MUSIC | Rock & Pop ■ Amy Duncan The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £5. Folky singer-songwriter. Launching new album Cycles of Life, joined by harpist Fiona Rutherford, Lisa Rigby harmony vocals; Stuart Clark on percussion; Lawrie MacMillan on bass and sound by Alex Fiennes. Featuring artwork by Carol Le Lievre, inspired by the title Cycles of Life to be projected throughout the performance. ■ Chester P The Bongo Club, 66
WIN STUFF WIN EAGLEOWL TICKETS
Edinburgh lo-fi post-folkers eagleowl finally release their haunting eight-years- in-the-making debut LP this silent year on Mon 13 May (read our review, page 75). We’re giving away a pair of tickets for their album launch shows at Edinburgh’s Pleasance Theatre on Fri 10 May and Glasgow’s Glad Café on Sun 12 May, as well as a vinyl or CD copy of the new record. Enter at list.co.uk/offers, stating your preferred album format and gig venue by Thu 9 May to win.
WIN WILLIAM TYLER TICKETS
Lambchop guitarist William Tyler
is hitting the road in support of his solo debut Impossible Truth, out Mon 29 Apr
(read our review, page 76). Fans of fingerpicked guitar and psych- folk are in luck, as we have a pair of tickets for his gig on Sat 4 May at Summerhall, Edinburgh. Visit at list.co.uk/offers by Fri 3 May to win.
WIN TICKETS FOR BIG DAY IN AT THE ELECTRIC CIRCUS Edinburgh’s Electric Circus
launch their inaugural in-house all day festival on Sun 5 May, bringing some of the best
electronic and alternative bands and DJs together under one roof for a day of musical bliss (see our preview on page 75). Mancunian cerebro-popsters Dutch Uncles headline, with Discopolis and Errors (DJ set) also on the eclectic bill, and we have two pairs of tickets up for grabs. Enter at list.co.uk/offers by Fri 3 May to win. HOW TO ENTER
Visit list.co.uk/offers. Closing date for competitions is Thu 16 May, unless otherwise stated. There is no cash alternative. Usual List rules apply.
82 THE LIST 18 Apr–16 May 2013
Cowgate, 558 8844. 8pm. £5–£8. Over-14s show. Brit rapper who was a founding member of Task Force. Support from Ransom Badbonez, MAB, Abnoxshuz, Twizzy and Jinxsta & Jca. Extra DJ and MC support from Ritchie Ruftone (2012 UK DMC Champion) and Beatwife (Planet-Mu). ■ Click Clack Club Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 8pm. £5 (students £3). Funky Beefheart-influenced experimental music club. Featuring Kicker in Tow, Ill Papa Giraffe and Mood Idaho. ■ Crossing Giants and Ross Neilson Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £4. Irish Celt-punk duo, with Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly influences.
Friday 19 Glasgow FREE The United Silverburn, Barrhead Road, 880 3200. 6–9pm. New international boy band. ■ The Albert Hammond Songbook Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £18. Veteran songwriter, and father of Strokes guitarist Albert Jr, performs from his extensive songbook, including ‘The Air That I Breathe’, ‘When I Need You’ and ‘It Never Rains In Southern California’. ■ And So I Watch You From Afar and Gallops O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £9. Over-14s show. Incendiary instrumental rockers from Belfast. ■ Button Up Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £6. Soul and jazz combo. ■ The Fratellis Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £20. Another reunion show for the Glaswegian trio with the knees-up indie anthems. ■ Hadouken! The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £12.50. Boisterous, day-glo crew from Lahndan combining grime and new wave. ■ Lower Than Atlantis, Dinosaur Pile Up and Blitz Kids Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, 339 9784. 7pm. £12.50. Melodic hardcore four-piece from Watford. ■ Serafina Steer CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. £8. London-tinged Victoriana-folk stories, haunting melodies and captivating wordsmithery from singer/ harpist. ■ Ska Beat Jakes, The White Blind and The Dons The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £6. Local band line-up. ■ Clint, Origin Sins, Sunny Sense, Straight Razor Angles and Amy Lyon Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 7.30pm. £6. Local live music. ■ Russian Ninjas, Blue Nova and Lost Ghosts Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Glasgow indie rockers. ■ Flutes and Brave Young Red The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 8pm. £5. Band formerly known as Runner, who have been hailed by Frightened Rabbit. ■ Fridge Magnets, People, Places, Maps and Verse Metrics Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Blend of electro pop and post-punk guitars which sounds, according to Vic Galloway, ‘kind of like New Order if they were from Glasgow’. ■ Pat Cairns sings Neil Diamond & Kenny Rogers The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10 in advance; £12 on door; £23.95 with early dinner at 6pm. Does what it says on the tin. ■ Tijuana Bibles The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 8pm. £6. Brooding indie rock from this Lanarkshire band. EP launch. ■ The Wankys, This Close, Sufferinfuck and Corrupt Humanity The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. Punk rock. ■ Bleech, The Zips, Halfrican and Garden of Elks King Tut’s, 272a St Vincent St, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Shouty punk pop from 3 girls and a guy.
