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FREE Open Mic The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 9pm. Free before 11pm; £3 (£2) after. See Sun 25. FREE Open Mic Lebowskis, 1008 Argyle Street, 564 7988. 9.30pm. See Sun 25. Edinburgh ■ Debutant and Mike Nisbet Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £tbc. Local bands. ■ Panic Room The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7pm. £10. UK prog rockers fronted by Anne-Marie Helder. FREE The Listening Room The Blue Blazer, 2 Spittal Street, 229 5030. 8pm. See Sun 25.
St Andrews ■ Kaleidoscope Festival Kinkell Byre, Kinkell Farm, 01334 472003. Times vary. day ticket £40; weekend ticket £59; camping £10. See Fri 30. Stirling ■ Reloaded Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. Times vary. £10 (Per day). See Sat 1.
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Glasgow FREE Instrumental Stairway Club, 95 Union Street, 221 1009. 5pm. See Mon 26. ■ Manchester Orchestra and The X Certs O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £11. Indie rockers from Atlanta, Georgia. Supported by local emo rockers. Note change of venue. FREE Acoustic Jam Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. See Mon 26. ■ Salo, Hunt/Gather and What the Blood Revealed Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. Hardcore bill. ■ Cattle & Cane and Emma Jane King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3. Folky indie pop from Teeside. FREE Brel Sessions Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 9pm–midnight. See Mon 26. Edinburgh FREE Open Mic Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 9.30pm. See Mon 26.
Tuesday 4 Glasgow FREE Kate McGill Caffe Nero, 106 Union Street, 248 1960. 6pm. Welsh- born, Plymouth-based pop singer/songwriter promotes her new album with a tour of branches of Caffe Nero. ■ Cage the Elephant and Dinosaur Pile-up The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £12. Over-14s show. Yelpy UK/US punk-funk and angular rock’n’roll. ■ Crazy Arm Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £tbc. Roots punk quartet from Devon. ■ Gym Class Heroes The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £12.50. Cartoony hip hop band from New York featuring Travie McCoy. ■ Sylosis The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £9. Over-14s show. Metal with a prog edge. ■ XV Stereo, The Ashtones, The Snuts and The Great Underground Empire Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7pm. £5. Atmospheric post- rock and uplifting indie rock. ■ The Queers and The Jackhammers Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. Punk and garage sounds. ■ The Straits Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. CANCELLED. FREE Acoustic Sessions and Open
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Mic Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. Free acoustic night hosted by Ross Clark. ■ Fires Attract, Altered Sky, The Corleones and Scarlet Shift King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £6. Over-14s show. Local alt.rockers headline. ■ Teeth and Ubre Blanca Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £5. Dalston punk trio. With support from ex-Shitdisco members. FREE Open Mic Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. See Tue 27. Edinburgh FREE Kate McGill Caffe Nero, 43-45 Lothian Road, 229 7350. 2.30pm. See Tue 4. FREE Bob Hillary Medina, 45–47 Lothian Street, 225 6313. 8pm. Special acoustic show from the singer- songwriter.
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Glasgow ■ MOBO Awards 2011 SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 6.30pm. £29–£100. A glittering night celebrating Music of Black Origin, with many gongs being handed out and careers celebrated. The Awards return to Glasgow for the first time since 2009, but if you can’t get a ticket don’t worry - it’ll be back in 2013 and 2015. ■ Hidden Orchestra, Mungo’s Hi Fi, Captain Slackship’s Mezzanine Allstars and Banda 71 Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £10. Mixed bill headlined by the cinematic soundscapes of Hidden Orchestra, to raise funds for the British Red Cross’s East Africa Food Crisis Appeal. ■ VNV Nation and Solar Fake Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £17. Irish/English electro alt duo headline. ■ Plurals, Aidan Baker and Small Scale Collisions Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. Psychedelic drone on this co-headline tour. ■ Sons of Icarus and Closed Off Comedown Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £tbc. Old school riffage. ■ TE Morris and I Khant The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Live music. ■ Young Legionnaire, Cities & Skylines and Mechanical Smile King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. New band of punks featuring Gordon from Bloc Party. Edinburgh ■ Cloud Control Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £7. Dreamy, psychedelic indie from this Sydney-based quartet. ■ Secret CDs The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £3. A night set up to help sell CDs by Edinburgh-based musicians. Featuring Bob Hilary, POL Arida and more tbc.
Thursday 6 Glasgow FREE You Me At Six HMV, 235 Buchanan Street, 353 2993. 5pm. Instore performance from the punk pop band. ■ Cloud Control Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £7. See Wed 5. ■ Kids In Glass Houses, Francesqa, Save Your Breath and Blitz Kids Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £13. Over- 14s show. Touted emo power-pop quintet from Wales. ■ Staind The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £18.50. Over-14s show. Soporific complaint rock from out Stateside way, which is inexplicably popular with the kids. ■ Regardless of Me and Farseer Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street,
333 0900. 7.30pm. Jazz-influenced metal. ■ Bap Kennedy & Anna Coogan St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £11. Bittersweet Americana from the former Energy Orchard frontman. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ The King Hats, Sonic Hearts Foundation and Alan Smithee The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Post-punk and effects- drenched alt.rock at this Oxjam event. ■ Mazes and Milk Maid Captain’s Rest, 185 Great Western Road, 332 7304. 8pm. £6. Lo-fi garagey indie from this Manchester quartet. FREE The Miss’s, Little Eskimo and Baldego Black Sparrow, 241 North Street, 221 5530. 8pm. Harmony girl group head the bill. ■ Witness the Fall, Scarcinogen and Final Silence Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £6. Launch of new weekly metal night Mayhem Underground. Ticket price includes entry to The Cathouse afterwards. ■ Boxes King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7.50. Live music. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 22. FREE Acoustic Open Mic 1901 Bar and Bistro, 1534 Pollockshaws Road. 9pm. See Thu 22. FREE Open Mic Night The Bay, 142 West Regent Street. 9pm. See Thu 22. FREE Live at Lebowskis Lebowskis, 1008 Argyle Street, 564 7988. 9.30pm. See Thu 22. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 22. FREE Henry Ibbs Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 9pm. See Thu 22. ■ We Were Promised Jetpacks and Three Blind Wolves The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £10. Breakneck alt.rock with strident, jangling guitars from WWPJ. See preview, page 76. ■ Born To Be Wide Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7.30pm. £5 ; £3.50 for Music Union members. Music industry seminar/social club that aims to bring musos, journalists, promoters, record shop workers and musicians together. A music video seminar night this time out, with a panel of industry guests. Seminar until 9.30pm, DJs until 1am. ■ Unpeeled The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£3). Showcase of four new acts of any genre from rock and indie to folk and acoustic. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £3 (£2). See Thu 22.
Friday 7 Glasgow ■ The Aviators, The Preventers, Mitch & Dale and Kudos O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Over-14s show. Local band line-up. ■ Misty in Roots African-Caribbean Centre, 66 Osborne Street, 07758 253823. 7pm. £12.50. Veteran UK roots reggae band who fought the punk wars and survived. ■ Skepta, Tempa T and Logan Sama O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £9.50. Over-14s show. Tottenham MC from the Roll Deep crew. ■ The Wombats, Morning Parade and Team Me O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £16. Return of the Scouse indie popsters who are not averse to the occasional barber shop harmony interlude. FREE First Charge of the Light Brigade Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. Former members of The Endrick Brothers play indie, Americana and folk. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival.
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