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■ Shields Up, Leagues, Cleavers and Atriedes The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King St, 553 1638. 7.30pm. £5. Last ever show by the headliners. ■ The State BRdcasters, Randolph’s Leap and Jo Mango The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Rd, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £6. Delicate pop songs from Jo Mango and folky indie from Randolph’s Leap and The State BRdcasters at this Olive Grove Records Christmas party. See preview, page 107. ■ Glasgow Style: What We Did Then and Are Pleased To Do Again CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, 352 4900. 7.45pm. £12. Veteran indie poppers BMX Bandits, rock’n’roll instrumentalists The Beat Poets and garage rockers The New Piccadillys converge to celebrate the Glasgow Style festival of the late 80s. ■ Martin Stephenson The Accies Club, Helensburgh Drive Jordanhill. 8pm. £12. Special Christmas gig from the Geordie singer/songwriter, featuring guests Andy White, the Pines and more. FREE Electric Soup Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Rd, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Live music. ■ The Mouse that Ate the Cat King Tut’s, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Lo-fi electro pop and indie disco from TMTATC, featuring Dykeenies lead singer Brian Henderson and Colin Keenan, formerly of Drive-By Argument. Edinburgh FREE The New Schmoo, Modus and Satelite 10 Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 6pm. before midnight; £4 after. Indie and rock. FREE Sher Watson The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers St, 220 4298. 6pm. Acoustic singer-songwriter usually seen with Das Contras. ■ Ded Rabbit Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison St, 228 9393. 7pm. £4. Indie with added sax funk. Supported by Mass Consensus. ■ The Douglas Firs, Something Beginning with L, Lamplighter and Snake Until Listen The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, 220 1677. 7–11pm. £4. Lush complex sounds from Neil Insh and co. Launching their second album. ■ Fokus The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Rd, 558 7604. 7pm. £15 in advance; £20 on the door. Polish rapper and part of hip hop crew Paktofonika. ■ Quiet as a Mouse and The Litigators Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Indie rock with a dash of grunge and a country twang. ■ Them Beatles Electric Circus, 36–39 Market St, 226 4224. 7pm. £8. Christmas party for the Scottish Fab Four tribute band. ■ Jackal-Headed Guard of the Dead, Druganaut, Town Called Hell and Waheela Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry St, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Heavy stoner rock.
Saturday 15 Glasgow FREE David Duffy MacSorley’s, 42 Jamaica St, 248 8581. 6pm. Weekly residency. FREE The MeatMen Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 6pm. Rockabilly, bluegrass and skiffle from Glasgow trio The MeatMen. ■ Epica and Stream of Passion Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica St, 847 0820. 6.30pm. £16 (£35 VIP ticket). Over-14s show. Symphonic metal band from the Netherlands. ■ Georgia, Breakfast on Pluto, Rolled Up 20s and Steve’s Exit Plan Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica St, 847 0820. 6.30pm. £6. Soul-influenced singer headlines. ■ The Cut Throat Razors Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £5. Album launch for this eight-piece
Were Promised Jetpacks and band playing soul, ska and punky pop. ■ Steve Hogarth – H Natural Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Rd, 357 6200. 7pm. £16. Marillion frontman presents his own project. ■ Thin Lizzy O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall St, 332 2232. 7pm. £26. Over-14s show. The surviving members of one of Ireland’s greatest musical exports, plus Ricky Warwick on vocals, reconvene for their farewell tour using the Thin Lizzy name. ✽ ■ The Twilight Sad, We Holy Mountain Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £15. The Kilsyth trio play their synth-augmented wall-of-sound noise rock. With alternarock support from WWPJ and mighty riffola from Holy Mountain. ■ Five Walkabout, 128 Renfield St, 332 8209. 7.30pm–3am. £4–£5. Two of 90s ‘ruff and tuff’ boy band Five (Scott Robinson and Abz Love) perform live. FREE The Dangerous Brothers Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Rd, 423 0107. 8.30pm. A classic rock/metal repertoire from the Kendal-based bros. ■ Malcolm Middleton and Body Parts King Tut’s, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £14. Ex-Arab Strap guitarist Middleton wallows in his own miserable life for a change, to curiously uplifting effect.
✽ ■ Jimbo Crimbo SWG3, Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place,
357 7246. 9pm–3am. £8. A Christmas co-promotion from SWG3 and the Art School, with a cast of artists and performers appearing alongside live bands Silk Cut, The Life of Grime, Mother Ganga and Colonel Mustard and the Three Wise Pimps Xmas Gimps, DJs Land Ahoy!, T.O.M. and Thunder Disco Club, and the GSA choir. See preview, page 107. FREE Pins Bar Bloc+, 117 Bath St, 574 6066. 9pm. before 11pm. Jangley indie pop from Manchester’s Pins. FREE Public House Orchestra MacSorley’s, 42 Jamaica St, 248 8581. 9pm. Folky ensemble wielding banjos, accordions and fiddles.
Edinburgh ■ Tinderbox Fest Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 12–11pm. £12 (£10). A bustling market, stalls and fashion shows give way to live music from 4pm for a multi-genre, multi-discipline arts and music festival. Tinderbox Orchestra, Foxgang, Black Diamond Express, Digital Jones, Miyagi, Broken Records (solo) and North Atlantic Oscillation are among the 20- odd bands on offer. ■ Ged Hanley, Midnight Blues Band, Reload and The Diversions Whistlebinkies, 4–6 South Bridge, 557 5114. 5pm. Free before midnight; £4 after. Blues and rock. ■ Barrabas Electric Circus, 36–39 Market St, 226 4224. 7pm. £6. Covers band who play everything from Abba to AC/DC, Pulp to Public Enemy. ■ The Barrels, The Kiks, Sharfla and High Priority Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair St, 247 4704. 7pm. £5. Local band showcase. ■ The Complete Stone Roses The HMV Picture House, 31 Lothian Rd, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £15. Stone Roses tribute act officially approved by Roses bassist Mani. ■ Steady State Regime Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5 (£4). Progressive indie rock sounds from SSR. FREE Stewart MacLennan Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover St, 225 2131. 7pm. Guitarist and singer-songwriter. ■ Iain Morrison Douglas Robertson Photography, 42–43 Royal Park Terrace, 467 7028. 7.30–10.30pm. £10. Iain Morrison’s musical career spans genres from pop (as a member of Crash My Model Car), to alt.folk (as frontman of the Sleepy Cafe Band), to traditional piping.
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