MUSIC | Rock & Pop On The Boards Room at the Top, 94 West Regent Street, 332 2195. 7.30–9.30pm. £10. An hour of theatrical performances, live music and comedy showcasing emerging and established talent. Police Dog Hogan CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 8pm. £15. Seven-piece country folk band with high energy fiddle/drums/banjo/guitars and joyous foot stomping live shows. The Amorettes King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Glaswegian hard rock trio. Until We’re Heroes, The Zonules Of Zinn and Polarnecks The 13th Note Café/Bar, 50–60 King Street, 553 1638. 8.30pm. £2 in advance; £3 on the door. Four piece rock band singing about Liam Neeson and murder mysteries. Well someone should be.

Edinburgh Bad Manners Citrus Club, 40–42 Grindlay Street, 622 7086. 7pm. £19. Buster Bloodvessel and co persist with the comedy ska.

✽Dune: The Musical Pilrig St Paul’s Church, Pilrig Street,

553 1876. 7.30pm. £7. Irregular Owl Movements’ Christmas panto brings David Lynch’s vision of Dune to life with sand worms, space ships and sing- a-longs. Earths Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7pm. £tbc. Folk, rock and lo-fi punk influences from this Peebles band. EP launch. Vasquez, Alpha Male Tea Party, Cleft and Britney Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £3. ‘Action packed’ instrumental math rock riffage. Wozniak, Book Group and Gigantic Leaves Opium, 71 Cowgate, 225 8382. 7–11pm. £tbc. Experimental, noisy four-piece. Got Soul Choir The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm.

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£15 (£12). A multi-voiced celebration of soul classics from this Edinburgh choir. Joined by special guest Sharlene Hector (Basement Jaxx). Sunday’s Child Roadshow St Andrew’s and St George’s Church, 13 George Street, 225 3847. 7.30–9pm. £5. An evening of gospel music to raise funds for EMMS. 12 Gauge and Triaxis Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £5. Five-piece hard rock band from the North West. ECA present the Sculpture Party Edinburgh College of Art, 74 Lauriston Place, 221 6000. 10pm–3am. £10 in advance (£15 on the door). A mix of live music, installation, light shows and DJs. Live bands/DJs include Dan Juice, Tigerbeat, DJ Yves, Telfort and Zzzap. Ben is Dead The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Vocalist Nikki Kent front this contemporary electronica covers band tackling the music of Portishead, Massive Attack, SBTRKT and more. Dundee Steve Cradock Fat Sam’s, 31 South Ward Road, 01382 228496. 7pm. £12.50. The Ocean Colour Scene and Paul Weller guitarist tours his solo psychedelic pop sounds. The View Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7pm. £17.50. The Dundonian indie scamps celebrate their Seven Year Setlist compilation with a varied set.

Saturday 13 Glasgow Godflesh The Art School, 20 Scott Street. 7pm. £17.50. Brutal and complex industrial metal pioneers. China Crisis Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £16. Scouse duo from out of the 80s specialising in wistful pastoral pop.

Hotter than Hell O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £15. Kiss tribute act whose members hail from all over Europe. Laetitia Sadier Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 7pm. £8.50. Solo show from the Stereolab frontwoman. Machine Head, Devil You Know and Darkest Hour O2 Academy Glasgow, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £25. Bay Area metal stalwarts that helped usher in a new wave of thrash on classic album Burn My Eyes (1991). New album Bloodstone & Diamonds further expands their scope. Martha Reeves & the Vandellas The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £23. Raspy-voiced Motown diva whips up a soul party with such classic hits as ‘Dancing in the Streets’ and ‘Heatwave’. Proud Honey, The Laynes, Dead Man Fall and Apollo Gets The Girl Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £7. Glasgow rockers. Stanley Odd The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £10. Scottish hip hop outfit. Taking Back Sunday and Marmozets O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £18.50. Long Island emo quintet. We Were Promised Jetpacks Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, 339 9784. 7pm. £13.50. Breakneck alt.rock with strident, jangling guitars from WWPJ. Chantel McGregor Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £12. New blues guitar whizz. On The Boards Room at the Top, 94 West Regent Street, 332 2195. 7.30–9.30pm. £10. See Fri 12. Martin Stephenson Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £12. Geordie singer/songwriter who first tasted success in the 80s with his band The Daintees.

Malcolm Middleton King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £14.50. Ex-Arab Strap guitarist Middleton, now ten years the solo man, wallows in his own miserable life to curiously uplifting effect. FREE Dead Mans Shoes The Corinthian Club, 191 Ingram Street, 552 1101. 10pm–2am. Covers band playing contemporary songs, classics and a few wild cards. Edinburgh Kid Canaveral’s Christmas Baubles V Portobello Town Hall, Portobello. 2pm–midnight. £25. An all-day indie Christmas party curated by KC. Afrobeat, funk electronica and highlife from headliners Ibibio Sound Machine alongside Kid Canaveral, Randolph’s Leap, Sweet Baboo & The Pictish Trail, Hector Bizerk, Paws, Synaesthete and Spook School. LGBT Winter Concert St Mark’s Unitarian Church, 7 Castle Terrace, edinburgh-unitarians.org.uk 3–5pm. £5 (unwaged £2.50). Performances from Edinburgh Gay Men’s Chorus, Loud and Proud, Shaz, Jules and Pawel and Jo Clifford. Beards La Belle Angèle, 11 Hastie’s Close, thebeards.com.au 7pm. £12. See Fri 12. The Exploited, Certain Death and Critikill Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 7pm. £12. Classic hard and heavy Scots punk rockers formed back in 1980. Matt Norris & The Moon and Caro Bridges Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 651 5859. 7pm. £5. Edinburgh- based harmonising folky collective. The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £10. Long-serving Bowie tribute act who used to trade under the name Tigers on Vaseline. Now with new album to get their teeth into.

FANZINE REVIEW

DON’T MAKE A SCENE: A FIELD GUIDE TO PUTTING ON DIY GIGS

The clue about DIY gig promotion is all in the name you do it yourself. But that doesn’t mean that the eager music lover with a yen for events organisation has to lurch blindly into the minefield of guest-list etiquette and creative rider demands without some guidance from those who have boldly (or meekly) gone before.

Enter musicians Rob St John and eagleowl frontman

Bartholomew Owl, who have lovingly compiled this ‘step-by- step guide on how not to take the piss’ in the same spirit of collaboration, mutual respect and smudging of the line between audience and performer which defines the rewarding but nerve- racking realm of grassroots gig promotion. The antithetically titled Don’t Make A Scene zine comprises

a series of short, clear-sighted essays and illustrations by musicians, promoters and record labels from around the UK and beyond, outlining the many different considerations involved in putting on a gig, right down to the music you play between the bands, plus some ruminations on DIY gig culture in general from the likes of Dan ‘Withered Hand’ Willson and Johnny ‘Pictish Trail’ Lynch. Chris Tipton of London promoters Upset the Rhythm, and Emily

from Tracer Trails offer practical, logistic and financial pointers, there are fond anecdotes from John Egdell of fakeindielabel, cautionary tales from musician David Thomas Broughton, a bluffer’s guide to sound engineering, even some prized wise words from the wondrous and witty Ian Svenonius of Chain and the Gang.

In sharing their first-hand experiences from both musician and promoter perspectives, a few key principles keep popping up. Think outside the box when selecting your venue. Three bands good, four bands bad (unless it’s a festival). Be honest. And please feed the musicians. (Fiona Shepherd) First edition out now, priced £4, dontmakeascene.co.uk, @ DMAScene