MUSIC | Rock & Pop Thursday 25
Glasgow ■ Scotch and Woven Tents The Art School, 468 Sauchiehall Street, 0845 166 6009. 8pm. £5. Psychedelic meltdown with added melodicas, violins and sax from the Dutch group. ■ Michael Cassidy, Sam Fender, Little Fire and Ryan Joseph Burns King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Earnest jams from this Paisley-based singer- songwriting. Part of King Tut’s Summer Nights – see preview, page 88. Edinburgh ■ The Last Battle, Caro & The Bridges and Matt Norris Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5 (£3). Edinburgh folk-pop six piece The Last Battle headline. FREE The Dark Jokes Open Mic Malone’s Irish Bar, 14 Forrest Road, 226 5954. 9pm. The indie band host this monthly open mic night.
Friday 26
Glasgow FREE Brunswick Stage The Brunswick Music Stage. 1–9pm. A mixed selection of live music. Part of Merchant City Festival. ■ Braid, Crash of Rhinos and Nai Harvest Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 6.30pm. £14. Illinois post-hardcore band who have recently reformed play their album Frame and Canvas in its entirety to mark its 15th anniversary. ■ Cygnosic, Je$us Loves Amerika and Nightmare Frequency Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £8. Industrial rock bill. FREE Free Annual 13th Note Music Festival! The 13th Note Café/ Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638.
7pm–1am. Free, three-day music festival. Rock and heavy metal sounds on Friday, indie on Saturday and acoustic, jazz, folk and soothing easy listening on Sunday. No children after 8pm. Today’s line-up features No Island, Tide of Iron, Smack Wizards, Skeleton Gong, Honey & the Herbs, Skullwizard, Gunfinger and Easy Bake Oven. Part of Merchant City Festival. ■ The Lapelles O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £8. Live music. ■ Red Sky July Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £12. Vintage country rock from husband and wife duo Ally McErlaine (Texas) and Shelly Poole (Alisha’s Attic) plus singer Charity Hair. ■ Unter Null Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £12. CANCELLED. ■ Ashton Lane, We are the Hummingbirds, Radiola and Marc Nicolas Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 7.30pm. £6. Esther O’Connor fronts this pop-rock trio. Part of Merchant City Festival. ■ Confusion The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.50 in advance; £12 on door; £25.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Local rock band play covers from the 70s. ■ Culann, Breakglass Emergency and Shelf Life Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £tbc. Irvine rock five-piece with an anthemic sound tinged with Celtic and proggy influences. ■ Gulp and Cheer Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £6. Guto Pryce of Super Furry Animals and Lindsey Leven create dreamy folk soundscapes. Support from Cheer, aka minimalist musician Alec Cheer. ■ The OK Social Club, A Plastic Rose, Model Jet Pilot and Huevo & the Giant King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm.
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£6. Danceable indie rock from The OK Social Club. Part of King Tut’s Summer Nights – see preview, page 88. Edinburgh ■ Bainbridge Music Showcase Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Band showcase, line-up tbc. ■ Fortune Presents Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £tbc. Unsigned bands night.
East Kirkcarswell ✽ Wickerman East Kirkcarswell Farm, Kirkcudbright, 01854
613746. Times vary. Day pass £47.50; weekend pass £95–£100. Scotland’s most pyrotechnic music fest returns over Fri 26 & Sat 27 Jul, with highlights including Primal Scream, KT Tunstall, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Dexys, Bellowhead, Public Service Broadcasting, Admiral Fallow, Holy Esque and more.
