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ROCK&POP Music
■ Alex Wayt, Pronto Mama and John Irvine Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £4. Heartfelt Americana from Wayt. ■ Jill Jackson and Toy Tin Soldier The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 7.30pm. £15 in advance; £17 on door; £28.95 with early dinner at 5.30pm. Ex-Speedway frontwoman Jill Jackson punts her solo country and folk wares. ■ Thula Borah Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. Glaswegian alt.rock band named after an Indian man who sat silently in a darkened room for 38 years. ■ Arms Aloft, Calvinball, The Murderburgers and Moonshine Docks The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Youthful punk rocking exuberance from the US and UK. ■ The Bluebells and The French Wives Queen’s Park Glasshouses, Langside Road, 287 5108. 8pm–midnight. £12. Return of the fondly regarded jangling Scottish popsters who scored big with ‘Young at Heart’. Part of Southside Festival FREE Insomniac, Death Trap, Eye’s Own and What’s the Damage Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Rock and metal. ■ Penguins Kill Polar Bears Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Post-rock mixing grunge, heavy rock and pop influences from PKPB. With Carnivores and So Many Animal Calls completing the wildlife-themed line-up. ■ The Mountain Goats and The Submarines King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £15. Indie rock moniker of Californian songwriter John Darnielle who has been performing as The Mountain Goats, sometimes with a little help from his friends, for the past twenty years. FREE Bloc+ Jam Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Open mic night hosted by Louis Abbot (Brother Louis Collective) and Craig Grant (Union of Knives). FREE The Union Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 9pm. Funk and soul from this nine-piece. Edinburgh ■ Festevil Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 4pm–3am. £5 day ticket; £8 weekend ticket. Night of alternative rock, indie and punk with Divorce, Secta Rouge, Shields Up, Jackie Treehorn, Vasquez, OPEN, Lords of Bastard, The Radiation Line and Run off with Gypsies. FREE Spark! Creativity Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Open session for musicians, songwriters, poets, storytellers and performers of any kind, all hosted by William Douglas. ■ Brother Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £9. Latest lippy kids head out on tour to prove their self-style ‘gritpop’ chops. ■ Benni Hemm Hemm, Withered Hand, The Second Hand Marching Band, The Pineapple Chunks and Emily Scott Pilrig St Paul’s Church, Pilrig Street, Leith Walk, 553 1876. 8pm. £5. Orchestral pop from this Reykjavik native at his final Edinburgh farewell gig before heading back to Iceland. FREE Cranachan Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. Sunday classic rock covers session. FREE Rossco Galloway and Alisdair McErlain Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. Singer-songwriter showcase. FREE Blue Saphron, Retrospect and Oatbeanie Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Jazz, rock and covers.
Monday 30 Glasgow ■ 3Oh!3, Innerpartysystem and Hyro da Hero O2 ABC, 330
Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £13.50. Over-14s show. Fratboy electro pop duo from Denver named after their area phone code. ■ Andrea Corr Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £22.50. Fragrant frontwoman of Irish snooze-pop family sensations, going solo with a bunch of insipid cover versions as her calling card. ■ Jad Fair & Gilles Rieder and Phat Trophies Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £8.50. Legend of the US lo-fi scene, best known for his many years fronting Half Japanese, who has many musical friends in Scotland. ■ Olly Murs SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £26.50. Headline tour from the X-Factor alumnus. FREE Stuart Ross, Danielle Hutchison, Little Miss Emma, Bobby Deans, Myles Leggat and Eryn Strachan Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. Bumper bill of singer/songwriters. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. Weekly showcase for local songwriters performing original material. 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 The Radiation Line Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. Krautish psychedelic drone from Stirling outfit. FREE Acoustic Session Live Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8.30pm. Weekly unplugged session. ■ Hellogoodbye, The Dangerous Summer and Gold Motel King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £12.50. Over-14s show. Indie powerpop from this Californian outfit. Please note change of venue. Edinburgh ■ Wolfmother The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £17.50. Curly-haired rock’n’roll from Oz who rock like it’s 1971. FREE Boda’sChanBang Boda Bar, 229 Leith Walk, 553 5900. 8pm. Jam session hosted by Roberta Pia (Banana Sessions). ■ Jonah Matranga, Falling into Difference and Mikee J Reds Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £6. Gratitude/Far ex- frontman turned solo acoustic genius. ■ Katy Moffatt Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8pm. £12. American roots music from singer- songwriter Katy Moffatt. FREE Singer-Songwriter Night Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. Hosted by either Richie or Roy Henderson. FREE Open Mic Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Just turn up and perform.
Stirling ■ The Bookhouse Boys Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 7pm. £7. The Bookhouse Boys combine surf guitars, mariachi horns and an almost doo-wop vocal influence to Tarantinoesque effect.
Tuesday 31 Glasgow ■ David Gray and Lisa O’Neill Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £20–£29.50. The appropriately named head-bobbling troubadour returns with new album ‘Foundling’. FREE Acoustic Sessions and Open Mic Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. Free acoustic night hosted by Ross Clark. ■ Axis Of, A Fight You Can’t Win and Jackie Onassis The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Post hardcore from Ireland.
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