Music ROCK&POP
FREE Sean Lithgow & The Avenue The Granary, 32–34 The Shore, Leith, 554 9465. 8–10pm. Acoustic guitar. ■ Seraphs Revolt, Universal Thee, The Cholo and Dirt Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. Alternative and progressive rock. ■ Circa Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 10.30pm–3am. £5. Gig promoters Detour and student radio station Fresh Air join forces for this all night party of DJs, indie, live music and dancing. Featuring Three Blind Wolves (live) and We Were Promised Jetpacks (DJ set).
Thursday 30 Glasgow ■ Deer Tick Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £12. Grizzled leftfield Americana. ■ Grandaddy and White Star Liners O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £18. Over-14s show. The return of Jason Lytle’s dreamy indie-electro outfit. Catch them while you can. Part of the No Mean City festival. ■ Hurray For the Riff Raff, The Dirt, Little Fire and Matt Scott Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7.30pm. £6. Roots and Americana from New Orleans natives Hurray for the Riff Raff, whose last album was produced by the guitarist of Alabama Shakes. ■ Willis Earl Beal The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 8pm. £8. Ultra lo-fi folk and blues performer who will sing you a song if you phone him up and ask for one. Please note rescheduled date. ■ Confusion, Stag Firm Collapse, Belter and Forgotten Empires King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Ayrshire indie rockers influenced by Oasis, The Stones, Primal Scream and The Charlatans. FREE Jam Session Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. See Thu 23. ■ Queen Jane, Campfires In Winter and Kith & Kim The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638.
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8.30pm. £4. CIW are an atmospheric Glaswegian trio. FREE Solo Acts Competition The Pour House, 1038–1042 Argyle St, 221 4449. 8.30pm. See Thu 23.
Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 9pm. See Thu 23. FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 23. ■ Fires Attract, Campbell’s Wild and These Fading Polaroids Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £5. Glaswegian alt.pop rock band. ■ Tango in the Attic, Pronto Mama and The Tide Inside Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. Uplifting Glenrothes indie swingers. ■ Porkeria and Daddy No! Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7.30pm. £5. Hardcore punk from Texas. FREE Betty’s Bar Unplugged Betty’s Bar, 14-16 Grosvenor Street, 337 4315. 8pm. See Thu 23. FREE Victorian Trout Conspiracy Nobles Bar, 44a Constitution Street, Leith, 629 7215. 9pm. Scotland’s premier ‘ska dirty urban ghetto funk’ band. FREE ZZ Top Tribute Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 9pm. Tribute to the bearded rockers. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). Groovy funk four-piece with ace guitarist Aki Remally. Stirling ■ Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £12. New Orleans singer reviving lindy-hop, jitterbug and swing music with a set of originals and covers.
Friday 31 Glasgow ■ In Sin and Bury the Betrayal Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 6.30pm. £6. Over-14s show. Metalcore from Edinburgh’s BTB.
FREE The Shiverin’ Sheiks Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9.30pm. Rock’n’roll, country and gospel from members of The Five Aces, Bottleneckers and Hidden Masters.
Edinburgh ✽ Grimes and Becoming Real The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £10. Aka Montreal-based alt electro pop performer Claire Boucher. ■ Holy Mountain, Fat Goth and A Fight You Can’t Win Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £6.50. Sabbath heavy riffs and punk attitude from Glasgow trio Holy Mountain. ■ Keava The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £tbc. Indie rock. FREE King Louie & Davie Keys The Brass Monkey Leith, 362 Leith Walk, 554 5286. 9pm. Acoustic jam of covers and originals where anyone is free to play.
Wednesday 29 Glasgow ■ (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peaceniks, Love and Understanding The Old Hairdressers, Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £6 (£5). Novelist (and sometime frontman of Burnt Island) Rodge Glass hosts this night of spoken word and music in aid of the Middle East Alliance for Peace. Featuring music from Beerjacket, Rick Redbeard, Emma Pollock, Paul M Carlin and Adam Stafford, and words from Alasdair Gray, Alan Bissett, Allan Wilson, Kirstin Innes and Ewan Morrison.
