love of Alabama 3) and festivities after a parade through the Southside. Other live acts include The Rudiments, Audio Model, Selective Service, Mr Kil, Inner Sight and The Imagineers. ■ Fest For A Fiver The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 3pm. £5. Second annual Fest for a Fiver, this year featuring Glasgow psych
EXPOSURE
TENNISCOATS Who are Tenniscoats? They’re a charming Japanese duo made up of real life couple Saya and Ueno Takashi, who, over the last decade, have released eight albums of their prolific songsmithery as well as playing with fellow traveller Maher Shalal Hash Baz and others in the fecund Japanese alt-pop scene. And what do they sound like? Think stripped-down indie- folk whimsy, gently lilting female vocals and a set of organically generated miniatures that may be fragile in construction, but which never fail to captivate. Music to swoon to, basically. But quietly.
And what’s the Scottish connection? Well, the Takashis have been regular visitors here ever since they bumped into Glasgow’s über-DIY veterans and long-time supporters of Japanese pop The Pastels, later playing with them at the much missed Triptych festival and collaborating on the Two Sunsets album in 2009. Prior to this, they took part in a Scottish Arts Council Tune Up tour with Bill Wells throughout Easter 2007, playing such out of the way haunts as Tobermory on Mull, the wide open spaces of which were tailor- made for Tenniscoats’ low-key elegance. And now they’re back? They can’t keep away, especially with two of Scotland’s favourite micro- indie promoters, Cry Parrot and Tracer Trails, at the helm of things on the back of this year’s Tokinoutas album. They’ve even found a suitably community- minded venue to host things in. It’s a match made in heaven. Or Tokyo. Though most likely Glasgow. (Neil Cooper) ■ Cry Parrot and Tracer Trails present Tenniscoats at Garnethill Multi-Cultural Centre, Glasgow, Sat 18 Jun. tenniscoats.com
rockers Cosmic Dead, Edinburgh’s Neoviolet and Matt Norris & the Moon, Augustalia, the folky Sunshine Social, Iona Bain and rockers The Deep Red Sky. FREE The Fortunate Sons St Louis Cafe Bar, 734 Dumbarton Road, Thornwood, 339 1742. 5pm. Acoustic folk/rock/blues residency.
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