MUSIC | Rock & Pop
■ A Sudden Burst of Color, Animus, Burning the Dream and Colonies of God The 13th Note Café/ Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Spirited metal bill. ■ Tuff and Shameless Audio, 14 Midland Street. 8pm. £13.20. Glam metal, hard rock and heavy metal from the American four-piece. ■ Spector King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £10. London-based indie quintet with foppish swagger. Edinburgh ■ Haddowfest Various venues. haddowfest.com Times vary. £15–£18. Multi-venue music festival in Edinburgh, which features live sets from the Rifles, Dry the River, the Holy Ghosts, We Were Promised Jetpacks, the Nature Boys, Hagana, Death Ape Disco, Catfish & the Bottlemen, Young Kato, the Merrylees and many more. Win tickets on list.co.uk/offers. ■ The Rifles The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 6.30pm. £15. Leeds indie rockers with mod leanings. Part of Haddowfest. ■ The Spook School Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £5 advance; £6 on the door. Indie-pop by the four-piece band from Edinburgh. Celebrating the release of their debut album Dress Up. See album review, page 76. ■ The John Knox Sex Club The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 020 7609 1800. 7.30–10.30pm. £6 (£4). Rockers with a Calvinist edge. Er, join their club? With Over the Wall. ■ Kathryn Williams The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7.30pm. £15. Folk-flavoured rock from Williams who has picked up comparisons to Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake. Alex Cornish supports. ■ Ceti Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £tbc. See Sat 5.
Ayr ■ Roy Orbison & Friends Gaiety Theatre, Carrick Street, 01292 288235. 7.30pm. £19.50 (£18.50). Roy Orbison tribute singer Barry Steele and his five- piece show band singing hits by the Big O, Jerry Lee Lewis and special guest Peter Jackson as Johnny Cash. Cumbernauld ■ The Springsteen Sessions Cumbernauld Theatre, Kildrum, 01236 732887. 7.45pm. £15 (£10; £8). The tribute act covers all of the Boss’s forty- year back catalogue.
Dundee ■ Roddy Woomble Gardyne Theatre, Gardyne Road, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £12. See Sat 5.
Kirkintilloch ■ The Lift Shaft Incident Bar Bliss, 1 Cowgate, 776 0988. 9pm–midnight. £tbc. See Fri 27. Paisley ■ The Pictish Trail Spiegeltent, County Square, thepictishtrail.com 9.30pm. £10. Off-kilter indie-folktronica from the Pictish Trail. Featuring turns from their musical buddies.
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Glasgow ■ MGMT and Guards O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £20. Over-14s show. New York duo of self-styled ‘psychic pilgrims’ who have a healthy love of pop, prog and psychedelia. ■ The Proclaimers, Glasvegas and Roddy Hart & the Lonesome Fire The Hydro, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £30–£35. Scotland’s unforgettable musical twins return to the stage with their singalong Caledonian anthems. ■ Acid Mothers Temple 88 THE LIST 19 Sep–17 Oct 2013
rock justly famed for the killer riffola of ‘Smoke on the Water’ and Ian Gillan’s classic rock wail return with a new album NOW What?! ■ Deerhunter and Verity Susman The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £14. Incorrigible Atlanta punks return with their fifth album Monomania. Support from Electrelane’s Verity Susman. ■ Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £12. The Australian singer-songwriter leads her contemporary folk outfit. Support from Chris T-T. ■ Ahab, Stephanie Manns and Kat Healy Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £7. The London-based four-piece plays country- rock and folk. ■ Tunng and Pinkunoizu Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £12. Tunng are death metal meets folk via machine funk. Expect emotion, groove and a unique sound. Co-headlining with German/Danish Krautrockers Pinkunoizu.
Edinburgh ■ Lanterns On The Lake Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £8. Lo-fi and sweeping indie-folk from the five-piece from Newcastle- Upon-Tyne. ■ Hooded Priest, Arkham Witch and Iron Void Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £6. Triple bill of heaviosity dubbed the ‘Doom Metal Trident Attack Tour’. Dundee ■ The Orb 20 Rocks, 15 Ward Road, 01382 690057. Times tbc. £tbc. Ambient electronica for the masses.