✽ Grimes and Becoming Real The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565
1000. 7pm. £10. See Tue 28. ■ Kids In Glass Houses and The Lafontaines The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £12.50. Over-14s show. Touted emo power pop quintet from Wales. Part of Rock’n’Roll Damnation. ■ The Sweetback Sisters Stereo, 20-28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £12. Classic country with a New York hipster twist from this six-piece featuring the vocal talents of Emily Miller and Zara Bode. ■ Atlas:Empire, Without Aeroplanes, Vasa and Half a Dead Bird The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 8pm. £4. Math rock, ambient electronica and post- hardcore sounds. FREE Open Mic MacSorley’s, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 8pm. Weekly session. ■ Trembling Bells CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 8pm. £8. The Glasgow-based four-piece perform folk and country from their Bonnie Prince Billy collaboration The Marble Downs. FREE Acoustic Open Mic The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 9pm. Weekly open mic.
Edinburgh FREE Georgio ‘The Dove’ Valentino & La Societe des Melancoliques Elvis Shakespeare, 347 Leith Walk, 561 1363. 2.30pm. See Tue 28. ■ Georgio ‘The Dove’ Valentino & La Societe des Melancoliques The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.15pm. £10. Noir Americana crooner with Benelux backing band. For fans of Nick Cave and Tom Waits. Excellent support in the shape of Leo Condie singing Jacques Brel and an acoustic set from The Sexual Objects. ■ Mark Lanegan and Creature with the Atomic Brain The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £15. The gruff but soulful tones of the Screaming Trees/ Queens of the Stone Age vocalist singing bourbon-soaked Americana and grizzly rock. This year’s festival presents a mixed bag of music – weegie indie rockers The Phantom Band, singer-songwriter King Creosote, spoken-word meets jazz duo Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat, and Kid Canaveral (pictured) to name a few. The weekend will be held at Duncarron Fort, currently being constructed as a replica medieval fortified village. ■ Duncarron Fort, Carron Valley; Fri 24–Sun 26 Aug, dounetherabbithole.
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OCCULT SOUNDTRACKS This month sees a rare appearance from cult composer Fabio Frizzi, after a screening of Zombie Flesh Eaters. Unearthed are five occult soundtracks to whet your nerdy appetites
Manhunter (dir. Michael Mann) – Various Artists One of the finest soundtracks of the 80s, including some total cornball pop from the likes of Red 7 to the brooding keys of Klaus Schulze and Michael Rubini – and of course the monstrously rocking ‘In a Gadda Da Vida’ by Iron Butterfly. A riff that never ends.
Sorcerer (dir. William Friedkin) – Tangerine Dream Alongside The Keep, this Tangerine Dream score is one of their darkest releases to date. A perfect accompaniment to Friedkin’s intense trucking/heist film, with sweeping arpeggios and heavy low end, verging on full-on industrial territory. A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (dir. Lucio Fulci) – Ennio Morricone A wickedly warped soundtrack by Morricone for Lucio Fulci’s mind-bending classic, with touches of acid rock, noise, prog and jazz flute thrown into the mix. It’s a crying shame that most of Morricone’s finest scores are often his most overlooked.
Cannibal Holocaust (dir. Rugerro Deodato) – Riz Ortolani Despite the film’s notoriety, Ortolani’s score is beautiful – opening with the delicate acoustic picking of the main title, which works as a total divergence to the inherent nastiness of the movie. But when the jungle synth drones kick in mid-flick, it’s time to start to start running to the hills. The Beyond (dir. Lucio Fulci) – Fabio Frizzi Alongside Frizzi’s score for Zombie Flesh Eaters and City of The Living Dead, his work on The Beyond will go down as his pinnacle. A creepy as hell piano break which just oozes pus out of the screen – it’s just been beautifully reissued by Mondo on 180g vinyl too. Essential. (Nick Herd) ■ Zombie Flesh Eaters, screening on Sun 26 Aug, at the GFT, Glasgow, will be followed by a Q&A by Fabio Frizzi.
72 THE LIST 23 Aug–20 Sep 2012