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Thursday 10
Glasgow ■ My First Music: Battle Of The Bands Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7pm. £5. Local bands take to the stage hoping to secure a support slot for Cast at The Garage in December. With Calum Frame, Sandstone Flats and Dark Sky. ■ Take Today The Heathen Club and Lungs Like Gallows O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £6. Alt. rock from the Glasgow threesome. ■ Deer Leader, Michael Timmons and The Musicians of Bremen Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £tbc. Post-rock and dreamscape noise from the band that mix samples and film projection into their live performance. FREE Good Grief’s Goop Shop Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. DIY zine collective present an evening of alternative sounds. Edinburgh FREE Empire by Day Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. Eccentric, energetic alt.rock newcomers. ■ Ghost Of The Robot The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £20 (Gold Pass £40 inc early access and Q&A; VIP Pass inc early access, meet & greet, sound check, Q&A and afterparty). Californian rock band fronted by actor James Marsters (aka Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer). ■ The National Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7pm. £27.50. The five- piece from Cincinnati, Ohio, performs a mix of indie-rock and post-punk revival music. FREE Blueflint The Village, 16 South Fort Street, 478 7810. 8.30–10.30pm. Lady banjo players extraordinaire tour their bluegrass ballads. ■ Lone Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 11pm–3am. £tbc. The Nottingham producer plays a late-night set of stark, blissed-out tracks. Helping to celebrate Sneaky Pete’s sixth birthday.
Friday 11
Glasgow ■ Madafaka and Khydra Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 7pm. £5. Sludge rock. ■ The Psychedelic Warlords, Purple Valentino and Lemon Party The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7–10pm. £8.00. Featuring former Hawkwind bassist Alan Davey, pay tribute to the mighty space rockers, in particular the 40th anniversary of their Space Ritual album. ■ The Amphetameanies Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7pm. £6. Rabble-rousing ska punk from local supergroup. FREE Beltur The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 8pm. Melodic rock and roll from the Glasgow- based four-piece signed to The Animal Farm. ■ Blue Honey, The Apparells and De Mello Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £5. Rock’n’roll four piece from Paisley influenced by The Stone Roses and David Bowie. ■ Gillon - The Sound of Buble The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 92 THE LIST 10 Jul–21 Aug 2014
ANDREW WK The self-described ‘king of partying’ wants to hang out with you. (In exchange for a small entry fee, but still.) Expect punching fists, ‘power tree’ stances, and the kind of stress-management, bereavement and breakup advice we’ve been loving lately in his agony uncle column ’How to be a Man’ in the Village Voice. ■ Classic Grand, Glasgow, Wed 30 Jul.
8pm. £10.50 in advance; £12 on the door. Tribute to the Canadian crooner. Edinburgh FREE Tartan Underground The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Scottish acoustic talent. FREE Friday’s Covered Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. Covers and tribute acts every weekend. ■ Priscillas and Bones of the Carnival Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £5 (£4). The glamorous electro-pop twosome strut their stuff. ■ Miyagi The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Acoustic indie and alternative tunes.
Kinross ✽T in the Park Balado Park, 08444 999990. Times vary. £205–£247.
From relatively humble beginnings, T in the Park has become the acknowledged behemoth of the Scottish festival scene and one of the UK’s largest events. Now host to 85,000 people on an airfield on the edge of Fife, over the course of its weekend it becomes the fifth largest town in Scotland. Friday features Biffy Clyro, Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, Bastille, Pixies, Steve Angello, Haim, Manic Street Preachers, Chvrches, Pan- Pot and more.
Saturday 12 Glasgow ■ The Ben Folds Orchestral
✽ Method Man & Redman, Profisee, Toy Control,
Experience Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 6.30pm. £25. Piano rocker Ben Folds presents hits and new material arranged and expanded for orchestral performances as well as his new piano concerto. ■ Jimi Hendrix Re-experience Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £12. Tribute to the incendiary guitar god. ■ Let’s Play God, The Sleaze Brothers, Flying Batteries, Seel and Heviur Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7pm. £6. Glaswegian hard rock/heavy metal band with rock’n’roll influences. Mixkings DJs and Bigg Taj O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £26.50. Wu Tang Clan-affiliated rap duo, who have appeared on each other’s album and in a sitcom together - how street is that? ■ U2-2 and Heavy Load O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £12. Tribute to the all-conquering Irish behemoths. ■ Woodpigeon & Eagleowl The Old Hairdressers, Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £6. Orchestral pop from Canadian artist Woodpigeon and lush Scottish slow-folk from eagleowl. ■ The Scaramanga Six The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £6. Theatrical alt rock group from Edinburgh. ■ Freelance Liars, Keeping Dirt Clean and Franklin Broadcast, 427
Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £8. Glaswegian country rock four-piece influenced by Tom Petty and Neil Young. Debut gig ■ Pat Cairns sings Neil Diamond & Kenny Rogers The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £10.50 in advance; £12 on the door. Does what it says on the tin. Edinburgh ■ The Barry van Dykes Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £5. Acoustic led indie five-piece from Edinburgh. ■ The Sex Pistols Swindle and The Clash Livi Rockers Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £7 (£5). Tribute to the legendary punk rockers. ■ Divided Heaven, Mark McCabe, Turtle Lamone and Davey Nolan The Banshee Labyrinth, 29–35 Niddry Street, 558 8209. 7.30–11pm. £5. Acoustic project with punk credentials from Jeff Berman. Anti-Manifesto night. ■ The Psychedelic Warlords Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £11. See Fri 11. FREE Velvet Scooter Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 10pm. Classic rock covers, featuring songs by the likes of Steely Dan, Santana and The Doobie Brothers. ■ Lou Hickey The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Bittersweet songs with a subtle jazz influence from burlesque singer Lou Hickey, better known as the co-vocalist in Codeine Velvet Club.