CRY PARROT’S SIXTH BIRTHDAY PARTY Much-respected genre-hopping music promoters Cry Parrot turn six this month and – besides adding to the accidental ornithological theme of our music pages (see also Barn Owl, eagleowl and Sparrow & the Workshop) – have a celebratory birthday party line-up looking very fine too. Expect sets from polyrhythmic hypno-rockers Sacred Paws, unembellished hip-hop scoundrels Hector Bizerk, eccentric experimentalists Tut Vu Vu, the rambunctious Ultimate Thrush, beguiling Polish-born songstress Ela Orleans and electronica maestro Sad City, aka Gary Caruth (pictured). Playing records in the rave cave will be David Barbarossa, Mother and Fergus Clark. ■ The Glue Factory, Glasgow, Fri 26 Apr.
✽ Collapse Glue Factory, 22 Farnell Street, Garscube Industrial Estate,
Maryhill, thegluefactory.org 10pm–2am. £5 in advance; £7 on the door. See preview, page 49.
Edinburgh ■ The KGD Project, The Changes and The Untitled Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Mental Health Foundation fundraising gig. ■ Mechanical Smile Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £5. Dark indie rock from the Ayrshire quartet. Cullan and Aperture support. ■ A Torn Mind, We Came From the North and Maya29 Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £5 (£4). Groove-laden prog rock. ■ Paper Beats Rock, Goatleaf and Zodiac’n’Black Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Grungey trio PBR from Edinburgh headline. ■ Sly Swiggs & The Warcorps Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 10.30pm. £5 (£4). Funky psychedelic rap. Saturday 20
Glasgow FREE Record Store Day Monorail, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 552 9458. 11am. Performances happening throughout the day at Monorail from a variety of secret special guest. See opinion, page 10, and preview, page 73.
✽ Outskirts Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276
9696. 3.30–10pm. £7.50–£10 without food (£12.50–£15 with food) (under 12s free without food). See preview, page 90. A bus to the event (£4) departs from Mono at 3pm, returning at 10pm. ■ TYCI Pop-Up Event Oxfam Music, 171 Byres Road, free, 4pm. See preview, page 43. ■ Glasvegas LOVEmusic, 34 Dundas Street, 332 2099. 5pm. Special, intimate
show by the anthemic Glasgow rockers who are preparing for their next album. Performing as part of Record Store Day – see opinion, page 10, and preview, page 73. ■ . . . And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead SWG3, Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. 7pm. £13.50. Texan indie punks. ■ Amy Duncan Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £6–£8. See Thu 18. ■ Beecake, Dead Electric, Sunshine Social and Now Wakes the Sea The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 7pm. £5 in advance; £7 on door. Alternative rocking from the lil’ Billy Boyd-fronted Beecake, heading the bill at this fundraiser for SAMH.
✽ Efterklang and Anna Von Hausswolff The Arches, 253 Argyle
Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £12.50. Danish electro-indie trio known for their ambitious orchestral and film projects. ■ Paul Rose and Jack Moore O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £15. Accomplished rock guitarist with touches of blues, country and jazz, joined here by vocalists Terry Evans and Sweetpea Atkinson. With support from Jack Moore and Ruth Martin. ■ The 21st Century Breakdown Blues Band, Faithful Stranger, Perpetual Motion, An Hero and David McQuarrie Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 7.30pm. £6. Indie Rocks line-up. ■ Ryan Keen, Sam Bradley and Joel Baker Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £8. Singer- songwriter line-up. ■ Eureka Machines, The Bucky Rage and Eddy & the T-Bolts Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 8pm. £8. Punky hard rock. ■ Hells Bells The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £12 in advance; £14 on door; £25.95 with early dinner at 6pm. AC/DC tribute. ■ Iain Morrison, The Wayne Devro