Saturday 27 Glasgow FREE The Leisure Lounge Tiki Bar Candleriggs. 11am–6pm. An exotic and curious thrill of general groovy, psychedelic and tiki-flavoured fun. Part of Vintage Festival at Merchant City Festival. FREE Blackfriars Stage Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 1–7pm. A mix of underground rhythm & blues, rock’n’roll, rockabilly, folk and country bands. Part of Merchant City Festival. FREE Brunswick Stage The Brunswick Music Stage, Brunswick Street. 1–9pm. See Fri 26. ■ Let It Rock The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2–5pm. £10. Celebrate the 1950s with the Coy Dogs and DJ Tojo. Featuring vintage cocktails and old film screenings to cement the atmosphere. Booking essential. Part of Vintage Festival at Merchant City Festival. FREE Free Annual 13th Note Music Festival! The 13th Note Café/ Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 3pm–1am. Free three day music festival. See Fri 26. Today’s line-up features We Are the Physics, Rungs, Cherry Wave, Sly & the Family Drone, Tuff Love, Ex- Wives, Curiosity Shop, Miss Irenie Rose, Easy! Tiger and Glad Community Choir. Part of Merchant City Festival. ■ Concert to Save the Sighthill Stone Circle Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. 5pm. £6. Mogwai frontman Stuart Braithwaite is joined by Aidan Moffat, Eugene Kelly, Emma Pollock, Remember Remember and RM Hubbert, plus very special guests and a DJ set from Adele Bethel, in order to raise awareness of the campaign to save Sighthill Stone Circle, built in 1979 under the technical supervision of Braithwaite’s father John and now threatened with demolition. A bus to the gig leaves Mono at 4.30pm, returning 11pm. Return fare £4. ■ Terry Neason Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £14. The popular singer and comic diva presents an eclectic mix of country, jazz, blues and pop from artists such as Snow Patrol, Willie Nelson, Edith Piaf, Peter Nardini and John Hegley. ■ Stuntman Mike Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £6–£8. Local alt.rockers. ■ FOX Flat 0/1, 162 Bath Street, 331 6227. 7.30pm. £6. New electro band from Essex who have already supported Depeche Mode. ■ Feeva – Songs through the Decades Alea Casino, Springfield Quay, Paisley Road, 530 2845. 7.30pm. £25. Tribute night with a three-course dinner and DJs. ■ Gillon – The Sound of Buble The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.50 in advance; £12 on door; £25.45 with early dinner at 6pm. Tribute to the Canadian crooner. ■ Scotch La Bodega Tapas Bar, 1120
South Street, 581 3401. 8pm–midnight. £6. See Thu 25. ■ SOS, The Little Illusions, The Moon Kids and The Holy Ghosts King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Indie rock’n’roll line-up. Part of King Tut’s Summer Nights – see preview, page 88. Edinburgh ■ Ghostpoet The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7–10pm. £12. Singer and producer Obaro Ejimiwe performs a mix of alternative hip hop and electronica, with dubstep and grime elements, from his album Some Say I So I Say Light. Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival. ■ The Stark Palace and White Lightnin’ Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £5. Alternative bluesy art-punk from Stark Palace, aka Roger Simian (Dawn Of The Replicants) and painter Cameron Jack. ■ Them Beatles Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £10. Fab Four tribute band from Scotland, offering the audience the chance to witness the transformation of The Beatles from Cavern Club era, to psychedelia and the Apple years.
East Kirkcarswell ✽ Wickerman East Kirkcarswell Farm, Kirkcudbright, 01854 613746.
Times vary. Day pass £47.50; weekend pass £95–£100. See Fri 26.
Sunday 28
Glasgow FREE The Leisure Lounge Tiki Bar Candleriggs. 11am–6pm. See Sat 27. ■ The Vintage Sunday Social The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 12.30–5pm. £10. DJs Eddie Piller, Paul Molloy, Mikey Collins, Simon Hodge and Mark Robb play the finest exponents of bookaloo, ska, freakbeat and more. Part of Vintage Festival at Merchant City Festival. Booking essential. FREE Blackfriars Stage Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 1–7pm. See Sat 27. FREE Free Annual 13th Note Music Festival! The 13th Note Café/ Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 2pm–1am. Free three day music festival. See Fri 26. Today’s line-up features Paddy Steer, Second Hand Marching Band, Los Tentakills, Galoshins, Woven Tents, Big Hogg, Howie Reeve, Giblets of Yesterday, Alexander Abraham, The Blue Ship and Traquair. Part of Merchant City Festival. ■ Anvil The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £16.50. Over-14s show. Old school metal believers who reached a new cult audience following the release of the Spinal Tap-like (only for real) documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil. ■ Johnny Flynn CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. £12. Part of the same London nu-folk scene as Laura Marling and Noah & the Whale, Flynn has been described as ‘Nick Drake fronting The Pogues’. ■ Fifteen Dead, Sufferinfuck, Sheer Ignorance and Burt Ward Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £5. Crust, metal and grindcore bill from all over Scotland. ■ Departures, Salo and Owls In Antarctica King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Local hardcore bands. Part of King Tut’s Summer Nights – see preview, page 88. Edinburgh ■ Help For Heroes Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £5. A selection of special musical guests raise money for a good cause.
Monday 29
Glasgow ■ We Are Scientists Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200.