Monday 14 Glasgow ■ Biohazard, Strife and Take Offence The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 6.30pm. £15. Mix of hardcore punk and hip hop-infused metal from this Brooklyn quartet. ■ DOA and The Jackhammers Audio, 14 Midland Street. 7pm. £12. Veteran hardcore punk trio from Canada. Billed as a farewell show. ■ Passenger and Stu Larsen O2 Academy, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £13. Passenger is also known as acoustic troubador Mike Rosenberg, drawing influence from the likes of Van Morrison, Neil Young and John Prine. Note change of venue. ■ The Story So Far The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £10. Over-14s show. Pop punk quintet from California. Support from Seahaven and Save Your Breath. ■ Crosby, Stills & Nash SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 8pm. £45–£55. Classic country-flavoured rock and tight, intuitive harmonies from these true legends of the scene, who have a spot in the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame to prove it. ■ Fossil Collective, Story Books, Have Mercy Las Vegas and Giant Squidz King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Multi-instrumentalist duo from Leeds putting an English spin on the melancholic indie folk sounds of Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes.
Edinburgh ■ Ben Montague Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £8. Upcoming mainstream pop singer-songwriter who has supported Stereophonics. ■ Dan Le Sac V Scroobius Pip and Prolyfic & Buddy Peace Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. London electro and hip hop duo who scored a cult hit with their commandments single ‘Thou Shalt Always Kill’, present tracks from their new album The Logic of Chance.
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CHVRCHES If you haven’t heard of this band yet, then where on earth have you been? Featuring members of Aereogramme, the Unwinding Hours and Blue Sky Archives, this Glasgow-based synth-pop trio may only be a year old but they’re already achieving global popularity. After a recent appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and a European tour with electro veterans Depeche Mode, their eagerly anticipated debut album The Bones Of What You Believe is out on Mon 23 Sep (see review, page 74), followed shortly by a British, then European and US tour. ■ O2 ABC, Glasgow, Thu 10 & Fri 11 Oct.
Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £10. ‘Motor-psycho’ guitar action, ethnic drones and throat singing from this cult Japanese psychedelic group. ■ The Dead Agenda The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8pm. £tbc. Rock and punk. ■ An Evening With David Scott The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 8pm. £tbc. Top pop songwriting from the Pearlfishers frontman. ■ Letlive, Night Verses and The American Scene King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £10. Post-hardcore and prog rock band from the US. ■ Pins, Post War Glamour Girls and Sharptooth Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £6. Jangly indie pop from Manchester’s Pins. ■ Eoghan Colgan Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 8.30pm. £7. Folky singer/songwriter. FREE Isis Samuel Dow’s, 67–71 Nithsdale Road, 423 0107. 8.30pm. Soft rock and covers. Edinburgh ■ Haddowfest Various venues, haddowfest.com Times vary. £15–£18. Multi-venue music festival in Edinburgh, which features live sets from the Rifles, Dry the River, the Holy Ghosts, We Were Promised Jetpacks, the Nature Boys, Hagana, Death Ape Disco, Catfish & the Bottlemen, Young Kato, the Merrylees and many more. FREE Bruncheon! Featuring The Sound of Muesli Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. 11am–3pm. Live music plus your choice of breakfast, traditional or continental. If you can have a dinner dance, why not a breakfast dance? ■ Dry the River The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 6pm. £18.50. Post-Mumfords indie/folk from this London band. Part of Haddowfest.
■ Brown Brogues Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £5. Psych and garage rock outfit. ■ Samba Sene & Diwan The Bongo Club, 66 Cowgate, 558 8844. 7pm. £7 advance; £8 on the door. See Fri 4. ■ Rick Redbeard, Honeyblood, LAW and Siobhan Wilson The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 020 7609 1800. 7.30–10.30pm. £7 (£5). Will Oldham/ Bill Callahan-style hangdog folk sounds from Rick Redbeard. ■ Lipsync for a Lullaby, Your Loyal Subjects and Numbers Are Futile The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £4–£6 advance; more on the door. Lipsync for a Lullaby describe themselves as ‘harmonizing grumbles with strings’. Limbo special with support from Your Loyal Subjects, Numbers Are Futile and the Black Spring DJs. Falkirk FREE The Lift Shaft Incident Behind The Wall, 14 Melville Street, 01324 633338. 10–1am. See Fri 27.
Motherwell ■ Roy Orbison & Friends Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, 01698 403120. 7.30pm. £18.50. See Fri 11.
Sunday 13 Glasgow ■ Classic Album Sundays Berkeley Suite, 237 North Street, 237 3235. 5.30pm. £6. A chance for audio nerds and musos to geek out as well-loved records get the Classic Album Sundays treatment, courtesy of Loud & Clear Hi-Fi. The featured album on this occasion is Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland which will be played from 7.30pm, preceded by music from his contemporaries and influences. ■ Deep Purple SECC: Clyde Auditorium, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7pm. £35. Old school monsters of