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ROCK&POP Music
Tuesday 28
Glasgow ✽✽ TV on the Radio O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £17.50. Mesmerising musical alchemists from Brooklyn, back with new album Nine Types of Light. See preview, page 77. ■ This Will Destroy You Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7pm. £4. Instrumental post-rock quartet from Texas. FREE The Hardlines, Roccaforte, Slim Mistress, Broken Alphas and Port Cullas Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. Blues, alt.rock and metal sounds. ■ Smallgang Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. London indie quartet influenced by the likes of Pavement and Dinosaur Jr on their new album Trespasses. Plus Skeleton Bob and Former Utopia. ■ The Magic Carpet Cabaret Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. A night of poetry, songs and stories, with open mic spots. FREE Spotlight@Slouch Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8pm. New weekly open mic night hosted by Wull Swales. ■ Umberto, Frams Torners and Falconry The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Umberto, aka Kansas City’s Matt Hill, infuses his synth pop with the throbbing foreboding of a horror soundtrack. FREE Open Mic Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. Weekly open stage. 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 FREE Craig McMurdo The Compass Bar, 44 Queen Charlotte Street, Leith, 554 1979. 7.30pm. Jazz and swing vocalist McMurdo. A special ‘Moon, June, Croon, Swoon’ residency. FREE Out of the Bedroom Montague Bar, Montague Street, 226 0931. 7.30pm. Open mic session, the only rule is no cover versions. Sign up from 7.30pm, performances start from 8pm. ■ Sean Rowe The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £7. Deep, haunting singer-songwriter. ■ The Secret Sisters The Pleasance Cabaret Bar, 60 Pleasance, 556 6550. 7.30pm. £10. Sibling harmony duo from the US south singing old school folk and country songs to the approval of the likes of Elvis Costello and Jack White. FREE Open Mic Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. Open mic session with Caramello Fats and Packet O’Shay.
outdoor show from the hirsute country rock’n’rollers who look, but thankfully don’t sound, like the Eagles’ younger brothers. 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. ■ Dupec and Hairy Area Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Scottish rock with support from a supergroup involving members of We Were Promised Jetpacks, Endor, Sebastian Dangerfield and Lady North. ■ BB King and Avery Sunshine Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 7.30pm. £39–£49.50. Blues legend. FREE The Listening Room The Blue Blazer, 2 Spittal Street, 229 5030. 8pm. 100% acoustic open mic session. FREE Rossco Galloway and Alisdair McErlain Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. Singer-songwriter showcase. FREE The Johnson Brothers and Lee Paterson Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Covers and original tunes. Musselburgh ■ Diana Schad The Birdcage, Stuart House, Eskmills, Station Road, 273 5240. 7.30pm. See Fri 24.
Monday 27
Glasgow ■ One Night in Vegas Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.30pm. £20.50–£22.50. A concert style show featuring Vegas-style music and dance numbers, starring singer- songwriter Martyn Lucas and the British Philharmonic Orchestra. FREE Picnic Basket Nosedive Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. Electro pop punk five-piece. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. Weekly showcase for local songwriters performing original material. ■ Arcane Roots Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Post-hardcore trio from Kingston. 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 Horza, Lost Society and Psychoattractive Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 8pm. Local live music. FREE Acoustic Session Live Slouch, 203–5 Bath Street, 221 5518. 8.30pm. Weekly unplugged session. ■ Dead Rock West, Dumb Instrument and The Fleet King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. LA roots rockers who throw a bit of bluegrass into the mix. Edinburgh ■ Smallgang Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £5 (£4). London indie quartet influenced by the likes of Pavement and Dinosaur Jr on their new album Trespasses. FREE Boda’sChanBang Boda Bar, 229 Leith Walk, 553 5900. 8pm. Jam session hosted by Roberta Pia (Banana Sessions). ■ Woodpigeon, eagleowl and Rob St John Pilrig St Paul’s Church, Pilrig Street, Leith Walk, 553 1876. 8pm. £6. Orchestral pop from Canadian artist Woodpigeon and lush Scottish slow-folk from eagleowl. BYOB. See eagleowl live review, page 79. FREE Open Mic Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. Just turn up and perform.
Musselburgh ■ Diana Schad The Birdcage, Stuart House, Eskmills, Station Road, 273 5240. 7.30pm. See Fri 24.
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