Music ROCK&POP
NEW VENUES
GLASGOW
From shut downs and takeovers to new community- driven projects, Glasgow’s live music scene is in a state of transition – an exciting one. Here, we profile some of the emerging mainstays and potential leading lights in Glasgow’s musical underground The Glad Café (pictured) (1006a Pollokshaws Road, Shawlands, G41 2HG)
Three years in the making, the recently-opened Glad Café has reinvigorated the Shawlands area of Glasgow’s Southside. Run entirely by volunteers, this bar/ café/venue also uses its profits to fund local music projects and tuition, while playing host to some of the most exciting and engaging local acts around.
Kinning Park Complex (43 Cornwall Street, Kinning Park, G41 1BA) Also in Southside – right next to Kinning Park Tube – this beautiful old school building turned community centre has become the unlikely setting for some of Glasgow’s most obscure and eclectic musical events. From the recent Music is the Music Language festival to African shredders Group Inerane and regular DIY punk shows, this grassroots, community-run venue is fast becoming an alternative to the basement bar. The Hug & Pint/New Captain’s (185 Great Western Road, G4 9EB/ TBC)
The Captain’s Rest left its followers bereft with grief when it shut its doors in July. That is, for about a day, until it was announced that not only were The Captain’s team set to re-open under a new guise in the city centre this autumn but also, their old beloved West End music hub was to be transformed, care of The Arches, into The Hug & Pint on September 28. Like losing a limb and growing two back, it would seem we will soon be spoilt for choice. (Ryan Drever) ■ To read about changes to music venues in Edinburgh, see page 85.
92 THE LIST 20 Sep–18 Oct 2012
Saturday 6 Glasgow ■ An Afternoon with Sam Baker CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 3pm. £13. Poetic singer-songwriter from Austin, who had to relearn how to play guitar after his hand was injured in a bomb blast. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. FREE David Duffy MacSorley’s, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 6pm. See Sat 22. ■ Bags of Rock O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12. New Celtrock crossover act featuring ex-Red Hot Chilli Piper Gregor James. ■ Eastern Promise Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. 7pm. £10 (£6 or £15 (£9) for the weekend; children £3–£5). Under-12s go free. Platform’s eclectic showcase of music from home and abroad, running over two rooms and two days. Bus leaves from Mono at 6.30pm each night. Tonight’s line-up features veteran indie campaigners The Monochrome Set, Davey Henderson’s band Sexual Objects, Richard Youngs, Alexander Tucker and Plank! See preview, page 91, and win tickets, page 84. ■ Redwire Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 7pm. Bradford indie rockers. ■ An Evening with Eliza Gilkyson CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £13. Soulful storyteller Eliza blends her folk roots with a pop influenced passion for compelling melodies and a penchant for writing intelligent lyrics. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ The Redettes – Caught in the Rollers Rose and Grants, 27 Trongate, Merchant City, 553 0501. 7.30pm. £10. Gin-quaffing, impeccably vintage dahling singing diva trio, bringing rock’n’roll attitude to some retro hits. Part of Glasgay! and the Glasgow Cabaret Festival. ■ Atomic Blondie The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £8.50 in advance: £10 on door: £22.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Tribute to New York pop icons Blondie. ■ Double Sight Weekender
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Various venues, doublesightweekender. com 8pm–1am. £14 weekend; £8 day tickets. See Thu 4. ■ The Littlest Album Launch Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £6. The Plimptons, Sweeney Straddles the Sun, Colin’s Godson, The Paraffins and Craig Pulsar perform at this launch event for The Littlest Album on which twelve bands each contribute a one-minute song. Edinburgh ■ Bobok and Foo Birds Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 228 9393. 7pm. £tbc. A deliberately absurdist mix of Balkan brass, ska, tango and punk. ■ Gerry Jablonski & the Electric Band and Main Street Blues The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £8. Classic rock and blues rock influences from this Aberdonian singer/guitarist. ■ Led Astray Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £7. Led Zeppelin tribute band. ■ Lianne La Havas The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £13. See Fri 5. ■ The Oates Field, The Occasional Flickers and Fuzzystar Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5.50. The Fence associates launch their new EP. FREE Stewart MacLennan Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7pm. See Sat 22.
Dundee ■ Dressed To Kill The Doghouse, 15 Ward Road, 01382 206812. 8pm. £10 in advance; £12 on the door. A tribute to the rock gods in make-up, Kiss.
Sunday 7 Glasgow FREE The Phantoms and Courtney Elena Stewart Slouch, 203–205 Bath Street, 221 5518. 6pm. Live music at Shake Your Tail Feather. ■ Deacon Blue and Red Sky July Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7pm.
£29.50. See Thu 4. ■ Mayday Parade, The Summer Set, The Cab and Natives The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £12.50. Over-14s show. Generic emo pop outfit headline. ■ Ren Harvieu Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £12. Mancunian indie vocalist with a retro slant, much admired by Glasvegas. ■ Ultravox SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £32.50. Midge Ure’s band, back together again and on the reunion trail in support of their new album Brilliant. ■ We Are Augustines The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £10. Brooklyn indie rock trio. ■ A Celebration of Austin Texas CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £14. Songwriters in the round gig featuring Austin artists Sam Baker, Eliza Gilkyson, Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ Funeral Suits Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £6. Dublin four-piece with an expansive sound. FREE Open Mic Night Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8.30pm. See Sun 23. ■ The Skints, The Drop and Eat Dr Ape King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. Punk and reggae from London. FREE Blues Jam Box, 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. 9pm. See Sun 23. Edinburgh FREE Baz Simpson The Ale House, 18–22 Clerk Street, 629 0275. 3pm. See Sun 23. FREE Open Mic Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 3pm. See Sun 23. ■ Slash Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. 7pm. £32.50. A chance to watch in awe as one of the world’s greatest rock guitarists, former Guns N’ Roses axe-man Slash, brings his new solo album to life with vocalist Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge).
Continuing The List’s curation series at the National Museum, the next instalment features a headline performance by Julian Corrie, better known as multi-talented electonica-fiddler, Miaoux Miaoux (pictured), with support from ANAKANAK, the intoxicating solo project from Anneke Kampman of Conquering Animal Sound. ■ National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Fri 19 Oct.